St. Mary’s College Student Jenna Gregory ’19 (art history) was the fifth St. Mary’s College recipient for an internship scholarship created by alumnus and SMCM Board of Trustees member John Bell ’95 that provides funds for students to intern with the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, California.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is a top college in America, according to a 2018 ranking by Forbes of America’s Top Colleges. In fact, St. Mary’s College is listed among the top 250 in Forbes Best Value Colleges, 74th in public colleges, 77th in liberal arts universities, and 97th in the Northeast.
Alumna Kristin Effland ’02 has co-authored the article, “A web-based resource for promoting equity in midwifery education and training: Towards meaningful diversity and inclusion,” in Midwifery, a U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health online publication.
St. Mary's College of Maryland Emergency Response Team has continued to monitor the expected track of Hurricane Florence and its potential to interrupt operations at the College. The track of the storm presently suggests its greatest impact will be near the Carolinas with Maryland outside the scope of the storm’s most significant impact.
On Sept. 19 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall room 106, St. Mary’s College of Maryland will welcome Anthony Hey, former vice president of Microsoft Research Connections for a lecture on the future of artificial intelligence and computing. This event, part of the Natural Science and Mathematics colloquium series, is free of charge and open to the public.
On Thursday, September 27 at 7 p.m., the Office of the President presents From Mozart to Monk, a piano concert featuring performances by Geo Cooper, Reginald Robinson, and Theodis Rodgers, Jr.
Two St. Mary’s College of Maryland alumni are continuing their education in Ireland this fall at University College Dublin, one of Europe’s leading research intensive universities.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been named a Best College for 2018-19 by Money magazine. Money analyzed graduation rates, tuition charges, family borrowing, and alumni earnings (plus 22 other data points) to find the country’s top values.
On September 15 and 16, the District New Music Coalition (https://www.districtnewmusiccoalition.com/) is sponsoring a weekend of events at Georgetown University, called New Music DC (https://www.districtnewmusiccoalition.com/new-music-dc/). They have invited David Froom, professor of music, onto their panel on the subject of music commissioning.
