When 10 senior student-athletes are competing in NCAA Championship Tournament action on 2023 Commencement day, St. Mary’s College of Maryland rolls out the red carpet a little early.

The senior members of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams will be unable to attend the 2023 Commencement ceremony scheduled for Saturday, May 13, as they will be competing in the second and first round, respectively, of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. 

Professor of History Christine Adams co-edited and wrote the introduction to the latest issue of H-France Salon, a multimedia journal of French Studies. Adams currently serves as associate editor for the journal. Staffed completely by volunteers, all of whom hold PhDs, H-France Salon promotes scholarly work and discussion on the history and culture of the Francophone world through digital form.

Sue Johnson's artwork is part of a two-person exhibition at The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, Delaware from June 9 - August 27. In "External Reflections | Internal Identities" artists Sue Johnson and Constance McBride both explore the lives of their respective mothers.

Professor of English Karen Leona Anderson wrote a short essay about her previously published poem, “Rat” that was published recently in Poetry Daily’s “What Sparks Poetry: Ecopoetry Now.” Additionally, on May 4, Anderson is an invited reader at the “The Materials Issue” poetry reading, a collaboration between the Phillips Collection and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland. Printed copies of “The Materials Issue: Full Bleed” will be available in May/June 2023.