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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced $1.2 million in federal funding for low-income, first-generation, and or students with disabilities pursuing higher education. The federal funding includes $272,364 to ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University, according to the United States Department of Education’s TRIO Student Support Services grant program. Van Hollen and Alsobrooks said they believe that the federal funding will provide students with adequate resources and opportunities to overcome the obstacles they have faced.

Suitcases recently lined the sidewalks at ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University as the newest Sea Gulls moved onto campus for the fall semester. Students from campus clubs, Greek organizations and Athletics pitched in to help move new students into residence halls. SU welcomed some 1,450 new students for the fall semester.

¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University recently unveiled its newly renovated Social Room in Holloway Hall. The renovation was designed to reflect the building’s history with a touch of refined style. The room first opened in 1932, and the renovation comes just in time for ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University’s centennial.

Incoming Univesity System of Maryland students were notified this week that their Guaranteed Access Grants, awarded last spring by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, had been cancelled due to a computer error. The grants covered up to $18,000 in financial aid for each student awarded. ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University announced to its impacted students that the University would replace the cancelled state grants with a one-time replacement award funded by the SU Foundation, Inc.

Students surveyed for The Princeton Review's Best 391 Colleges guide rave about ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University: "SU is packed with academic features that thrill its enrollees. From the 'good nursing program' to a biology department that is 'quite extensive in ... labs and research studies' to an education program that offers opportunities to engage 'with the local community schools,' students are thrilled. Atop that, there's also the Clarke ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp Program, which 'gave me opportunities to be more personal with what I study and write about,' and of course the Perdue School of Business, which they find to be 'one of the best in the state.'"

¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University is turning 100, and the community is invited to celebrate. In May, the institution inaugurated its year-long SU Centennial celebration — “¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp. Forever.” — with its 100th spring commencement at Sea Gull Stadium. Events kick into high gear this summer and fall.

Twenty-one law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 94th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College. Graduates included Alexander Wallace of the ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University Police Department.

Money magazine again has named ¸»¶þ´úÊÓƵapp University among “The Best Colleges in America. SU received a four-star rating on a five-star scale on Money’s 2025 list of campuses highlighted for excellence. For its rankings, Money begins with all four-year public and private institutions – more than 2,400 schools. It examines educational quality, affordability and student outcomes.