The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata. The public portion of the meeting begins at 1 p.m. and student and staff recognition starts at 4:30 p.m. The meeting is televised live on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon FiOS Channel 12 and is rebroadcast throughout the week.
Board meetings stream live on the school system website, ccboe.com. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is...
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CSM CSM’s Benny C. Morgan Concert Series Features an Afternoon with Timothy Hudson on the Trumpet Feb. 15
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) continues its 2019-2020 Benny C. Morgan Concert Series Feb. 15 at its Leonardtown Campus with a free 3 p.m. performance by Trumpeter Timothy Hudson. He will be accompanied by CSM’s Arts, Humanities, Social Science, and Education Division Chair and Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music, Theater, and Dance Dr. Stephen Johnson on the piano.
Trumpeter Timothy Hudson will perform at the upcoming Benny C. Morgan Concert Series.
Hudson has performed...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is hosting its first Early Learning Launch event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 21 at La Plata High School. The event will provide resources for families with children ages 5 years and younger. Resources include school readiness activities for parents and children. Community partners also will be on site to share additional resources for children ages birth to 5 years old.
Some of the partners include Charles County Parks and Recreation, Pure Play Every Day...
Two Charles County Public Schools educators achieved national certification last month from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). National Board Certified Teachers complete a rigorous assessment process to be eligible for the designation.
Casey Cleary of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School and Sonia Matthew of Milton M. Somers Middle School join 36 other CCPS educators who completed the process to become nationally certified. The assessment measures what accomplished...
David Froom Wins National Composers Competition David Froom February 03, 2020 - 9:38 am
February 03, 2020
Professor of Music David Froom's clarinet concerto, "Canzoni di Notte" has been announced as the first prize-winner of the Riverside Symphony's National Composers Competition. As the winner, this work will receive its premiere performance in Alice Tully Hall (New York City), conducted by George Rothman and featuring clarinet soloist Narek Arutyunian. The concert will be on Saturday...
The value of hands-on learning outside of a conventional classroom is changing the career goals for College of Southern Maryland (CSM) student Shannon Roberts, 48, of Port Republic.
Roberts, who is working toward an associate degree in Pre-Professional Health Science with a concentration in physical therapy at CSM, was one of five students at the college selected for a 12-week internship at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s (UMCES) Chesapeake Biological...
SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Board of Trustees Freeze Tuition and Fees for 2020-2021 Academic Year
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Board of Trustees Freeze Tuition and Fees for 2020-2021 Academic Year Michael Bruckler February 01, 2020 - 11:53 am
February 01, 2020
Today the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s College of Maryland announced a freeze in tuition, fees, and room and board costs for the 2020-2021 academic year. The decision was made after a review of recommendations from a Board of Trustees Task Force, formed in 2019 at the request of President Tuajuanda C. Jordan. The Task...
Alumnus Ethan Elliott '06 Receives NASA Medal Joshua Grossman January 31, 2020 - 12:42 pm
January 31, 2020
St. Mary's College alumnus Ethan Elliott, who was a physics major in the class of 2006, received a NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal on October 29, 2019, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA awards the medal for “unusual and significant performance during the first 10 years of an individual’s early career. The contribution is significant in that, for an employee who...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) welcomes Erik Koch as the new head coach of its Men’s Golf program. Koch comes to CSM after working at Lackey High School for 23 years. While at Lackey, he coached golf from 2003 to 2007 and took the Chargers to two state championships. He also coached Lackey’s girl’s varsity basketball, football and softball teams.
Koch replaces former CSM Head Golf Coach David Russell, who stepped down after last season and recommended Koch to CSM. Koch is keeping...
CSM Clarinetist Takako Mato Kicks off the 2020 Ward Virts Concert Series at Prince Frederick Campus Feb. 9
Clarinetist Takako Mato will perform for the Ward Virts Concert Series at 3 p.m. in Prince Frederick.
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) continues its 2019-2020 Ward Virts Concert Series Sunday, Feb. 9 at its Prince Frederick Campus with a free performance by clarinetist Takako Mato.
The Ward Virts Concert Series celebrates the life and talent of Ward Virts, a talented Southern Maryland pianist who died suddenly in 1993. A group of Ward’s friends and classmates conceived the Ward Virts...
College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Associate Professor of Math Sarah Hand has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). This national award recognizes instructors who demonstrate a passion for learning, a willingness to support every student inside and out of the classroom and who participate in college committees to go beyond what is required to ensure student success. Named in honor of...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will host homeschool students at its Prince Frederick Campus Feb. 7 to share how CSM can help them jump start their college education. Participants can tour the campus; experience a CSM class; learn about dual enrollment, support services and transfer information and talk to current homeschooled dual enrollment students.
CSM began offering special opportunities for homeschoolers during the school year this semester. Known for its outstanding Kids’ and...
Clarity Coffee House held its grand opening at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) this week offering all who work, visit and attend classes and events at the La Plata Campus a variety of locally roasted espresso beverages, coffees, teas, smoothies, snacks and frappes.
Clarity is a locally owned business originating in Indian Head, Maryland. Its owners and operators, Mark Steele and Marilyn Weimer, are highly supportive of local culture, business development and student success...
The Seven-Up Art Show is open now through Feb. 9 at the Mattawoman Creek Art Center in Smallwood State Park. The show features art created by Charles County Public high school students. Art teachers choose pieces to include in the show that range from paintings and drawings to photographs and sculptures.
A guest judge reviews the art for pieces that stand out and awards prizes for first-, second- and third-place, as well as honorable mention. Award categories include black and white...
SMCM Professor of Biology Karen Crawford Presents “CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing in the Cephalopod Doryteuthis (Loligo) pealeii” at the Annual Meeting for the
Professor of Biology Karen Crawford Presents “CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing in the Cephalopod Doryteuthis (Loligo) pealeii” at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Karen Crawford January 29, 2020 - 10:49 am
January 29, 2020
Professor of Biology Karen Crawford's presentation was selected as an oral presentation in a complementary session in the 2020 SICB Symposium "Building Bridges from Genome to Phenome: Molecules, Methods and Models," held January 3-7...
Sci-Fi Authors' Panel to Feature Local and Best-Selling Authors Michael Bruckler January 29, 2020 - 10:33 am
January 29, 2020
Following the successful celebration of Professor Thomas M. Barrett marking the opening of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Archives and Boyden Gallery exhibition, “Robots, Rayguns, and Alternate Views of Reality: Experiencing Art Through the Sci-Fi Paperback Collection in the SMCM Archives," The Boyden Gallery is pleased to announce a sci-fi authors' panel is...
Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Behavioural Brain Research Aileen Bailey January 28, 2020 - 3:49 pm
January 28, 2020
Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of neurobiology, has recently been published in Behavioural Brain Research titled, “Indices of dentate gyrus neurogenesis are unaffected immediately after or following withdrawal from morphine self-administration compared to saline self-administering control male rats.”
In this article, Latchney and colleagues examined changes...
Assistant Professor Jessica Malisch Presents her Research at Conference Gretchen Phillips January 28, 2020 - 1:39 pm
January 28, 2020
Assistant Professor of Physiology Jessica Malisch presented “Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? Predictors of Facultative Altitudinal Migration in Mountain White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha)” at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, held January 3-7, in Austin,Texas.
Malisch spoke about her current...
CSM Concerts, Homeschool Experience Day, Dual Enrollment Seminars, College Transfer Fairs and 10th Annual Nonprofit Institute Conference Highlight Busy Fe
CSM Homeschool Experience Day. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Feb. 7. College of Southern Maryland (CSM), Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, Multipurpose Room, 115 J.W. Williams Road, Prince Frederick. CSM will host homeschooled students at its Prince Frederick Campus to share how the college can provide these students an early college education. Participants can tour the campus; experience a CSM class; learn about dual enrollment, support services and transfer information; and talk to current...
SMCM Professor Bartow and Associate Research & Instruction Librarian Mann Lead Workshop at AACU Conference
Professor Bartow and Associate Research & Instruction Librarian Mann Lead Workshop at AACU Conference Michael Bruckler January 27, 2020 - 10:14 am
January 27, 2020
Joanna Bartow, professor of Spanish, and Pamela Mann, associate research & instruction librarian for the arts & humanities, led a workshop titled “Community-Based Spanish and Critical Information Literacy” on October 18, 2019, at the AACU Conference of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community and Careers: Crossing Borders and...