St. Mary’s College of Maryland recently announced that the College’s Institutional Advancement Integrated Marketing department was a silver winner in the 33rd Annual Educational Advertising Awards sponsored by the Higher Ed Marketing Report.
Three students from "Crawford's Crew" attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Society for Developmental Biology meeting at the University of Virginia, May 30 - June 1. Andrew Marinich ’18 and Elayne Hryniewicz ’18 each presented posters summarizing their St. Mary's Project research, and Professor of Biology Karen Crawford gave an invited talk highlighting her squid embryogenesis studies from last summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Annie Lowry ’19, developmental biology student this past spring and rising SMP student with Crawford, also attended the meeting.
George MacLeod, assistant professor of French, and Rob Kelley, assistant professor of computer science, presented research at the African Literature Association Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 2018.
On May 29, New Music USA announced that St. Mary’s College Professor of Music David Froom was one of the winners of their eighth round of project grants, totaling $530,000.
The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) awarded Barry Muchnick, assistant professor of environmental studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a mini-grant to advance civic learning and social responsibility as expected dimensions within students’ majors.
Officer Gerald Sellers was among 12 law enforcement officers to receive an officer of the year award at the 18th annual law enforcement appreciation day ceremony held Tuesday, May 8 at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.
Sellers has been a public safety officer for the College since October 2014. He currently serves as senior public safety officer, typically working the overnight shift.
He was joined at the ceremony by Director of Public Safety Tressa Setlak, Assistant Director of Public Safety Chris Coons, and several family members.
Tristan Cai, assistant professor of photography, presents a solo exhibition of his ongoing project, A Celebration: The Origin of Life at the CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea. The project takes the form of an archive of both fictional and real photographs in the areas of evolution research, offering a critical perspective on the issues of how visual culture shapes our shared knowledge and experiences. In conjunction with the exhibition, Cai will be conducting a performance lecture, "Understanding Visual Culture through Evolution," in a session at t
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is pleased to announce the creation of the Landers Scholars Program, made possible with the generous support of the Arthur E. Landers Jr. and Hilda C. Landers Charitable Trust.
The scholarship program will provide full financial support and one-on-one mentoring to four under-represented, low-income and/or first-generation students each year, beginning Fall 2018.
Financial support for the Landers Scholars includes tuition and fees as well as room and board for four academic years.
Amanda Deerfield, assistant professor of economics, and Sriparna Ghosh, visiting professor of economics, presented research at the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April. Deerfield’s research in “Examining the Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Ridesharing Legislation” found that states with less economic freedom take longer to pass ridesharing legislation. Her research was supported by a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.
