Murphy Sworn in as New Secretary of Education
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, June 1, 2012
The Delaware Department of Education is under new leadership after the swearing-in this morning of Secretary Mark Murphy. Governor Jack Markell officiated at the ceremony at DDOE offices in Dover. Secretary Murphy was surrounded by his family — including wife Erika, a teacher, and his parents — and DDOE staff for the official event.
Governor Markell’s Weekly Message: Graduation: Doing Something That Matters
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 1, 2012
Governor Jack Markell offers congratulations to Delaware class of 2012 graduates and hope for the future ahead of them.
Governor Markell’s Weekly Message Transcript: Graduation: Doing Something That Matters
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 1, 2012
Decades from now, countless Delawareans will think back on 2012 not as the year the Olympics were in London, or the year the Phillies won another World Series (although, that would be nice). Instead, they’ll look back on this year as the time they, or their children, graduated from high school or college.
Sec. of Interior Salazar Joins Gov. Markell, Congressional Delegation to Launch Delaware Bayshore Initiative
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Against a backdrop of the annual horseshoe crab spawning spectacle and red knot migration, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Governor Jack Markell, Delaware’s Congressional Delegation of Senator Tom Carper, Senator Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney, DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara and other dignitaries to launch the Delaware Bayshore Initiative, part of the national vision for America’s Great Outdoors.
Delaware Purchases 339 Acres of Sussex County Forestland With Help of U.S. Forest Service
Department of Agriculture | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012
Marking another milestone in its effort to conserve key natural resource areas, the State of Delaware has completed the purchase of 339 acres of Sussex County forestland that will now be part of the 12,400-acre Redden State Forest near Georgetown.
