Maryland Department of Planning

Three New Members Added to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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RICHMOND, Va., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K-12 Principal Ashley Dennis, AIA, is the youngest person ever elected to the board. Since joining Moseley Architects in 2008, Ashley has amassed a portfolio of 47 projects for public school system clients throughout North Carolina. Under her management since 2017, the firm's Raleigh office has grown exponentially: the staff size has doubled, the number of K-12 clients has nearly tripled, and the annual revenue has averaged $3.3 million. In 2022, she served as president of the North Carolina chapter of the Association of Learning Environments. Ashley is a graduate of North Carolina State University's School of Architecture.

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  • Moseley Architects' shareholders elected three new members to its board of directors.
  • RICHMOND, Va., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K-12 Principal Ashley Dennis, AIA, is the youngest person ever elected to the board.
  • Since joining Moseley Architects in 2008, Ashley has amassed a portfolio of 47 projects for public school system clients throughout North Carolina.
  • Dan Mace, AIA, and Magda Westerhout, AIA, retired from the board, but remain active as principals and leaders in the firm.

New Data from the National Sleep Foundation Show a Majority of Americans Drive While Drowsy

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released results of a new survey highlighting individual attitudes and behaviors towards drowsy driving. The survey showed that while 95% of Americans believe drowsy driving is risky, more than 37 million motorists are estimated to drive drowsy once a year or more.  

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released results of a new survey highlighting individual attitudes and behaviors towards drowsy driving.
  • 95% of Americans believe drowsy driving is risky, but more than 37 million motorists drive drowsy once a year or more.
  • "Drowsy driving is impaired driving," said Joseph Dzierzewski, PhD, Vice President, Research and Scientific Affairs, National Sleep Foundation.
  • The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy.

National Sleep Foundation Announces New Board of Directors

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective July 1, Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, at UC Davis, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, at Georgetown University Hospital will serve as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). As Chair of the National Sleep Foundation, Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi will lead a Board of Directors composed of clinicians, researchers, and business professionals.

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  • As Chair of the National Sleep Foundation, Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi will lead a Board of Directors composed of clinicians, researchers, and business professionals.
  • Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD, will serve as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Sleep Foundation.
  • "Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi has expertise in multiple topics includingneurology, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and younger populations which will help NSF continue its work to improve sleep health for all," said John Lopos, National Sleep Foundation CEO.
  • The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy.

FITCI Receives Outstanding Economic Development Award from RMC

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Friday, December 10, 2021
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FREDERICK, Md., Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI) was recently honored for Outstanding Rural Economic Development by the Rural Maryland Council (RMC).

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  • FREDERICK, Md., Dec. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI) was recently honored for Outstanding Rural Economic Development by the Rural Maryland Council (RMC).
  • FITCI shepherds emerging entrepreneurs and nourishes startups while they are in that most fragile stage of development.
  • "RMC's support, in tandem with our partners in the Governor's office, Frederick County, the City of Frederick, especially Frederick County's Office of Economic Development and Frederick City's Economic Development Department, helped revitalize FITCI," Callahan Brady emphasized.
  • "Rural Maryland Council is such a tremendous resource for Economic Development in Rural Communities," adds FITCI Treasurer Theresa Bethune.

Braided Lives: Troublin de Water: Catoctin Furnace's Enslaved through Poetry, Song, & Narrative

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
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CATOCTIN FURNACE, Md., Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --With generous support from Maryland Humanities, the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society is pleased to present Braided Lives: Troublin de Water: Catoctin Furnace's Enslaved through Poetry, Song, & Narrative.

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  • CATOCTIN FURNACE, Md., Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --With generous support from Maryland Humanities, the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society is pleased to present Braided Lives: Troublin de Water: Catoctin Furnace's Enslaved through Poetry, Song, & Narrative.
  • Braided Lives is an original, historically based multi-part presentation of video and live program crafted by Halo Quartet, Elayne Bond Hyman, and CFHS.
  • The village of Catoctin Furnace is a fraught landscape through which the enslaved persons of Catoctin Furnace were born, lived, worked, died, and were buried.
  • Theresa L. Donnelly, The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc., (443) 629-8661, [email protected]
    SOURCE The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc.