The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) honored Theater Instructor Jan Adair, of Hollywood, with the college’s 2020 Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award. The award, which was presented prior to CSM’s Winter Commencement Jan. 15, 2021, honors adjunct faculty for outstanding achievement in classroom teaching, contributions both to their department and the college, professional development and community commitment.
Adair has been an adjunct instructor at CSM for 14 years and before that spent 30...
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So. Md Education News
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will recognize 754 candidates for 403 degrees and 500 certificates during its 22nd Winter Commencement Jan. 15 to be held virtually during a Facebook Live event. The graduates range in age from 18 to 64 with 41 percent from Charles County, 30 percent from St. Mary’s County, 22 percent from Calvert County and the remainder from out of the area. Of the associate’s degree candidates, 20 percent will graduate with honors.
The keynote address will be...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has released its dean’s list for the 2020 fall session. Students who have earned 12 or more credits at CSM are eligible to be considered for the dean’s list. At the end of the fall, spring and summer sessions, full- and part-time students who have completed at least six credits during the semester and have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better will be included in the dean’s list.
Anne Arundel County...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) was named the fourth best online community college in Maryland based on affordability and convenience. The ranking comes from OnlineU and was based on 2020 program data including available degrees, tuition rates and programmatic accreditations, and profit statuses collected from accreditation agencies or from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
As a pioneer of distance learning, it was easy for CSM to continue its 20-year tradition of...
CSM Confused by Grant Submission Processes? The Nonprofit Institute at CSM’s Free Grant Proposal Course on Jan. 14 Can Help
The Nonprofit Institute at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) welcomes area nonprofit organizations to attend a free grant proposal writing seminar Jan. 14, 2021 to learn about the local, state and federal grant submission process. Participants will also learn how to determine their funding needs; search for grants; develop a grant schedule; write a grant; and how to review, submit and report on grants.
Kerri Frank
Keynote speaker will be Kerri Thompson Frank, CFRE, GPC, who is a...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will close for winter break starting at 3 p.m. on Dec. 23 and will resume normal operating hours on Jan. 4. During Winter Break, online services are available at http://my.CSMD.edu and www.csmd.edu. Students enrolled in the Winter Session will have access to services and resources during this time.
College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Student Life team hosted its seventh, and final drive-thru food distribution event of the year for CSM students Dec. 8. Approximately 770 pounds of food were passed out to students who expressed a need and pre-registered to come to the Regional Hughesville Campus.
The contactless “Mobile Hawk Feeder” events have been going on since spring – rotating between the college’s campuses in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties – resulting in 8,735 pounds of...
CSM CSM’s Info Sessions, Grant Proposal Writing Seminar and Winter Commencement Festivities Lead to a Bustling Start to the New Year
CSM provides top quality career and technical education to begin a new career with continuing education certificates which provide entry-level skills for high-demand industries.
College Trades Information Session: 6 p.m. Jan 6. Zoom. Students are invited to learn about the trades and learn how the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) can help you achieve a career Construction Trades, Electrical, HVAC, Welding and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about CSM programs and hear...
CSM CSM Student Engineers Thank Calvert County First Responders with Breakfast and Toys for Tots Donations
CSM’s Engineering Club students visited Huntingtown VFD and donated to the Toys for Tots drive.
College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) Engineering Club visited Calvert County first responders in December to thank them for their service, participate in their toy drive and learn a thing or two about how careers in engineering can support our country’s fire service.
Engineering students Asha Gaines, 20, of Lexington Park; Joan Popoola, 20, of Lexington Park; and Nyah Christen, of Brandywine...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has been recognized for its talented marketing efforts by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District 1 Conference.
CSM recently received gold, silver and bronze Medallion Awards from its industry peers. The NCMPR Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and technical colleges in each of NCMPR’s seven districts. The regional competition is exclusive to marketing and public...
CSM CSM Nursing Student Kia Smith Will Intern as Deputy Chief of Staff for Delegate Al Carr at 2021 Maryland General Assembly Session
College of Southern Maryland (CSM) nursing student Verkia (Kia) Smith will intern as the deputy chief of staff for Maryland Del. Al Carr, of Montgomery County, during the upcoming Maryland General Assembly session. A resident of Waldorf, Smith also serves as the CSM La Plata Campus Student Association Vice President. She will begin her service for Maryland’s District 18 on the assembly’s opening day, Jan. 13, 2021 and continue through Sine Die — or the assembly’s adjournment — April 12...
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) hosted faculty, staff and students to share their recently published poems, stories, artwork and photography during a celebration and launch of the Fall 2020 edition of the college’s “Connections” Literary Magazine Dec. 2.
One photograph selected for the fall edition entitled “Rain on Me” in fact, embodied Dwyer’s expression of hope, according to the photographer, CSM Associate to Bachelor’s Degree Coordinator Mona Weber.
“Rain on Me”
“So [this...
CSM Cross-College Transfer Allows Montgomery College’s Dr. Rodney Redmond to Serve as CSM’s Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) announced that College-wide Dean of English and Reading at Montgomery College (MC) Dr. Rodney Redmond will serve as CSM’s Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs effective January 2021. Redmond stepping into the interim vice president position at CSM marks a unique cross-college transfer between community colleges in Maryland and sets the stage for professional development opportunities that build leadership pipelines across the state’s academic...
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recently highlighted the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) — sharing our mission and providing an overview of CSM’s multifaceted efforts to support our students and our Southern Maryland communities during the pandemic.
AACC is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges, representing nearly 1,200 two-year, associate degree-granting institutions and more than 12 million students...
CSM Timothy Scott Moore Construction Management Memorial Scholarship Assists CSM Students Pursuing Construction Careers
Timothy Scott Moore
The family of Timothy Scott Moore has established a memorial scholarship in his name to provide financial support to students in the Construction Management Technology program at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM). Moore spent his entire career in the construction industry, specifically with Waldorf-based Beltway Paving, where he was a vital component of the company’s operations.
The creation of the Timothy Scott Moore Construction Management Memorial Scholarship is...
CSM Family of Beloved CSM Employee Kevin Phillips Establishes Scholarship in his Memory for Students with Disabilities
A memorial scholarship honoring beloved CSM employee Kevin Phillips has been established by his wife Regina Phillips to financially assist College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students with disabilities. Phillips was a Maintenance Mechanic at CSM at the time of his death, Aug. 10.
Phillips went on to share that Kevin had a special interest in the restoration of historic houses and buildings and through the years developed a great deal of expertise and specialized skills to help restore...
CSM Join CSM Grads at Virtual Engineering ‘Meet and Greet’ Dec. 3 and Learn How to Start Your STEM Career Here in Southern Maryland
Bobbie Diedrich
Lexington Park resident Bobbie Diedrich will tell you she didn’t think she was very good at math in middle school – in fact she didn’t think much of math, at all. But in her second year at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) she decided to take Calculus 1 and Engineering just to see if she could change her mind about her aptitude, or her overall opinion about the world of Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (STEM).
Diedrich will join other grads and engineering...
CSM CSM Greets Season with GivingTuesday, Connections Literary Series, Engineering ‘Meet and Greet’ and an Online Music Recital
CSM Foundation GivingTuesday. Dec. 1. The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Foundation will join colleges and nonprofits around the world to celebrate generosity by participating in Giving Tuesday, a 24-hour online giving event. Make an impact in the community by donating to CSM scholarships and programs. Gifts of every size will help transform lives. You may choose to double your impact by donating to a matching fund. For more information, email csmfoundation@csmd.edu, visit...
Reminder: All College of Southern Maryland campuses and remote operations will be closed Nov. 25 – 29 for Thanksgiving break.
Maryland Sen. Arthur Ellis and his wife Rosalind joined the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Student Life team last Thursday afternoon at the college’s La Plata Campus to help with its sixth drive-thru food distribution event for CSM students experiencing food insecurities. Approximately 1,625 pounds of food were passed out to students who expressed a need and pre-registered to come to campus Nov. 19.
The contactless “Mobile Hawk Feeder” events have been going on since the pandemic began...