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My name is Ben Toll and I’m a 2006 graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland as well as an Assistant Director of Admission. Throughout the year I’ll be blogging about the college application process as well as providing news about St. Mary’s. If you would like me to talk about something specifically, simply shoot me a comment and I’ll either answer your comment or devote a whole blog entry to your suggestion.
The Seahawks are headed to Rochester, NY to face Buffalo State on March 11th in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament. We were lucky to host our fist two games at home, winning 72-55 against Medgar Evans on Friday and 68-53 against Randolph-Macon on Saturday. Check out this awesome video from last [...]
It’s the first real day of snow this winter and the campus looks great with a thin layer of snow. We’ve got some pictures from last year’s snow up on facebook you can check out. We are really active in the admissions office right now reviewing applications. Each of us has quite a substantial stack [...]
On February 13th, the St. Mary’s family lost one of its members as Poet Lucille Clifton, former St. Mary’s College of Maryland professor of humanities and Maryland poet laureate, died unexpectedly. Among many awards over her life, the poet, who was 73, received the National Book Award in poetry in 2000 for her collection of [...]
I graduated from St. Mary’s in 2006 and I’m a bit embarrassed to say this, but one of the things that I miss most is a Great Room omelet. Now, if you haven’t had the opportunity to have your life enlightened by a Great Room omelet, follow me on a little journey. As you enter [...]
This year’s Christmas in April program has begun a little earlier than expected, thanks to volunteers from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and St. Mary’s County. Students and the community convened with little notice in Park Hall, Maryland, to clear out the underside of a trailer home and make room for a furnace and major [...]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. day brings the start of the new semester at St. Mary’s. Today is what I would call transition day. Most students moved back to campus Sunday afternoon, and spent today reconnecting with friends, buying textbooks, and taking a deep breath before the train starts moving tomorrow. This morning St. Mary’s held [...]
In the world of St. Mary’s, no three letters have more importance than the letters SMP. These letters provoke fear in the eyes of procrastinating seniors, pride in the eyes of St. Mary’s grads, and general bewilderment in the eyes of the general public. You see, SMP stands for St. Mary’s Project, a two-semester 8-credit [...]
ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON 21st CENTURY ISSUES A free, public two-day symposium and town-hall examining global issues of our century—Human Rights, Democracy, Women, Development & the Environment—from the perspective of four Asian traditions—Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, and Islamic thought. The goal of the program is to engage these critical issues from within a multicultural context in order [...]
With students applying to St. Mary’s from all across the country we realize that a campus visit is not always a possibility. We really value face-to-face interaction and want to make ourselves available to students who aren’t able to visit. Through Skype, prospective students can ask questions directly via videochat. Both Tricia & I have [...]
Sola will be one of our new bloggers in the future. She is Director of the Campus Programs Board.
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