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InsideSMCM for Parents and Families - March 12, 2024

Dear Parents & Families,

Spring has sprung! This newsletter presents an opportunity for you to discuss, possibly in person, some upcoming opportunities for your Seahawk. We’ll detail some important upcoming deadlines as well as opportunities for summer or next year.

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Supreme Court of Maryland Hears Oral Arguments at St. Mary's College

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By Chuck Steenburgh
The Supreme Court of Maryland heard oral arguments in the auditorium of the Nancy R. & Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center on the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. This marked only the second time in recent history that Maryland's highest court held oral arguments outside the City of Annapolis.
March 07, 2024

Original screen prints of Professor of Art Sue Johnson in exhibition through April

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By Lee Capristo

Sue Johnson, professor of art, will exhibit large-scale screen-prints in Mesh, a national juried exhibition at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. The exhibition will be on view from March 16 - April 28, with an opening reception on Friday, March 15, 6-8 p.m. Johnson's works are from Subliminality, a series of 7-foot-tall prints on recycled wallpapers that she created during a residency fellowship at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium.

March 06, 2024

Taking a chance for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity : SMCM student dances her way to the Super Bowl halftime show

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By Gretchen Phillips

Kailah Callaham dances in front of the Jamie L Roberts Stadium Kailah Callaham ’27 could have brushed it off as a transient thought that night in 2023 when she watched the cast of performers at Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime show and thought, “I could do that.'' But then she wouldn’t have been on the field dancing in the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show while more than 1

March 04, 2024

SMCM Psychology Alumni and Professor Howansky Contribute to Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference with Connected Publication

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By Angela Draheim

Alumni April Fraser '23 and Sonder Van Wert '23 and Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Howansky presented research at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference held in in San Diego, California in mid-February. 

February 26, 2024

SMCM Employees Share Black Literature, Life Experience with Local Students

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By Gretchen Phillips

By sharing both passages from books and pieces of life experiences, five members of St. Mary’s College of Maryland faculty and staff inspired students at Great Mills High School during the African American Read-In on Friday, Feb. 9.

Volunteer readers from the St. Mary’s County community visited classes and read from Black authors' literature that holds special importance to them. Volunteers throughout the day also spoke with students about their respective journeys in life, education and career. 

February 20, 2024