Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is participating in Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week. During the week of Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, cafeterias at all schools and centers will have special menu items featuring products grown and produced locally. Items using local products on the menu that week include fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat products. Featured meals for the week include the following:
Monday, Sept. 30 – beef hot dogs, mini pizza rolls, fresh local green beans and roasted...
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Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
Dr. Jeff Walker, Assistant Superintendent of Supporting Services, 301-475-4256, ext. 7
LEONARDTOWN, MD - The St. Mary’s County School Health Council will meet from 5:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m. on the following dates:
● September 30, 2019
● December 5, 2019
● February 27, 2020
● April 30, 2020
Meetings will be held in the Board of Education Meeting Room at 23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown. Anyone wishing to propose an agenda...
Hautanen Presents at Maryland Higher Education Roundtable Meeting Michael Bruckler September 13, 2019 - 3:15 pm
September 13, 2019
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, David Hautanen, vice president for enrollment management at St. Mary’s College, presented at the Maryland Higher Education Roundtable meeting hosted by the College Board at the College Park Marriott and Conference Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. Hautanen presented and facilitated a discussion on the future of enrollment management...
Howansky Named 2019 recipient of the Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award Michael Bruckler September 13, 2019 - 10:33 am
September 13, 2019
Kristina Howansky, assistant professor of psychology at St. Mary’s College, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology during the 40th anniversary of its annual Conference on Teaching, which took place in Denver, Colorado.
According to the...
Recruiters Already Waiting With Jobs For CSM’s Students When They Complete Their Training
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) by kicking off its fall weekend Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) class this Saturday, Sept. 14. Since CSM began offering classes through its CSM’s Center for Transportation Training in 1992, more than 3,000 truck drivers have taken to the road thanks to CSM’s CDL courses.
NTDAW is a week dedicated to...
The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) cross country teams began its 2019 season Sept. 7 when the team raced in the Shannon Henretty Invitational at Stevenson University’s Greenspring Campus in Stevenson, Maryland.
CSM Sophomore Sierra Walker has returned to lead the CSM Women’s Cross Country team after setting a record for the college last year, running the second-fastest female time in CSM history. She set that record when she completed the Hornet Harrier 5K at Shenandoah University in...
SMCM Malena Selected as Regional Scholar for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Society of Biblical Literature
Malena Selected as Regional Scholar for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Society of Biblical Literature Michael Bruckler September 12, 2019 - 12:37 pm
September 12, 2019
Assistant Professor of History Sarah Malena has been selected as the Regional Scholar for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Society of Biblical Literature for this academic year.
The Regional Scholars' Program “recognizes promising younger scholars in the field of biblical studies. Its objective is to encourage their...
CSM CSM Secures Transfer Agreements for CSM Students to 46 Universities, Including the American Business School in Paris
The College of Southern Maryland continues to make it easier, and more affordable, for CSM graduates to continue their academic journey to a four-year institution. CSM graduates who meet certain criteria are now given priority enrollment or guaranteed admission into 46 colleges and universities for 83 different degree programs nationwide – and internationally.
Since the first of the year, CSM Coordinator of Transfer and Articulation Jacqui Rogers has signed 12 new articulation agreements...
“Where I come from, this is called graffiti,” laughed College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Mitchell A. Levy as he walked near CSM Medical Laboratory Technology Program (MLT) Coordinator and Associate Professor Tiffany Gill’s class. Then he agreed: At CSM, Gill’s approach to teaching blood mapping to her Wednesday morning students on the steps of the La Plata Campus library with sidewalk chalk – was “just fun.”
CSM MLT Program Coordinator and...
Dr. J. Scott Smith, Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
Dr. Maureen Montgomery, Deputy Superintendent of Schools, 301-475-5511, ext. 32178
LEONARDTOWN, MD – Superintendent of Schools, Dr. J. Scott Smith, announces the administrative appointment made by the Board of Education at its meeting of September 11, 2019.
The Board appointed Ms. Heather Wysokinski as Supervisor of Assessment, Accountability, and Library/Media, in the Department of Assessment and Accountability. Ms...
Pimpika Hongsawadee, a 2019 graduate of Maurice J. McDonough High School, is the overall winner of the 2019 Charles County Fair art contest. Her artwork is displayed as the cover of the Charles County Fair Guide. She was chosen as this year’s winner by the Charles County Fair Board and Charles County Public Schools (CCPS).
The following students were named overall winners at their grade level in the contest for artwork produced during the 2018-19 school year.
Avery Robinson, kindergarten...
CSM Celebrating a Legacy, CSM Foundation Recognizes Maryland Senate Leader and Community College Friend
College’s Friends Launch Center for Leadership Initiative Sept. 26 at Thomas V. ‘Mike’ Miller Jr. Celebration to Help Raise Next Generation of Leaders
Celebrating a legacy of Maryland leadership and decades of strong support of higher education, the College of Southern Maryland Foundation is launching an initiative to establish the Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr. Center for Leadership at CSM. The longest-serving state senate president in the country will be recognized on Sept. 26 at the Running...
The Calvert Recorder newspaper today published a story entitled, “Living in a post-Sept. 11 world,” in which College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students, who were born shortly before Sept. 11, 2001, were asked to share their thoughts on living in a post 9/11 world of heightened security, constant surveillance and less privacy.
“While none of the students can recall the attacks, they do recall their families’ recollection of how things used to be and how difficult it was to adjust to the...
SMCM Henderson, Köse, Published in “Mathematics for Social Justice: Resources for the College Classroom”
Henderson, Köse, Published in “Mathematics for Social Justice: Resources for the College Classroom” Gretchen Phillips September 11, 2019 - 8:55 am
September 11, 2019
Associate Professors Emek Köse (math) and Amy Henderson (economics) together published a chapter in a volume titled “Mathematics for Social Justice: Resources for the College Classroom.”
Edited by Gizem Karaali and Lily S. Khadjavi, this volume “aims to support college instructors who wish to incorporate ideas and instances...
Professor Silberschlag Conducts St. Ann Festival Orchestra Michael Bruckler September 11, 2019 - 2:00 pm
September 11, 2019
On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 7 p.m., Professor of Music Jeffrey Silberschlag will conduct the St. Ann Festival Orchestra in Washington, D.C., for a performance of Joseph Jongen's thrilling Symphonie Concertante. The program also includes a performance by Christopher Houlihan, and solo organ works by Saint-Saëns, J.S. Bach, and more. Admission is by a suggested...
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Alumna Katelynne Cowart ’15 Named Executive Director of Community School Collaborative Michael Bruckler September 10, 2019 - 4:00 pm
September 10, 2019
In August, alumna Katelynne Cowart ’15 became the executive director of Community School Collaborative, a nonprofit located in Livingston, Montana.
According to their website, the mission of Community School Collaborative is to enrich students’ educational experience and social development by engaging the talents, skills and...
SMCM Tredway Published in the Journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, one of the American Sociological Association's top-tier journals
Tredway Published in the Journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, one of the American Sociological Association's top-tier journals Michael Bruckler September 10, 2019 - 11:29 am
September 10, 2019
Visiting Professor of Sociology Kristi Tredway's article, "Serena Williams and (the Perception of) Violence: Intersectionality, the Performance of Blackness, and Women’s Professional Tennis," has been published in the journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies, one of the American Sociological Association's...
SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Ranked Fifth Best Public Liberal Arts College in U.S. News & World Report
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Ranked Fifth Best Public Liberal Arts College in U.S. News & World Report Michael Bruckler September 09, 2019 - 3:07 pm
September 09, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, is ranked as the nation’s fifth best public liberal arts college in U.S. News & World Report’s “2020 Best Colleges” released Monday, Sept. 9. St. Mary’s College also ranks 92 on the national liberal arts colleges list, public and private (compared to 95...
NASA Historians to Speak at St. Mary's College Michael Bruckler September 09, 2019 - 11:42 am
September 09, 2019
Join NASA Chief Historian William Barry and NASA Preservation Officer Rebecca Klein on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, as they describe some of this nationally significant history. In a panel discussion, Barry will share “Some Things You Probably Don’t Know about NASA History,” and Klein will describe managing this amazing history in “Then and Now; Then in Now: A Tale of Two...