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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Partners with College of Southern Maryland and Wor-Wic Community College for New Marine Science Articulation Agreements

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Partners with College of Southern Maryland and Wor-Wic Community College for New Marine Science Articulation Agreements Michael Bruckler June 22, 2021 - 10:08 am June 22, 2021 Students from College of Southern Maryland and Wor-Wic Community College now can easily transfer into St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s new marine science major with the signing of two articulation agreements. These articulation agreements are designed to facilitate students’ ease of...

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SMCM Associate Professor Barrett Emerick Coedited and Published in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Associate Professor Barrett Emerick Coedited and Published in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Michael Bruckler June 16, 2021 - 11:13 am June 16, 2021 Associate Professor of Philosophy Barrett Emerick coedited (with Professor Shannon Dea, University of Regina) an issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal on the theme of academic freedom and free speech. Emerick also published an article in the issue called “The Limits of the Rights to Free Thought and Expression.”...

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SMCM New publication for Christine Adams

New publication for Christine Adams Lee Capristo June 09, 2021 - 3:07 pm June 09, 2021 Professor of History Christine Adams, who was an Andrew W. Mellon fellow at the Newberry Library as well as a fellow of the American Council on Learned Societies (ACLS) this past academic year, has a new release in the peer-reviewed online journal Age of Revolutions. The paper, co-authored with scholar Tracy Adams, is titled “The Rise and Fall of the French Royal Mistress,” and was published on June 7...

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SMCM Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black Short Story Published in Story Magazine

Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black Short Story Published in Story Magazine Michael Bruckler June 04, 2021 - 4:37 pm June 04, 2021 Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black had a short story published in April’s edition of Story magazine, titled “Daughter Mother Daughter” under her pen name of J. Annie MacLeod. Story magazine has published such writers as Sherwood Anderson, John Cheever, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Lopez, Abraham Rodriguez, Phong...

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SMCM Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler Featured in the Physics article “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t”

Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler Featured in the Physics article “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t” Michael Bruckler June 04, 2021 - 4:29 pm June 04, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Physics Charles L. Adler is featured in this Physics article, “When Sci-Fi Predicts the Future–and When it Doesn’t,” looking at why some science fiction ideas never make it off the written page or into a movie. Adler recently released a video lecture series for The...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College Alumna Carly Harvey ’07 to Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues

St. Mary’s College Alumna Carly Harvey ’07 to Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues Michael Bruckler June 02, 2021 - 1:49 pm June 02, 2021 St. Mary’s College is proud to announce that alumna Carly Harvey ’07 will serve as mistress of ceremonies for the Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues, on Friday, June 18 beginning at 6 p.m. Currently dubbed D.C.’s Queen of the Blues, Harvey is a 2021 Wammie Award-winner for Best Blues Artist. Read more about Harvey on...

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SMCM Southern Maryland Folklife Center Presents Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, June 23-25, 2021

Southern Maryland Folklife Center Presents Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, June 23-25, 2021 Michael Bruckler June 02, 2021 - 9:49 am June 02, 2021 The Southern Maryland Folklife Center will present the first annual Southern Maryland Folklife Summer Workshops at St. Mary’s College of Maryland this June 23-25, 2021. Attendance registration is required by visiting https://www.somdfolklife.org/. During the three-day event, workshops will be...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Plays the Blues Live with Mulberry Music Festival Friday, June 18, 2021

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Plays the Blues Live with Mulberry Music Festival Friday, June 18, 2021 Michael Bruckler May 21, 2021 - 12:51 pm May 21, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland presents the Mulberry Music Festival: The Blues, featuring the Josh Riley Band, the Kelly Bell Band, and headlined by The Nighthawks, on Friday, June 18, beginning at 6 p.m. on the College’s Townhouse Green. The event is free of charge and open to the public. It will also be simultaneously livestreamed on...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College and The Chesapeake Orchestra Announce Live River Concert Series for 2021 Season - June 25-July 16

St. Mary’s College and The Chesapeake Orchestra Announce Live River Concert Series for 2021 Season - June 25-July 16 Michael Bruckler May 21, 2021 - 12:38 pm May 21, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, along with the Chesapeake Orchestra and its Music Director Jeffrey Silberschlag, are proud to announce that the River Concert Series will be held in-person for the 2021 season. A Southern Maryland tradition, this family-friendly music festival, and winner of two Governor's Awards for...

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SMCM Visiting Professor Santos-Ciminera and SMCM Students Ba and Ponticos Present at the Helminthological Society of Washington Meeting

Visiting Professor Santos-Ciminera and SMCM Students Ba and Ponticos Present at the Helminthological Society of Washington Meeting Michael Bruckler May 18, 2021 - 1:26 pm May 18, 2021 Patricia Santos-Ciminera, visiting assistant professor of biology, has recently presented at the Helminthological Society of Washington on “Parasite abundance and diversity in river otters (Lontra canadensis) within tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.” The research was executed along with two SMCM students...

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SMCM Institutional Advancement at St. Mary’s College a “Best of Show” at the 36th Annual Educational Advertising Awards

Institutional Advancement at St. Mary’s College a “Best of Show” at the 36th Annual Educational Advertising Awards Michael Bruckler May 13, 2021 - 2:30 pm May 13, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Office of Institutional Advancement, led by Vice President Carolyn Curry, has won two Gold awards in the 36th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, with one award for the Dedication of the Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland also selected as a Best of Show. The November...

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SMCM Physics Professor Emeritus Katsunori Mita published in the American Journal of Physics

Physics Professor Emeritus Katsunori Mita published in the American Journal of Physics Rachel Courtney May 13, 2021 - 10:06 am May 13, 2021 Schrödinger's equation is the fundamental equation of quantum mechanics. This equation is commonly regarded as a "wave equation" reflecting "wave-particle duality" that lies at the heart of quantum mechanics. In this article, Professor Emeritus of Physics Katsunori Mita presents it as a diffusion equation (or heat equation), discussing the dispersive...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland a “Best Value College” for 2021 According to The Princeton Review

St. Mary’s College of Maryland a “Best Value College” for 2021 According to The Princeton Review Michael Bruckler May 11, 2021 - 3:55 pm May 11, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland is one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges,” according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends St. Mary’s College as one of the 200 institutions selected for its 2021 listing. More than 650 colleges and universities were evaluated for the list, and recommended based on 40...

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SMCM 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony and Grad Walks at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony and Grad Walks at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler May 10, 2021 - 10:48 am May 10, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors Colleges, graduated 346 students with Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees on Saturday, May 8, with a virtual Commencement ceremony. Simultaneously, three Grad Walks, at 9 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., took place at the Jamie L. Roberts Stadium for the class...

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SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees Approves Graduates, Celebrates Majors, Honors Outgoing Board Chair

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees Approves Graduates, Celebrates Majors, Honors Outgoing Board Chair Michael Bruckler May 10, 2021 - 9:09 am May 10, 2021 On Friday, May 7, the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees approved the graduates of the St. Mary’s College Class of 2021, which includes 325 Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science degrees, and 21 Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. Of the 325 graduates, 57 students earned double majors. The Board also...

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SMCM Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Developmental Neurobiology

Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Developmental Neurobiology Michael Bruckler May 03, 2021 - 12:43 pm May 03, 2021 Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Developmental Neurobiology titled, “Persistent organic pollutants at the synapse: Shared phenotypes and converging mechanisms of developmental neurotoxicity.” In this article, Latchney reviewed the literature that supports a hypothesis that the neuronal synapse – the...

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SMCM Visiting Professor Thomas M. Evans Cited in Paper Published in the Journal Nature

Visiting Professor Thomas M. Evans Cited in Paper Published in the Journal Nature Michael Bruckler April 22, 2021 - 6:36 pm April 22, 2021 Visiting Professor in Biology Thomas M. Evans predicted early lampreys did not have a larval stage in a paper he coauthored in 2018 titled “The Evolution of Lamprey (Petromyzontida) Life History and the Origin of Metamorphosis,” which is now cited in a paper published in the prestigious journal Nature. Lampreys are a primitive fish, that look like an...

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SMCM Professor of Art Carrie Patterson’s Work to be Featured at the Art Gallery in BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

Professor of Art Carrie Patterson’s Work to be Featured at the Art Gallery in BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Michael Bruckler April 22, 2021 - 1:31 pm April 22, 2021 Professor of Art Carrie Patterson’s work was selected for an exhibition at the D/E Art Gallery in Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, curated by Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University Museum and an MSAC Councilor. The exhibition is titled “Independent Artists: Select Maryland...

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SMCM Professor of Art Sue Johnson’s artwork published in “New American Paintings”

Professor of Art Sue Johnson’s artwork published in “New American Paintings” Michael Bruckler April 22, 2021 - 9:36 am April 22, 2021 Professor of Art Sue Johnson’s artwork has been published in the current issue of “New American Paintings,” No. 148 South Region. In the highly competitive selection process, Johnson was one of only 40 painters selected by Emily Stamey, curator of exhibitions at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro. “New American Paintings”...

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SMCM Director of Wellness Center Laurie Scherer Earns St. Mary’s College President’s Trailblazer Award

Director of Wellness Center Laurie Scherer Earns St. Mary’s College President’s Trailblazer Award Gretchen Phillips April 19, 2021 - 1:56 pm April 19, 2021 St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan presented the 2021 President’s Trailblazer Award to the woman who took the lead on the College’s health and wellness response during the Covid-19 pandemic. On top of her regular duties overseeing the personal and mental health needs of students, Wellness Center Director...

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