Upcoming Events

Friday, April 5

Margaret Brent Lecture

Notes to My Daughter:

On Becoming A Woman

with Ms. Elsa Walsh

5:30 pm

St. Mary's Hall
Co - sponsored with the
Women, Gender and Sexuality Minor

Lecture and Fine Arts Committee

Department of English

Tuesday - Wednesday

April 23 - 24
Patuxent Defense

Forum 2013:
"Rivalries and Conflicts
in the South China Sea:
How Can the U.S. Promote
Greater Stability?

8:00 am

Cole Cinema

Recent Events:

Thursday, March 28
Free Trade vs. Fair Trade:
Where Economists Get it Right, and Wrong
Lecture by George DeMartino
of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
6:00 pm | Cole Cinema

Tuesday, March 26
Global Economic Integration After the Great Recession,
and the Importance of Free Trade
with Simon Lester
of the CATO Institute
5:30 pm | Cole Cinema

Monday, February 25
The Future of Fracking
in the Chesapeake
5:30 PM | St. Mary's Hall
Co - sponsored with the
St. Mary's River
Watershed Association
League of Women Voters
of St. Mary's County
and the
Natural Science and
Mathematics Colloquium
A discussion of gas extraction on
the East Coast and the new gas
revolution associated with fracking

Thursday, February 7
5:30 PM | St. Mary's Hall
Avoiding Armageddon:
America, India and Pakistan
to the Brink and Back
A Lecture by Bruce Reidel
of the Brookings Institution

Wednesday, November 28
5:00 PM | Cole Cinema
The Libertarian Vision
of a Limited Government
Lectures on Liberty
Dr. Daniel Mitchell
CATO Institute
Co - Sponsored with the
Economics, Lecture and Fine Arts Departments

Program Highlight

William Donald Schaefer

Internship for Government Service

A tribute to Governor Schaefer's many contributions to St. Mary's College and the State of Maryland, the Schaefer Internship for Government Service aims to allow undergraduates hands on experience in public policy with the hope that they will be inspired to choose public service as a calling.

Student Spotlight

St. Mary's Votes!

Since its inception in 2004, the club has registered over 850 young people to vote in State and National elections. In 2008, the club expanded its role in civic engagement to include working as election and poll judges during primary and general elections.

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The 2013 Patuxent Defense Forum will be held
from Tuesday April 23 - Wednesday April 24 2013
at St. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City, Md.

The topic of this year's forum is:

Rivalries and Conflicts in the China Sea: How can the
U.S. Promote Greater Stability?"

Directions
For directions to St. Mary's College of Maryland, click here.

Schedule:
All events will be held in Cole Cinema at the St. Mary's College Campus Center,
unless otherwise indicated

Check-In/Continental Breakfast, will begin at
8:00 AM

Panel I:
Balancing Economic and Maritime Interests in the China Seas
8:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Lunch:
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Panel II:
U.S. Defense Policies in South Asia
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Panel III:
South Asian Perspectives on China Sea Tensions
2:45 - 4:45 PM

Reception
State House Green
Historic St. Mary's City
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Dinner
State House
Historic St. Mary's City
6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

For a more detailed schedule, including panelists and paper topics,
please click here.

For information on the 2012 Patuxent Defense Forum, click here.

Thank you for your continued support of the Patuxent Defense

Forum and the Center for the Study of Democracy.