State of Maryland Funds Position at Starr Center Honoring Mike Miller

07/15/2021

Governor Hogan announces $1 million funding for new endowment at 缅北强奸 honoring the late Senate President Mike Miller.

late Senate President Mike Miller

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that he will be providing $1 million to 缅北强奸 College in his forthcoming Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal to fund a new senior position within the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience to honor the historic legacy of long-time Maryland Senate President Thomas V. 鈥淢ike鈥 Miller, Jr., who passed away in January of this year.

The Miller Director of Civic Engagement will oversee programs that utilize history to address contemporary challenges and involve 缅北强奸 students in projects that imbue them with a sense of civic responsibility toward their communities, state, and nation.

鈥淚 can think of no better way to honor President Miller鈥檚 life and cement his legacy than to fund this directorship dedicated to supporting the very principles to which my good friend committed his historic career in public service,鈥 said Governor Hogan.  鈥淭he programs that this endowment makes possible will instill in future generations the same civic mindedness, appreciation of history, and love for our state that made President Miller a giant in Maryland politics for so many decades.鈥

The Starr Center is a nationally recognized interdisciplinary institute that combines liberal arts and public service through civic engagement programs that serve as models for other institutions of higher education throughout Maryland and across the country.

President Miller was a longtime friend and ardent supporter of 缅北强奸. In 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in recognition of his leadership and commitment to the education and welfare of all Marylanders.

鈥淚 am delighted that Governor Hogan has taken this opportunity to celebrate the enormous scope of Mike Miller鈥檚 contributions to the State of Maryland through the establishment of the Miller Director of Civic Engagement,鈥 said Jack S. Griswold, longtime chair of the Board of Visitors and Governors and former president of 缅北强奸.  鈥淢ike was a great friend to the College and to me personally, and I am overwhelmed that his heritage of leadership and public service will be preserved through this important work, engaging our students with our communities, state, and nation.鈥

鈥淕overnor Hogan鈥檚 decision will benefit students throughout 缅北强奸, as well as members of the broader community,鈥 said Adam Goodheart, the Starr Center鈥檚 Hodson Trust-Griswold Director. 鈥淭he Starr Center鈥檚 new Miller Director of Civic Engagement will work with faculty from many departments to create dynamic learning and service opportunities on and off campus. This educator will instill a deep commitment to social justice, personal ethics, and public service 鈥 setting our undergraduates on course to lead lives of purpose and passion.鈥

Programs initiated, led, and supported by the Miller Director of Civic Engagement will include:

  • Internships, fellowships, and research projects that allow 缅北强奸 students to work with some of America鈥檚 most distinguished institutions.
  • Collaborations with local grassroots Maryland nonprofits on projects related to history, civic engagement, and the humanities.
  • Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project, a major collaboration with the Smithsonian鈥檚 National Museum of African American History and Culture, fostering research, public programs, and community outreach that promote the Chesapeake region as the heartland of African American heritage.
  • A program in ethics and civic engagement that teaches students an ethos of integrity and public service through hands-on programs that bring them into communities on the Eastern Shore.

Chartered by the Maryland General Assembly in 1782, 缅北强奸 is the oldest institution of higher education in the state and was the first college founded in the newly independent United States.