‘Provocations’ Series to Feature Author and Veteran Wayne Karlin, Nov. 7
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will host a lecture “Communicating and Confronting Trauma through Poetry by Veterans” at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the college’s Prince Frederick Campus.
CSM Professor Emeritus Wayne Karlin of St. Mary’s City — a writer and a veteran with a longer than 30-year connection to the college — will present the free lecture, which is part of CSM’s “Provocations” Faculty Excellence Lecture...
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When today’s vehicle accident on Route 225 between Mitchell and Sleepy Hollow roads led to road closures and commuter delays near the La Plata Campus, College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students, staff and faculty heading to the campus were able to count on the CSM Safe App to keep them informed as they tried to make their way to class and work on time. CSM Public Safety and Preparedness Department launched the new CSM Safe App over the summer to put critical, real-time information at users’...
Young golfers hit the links Oct. 30 for the middle school golf tournament held at White Plains Golf Course. While some students are new to the sport, others are familiar with it. Some are super serious about it; others play for the fun of it.
“I like it,” Peyton Lewis, a Matthew Henson Middle School sixth grader, said. “It’s not like it’s super competitive. When you’re playing soccer or football, when you miss a goal or something, you’re like ‘Oh, no! Game’s over,’ and everybody’s mad at...
St. Mary's College of Maryland Sailing Captures Mid-Atlantic Conference Championships Lee Capristo October 31, 2019 - 9:39 am
October 31, 2019
The top 18 schools in the Middle Atlantic Inter-Collegiate Sailing Conference (MAISA) battled in Kings Point, NY, for their conference crown. Throughout the semester, the top teams earned the right to represent the 55-school conference at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy October 26-27. After 26 races across both A and B Divisions in a full range of...
Louis D’Ambrosio, a longtime Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) educator and principal at Berry Elementary School, was recently selected by Gov. Larry Hogan to serve on the Maryland Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board. He is the first CCPS educator to be chosen to serve a three-year term on the Board.
D’Ambrosio said he applied to serve on the Board to advocate for teachers. “I want to stay involved with the people who are involved in making decisions for education and...
SMCM Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Muchnick Awarded $30,000 Grant for Kate Chandler Campus Community Farm
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Muchnick Awarded $30,000 Grant for Kate Chandler Campus Community Farm Adrienne Dozier October 30, 2019 - 3:22 pm
October 30, 2019
Barry Muchnick, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States. The funds will support research, development, and implementation of new programming at the...
St. Mary’s College to Host Southern Maryland Legislators Michael Bruckler October 29, 2019 - 1:21 pm
October 29, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy will hold a legislative preview session on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in Glendening Annex on the College’s campus. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Elected officials to participate include:
State Senator John D. (Jack) Bailey (R-Md.)
Delegate Jerry Clark (R-Md.)
Delegate Brian...
Happenstance Theater to Perform “Cabaret Macabre” at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler October 29, 2019 - 12:37 pm
October 29, 2019
The Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will host Happenstance Theater, one of Washington, D.C.’s, preeminent performance troupes, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20 and 21, in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center, on the SMCM campus. The company will perform “Cabaret...
Poet Jericho Brown, an American Book Award Winner, will host a roundtable discussion and then read from his work at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Friday, Nov. 1 Connection Literary Series. His work has been described as “an attempt to fight back against hate in its many guises.”
Brown is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for...
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) held its annual fall chess tournament on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Thomas Stone High School. A total of 150 students participated in the event, which is open to any student in kindergarten through Grade 12.
The tournament follows a Swiss-style format in which each student plays four games. Students compete in eight grade-level divisions and trophies are given to division champions. Students who earn a top finisher award in their respective categories receive...
SMCM “Watergate: Shadow of History” Screening and Discussion Presented by the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College
“Watergate: Shadow of History” Screening and Discussion Presented by the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College Michael Bruckler October 28, 2019 - 3:59 pm
October 28, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy presents a screening of “Watergate: Shadow of History” by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Sherry Jones on Tuesday, November 19 in Cole Cinema, Campus Center on the St. Mary’s College campus. Led by Jones, the screening of the film begins...
At the start of this school year, Milton M. Somers Middle School was without a math teacher for some of its eighth graders. Somers had a math vacancy for about 90 students enrolled in grade-level math. Vacancies in certain academic areas such as math and science are common; solutions often include long-term substitutes or pulling other staff to fill vacancies. In this case for Somers, the administrative leadership team worked with Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) staff to launch a pilot...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) women’s soccer team will advance in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XX Tournament after knocking Hagerstown Community College out of the tournament on Hawk’s turf Saturday, Oct. 26, by a score of 1-0.
The women Hawks return to defend their winning streak against the CCBC – Essex Knights in the semifinals round Tuesday, Oct. 29. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the tournament is being hosted by Harford Community...
The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Board of Trustees awarded 11 full-time faculty members tenure at its Oct. 24, 2019 meeting.
“CSM has an amazing team of talented and dedicated professors,” shared CSM President Dr. Maureen Murphy. “These awards demonstrate our commitment to our outstanding faculty and to maintaining the highest level of academic excellence for our learners.”
The following members of CSM faculty have met or exceeded the standard set forth in the tenure review policy...
“Friday Night Lights” took on all new meaning for Girl Scout Troop 196, of Bryans Road, when they spent their troop meeting with College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Engineering Club and Pre-Engineering Coordinator Jehnell Linkins to learn about the exciting and fun things happening in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The Cadettes met at CSM’s La Plata Campus Oct. 25, to learn that problem-solving can be fun and to earn their Robotic Badges in Mechanical...
When the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program started in Charles County Public Schools (CCPS), it was housed at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center and very much under enrolled, said Kimberly Hill, superintendent of schools. She was a vice principal at Stethem at the time and a member of the team charged with improving the rigor of the CTE program.
“The value of CTE cannot be overstated,” she said during a tour of program offerings at Stethem, and La Plata and North Point high...
CSM CSM Hosts Author Mona Hanna-Attisha for 2019 One Maryland One Book Tour to Discuss: ‘What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope
The College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) La Plata Campus is one of six November stops in the One Maryland One Book tour featuring author Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha as she discusses her book “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City.” Hanna-Attisha will speak and sign copies of her book Nov. 4 as part of this year’s One Maryland One Book program. The book chronicles Hanna-Attisha’s efforts to uncover the contamination of Flint, Michigan’s drinking...
The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review an appeal by a former La Plata High School student, Caleigh Wood, asserting the school violated her First Amendment Rights.
The decision reaffirms a favorable U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling earlier this year that the school did not “impermissibly endorse any religion and did not compel Wood to profess any belief.” The Fourth Circuit’s decision rejected Wood’s claim that she was forced to embrace Islam during a...
President Jordan Receives CEO's Excellence Award at Inaugural PGCPS Hall of Fame Gala Gretchen Phillips October 22, 2019 - 1:56 pm
October 22, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan received the 2019 CEO’s Excellence Award and was inducted into the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Hall of Fame, Friday, October 18, at the inaugural Excellence in Education Foundation (EFF) for PGCPS’ Alumni Hall of Fame Gala held at the MGM National Harbor Hotel.
A graduate...
The College of Southern Maryland is a certified affiliate of the Bee Campus USA Program. CSM’s Bee Campus USA plan includes the planting of native, pollinator-friendly plants and a least-toxic integrated pest management plan, along with ideas for awareness events and student service-learning projects enhancing pollinator habitats.
See here for the latest update on CSM”s bee campus.
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