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CSM African-American Folk Tales: The Tails of Br’er Rabbit Premiers at CSM’s Fine Arts Theater, Feb. 14-16

The public is invited to enjoy the upcoming, and uplifting, production of “African-American Folk Tales: The Tails of Br’er Rabbit” showing Feb. 14-16 at the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Fine Arts Center (FA Building), Theater. Produced by special arrangement with author and CSM Alumnus Kenneth L. Waters Jr., this comedy portrays what happens when a school teacher asks his students to act out the folktales of Br’er Rabbit. Some members of the cast from left are Evan Simon, of...

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SMCM Comedian Roy Wood Jr. to present 13th Annual Twain Lecture at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. to present 13th Annual Twain Lecture at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler February 04, 2019 - 2:47 pm February 04, 2019 An Evening with Roy Wood Jr. takes place on Friday, April 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Michael P. O’Brien Athletic and Recreation Center, 19050 Hill Commons Drive. Wood is the 13th lecturer for the Annual Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $5 for Arts Alliance...

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SMCM Completion Date and Dedication Celebration Announced for Jamie L. Roberts Stadium

Completion Date and Dedication Celebration Announced for Jamie L. Roberts Stadium Michael Bruckler February 04, 2019 - 1:20 pm February 04, 2019 Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer Paul Pusecker gave the St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Board of Trustees an update on the Jamie L. Roberts Stadium project at the regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, Feb. 1. According to Pusecker, unusually wet weather for the region resulted in muddy conditions which hampered site...

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SMCM Andrew Cognard-Black Elected to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors

Andrew Cognard-Black Elected to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors Adrienne Dozier February 04, 2019 - 9:51 am February 04, 2019 Andrew Cognard-Black of the St. Mary’s College department of sociology recently was elected by the National Collegiate Honors Council membership to serve on the board of directors. Selected from a slate of 10 nominees, he will fill one of three vacant seats on the Council’s board beginning this month. The National Collegiate Honors Council...

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CSM 9th Annual Conference for Nonprofits, Feb. 21, to Focus on Innovation

Consider ‘New Ways of Solving Old Problems’ Innovation will be the focus of the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Ninth Annual Nonprofit Institute (NPI) Conference Feb. 21 at CSM’s La Plata Campus. Representatives from the region’s nonprofit organizations are invited to attend this event that is designed to spark ideas of how these organizations can derive greater values from their resources. Thomas Luginbill Morning breakout sessions will focus on leadership, strategic planning...

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CSM CSM Partners with Charles County Public Schools to Provide Reunification Site at La Plata Campus

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) and Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) have partnered to provide a reunification site for CCPS students, staff and their families in case of an emergency at one of the county schools. CSM has agreed to allow CCPS to use its Physical Education Center (PE Building), parking lots and access roads on the La Plata Campus to house and operate a family reunification center during a crisis. Reunification is the process the school system would use to...

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SMCM Guest Speaker Brittany Packnett to be second Annual Barber Walker Lecturer

Guest Speaker Brittany Packnett to be second Annual Barber Walker Lecturer Michael Bruckler February 04, 2019 - 9:40 am February 04, 2019 St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Black Student Union announces Brittany Packnett as the Second Annual Elizabeth Barber Walker Lecture guest speaker. Packnett’s lecture, “Building Bridges: An Intersectional Approach to Activism,” will take place on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall on the College’s campus. The...

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SMCM A Ten-Minute Play Festival Featuring Student-Written Performance Pieces at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

A Ten-Minute Play Festival Featuring Student-Written Performance Pieces at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler January 29, 2019 - 8:44 am January 29, 2019 “Humanizing Histories: 7 Short Plays about Resistance,” a festival of 10-minute student-written performance pieces, opens on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. and runs through Sunday, Feb. 24 in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall, on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. Ticket prices are $4 for teachers, students...

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SMCM An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler January 28, 2019 - 3:23 pm January 28, 2019 The Office of the President presents “Nurturing the Compassionate Community: An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton” on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) in Daugherty-Palmer Commons. The event, co-sponsored by the VOICES Reading Series, is free of charge and open to the public. The evening will feature poetry...

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SMCM Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Muchnick Presented on Innovative Environmental Studies Curriculum at Association of American Colleg

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Muchnick Presented on Innovative Environmental Studies Curriculum at Association of American Colleges & Universities Conference Barry Muchnick January 25, 2019 - 6:02 pm January 25, 2019 Barry Ross Muchnick, assistant professor of environmental studies, recently presented an invited talk at the annual conference of the Association of American Colleges & Universities in Atlanta, Georgia. His presentation highlighted the numerous and...

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SMCM Gili Freedman quoted in the New York Times

Gili Freedman quoted in the New York Times Angela Draheim January 23, 2019 - 12:37 pm January 23, 2019 Assistant Professor of Psychology Gili Freedman was recently interviewed by The New York Times about her research on ghosting. The article was published on January, 22, 2019. The full article can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/smarter-living/why-people-ghost-and-how-to-get-over-it.html [ This article originally appeared here ]

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SMCM St. Mary’s College Presents Annual Reeves Lecture with Jeffrey Hammond

St. Mary’s College Presents Annual Reeves Lecture with Jeffrey Hammond Michael Bruckler January 22, 2019 - 3:16 pm January 22, 2019 The annual Reeves Lecture with Jeffrey Hammond, professor of English and George B. and Willma Reeves Distinguished Professor in the Liberal Arts, will take place on Monday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in Daugherty-Palmer Commons on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. Titled, “I’m With Her: A Feminist Parable from Ancient Egypt,” The event is free of charge and...

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SMCM The Career Immersion program at St. Mary’s College

The Career Immersion program at St. Mary’s College Michael Bruckler January 22, 2019 - 2:03 pm January 22, 2019 The Career Immersion program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland provides students with an opportunity to get a taste of the working world during their college career. Career immersion trips are group visits to companies and organizations focused on exposing students to various job fields.The trips are planned and organized by the staff of the Career Development Center and...

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SMCM Professor Sue Johnson Awarded Two Residency Fellowships

Professor Sue Johnson Awarded Two Residency Fellowships Michael Bruckler January 17, 2019 - 3:15 pm January 17, 2019 Sue Johnson, professor of art, has been awarded two residency fellowships in 2019: The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Residency Fellowship in New York and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency Fellowship in Amherst, Virginia. The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts awarded 18 artists from around the world for its 2019 residency program from more...

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SMCM Students Raynaud and Mehaffey Selected as Undergraduate Research Fellows

Students Raynaud and Mehaffey Selected as Undergraduate Research Fellows Michael Bruckler January 16, 2019 - 11:29 am January 16, 2019 St. Mary’s College of Maryland anthropology students Melody Raynaud and Daniel Mehaffey have been selected as inaugural Undergraduate Research Fellows for the American Anthropological Association. Raynaud and Mehaffey are two of only six fellows selected from a nationwide pool of applicants. With mentor William Roberts, professor of anthropology...

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SMCM David Froom's Music Performed at Saxophone Symposium

David Froom's Music Performed at Saxophone Symposium David Froom January 14, 2019 - 7:24 am January 14, 2019 Professor of Music David Froom's "Before the Dawn" for saxophone and piano was performed by Tim Powell (saxophone) and Molly Orlando (piano) at the 41st International Saxophone Symposium, sponsored by the United States Navy Band, this year taking place at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. More information can be found here: http://www.navyband.navy.mil/saxophone/#/ [...

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CSM CSM Students Deliver Award-Winning Essays at Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast

Two College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Men of Excellence students were recognized for their award-winning essays on the Harlem Renaissance during the 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Prayer Breakfast. The program, sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority Inc., Nu Zeta Omega Chapter in conjunction with Ivy and Pearls of Southern Maryland Communities Charities and the NAACP, took place at the St. Mary’s College of Maryland on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 21. CSM students...

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CSM CSM Inducts 15 Nursing Students into Alpha Omega Honor Society

Student Speaker Kayla Getgen tells her fellow inductees, “Being a part of the honor society is exactly what the name says – it’s an honor.” The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) inducted 15 nursing students into Alpha Omega, CSM’s chapter of the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society on Jan. 23. “Admission into an honor society is an extraordinary accomplishment and is a recognition of years of hard work and dedication,” CSM Nursing Professor Dr...

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CSM Pianist Sahun Hong Brings Colorful and Riveting Energy to Prince Frederick as Part of Ward Virts Concert Series

The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) continues its 2018-2019 Ward Virts Concert Series Feb. 10 at its Prince Frederick Campus with a performance by renowned pianist Sahun Hong, who brings his colorful style and riveting energy to the solo, chamber and concerto stage. He has been featured as a guest soloist with the ORF-Vienna, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Camerata New York, Fort Worth, Richardson, Racine, Waco, Galveston, and Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestras. He has given performances in...

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CSM CSM Pinning Ceremony Celebrates 38 Nursing Graduates

During the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) nursing recognition ceremony Jan. 17, as part of the college’s 20th Winter Commencement, 38 associate degree nursing candidates received their nursing pins. CSM’s nursing pin, described as a medal of honor and badge of courage by CSM Nursing Professor Annette Ragland, was custom designed in 2001 by the nursing faculty and students to reflect CSM. Ragland went on to tell the audience how the modern pinning ceremony dates to the 1860s, when...

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