<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/macem-prepares-quality-competent-emergency-management-professionals.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>01/23/2017</pubDate><title>MACEM Prepares Quality, Competent Emergency Management Professionals</title><author>Kathy Francis, MS, CEM, MDPEMP &amp; Sam Lombardo, M.E.d</author><image><img src="/images/cards_900x600/public_safety_aas_stock_1.jpg" alt="Emergency management professional speaking on a mobile phone while taking notes in an office, with maps and emergency planning resources visible in the background."/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><description>Dear MACEM Staff and Students: Welcome to the 2017 Spring Semester at Frederick Community College’s Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management (MACEM). You are part of a progr...</description></item>