On Tuesday, July 10, Joanne Goldwater, associate dean for retention and student success, presented a PechaKucha-style presentation at the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International conference in Denver, Colorado. PechaKucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are show for 20 seconds each in order to keep presentations concise and fast-paced.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the state’s public honors college, was recently acknowledged in the 2019 edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges.”

On Friday, July 6, George MacLeod, assistant professor of French, presented research as part of the “Rwanda After 1994” International Conference at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland.

President Tuajuanda C. Jordan announced today that Todd Eberly, associate professor of political science and public policy, will serve as the interim director for the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He will begin the position on Wednesday, August 1, and serve until the completion of a search in early fall.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been named among the Best Colleges for English Degree Programs by Schools.com. To determine this ranking, Schools.com gathered data profiles on more than 400 institutions across the country and ran them through a multi-point methodology. Based on the criteria, Schools.com ranked all 2-year and 4-year schools in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) that reported data and calculated them on a 10-point scale. St.

For eight weeks this summer, nine students participated in the annual St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), diving into research topics of their own choosing with guidance from faculty mentors representing a diverse sampling of the college’s departments.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland senior and physics major David Gerrish is the first SMCM student to undertake a summer internship at the new University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at the St. Mary’s Airport in California, Md.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been named among the Best Colleges for Economics Degree Programs by Schools.com. To determine this ranking, Schools.com gathered data profiles on more than 400 institutions across the country and ran them through a multi-point methodology. Based on the criteria, Schools.com ranked all 2-year and 4-year schools in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) that reported data and calculated them on a 10-point scale. St.

Shanen M. Sherrer, assistant professor of biochemistry, is the lead author on a new research article with Nobel Laureate Paul Modrich in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their work shows the impact of cadmium exposure on human DNA mismatch repair (MMR). In particular, they discovered human MMR protein MutLα is inhibited by cadmium, which can lead to increased genetic mutations and cancer.

St. Mary’s College is ranked sixth among the top 25 beach colleges by College Consensus. To be included in the ranking, colleges were ranked by a combination of reputable publisher ratings, real student reviews, and if sustainability, environmental responsibility, and respect for nature were written into the curriculum and mission. For more information, visit https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/best-beach-colleges/