Donors May Contribute to Johnston Fehl Scholarship Endowment and Many Others on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) and Baldus Real Estate Agents Sandy Fehl and Bob Johnston – a CSM Alum (’81) – have enjoyed a longtime connection and commitment to each other’s success. This fall, Fehl and Johnston made a decision to take their association with the college to the next level by creating the Johnston Fehl Scholarship Endowment.
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CSM Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Joins Rural Maryland Council to Present CSM with $350,000 to Build Out Velocity Center
Funding Will Provide Interior Renovation and Build Out Indian Head Technology Hub
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today joined Rural Maryland Council Board First Vice Chair John Hartline to present College of Southern Maryland (CSM) President Dr. Maureen Murphy and the CSM Board of Trustees with a $350,000 Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund award to complete interior renovations and build out of CSM’s Velocity Center. It is the largest single grant that the Rural Maryland Council has...
CSM Aspen Institute Names College of Southern Maryland as a Top 150 U.S. Community College Eligible for 2021 Aspen Prize
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) as one of 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America’s community colleges. Based on strong and improving in student outcomes—including in learning, completion rates, employment rates and earnings, and equity—15 percent of community colleges...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Women’s Cross Country team ended their season with impressive times and honors at the last championship meet of the year.
Sophomore Sierra Walker and freshman Brittney Douglas finished fifth and 10th overall, respectively, out of 35 runners in the women’s 5K race at the Maryland Junior Athletic Conference (MDJUCO) and the National Junior College Athletic Assocation (NJCAA) Region XX Cross Country Championship on Oct. 26 at Hagerstown Community College...
CSM “Thanks Mom” – Alvey Family Brick Recognition Ceremony Surprises With Announcement of Eleanor Loretta Alvey Endowed Scholarship
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Foundation recently partnered with a local family that wanted to honor its family matriarch in a special way.
The children and grandchildren of Eleanor Loretta Alvey, 81, of Mechanicsville and her late husband, Carroll Louis “Johnny” Alvey Sr., gathered at CSM’s Leonardtown Campus to publicly recognize the couple’s contributions to the community and their commitment to CSM’s mission as the family members and college and foundation representatives...
‘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...
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’...
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...
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...
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 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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Effective December 20, 2019, the Fitness Center at the Prince Frederick Campus of the College of Southern Maryland will close. The Wellness, Fitness and Aquatics services and programs will continue as usual at the college’s La Plata and Leonardtown Fitness and Aquatics Centers.
CSM’s fitness centers and pools remain available at both the La Plata and Leonardtown campuses. These programs offer a wide range of health, wellness and fitness options, including memberships, aquatics and exercise...
Since 2017, the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has offered micro-food pantries, named Hawk Feeders, at each of CSM’s four campuses. Hawk Feeders help address the short-term basic food needs any student may be experiencing. Built by a CSM faculty member, the Hawk Feeders are stocked through individual donations by faculty, staff and students as well as through food drives, under the adage, “Give what you can, take what you need.”
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) presents an exhibition featuring the work of photographer Lisa Elmaleh, who documented her life in photographs in the rural outskirts of Paw Paw, West Virginia, as she learned to live more deliberately. “the Lightness and the Dark” will be on display in the Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery Oct. 28-Dec. 12.
From her website, www.lisaelmaleh.com, Elmaleh writes: “Me and my large-format 8×10″ camera (named Fitzgerald Fitzwilliam Fitzgeorge) go on...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will host the Southern Maryland Concert Band (SMCB) in the Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater at the La Plata Campus Fine Arts Center, Oct. 26.
The SMCB was formed in 1984 by Charles Armstrong as an all-volunteer, non-profit community-based ensemble of adult and student instrumentalists dedicated to performing quality concert band music for audiences in and around Southern Maryland. Armstrong, a former supervisor of music and longtime band director in...
CSM Warm Up This November with Literary Readings, Provocations Lecture Series, Southern Maryland Chamber Chorus, Dual Enrollment Info Sessions and Much Mo
Jericho Brown
CSM Connections Literary Series Reading: Poet Jericho Brown. 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1. College of Southern Maryland (CSM), Prince Frederick Campus, John E. Harms Academic Center (Building A), Room 119, 115 J.W. Williams Road, Prince Frederick. Poet Jericho Brown, an American Book Award Winner, will read from his work, which has been described as “an attempt to fight back against hate in its many guises.” Brown is an associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program...
During a visit to the Town of Indian Head on October 10, College of Southern Maryland President Dr. Maureen Murphy briefed U.S. Congressman Anthony Brown about the Velocity Center at Indian Head, citing it as a self-sustaining business model that is being designed as a space for innovation and collaboration for the college, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) and the community.
The CSM Velocity Center at Indian Head is a...
At 1 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, the College of Southern Maryland was advised by the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office that during their attempt to serve a non-violent felony warrant on an individual, witness reports indicated that the individual was in the area of the Leonardtown Campus.
CSM’s public safety department immediately issued a lockdown for the Leonardtown Campus’ Building B based on a witness report that the individual had entered that building. This was followed by a lockdown of all...