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2004
• The master’s degree program in forensic studies is launched and admits its first students
• MHEC approves a master’s degree in forensic science
2005
• The master’s degree program in forensic science admits its first students
• Two forensic studies professors are appointed to the prestigious educator committee of an international
professional association
• The forensic studies program makes a presentation at a national conference held by The National Institute for
Fraud Prevention
• The School of Graduate and Professional Studies holds its first annual forensic symposium, the Forensic Career
Symposium, to educate the community about forensics
2006
• The master’s degree program in forensic studies transforms to an online format to allow more Maryland students
and others to earn their degrees, including students in the military who are assigned abroad
• The Daily Record recognizes Dean Joyce Becker as an Innovator of the Year for the forensics online program
• A $296,168 federal grant administered by the U.S. Department of Justice is awarded for the establishment of a
state-of-the-art mock trial courtroom and forensics equipment
• The first group of forensic studies students graduates
• The annual forensic symposium, Forensic Career Symposium 2, is held for the community
2007
• The first group of forensic science students graduates
• The forensic studies program adds an investigations track
• The School of Graduate and Professional Studies holds its now-annual forensic symposium on Red Collar Crime
2008 (Villa Julie College becomes Stevenson University)
• Forensic studies faculty teach at Maryland Defense Cyber Crime Center Mock Trial
• A $402,457 feder al grant administered by the U.S. Department of Justice is awarded for the completion of a
state-of-the-art mock trial courtroom and the establishment of a computer forensics laboratory
• The new courtroom opens at the Brown School of Business and Leadership on the Owings Mills, Md., campus
2009
• The courtroom begins to be made available free of charge to Maryland agencies and others
• Forensic studies faculty Maria Howell teaches at the FBI Computer Analysis Response Team Mock Trial
(also in 2010 and 2011)
• The annual forensic symposium is held for the community: Into The Courtroom
2010
• First edition of The Forensics Journal is published (and has been every year since)
• A $93,000 State of Maryland BRAC (“base realignment and closure”) grant is received to develop a cyber
forensics program and three new forensic courses and lays the foundation for the cyber forensics program
• A course in mobile device forensics is offered
• Associate Dean Thomas Coogan named a Fulbright Scholar by the Department of State
• The criminalistics track is added for crime scene investigators
• The annual symposium is held on the Bernard Madoff investment scandal, The Madoff Trial: A Forensic Case Study