Congratulations to the Giving Tuesday Alumni Council Challenge overall winner - Varsity Women's Lacrosse - for taking in a collective $6,000 in awards (1st place in the Blue Ribbon Bonus category with $3,000, and 1st place in the team competition with $3,000).

Thank you to all 22 student clubs and teams who created videos promoting the unique student life here at St. Mary's College for this year’s Challenge. Their creativity and enthusiasm helped inspire over 2,000 members of the campus community to BECOUNTED on 12.03, shattering our goal of 1,203 donors in 32 hours.

Michael Cain, professor of political science, has been working USAID’s Power Africa program in Uganda. Power Africa is a U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by USAID.

Adam Malisch, research administrator in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, earned his professional accreditation in December. Only 38% of U.S. research administrators have such a professional accreditation, Certified Research Administrator. 

Scott Devine, director of athletics and recreation, will retire at the end of the 2020 school year. President of St. Mary’s College of Maryland Tuajuanda C. Jordan made the announcement.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland will join the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), beginning the 2021-22 academic year. Founded in 2004, The NEAC is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III.

Andrew Cognard-Black, assistant professor of sociology, recently published an edited book collection titled “The Demonstrable Value of Honors Education: New Research Evidence” with the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the leading professional association of honors educators.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been ranked among the “Best Colleges for Your Money” by Money. According to Money, “St. Mary’s College of Maryland is the state’s public honors college.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland sailing member Leo Boucher ’22 has been named the November Student-Athlete of the Month, the SMCM athletic department announced Dec. 4.

On Saturday, December 21 at 5 p.m., the 21st Century Consort will present the East Coast premiere of David Froom's work for solo cello, "Violoncelletude." This free concert will take place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. A pre-concert event begins at 4 p.m., and a reception follows the concert. More information about this event can be found here: http://21stcenturyconsort.org/index.php/in_season#19331

Gili Freedman, assistant professor of psychology, has recently been published in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology titled, “Does engaging in social rejection heighten or diminish social processing?”