St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan presented the 2021 President’s Trailblazer Award to the woman who took the lead on the College’s health and wellness response during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On top of her regular duties overseeing the personal and mental health needs of students, Wellness Center Director Laurie Scherer found herself on the frontlines as the College quickly pivoted to continue educating students while adhering to local and state health and safety guidelines and mandates. 

As our year-long pandemic begins to ease, some public live music performance is returning. The First Cavalry Division Army Band, stationed at Fort Hood (Texas), will give the first performance of "Manna" Variations. The concert is on May 15, part of the "Tablerock Festival of Salado." The event is listed here:

http://www.tablerock.org/events.php

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy and the Hilda C.

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Brian Sharpless was recently nominated and selected to be one of 11 members of the Association of State Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) Examination Stakeholder Technical Advisory Group (ESTAG) for the national licensure exam in psychology (Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology/EPPP).

Over at least two-years the group will be tasked with:

o Providing information on issues/questions raised by the training community and collaborating on methods to address such issues/questions.

Students Mackenzie Brooks '22, Jacinda Thomas '22, alumni Connor McKissick '18 and Adam Kass '18, and Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Tickle presented virtual posters at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in early-March 2021. 

Professor of Art Sue Johnson will be in residence for one-month to carry out collection research for her project, Woman, As Advertised, which focuses on 19^th and early 20^th century material culture sources for the creation of new works for her on-going project, Hall of Portraits from The History of Machines.

President Tuajuanda C. Jordan and Provost Mike Wick interviewed with Diverse Issues in Higher Education regarding St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s LEAD initiative, which incorporates professional career development skills such as communication, teamwork and project management into every discipline at St.