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| Sunday, April 12, 2026
University of Maryland School of Nursing students are involved in policy advocacy initiatives at the state and national level.
New Programs Aim to Make an Impact
Students can make a difference in the environment,
music therapy and nursing
By E. Rose Scarff, Contributing Writer
A
t Loyola University of Maryland,
as part of their integral ecology
focus on care of our common
home, the faculty of the environmental science and studies department is launching two new offerings.
The Bachelor of Science in environmental science and the Bachelor of Arts
in environmental studies will share a
curriculum with a strong foundation in
environmental science, social science
and policy, and the humanities.
All students will take courses in each
of those three areas. “I think what makes
our program different from a traditional
environmental studies program is that all
of our students take humanities courses,” says Elizabeth E. Dahl, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry and director
of environmental science and studies.
All must take environmental ethics, a
writing course and choose electives
from environmental history, philosophy
or art.
Besides taking courses in biology,
chemistry and other science courses, all
students will take a course on the global
environment, which focuses on systems
and how environmental justice and society integrates into those systems. They
will take courses in ecology and courses
that focus on gathering data and evaluating it.
Those students who are following
the Bachelor of Science track will take
additional courses in chemistry, physics
and advanced mathematics, so they will
be prepared for graduate school if that
is their goal.
All students are required to do an
internship or research experience before
their final capstone project. Both the
internship and the capstone project will
give students the experience of doing
independent research as well as working
with a team.
The purpose of the program is not to
educate more environmental scientists,
although that may happen. “We’re trying
to create people that have environmental knowledge,” says Dahl. “They can go
into a lot of different fields.” This could
run the gamut from reporting and writing
about the environment to working for
a large company doing environmental
research or reports, working on policy or
doing art. The opportunities are endless,
as is the need for well-rounded environmentalists.
Salisbury University will be offering
a music therapy degree beginning next
fall. Approved at the end of the summer
of 2025, Salisbury will be the only state
institution to offer this degree. It is a
music degree that offers an opportunity
to students who are also interested in
health care.
“They will be using music as a
modality to help people work on their
personal and health goals,” says Janice
Schreibman, assistant professor and
coordinator for the music therapy program. “It’s a service profession, so we’re
providing music interventions to work on
non-musical goals.”
Students will take the same courses
as other music majors, such as music
theory and music history. But those
interested in using music in health care
will also take courses in psychology, an
introduction to music therapy, music
therapy techniques, as well as resources
and research methods in clinical practice. Students also learn how to work
Aiming to Make an Impact,
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