WE HAVE SUCCESS STORIES EVERYWHERE!
Our strength is linking the best of the University of Maryland with organizations that are looking to Keep Learning. The following are just a few examples of the kinds of programs that we've helped to facilitate.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
We developed a relationship between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the University of Maryland departments of geography and government and politics. Through this program, NGA employees work toward a professional graduate degree without ever leaving the building; they simply walk down the hall of their Bethesda offices. The program leads to a master of arts in geography, with a political geography track custom-designed for NGA. In August 2004, the first 16 NGA College students have a M.A. in geography from the University of Maryland.
Fermentation Microbiology
In cooperation with the A. James Clark School of Engineering, we established a new partnership with UMBC and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Together we offer an annual two-day, hands-on fermentation microbiology workshop and a one-day symposium on state-of-the-art fermentation processes and practices. The program draws an international audience. The program now includes a three-day laboratory workshop in protein purification of biotechnology products. Experts in the field provide an opportunity for participants to learn principles of bacterial and fungal fermentation and to apply what they learn. And for the academic departments, it's one more way that they're able to reach out to an ever-increasing international audience.
Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture
We introduced the University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) to a trio of grateful organizations: Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., McHale & McHale Landscape Design, Inc. and Chapel Valley Landscape Company, both in Maryland. Managers participated in intense, six-week language workshops with the goal of learning conversational Spanish to enable them to better communicate with their employees. Thus far, participants include landscape managers, nurses and other health care professionals, but the program can be adapted to any organization with a similar need.
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The Office of Professional Studies provides guidance and assistance on program development to academic departments and administrative units throughout the university. If an external organization wishes to engage in a customized credit or non-credit program using your intellectual resources, we will coordinate every detail and handle the logistics so you can focus on content and curriculum.
YOU TEACH. WE DO THE REST.
The best ideas come from you—the faculty. Our staff members will meet with you to discuss the details of your program idea. We will help you think through the idea and provide expertise in the business aspects of developing and delivering the program. Sometimes, market research is needed to determine the viability of your proposal. We also can provide this service.
We concentrate in six key areas:
- Project Management
- Program Development
- Project Delivery
- Fiscal Management
- Customer Service
- Marketing
In short, you choose the level of services needed for your project. Whether it be negotiating a client contract, managing course registrations or producing promotional materials, we have everything it takes to ensure the success of your program, making it easier to manage and more efficient to run.
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