St. Mary’s College of Maryland is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduates to earn their college degree, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends St. Mary’s College in the 2021 edition of its annual college guide, “The Best 386 Colleges.”

St. Mary's College of Maryland was recently awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Folklife Network grant totaling $40,500 to represent Southern Maryland as a Maryland Regional Folklife Center in the Maryland State Arts Council’s Folklife Network.

This summer, the St. Mary's College Pre-Med club put together a GoFundMe fundraiser for a local food pantry. Over three months, the club collectively raised a total of $900, which was used to purchase needed perishable food items (i.e. milk, eggs, bread, etc).The remaining donation funds were donated in cash to the food pantry. If you are interested in joining the Pre-Med Club, or have questions regarding the fundraiser, please contact the organizer Lauryn Ridley. Email: laridley@smcm.edu. 

Cassie Gurbisz, assistant professor of environmental studies, has received a grant for $19,073 from the Ferry Cove Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding the Chesapeake Bay oyster aquaculture industry. Partnering with Dr.

Professor of Biology Karen Crawford will be interviewed on today’s Science Friday regarding her milestone study on achieving the first gene knockout in a cephalopod using the squid Doryteuthis pealeii.