Hood College

Valecia Winston , of Laurel, received a Master of Arts from the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Benjamin Cameron , a sophomore from Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Washington College in Chestertown. Alex Paxton , of Laurel, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Hood College in Frederick. Two Laurel students were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at McDaniel College in Westminster. Danika Allen was awarded highest honors and Gregory Nolen received honors.

Karen E. Dunn, whose real estate career spanned more than 20 years, died July 16 of cancer at her Edgewater home. She was 66. Karen Eugenia Carbaugh was born and raised in Hagerstown, where she graduated in 1961 from South Hagerstown High School. She attended Hood College and earned a bachelor's degree in 1969 from the University of Maryland, College Park. During the 1960s, Mrs. Dunn taught developmentally disabled students in Carroll County public schools and established the Head Start program in the county.

Services for Maggie J. Brown, the former Columbia Association president, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. John Baptist Church, 9055 Tamar Drive in Columbia. Mrs. Brown died of a brain tumor Thursday at her Longfellow neighborhood home. She was 70. Recalled for her cheerful demeanor and upbeat personality, she had worked for the homeowners association for more than two decades before taking over as president in 2001. She ran a $60 million-a-year operation serving about 100,000 people and oversaw an agency that provided recreation services and managed parks and open spaces.

Helene Elizabeth Schmauch Schaeffer, She requested that memorials be sent to Hood College, 401 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, Maryland 21701-8575. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 15, 2010 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Okatie. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, SC is assisting the family with their arrangements. (www.saulsfh.com)

FREDERICK -The Hood College men's lacrosse team has won only one game in five seasons, but who's counting? It's certainly not the Blazers. Here in Frederick at this small Division III school with an enrollment of about 2,500, it's more important to count moral victories than putting a "W" in the win-loss column. Oh, the Blazers like to win as much as anybody else, but it's hard to beat teams in the talented Capital Athletic Conference, which has No. 1 Stevenson and two-time defending national champion Salisbury as members.

Phil Scholz is blind, but few have set their goals higher than the Loyola College sophomore who competed last month in the Beijing Paralympics. "There are nine American records I'd love to break this year," said Scholz, a butterfly specialist. He holds 15 U.S. marks for blind swimmers, including one he set in China. On his return to campus, Scholz presented the 90 members of Loyola's swim team with jade good-luck charms he bought in Beijing. Six hours after his flight landed, he took part in a 6 a.m. team practice.

The College of Notre Dame scored an 11-2 victory over Hood College (4-9) yesterday in Aurora, N.Y., for the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference title, completing a 12-year undefeated streak in the conference. The AWCC is disbanding after this season. The Gators (15-2) were 68-0 in conference play and won all of the conference's titles. Men Gettysburg 11, Washington College 4 -- Four goals by Joe Brody led host Gettysburg (14-2) to a convincing victory over Washington College (11-6) in the Centennial Conference championship.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Hood College fell to Hampden-Sydney College, 68-65, last night in the first round of the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament at the Batten Center on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan. The Tigers (19-10) advance to the second round and will face the winner of the Virginia Wesleyan-Averett game. The Tigers and Blazers (21-8), who earned an at-large bid to the tournament, traded baskets in the opening minutes. Hood penetrated the Tigers' interior defense with several layups on a 10-0 run that gave the Blazers a 22-12 lead with 7:14 to play in the half.

At Hood College in Frederick, men make up a quarter of the student body - a pretty small group, considering that they are credited with saving the place. Three years ago, Hood was a virtually all-women's college with a declining enrollment and such bleak finances that it was tapping its endowment to pay the bills. Hood had 1,700 students, including a handful of men who attended as commuters. The trustees decided to let male students live on campus for the first time in Hood's 112-year history, hoping they would boost enrollment and revitalize the college.