Two Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students achieved Carson Scholar status earlier this month. They are Jayden Hill, a fourth-grade student at Billingsley Elementary School, and Kiley Grollman, a fifth grader at Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School. The Carson Scholars program recognizes students for high academic achievement, humanitarian qualities and community service.
As Carson Scholars, both Grollman and Hill receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Carson Scholars are eligible for...
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Student-Athlete Awards Announced for 2020 SMESPYS Michael Bruckler May 19, 2020 - 2:36 pm
May 19, 2020
The St. Mary's College of Maryland Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Athletic Department announced the awards for the 2020 SMESPYS from May 11-17 through the athletic department’s social media accounts. In total, 15 awards were announced to recognize the athletic achievements of the Seahawks during the 2019-20 academic year.
The award winners are listed below:
Fall
Female Rookie...
CSM CSM Holds Virtual ‘White Coat Ceremony’ to Celebrate Next Generation of Laboratory Healthcare Heroes
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) held a virtual “White Coat Ceremony” May 18 to recognize and applaud its five Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) students who will soon graduate with their associate of applied science degrees. The students will join the nation’s MLT healthcare workers on the front lines where lab work has never been more important as it is today in helping the world identify and cope with the current COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are so proud of these amazing women who are...
Orlena Whatley has been serving meals and handing out instructional packets to families for the past two months, and that’s what the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School principal was doing last week when she learned she is the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) 2020 Principal of the Year.
Whatley is known as a leader who takes care of her community, but she was surprised by the recognition. “I had no idea I had been selected and thought these types of things had been postponed due to the...
Three Distinguished Professorships Awarded to Faculty Members Michael Bruckler May 15, 2020 - 4:22 pm
May 15, 2020
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Provost and Dean of Faculty Michael Wick has named three new faculty members for distinguished professorships.
The Aldom-Plansoen College Fellowships are granted to associate professors for a two-year term. In honor of recent professional accomplishments and promising developing research, outstanding mid-career faculty are rewarded with funds...
Rie Moore and David Froom Win Individual Artist Awards from the State of Maryland David Froom May 15, 2020 - 9:46 am
May 15, 2020
St. Mary's College alumna Rie Moore '19 and Professor of Music David Froom have each been awarded Maryland Individual Artist Awards. They were among the 50 award winners (the only two from St. Mary's County) chosen from more than 250 applicants. Moore was awarded for "promise and innovation" in piano performance, Froom for "notable artistic achievement" in...
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LEONARDTOWN, MD – The Board of Education Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2020, will be held at 10:00 a.m. in the Board of Education Meeting Room, 23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown, Maryland. Due to the guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America and Governor Hogan’s Executive Order prohibiting large gatherings and events to reduce the...
The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Board of Trustees awarded eight full-time faculty members tenure at its May 14 meeting.
The following CSM faculty have met or exceeded the standard set forth in the tenure review policy as established jointly by college administrators and Faculty Senate:
Bishnu Ghimire
“Bishnu Ghimire’s tenure statement, letters of support, and follow-up interview showcased his tireless work with colleagues to enhance and improve his teaching, as well as his...
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Welcomes Two New Trustees to Board Michael Bruckler May 15, 2020 - 8:52 am
May 15, 2020
St. Mary’s College of Maryland welcomes two new trustees to the Board in May: Nicolas Troy Abrams ’99 and Doug Mayer ’04.
“I am excited that St. Mary’s College is adding two new Board members with such important and relevant experience. An added bonus is the fact that both are St. Mary's College alumni who share a critical perspective on what our students need when...
CSM CSM Secures 100th Transfer Agreement; Provides Students Priority Enrollment or Guaranteed Admission to 50 Four-Year Colleges
‘It just makes sense to earn your bachelor’s degree at half the cost’
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) reached a milestone this week when it signed an articulation agreement with Frostburg State University (FSU). This partnership allows CSM to now offer its students priority enrollment or guaranteed admission to 50 different four-year colleges and universities to pursue 100 distinct degree programs.
CSM Coordinator of Transfer and Articulation Jacqui Rogers has been focused on...
America plans to honor the Class of 2020 on Saturday, May 16 in a special one-hour television show featuring a commencement speech by former President Barack Obama and messages from Michelle Obama and other celebrities.
Sponsored by the Entertainment Industry Foundation and the LeBron James Family Foundation, the program “Graduate Together: America Honors the high school Class of 2020,” will air on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC this Saturday from 8 to 9 p.m.
Viewers will be guided to engage and...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) graduating seniors in the Class of 2020 will be honored the week of June 1 during in-person recognitions at their schools. Last week, Superintendent of Schools Kimberly Hill announced an update for graduating seniors with an option to walk across a stage in their cap and gown.
Each high school is coordinating a date and time slot for students to walk across an outdoor stage at their respective school. In-person recognitions are set for the week of June...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will hold a special virtual reading of its “Connections” Literary Magazine Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Contributors will read and discuss their poems, stories, artwork and photography recently published in the spring 2020 edition.
Each semester, students and community members are invited to hear from the Connections Literary Magazine contributors. This spring’s Connections reading will offer the same exhibition of art but delivered in a virtual format...
47th Governor’s Cup Yacht Race Canceled (July 31-August 1, 2020) Michael Bruckler May 13, 2020 - 9:34 am
May 13, 2020
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, scheduled to take place Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1 has been canceled.
“The risk of the community spread of the COVID-19 virus has forced the cancelation of another great competition.” said Adam L. Werblow, Governor’s Cup regatta chair, director of the waterfront, and head varsity sailing coach at...
The last day of school for Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students for the 2019-20 school year is Thursday, June 11. This is pending approval from the Maryland State Board of Education. The Board of Education of Charles County during its May 12 meeting approved the use of a five-day waiver to the 180-day student requirement. Elementary school teachers will post report cards by June 15. Report cards for middle and high school students will be mailed to the address on file with CCPS on...
Superintendent of Schools Kimberly Hill today announced principal and vice principal changes for the 2020-21 school year. All appointments are effective July 1.
Robert Griffiths, a vice principal at Westlake High School, has been named principal at Theodore G. Davis Middle School, replacing Kim McClarin who has resigned. Griffiths started with Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) in 2004 as a math teacher at Westlake. He taught math at Henry E. Lackey High School before becoming an...
St. Charles High School graduating senior Reginald Black was named the 2020 Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Career Research and Development (CRD) Student of the Year. Black was told the news last week when his CRD program teacher, Carmelia McNeill, surprised him at home. McNeill coordinated the visit in advance with Black’s family and Kevin Reisinger, a CCPS instructional specialist for career and technical education programs.
Black is the first CRD Student of the Year honoree from St...
The College of Southern Maryland recently on-boarded Charlie Raphael to be the next head coach of the women’s soccer program.
Raphael comes to CSM after most recently serving as the head coach of the girls varsity soccer team at Huntingtown High School. The Hurricanes went to the playoffs every year during his five-year stay from 2015-2019, making it to the state semifinals in his first year and the state championship game in 2017.
Raphael began his high school coaching career at...
I think it is time to rethink the school calendars for the next two years. With the predictions that covid 19 will return later this year, why have 16 calendar days off at Christmas when this year it is on a Friday and 2022 on a Saturday why not go to school up through the 23rd ? Also why have 10 days off at Easter cut back to just Friday and Monday. Doing those two things would save 7 school days both school years. Just something to think about. How about starting school earlier in Aug.
CSM CSM Professor Emeritus Wayne Karlin Hosts Webinar with Vietnamese Poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai about Her New Novel and Conflicts of War
CSM Professor Emeritus Wayne Karlin recently interviewed celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai about her first novel in English. His literary webinar crossed time zones to let viewers watch Karlin participate from the United States while Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai was online from Munich, Germany.
The program (view below) highlighted the novel, ‘The Mountains Sing’ by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, which tells an enveloping, multi-generational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the...