St. Mary's College of Maryland men's basketball member Gary Grant has been selected as the December Student-Athlete of the Month, the SMCM athletic department announced today (Jan. 8).

The Department of Athletics & Recreation executive team selects the Student-Athlete of the Month awardee each month.

Congratulations to the Giving Tuesday Alumni Council Challenge overall winner - Varsity Women's Lacrosse - for taking in a collective $6,000 in awards (1st place in the Blue Ribbon Bonus category with $3,000, and 1st place in the team competition with $3,000).

Thank you to all 22 student clubs and teams who created videos promoting the unique student life here at St. Mary's College for this year’s Challenge. Their creativity and enthusiasm helped inspire over 2,000 members of the campus community to BECOUNTED on 12.03, shattering our goal of 1,203 donors in 32 hours.

Michael Cain, professor of political science, has been working USAID’s Power Africa program in Uganda. Power Africa is a U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by USAID.

Adam Malisch, research administrator in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, earned his professional accreditation in December. Only 38% of U.S. research administrators have such a professional accreditation, Certified Research Administrator. 

Scott Devine, director of athletics and recreation, will retire at the end of the 2020 school year. President of St. Mary’s College of Maryland Tuajuanda C. Jordan made the announcement.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland will join the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), beginning the 2021-22 academic year. Founded in 2004, The NEAC is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III.

Andrew Cognard-Black, assistant professor of sociology, recently published an edited book collection titled “The Demonstrable Value of Honors Education: New Research Evidence” with the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the leading professional association of honors educators.