Congratulations to the 12 students who presented their research today to conclude the SMCM Mathematics REU, a 7-week NSF-funded research experience for underrepresented students in mathematics who are early in their college careers.
President Jordan was featured in the article "College Presidents Sound Off About Challenges of Communicating Higher Ed's Values" in Education Dive. Read the article at Education Dive.
Assistant Professor of Theater Amy Steiger recently published an article in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism titled “Paradoxical Sleep and Flights of Imagination: Sleep Rock Thy Brain and the Performance of Research.” Sleep Rock Thy Brain is comprised of three one-act plays commissioned for the 2013 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, inspired by theatrical flying technology and the neuroscience of sleep.
Katie Gantz, associate dean of faculty, completed a two-week leadership training program for women in higher education at the 2018 HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College, located just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SMCM President Tuajuanda C. Jordan was a featured guest on the closing day, joining the panel on Chief Executive Officers.
St. Mary's College of Maryland’s highly anticipated Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, scheduled for August 3 - 4, is open for registration.
Barry Muchnick, assistant professor of environmental studies, published an article in June 2018 in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. In “The Challenge of Coordinated Climate Change Education,” Muchnick and his co-authors highlight how sustainability educators can more effectively engage their students with climate policy while also supporting students’ civic and change agent skills and dispositions to take on critical social, economic, and environmental challenges that require collective action.
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.
