Twenty-One Students Initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary's College Michael Bruckler April 11, 2019 - 9:11 am
April 11, 2019
On Friday, March 29, 21 students (2 juniors and 19 seniors) were initiated into the Zeta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary's College of Maryland, The National Public Honors College.
2019 PBK Initiates were:
Elisabeth J. Bauer (psychology)
Reilly S. Cook (English)
Kyla G. Cumberland (English, international languages & cultures/French)...
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SMCM SMCM Students, Alums and Faculty Present at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching
SMCM Students, Alums and Faculty Present at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Angela Johnson April 09, 2019 - 11:28 am
April 09, 2019
SMCM had a strong showing in the 2019 annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, the preeminent international science education conference.
Angela Johnson, professor of educational studies and director of teacher education, and Liz Mulvey '20 presented a poster based on Johnson's NSF grant, Centering...
David Froom as Competition Judge David Froom April 08, 2019 - 9:12 am
April 08, 2019
As an extension of his creative work, Professor of Music David Froom often is asked to sit as a judge in a variety of competitions. On Sunday, April 7, he joined a panel at Howard University to adjudicate a competition for music-related graphic design at Howard's College of Engineering and Architecture. And on April 27, he will be the judge for the Music Teachers Association of Charles County "Sonatina and...
SMCM St. Mary’s College Anthropology Students Present Research at AnthroPlus Graduate Student Conference
St. Mary’s College Anthropology Students Present Research at AnthroPlus Graduate Student Conference Michael Bruckler April 02, 2019 - 1:45 pm
April 02, 2019
In a conference usually reserved for graduate students, St. Mary’s College students Justyce Bennett ’19 (anthropology and art history), Lindsay Wooleyhand ’19 (anthropology and English), and Emma Hugonnet ’19 (anthropology and educational studies) presented their St. Mary’s Project research in a session they created and directed...
St. Mary’s College to Host Southern Maryland Legislators Michael Bruckler April 01, 2019 - 1:31 pm
April 01, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy will hold its annual legislative debrief session on Monday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m. in Glendening Annex on the College’s campus. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
The event will feature Southern Maryland legislators discussing the highlights of the legislative session in Annapolis, which...
SMCM Professor Cognard-Black Selected as a Finalist for $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
Professor Cognard-Black Selected as a Finalist for $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching Michael Bruckler March 29, 2019 - 2:39 pm
March 29, 2019
Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black has been selected as a finalist for Baylor University’s 2020 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award – with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 – presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching. Three...
SMCM St. Mary’s College of Maryland Anthropology Department presents Distinguished Scholar Ellen Contini-Morava
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Anthropology Department presents Distinguished Scholar Ellen Contini-Morava Michael Bruckler March 29, 2019 - 1:47 pm
March 29, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland anthropology department presents Ellen Contini-Morava as the spring’s Distinguished Scholar on Wednesday, April 3, 4:45 p.m. in Cole Cinema, Campus Center. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
Titled, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk? How and why languages sort the world,”...
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen to speak at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Michael Bruckler March 28, 2019 - 2:06 pm
March 28, 2019
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland (D-Md.) will speak at St. Mary's College of Maryland on Monday, April 8 at noon in Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary's Hall, 47458 Trinity Church Road. The event is free of charge and open to the public. This is a joint presentation by The Patuxent Partnership and the College's Center for the Study of Democracy.
“The...
Ballesteros to Present Final Reading as the Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Arts Michael Bruckler March 27, 2019 - 2:18 pm
March 27, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s José Cacayo Ballesteros, Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Arts and professor of international languages and cultures, will present “Mother Tongue: A Poetry Reading by José Cacayo Ballesteros” on Friday, April 12, 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. in Anne Arundel Hall’s Blackistone Room. The reading is free of...
SMCM Professor King’s NEH-funded work with the Rappahannock Tribe Featured in National Council of University Research Administrators Magazine
Professor King’s NEH-funded work with the Rappahannock Tribe Featured in National Council of University Research Administrators Magazine Michael Bruckler March 27, 2019 - 10:42 am
March 27, 2019
Professor of Anthropology Julia King’s National Endowment for the Humanities-funded work with the Rappahannock Tribe is featured in the latest issue of National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Magazine.
King, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Historic...
SMCM President Tuajuanda C. Jordan Named a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
President Tuajuanda C. Jordan Named a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Michael Bruckler March 27, 2019 - 10:30 am
March 27, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan was named a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She was presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, February 16, at the AAAS...
Concert Pianists Brian Ganz & Beverly Babcock Free Concert Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Michael Bruckler March 27, 2019 - 8:27 am
March 27, 2019
St. Mary's College of Maryland Musician-in-Residence Brian Ganz and fellow music department faculty member Beverly Babcock will continue their popular noon concert series on Tuesday, April 2 in the Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary's Hall on the College campus. They will offer a brief discussion and full performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto...
Tayo Clyburn Announced as Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer Michael Bruckler March 26, 2019 - 5:16 pm
March 26, 2019
St. Mary's College of Maryland has appointed Tayo Clyburn as vice president of diversity and inclusion/chief diversity officer. He will join St. Mary’s College in July 2019 and will report directly to President Tuajuanda C. Jordan.
“I’m honored and excited for Tayo to join St. Mary’s College as the Vice President for inclusive diversity...
SMCM Writer, Comedian, Host Erin Ryan to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address to St. Mary’s College of Maryland Graduates
Writer, Comedian, Host Erin Ryan to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address to St. Mary’s College of Maryland Graduates Michael Bruckler March 21, 2019 - 5:20 pm
March 21, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is pleased to announce that Erin Ryan, host of Crooked Media's Hysteria podcast, a writer for “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and a contributor to The Daily Beast will be the College’s 2019 Commencement speaker. The Commencement ceremony will be held on the College’s Townhouse Green on...
St. Mary’s College Presents the Comedy-Drama “Stick Fly” for One Week Only Michael Bruckler March 21, 2019 - 2:28 pm
March 21, 2019
Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly” opens on Wednesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. and runs through Sunday, April 21 in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall, on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. Ticket prices are $4 for teachers, students, senior citizens, and Arts Alliance members; $6, general admission. To make reservations, email the Theater Box Office at...
SMCM Asst. Prof. Freedman Published Article on Stephen Hawking in Psychology of Popular Media Culture
Asst. Prof. Freedman Published Article on Stephen Hawking in Psychology of Popular Media Culture Michael Bruckler March 21, 2019 - 11:35 am
March 21, 2019
Gili Freedman, assistant professor of psychology, published the article “Obituaries can Popularize Science and Health: Stephen Hawking and Interest in Cosmology and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” in Psychology of Popular Media Culture.
Freedman’s research examines the influence of physicist Stephen Hawking’s death on public interest...
Prof. King to Present at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Michael Bruckler March 20, 2019 - 3:51 pm
March 20, 2019
Julia A. King, professor of anthropology, will be one of three professors presenting during “New Insights: Native American History in the Colonial Period” on March 27, 6-7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Smith Hall, in Boston, Massachusetts. King will discuss her recent historical research into Native American life.
The...
Citizen Science for the Birds Michael Bruckler March 20, 2019 - 1:57 pm
March 20, 2019
Why do birds come to feeders? In a new collaboration between Assistant Professor of Biology Jessica Malisch and Derrick May’s third-grade class at Chesapeake Public Charter School, scientists new and experienced are working to collect data for Project FeederWatch.
Following weekly bird identification instruction from Malisch, May’s students record the number and species of birds visiting the feeders...
Prof. Williams Published in the Journal Psychotherapy Michael Bruckler March 20, 2019 - 1:37 pm
March 20, 2019
Professor of Psychology Elizabeth Nutt Williams recently published “Turning 50: Past Presidents Reflect on What We Have Learned in our First Half Century” in the journal Psychotherapy.
In the article, Williams asks Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy past presidents to reflect on the role of Division 29 of the American Psychological Association and to consider the...
David Froom, Multiple Performances in March David Froom March 18, 2019 - 9:21 am
March 18, 2019
David Froom's "Petali di Gelsomino" for flute and string orchestra was performed on Sunday, March 17 as part of the North/South Consonance series in New York City at Christ and St. Stephen's Church. On Monday, March 4 at Rowan University, saxophonist Tim Powell played two of his works, "Flying High" (for solo saxophone) and "Before the Dawn" (saxophone and piano). Powell will perform those two...