COLUMBIA, MD – Howard Community College (HCC) President Daria J. Willis announced the receipt of a $148,176 grant from the Maryland Department of Labor’s Employment Advancement Right Now (EARN) Maryland program. The grant will fund […]
Youth
Science Fiction Becomes Reality in Howard County
Scientist Teaches Children to Pilot Drones with their Brains at Local Library Columbia, MD – In a scene seemingly lifted from the script of a Star Wars film, nearly two dozen Howard County school children flew small commercial drones using […]
Robot Boys of Howard County to Fly Drones with Minds
Columbia, MD – Nearly two dozen African American boys from Howard County middle and high schools will participate in a workshop on Sunday where they will learn to fly drones using headsets that measure their brainwaves. The […]
Ball Introduces County’s Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, Mai-Anh Nguyen
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has announced the appointment of Howard County’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, Mai-Anh Nguyen, at Busboys and Poets in Columbia. “Congratulations to Mai-Anh on her appointment as […]
The Next Generation is Learning from You!
The children we are guiding watch us closely. They take in what we say, how we say it, what we do, how we do it, the attitude, the intention. All of it is being taken […]
Pickleball, Skatepark and More Coming to Blandair Regional Park
Innovative Project includes construction of 15,000-square-foot skate park, six pickleball courts, two lighted basketball courts, and more parking ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today broke ground on the next phase of […]
Innovative Bicycle Traffic Garden Opens at Huntington Park in Columbia
Young and Inexperienced Bicyclists Can Learn Bike Skills to Safely Ride in Their Neighborhoods ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Howard County Executive Calvin Ball opened the new Bicycle Traffic Garden on the repurposed basketball court at […]
