Assistant Professor Cai featured in OZY and Reuters Michael Bruckler November 08, 2019 - 3:52 pm
November 08, 2019
From Dec. 2018 through April 2019, Assistant Professor of Photography Tristan Cai participated in an artist-in-residence program at DECK, a premier arts space in Singapore that showcases contemporary photography. As a result, Cai is featured in the media company OZY’s story focused on DECK (Discovery Engagement Community Knowledge) which offers “three galleries, an analog...
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So. Md Education News
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Professor von Kellenbach Gives Invited Lecture in Stockholm Lee Capristo November 08, 2019 - 3:51 pm
November 08, 2019
Professor of Religious Studies Katharina von Kellenbach gave the 2019 Krister Stendahl Memorial Lecture on October 31 in Stockholm, Sweden. The lecture's title was “Guilt as a Productive Force in the Transformation of Jewish-Christian Relations.” The Krister Stendahl Memorial Lecture is a yearly event to honor the memory of Krister Stendahl, bishop in Stockholm 1984-1988...
Assistant Professor Eden Published in the “British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies” Michael Bruckler November 06, 2019 - 11:18 am
November 06, 2019
Assistant Professor of History Jeff Eden had a new article published in the “British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.”
With “Did Ibn Saud’s Militants Cause 400,000 Casualties? Myths and Evidence about the Wahhabi Conquests, 1902–1925,” Eden proposes that the claim that Ibn Saud’s militants killed or wounded between 400,000 and 800,000...
David Froom's music in Ukraine David Froom November 02, 2019 - 8:05 am
November 02, 2019
On Thursday, Nov. 7, David Froom's "Ribbons" for solo flute will be performed in Kyiv, Ukraine, by the Sed Contra Ensemble. The concert will take place in the Chamber Hall of the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. . David is on the linked poster as Девід ФРУМ.
St. Mary's College of Maryland Receives Chesapeake Cultural Studies Grant Gretchen Phillips November 01, 2019 - 2:58 pm
November 01, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been awarded a $24,000 Chesapeake Material Cultural Studies Grant from The Conservation Fund.
The grant will advance the College’s work using archaeological artifacts to examine how Native American groups in the Chesapeake’s major river drainages responded to the region’s occupation by European settlers. SMCM...
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...
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...
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...
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...
St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees Recognize Faculty Promotions Michael Bruckler October 21, 2019 - 11:15 am
October 21, 2019
In a special presentation on Friday, October 18, the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees recognized the following faculty promotions.
Promotion to Full Professor:
Betül Başaran (religious studies) joined the St. Mary’s College faculty in 2005. She is a scholar of the Ottoman Empire as well as the social and economic history of the Middle East...
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020 Recognizes St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler October 21, 2019 - 9:50 am
October 21, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, was recently acknowledged in the 2020 edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges.”
For more than 30 years, millions of students, parents, and guidance counselors have relied on the Fiske Guide to Colleges during their college search. Compiled by former New York Times education editor Edward...
SMCM SMCM Alumni Hall, Schuller, and Kimball, and their professor, Jessica Malisch, highlighted in Maryland Ornithological Society Newsletter
SMCM Alumni Hall, Schuller, and Kimball, and their professor, Jessica Malisch, highlighted in Maryland Ornithological Society Newsletter Jessica Malisch October 18, 2019 - 8:36 am
October 18, 2019
St. Mary’s College alumni Lauren Hall ‘19, Livia Shuller ‘19, and Melanie Kimball ‘19, along with their St. Mary’s Project (SMP) mentor, Jessica L. Malisch, assistant professor of physiology, were featured in an article in the September-October Newsletter of the Maryland Ornithological Society...
Linda Greer an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series Michael Bruckler October 17, 2019 - 3:18 pm
October 17, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Linda Greer to discuss “The Environmental Impact of Fashion” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Nov. 20 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106.
Greer will discuss the fashion industry’s surprisingly large environmental footprint...
SMCM Associate Professor Gijanto Named English Editor for the Society for Africanist Archaeology bulletin, Nyame Akuma
Associate Professor Gijanto Named English Editor for the Society for Africanist Archaeology bulletin, Nyame Akuma Michael Bruckler October 17, 2019 - 3:00 pm
October 17, 2019
Congratulations to Liza Gijanto, associate professor of anthropology, who was recently named the English editor for the Society for Africanist Archaeology bulletin, Nyame Akuma.
According to the website, The Society of Africanist Archaeologists is an organization of archaeologists, researchers from associated...
SMCM St. Mary’s College Gives Invited Plenary at Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project Yearly Meeting
St. Mary’s College Gives Invited Plenary at Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project Yearly Meeting Michael Bruckler October 16, 2019 - 9:12 am
October 16, 2019
The Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations Project (CUR-TP) held its third yearly meeting, Oct. 4 - 6, at which meeting participants continued their work on integrating undergraduate research experiences throughout the curriculum. Attending the meeting on behalf of St. Mary’s College of Maryland this...
SMCM Assistant Professor Shanen Sherrer and Colleagues Awarded St. Mary’s College’s First NSF MRI Grant
Assistant Professor Shanen Sherrer and Colleagues Awarded St. Mary’s College’s First NSF MRI Grant Michael Bruckler October 11, 2019 - 2:45 pm
October 11, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland was awarded its first National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) grant using lead investigator Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Shanen Sherrer’s expertise on circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Geoffrey M. Bowers, assistant professor of chemistry; Randolph K...
St. Mary’s College Presents “We Do Not Beg the Rope: Poems and Music by Aleshea Harris” Michael Bruckler October 11, 2019 - 12:12 pm
October 11, 2019
On Tuesday, Nov. 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m., the Office of the President presents Aleshea Harris in Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall. The event, “We Do Not Beg the Rope: Poems and Music by Aleshea Harris,” is free of charge and open to the public.
An insistence upon the innate worthiness of marginalized people, “We Do Not Beg the...
SMCM Jason Rezaian to Deliver the 2019 Benjamin C. Bradlee Distinguished Lecture in Journalism at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Jason Rezaian to Deliver the 2019 Benjamin C. Bradlee Distinguished Lecture in Journalism at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler October 11, 2019 - 10:22 am
October 11, 2019
In July of 2014, Jason Rezaian and his wife were detained in their Iranian home and he went on to spend 544 days in Tehran’s Evin prison, released on the same day that the historic nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was implemented. On Wednesday, October 23 at 7 p.m., former U.S. correspondent...