Improving Higher Education

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Lt. Governor Brown Celebrates Earth Day by Opening a New Environmental Education Center

Learning Facility is Part of $153 Million Restoration of Contaminated Baltimore Waterfront

Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown, along with community leaders and area elected officials, officially opened the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center.  The center is part of a $153 million restoration project that is transforming one of Baltimore Harbor’s most contaminated sites into an area that will benefit wildlife, local residents and the port industry.   

Citizens and students from local schools will be the key groups taking advantage of the environmental education center.  The Living Classrooms Foundation and the National Aquarium in Baltimore will be developing and running the education programs for the center.  

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2009 Legislative Accomplishments

  • Froze tuition for the fourth year in a row at our four year public colleges and universities to make college more affordable.
  • Funded $1 million for MHEC BRAC Higher Education Grants, distributed to state universities and colleges.

 

Lt. Governor graduation remarks

 “The fight to make college education more affordable will never end. All Marylanders deserve the opportunity to enrich their lives through higher education, regardless of how tough the times may be.”

–Lt. Governor Brown