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Mary Lashley is a Towson Tiger through and through. Lashley, who graduated summa cum laude from Towson University with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing in 1981, has spent her entire teaching career at the university.

鈥淢y 快活视频education prepared me for my life鈥檚 work,鈥� Lashley attests. A member of the 快活视频nursing department faculty since 1986, Lashley is also a strong advocate for the , a homeless provider organization and residential recovery program that serves 500 men and up to 250 women and children in downtown Baltimore. 鈥淢y passion is teaching students to use their education for a meaningful purpose beyond themselves.鈥�

Each semester, undergraduate students in Lashley鈥檚 public health nursing class and other volunteers help her host a health fair at the Mission, and graduate students create and implement wellness programs for its residents.

鈥淢y students are using their knowledge and skills to have an impact. They are learning to develop health programs for some of the most vulnerable populations in the community to achieve more positive health outcomes,鈥� explains Lashley.  

鈥� My 快活视频education prepared me for my life鈥檚 work. 鈥�

Lashley was moved by the stories of transformation when she first learned about the Mission. 鈥淵ears later, I am a nurse consultant and board member,鈥� says Lashley, who was a driving force in establishing the Mission鈥檚 Center for Health and Wellness and an oral health program that has provided restorative dental care to more than 1,000 men. 

Her service to Towson University and the community has not gone unnoticed. Lashley is a past recipient of the and the Dean鈥檚 Alumni Recognition Award.