Upcoming Events
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, March 25
Maryland Day
Friday, April 5
Margaret Brent Lecture
Ms. Elsa Walsh
5:30 pm St. Mary's Hall
Co - sponsored with the
Women, Gender and Sexuality Minor
Tuesday - WednesdayApril 23 - 24
Patuxent Defense Forum 2013:
"Rivalries and Conflicts
in the South China Sea:
How Can the U.S. Promote
Greater Stability?8 am Cole Cinema
Recent Events:
Monday, February 25The 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
What Just Happened? A Discussion of Tuesday's Election
Washington, D.C.
Co-Sponsored with the
Office of Alumni Affairs and the
Political Science Department
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.
Application - Due March 25Student 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.
2007 - 2008 Events
Thursday, April 24 , 2008
Frank Calzon, Center for a Free Cuba
Daniel Erikson, Inter-American Dialogue
Tuesday, April 22 , 2008
Jackpot: Maryland's Slot Debate
SMP by Zack Bankert
Monday, April 21, 2008
Latin American Film Series
Super Amigos 
With film maker Arturo Perez
April 9-10 , 2008
Patuxent Defense Forum: The Privatization of the Military
Co-Sponsored by the Patuxent Partnership
Monday, April 7, 2008
Latin American Film Series
Before Night Falls
A Latin American Symposium Event Supported by the Mellon Foundation
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Recent Experiences in Iraq with Dr. Lena Harzell, Naval Dentist
Co-Sponsored with SMASH
Saturday March 29 , 2008
No End in Sight 
With interviewee and Iraq Expert Colonel Paul Hughes
Co-Sponsored with the Global Justice League
Friday, March 28 , 2008
2007 Benjamin C. Bradlee Distinguished Lecture in Journalism
Tom Brokaw
NBC News Correspondent
(right image: Tom Brokaw lectures at the 2008 Bradlee Lecture)
Tuesday, March 25
"Latin America's Turn To The Left"
A Panel Discussion with
Professor Victor Armony, Department of Sociology
University of Quebec at Montreal
and
Paulo Sotero, Director of Brazilian Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington,DC
An Event of the Latin American Symposium on Democratic Experiences
Monday, March 17, 2008
Latin American Film Series
XXY
co-sponsored by WGSX
Thursday, February 28, 2008
David Bell
The Culture of War and Peace in Europe, 1750-1815
co-sponsored by the History Department
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Democracy, the 2008 Elections and Middle East Policy: An Analysis of Politics in the United States
Wednesday, January 31, 2008
Focus the Nation
Monday, January 28, 2008
Latin American Film Series
Luminous Shadows
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Mike McConnell
Director of National Intelligence
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Global Warming Forum
Professor Bill Williams, professor of biology, St. Mary's College of Maryland
County Commissioner President Jack Russell
Mike Tidwell, director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Co-Sponsored by the St. Mary's Student Environmental Action Coalition
November 2007
College Convention
Five SMCM students attend the 2008 College Convention in New Hampshire
(right image: Sam Birnbaum, Jacqueline Caminiti, Elizabeth LeBlanc, Molly McKee, Austin Lyman, and Dr. Todd Eberly meet with Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden at the 2008 College Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Latin American Film Series
A Fronteira (The Border)
November 2 - 3, 2007
"Rediscovering Maryland in the Atlantic World"
A symposium on Early Maryland History and Culture
co-sponsored by The SlackWater Center, the Maryland Heritage Project and the Departments of Anthropology, Art History, and History
Friday, November 02, 2007
Martin Espada
A conversation with the author
co-sponsored by Voices of St. Mary's, Department of International Languages and Cultures and the Department of African and African Diaspora
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Martin Espada
A poetry reading
co-sponsored by Voices of St. Mary's, Department of International Languages and Cultures and the Department of African and African Diaspora
Monday, October 29, 2007
Dr. Napisa Waitoolkai
Thai Speaker on Democracy
co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of Economics
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Pierina Correa Delgado
Rafael Correa: A One Hundred Year Wait
A Latin American Symposium Event Supported by the Mellon Foundation
Co-Sponsored by Latin American Studies
Monday, October 22, 2007
Pierina Correa Delgado
Migration in Latin Americca: A sign of the Times
A Latin American Symposium Event Supported by the Mellon Foundation
Co-Sponsored by Latin American Studies
Monday, October 22, 2007
Dr. Bianca Premo
"Rights without Revolutions, Liberty without Liberation: Everyday Enlightenment in Colonial Spanish America and Spain"
A Latin American Symposium Event Supported by the Mellon Foundation
Co-Sponsored by the History Department, Africa and African Diaspora Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Friday, October19 , 2007
Janks Morton
What Black Men Think
Co-Sponsored by The Black Student Union
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Heather Raffo
"Nine Parts of Desire"
Co-Sponsored by Arts Alliance of St. Mary's, Department of Political Science, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the Art and Art History Department, and Theatre, Film and Media Studies
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Change of Government: A Public Forum
Doug Duncan and Patrick Murphy
Monday, September 17, 2007
Constitution Day
Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson and James Apple
