So. Md Education News

CSM CSM Student David Sebulime Earns Educational Systems Federal Credit Union’s Community College Scholarship

Recipient is 1 of 3 Students Awarded in Maryland College of Southern Maryland (CSM) student David Sebulime, 27, is one of three students in the state to be awarded an Educational Systems Federal Credit Union 2019 Community College Scholarship. Originally from Uganda and now living with relatives in Waldorf since 2017, Sebulime is studying Pre-Professional Health Science with a concentration in Pharmacy at CSM. Sebulime maintains a 4.0 grade point average and is also president of CSM’s...

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CSM Three CSM Hawks Earn Trophies, Break Team Records at Goucher College Cross Country Classic

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) women’s cross country team broke a couple of its own records and a college record after freshman Brittney Douglas and sophomore Sierra Walker finished first and second place, respectively, in the women’s 6K race at the Goucher College Cross Country Classic Oct. 5 in Baltimore. Douglas crossed the finish line first out of the 24 collegiate runners in the women’s meet, doing so in 28:31.77. Walker came across moments later at 28:43.90. Walker bested...

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CSM Pianist Brian Ganz Comes to CSM’s Prince Frederick Campus to Kick Off Ward Virts Concert Series, Oct. 13

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) kicks off its Ward Virts Concert Series at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13 at its Prince Frederick Campus with a free performance by classical pianist Brian Ganz, who is widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Ganz is on the piano faculty of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he is artist-in-residence, and is also a member of the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory. He is the artist-editor of the Schirmer Performance Edition...

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CSM CSM Theater Presents Swedish Play ‘Miss Julie,’ Oct. 11-13 and Oct. 17-19

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Theater Program will present the Swedish play “Miss Julie” by August Strindberg Oct. 11-13 and Oct. 17-19 at the Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater, Fine Arts Center on the La Plata Campus. On Midsummer Eve, Miss Julie, the daughter of a count, sleeps with her father’s valet, Jean. The subsequent conflict between sexual passion and social position – which leads to a dark end – also deals with naturalism and class issues and is presented with startling...

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CSM Chaney Enterprises Foundation Fund Continues Generous Support of CSM Workforce Pathway Programs with $25,000 Grant

The Chaney Enterprises Foundation Fund awarded the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) $25,000 in scholarships for students who want to enter the workforce as pre-apprentices or earn a certified Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). To support this effort, a CSM Chaney Enterprises Workforce Pathway Program has been established that will map out the student’s course of study upon completion of their apprenticeship to help guide their career path and employment possibilities. Childs also praised...

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CSM CSM Associate Professor Christopher Ankney Earns Professional Development Award from Educational Systems Federal Credit Union

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Associate Professor of Languages and Literature Christopher Ankney, of Annapolis, has been selected for the 2019 Maurice Erly Professional Development Award. Educational Systems Federal Credit Union announced Ankney, who specializes in developmental English at CSM, as the recipient of the award which is made available through the Credit Union’s Support Education Foundation. CSM nominated Ankney for the award because of his dedication to teaching each...

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CSM CSM Hosts Teacher Education Open House Oct. 10

Browse Programs and Employment Opportunities at Free Event Set for Leonardtown Campus The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) invites high school and college students interested in a career in education to a Teacher Education Open House Oct. 10 at the college’s Leonardtown Campus. The event will follow a drop-in format, with information tables set up for attendees to browse and ask questions about teacher education programs at CSM and other local partners as well as local school system...

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CSM CSM Kicks Off Faculty Excellence Lecture Series ‘Provocations’ Oct. 10 With ‘Effects of Attitudinal Barriers Across the World and the Effects of Inclu

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) kicks off its 2019-2020 Faculty Excellence Lecture Series “Provocations” Oct. 10 in La Plata with a presentation on the “Effects of Attitudinal Barriers Across the World and the Effects of Inclusion for People with Disabilities.” This presentation will be led by CSM Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Rupa Chandrashekar, who joined CSM’s faculty over the summer. The CSM Faculty Excellence Lecture Series will begin at 7 p.m. in the Learning Resource...

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CSM More than 300 Supporters Join to Celebrate Launch of Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. Center for Leadership at the CSM

CSM Foundation Raises Nearly $300,000 toward $500,000 Goal for Generation of Leaders Saluting a legacy of Maryland leadership and decades of strong support of higher education, the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Foundation raised nearly $300,000 to establish the Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. Center for Leadership at CSM during a festive and celebratory evening of music, great food and accolades for Miller at the Running Hare Vineyard in Calvert County Sept. 26. Miller is the nation’s...

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CSM CSM Hosts Food Drive for its Hawk Feeders; Strives to Help Students with Food Insecurities

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.” Throughout the month of October, CSM will hold a food...

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CSM CSM Free Event Shows How Regional Partnerships Create Path to Well-Paying, Local Engineering Careers

Night of Engineering Set for Oct. 17 at Leonardtown Campus The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) invites potential students to a Night of Engineering on Oct. 17 at the college’s Leonardtown Campus to learn about college’s mechanical and electrical engineering partnerships with the University of Maryland College Park and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Guests to the free event will hear from representatives at Patuxent River...

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CSM CSM Foundation’s 28th Annual Golf Classic Surpasses Fundraising Goals, Raises More Than $80,000 for Student Success

Event Honors Danny Williams with New Scholarship The 28th annual College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Foundation Golf Classic presented by Marrick Homes and popular Sip and Swing raised more than $80,000 for CSM scholarships and programs. Through the years, the annual signature event, held at the Swan Point Yacht and Country Club, has raised more than $1 million for student success and athletic programs. The 2019 CSM Foundation’s Annual Golf Classic kicked off with the surprise...

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CSM Food and Voter Registration Drives, a Teacher Education Open House, a Night of Engineering and a Host of Theater, Musical and Lecture Events Fill Octo

CSM Hawk Feeder Food Drive. The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will hold a Hawk Feeder Food Drive during the month of October. Donation boxes to collect non-perishable food items to assist students who lack reliable access to sufficient quantities of food will be set up at three of the CSM campuses. Items being requested include individual portions of cereal, Chef Boyardee pastas, mac and cheese, Cup O’ Noodles, fruit cups, granola/cereal/protein bars, peanut butter, tuna fish/chicken...

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CSM CSM Celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week by Kicking Off Fall Weekend CDL Class

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...

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CSM CSM Cross Country Teams Start 2019 Fall Season

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...

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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...

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CSM Medical Laboratory Technology Course Supply Requirement: Sidewalk Chalk

“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...

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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...

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CSM The Calvert Recorder Newspaper Shares CSM Students’ 9/11 Perspective

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...

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CSM The College of Southern Maryland Remembers

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