St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Music Jeffrey Silberschlag has announced that the 17^th annual Alba Music Festival will be broadcast twice daily from Alba, Italy, May 21 - 31 at 3 p.m.  and again at 8 p.m. (EST). Artists from the Chesapeake Orchestra as well as St.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, along with the Chesapeake Orchestra and its Music Director Jeffrey Silberschlag, are proud to announce that the 2020 River Concert Series will take place this summer… virtually. The 22^nd anniversary of the popular, family-friendly music festival will be broadcast beginning Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m.

Pianist Brian Ganz will offer a free performance Tuesday, May 26, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST, as part of the 17th Alba Music Festival in Italy. This year’s performances are unique, as they are performed entirely online and live-streamed on the festival website.

Associate Professors of Computer Science Alan Jamieson and Lindsay Jamieson presented "Computational Thinking at SMCM" at the Maryland CS Summit held virtually on May 22. The presentation focused on the piloting of a new course on computational thinking in K-8 classrooms designed for computer science and educational studies students, and how computational thinking and computer science can be integrated in multiple subjects. The course included volunteer work with the Chesapeake Public Charter School in St. Mary's County.

The St. Mary’s College community aims to provide its graduating seniors — who had their final semester turned upside down by COVID-19 — a unique tool to help them navigate the current job environment.

Christine Adams, professor of history, received two prestigious fellowships:  one through the American Council on Learned Societies (ACLS) and the other from the Newberry Library, both long-standing, preeminent pillars of American scholarship in the humanities.