With a rich heritage of innovation, Notre Dame of Maryland University educates women and men to transform the world.
With a rich heritage of innovation, Notre Dame of Maryland University educates a diverse population at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students and faculty members come from a variety of backgrounds, bringing multiple perspectives to the academic community. Notre Dame of Maryland is known for its student-centered orientation and for its faculty commitment to superior teaching and scholarship.
Notre Dame of Maryland University educates women as leaders to transform the world.
Embracing the vision of the founders, the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the University provides a liberal arts education in the Catholic tradition.
Distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs challenge women and men to strive for intellectual and professional excellence, to build inclusive communities, to engage in service to others and to promote social responsibility.
Pioneering microbiologist Alice Francisco El Koury ’39; Brigadier General Elizabeth Hoisington ’40, the first woman to be named a brigadier general in the United States; renowned poet Sister Maura Eichner ’41, recipient of the Theodore Hesburgh Award for excellence in teaching; former Georgetown University provost Dr. Dorothy Brown ’54; Patricia Brady Donohue ’58, founder of the Amherst Ballet Center and Amherst Theater Company; former Notre Dame College of Ohio president Dr. Ann Bruggy Deming ’61; United States District Court Judge Irene Keeley ’65; pediatric neurologist Dr. Doris Trauner ’66, the first woman to chair the School of Medicine at University of California, San Diego; real estate developer Veronica Hackett ’67, named one of the 100 most powerful women in New York by Crain’s New York Business; Bernadette Clemens-Walatka ’68, recipient of the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching; Sherry Davis ’69, major league baseball’s first female stadium announcer; Dr. Susan Love ’70, breast cancer researcher, advocate and author of “Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book”; Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Anne Daugherty Miles ’79, national security policy expert; Judge Audrey Carrion ’81, the first Hispanic woman elected to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City; Patricia Darrow Smith ’84, co-founder of The White House/Black Market; Emmy award winning news anchor Trina Robinson-McKee ’84; Baltimore Sun senior vice president and director of content Mary Corey ’85, the first woman to lead news operations in the 173-year history of the paper; Penelope Taylor W’86, M’99, former vice chairwoman, MBNA Bank, N.A.; Eileen O’Neill ’88, group vice president at Discovery and TLC Networks, named one of the 25 most powerful women in Hollywood by the Hollywood Reporter; Sheree Stokes Schattenmann ’93, fourth black woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT; NASA electronics engineer LaVida Cooper ’03, Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA), Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Award winner; and SmartCEO editor Georgia Patton ’05.
