Upcoming Events
Friday, April 5Margaret Brent LectureMs. 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?8:00 am Cole Cinema
Recent Events:
Thursday, March 28Free 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.
Internships
Recent recipients of these internships have been involved in a wide variety of projects. Interns have occupied research-oriented jobs within governmental offices in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis that have allowed them to gain a firm understanding and appreciation for the inner-workings of the various governmental agencies. They have also worked in the field, from physically revitalizing inner-city schools with the Believe in Our Schools program, to assisting in the removal of invasive plants species with the Maryland Department of the Environment.
The Schaefer Internship for Government Service is offered each year during the summer, and is designed to allow undergraduates a hands-on experience in public policy and service.
A second internship opportunity is for St. Mary's students to work during the summer in the Office of the Comptroller in Annapolis. Interns have been responsible for conducting surveys, working to get those who have failed to file taxes into compliance with the law, working up itineraries and developed speaking points for the Comptroller, and giving presentations on their work to the Governor of Maryland.
The spring Annapolis Legislative Internship gives St. Mary's students the opportunity to represent their college during the legislative session. The intern will research and summarize bills, manage legislative hearing schedules, attend hearings and may have the opportunity to testify at hearings.
About the William Donald Schaefer Internship Program
These internship programs are made possible through the generous donations from Terry Meyerhoff Rubenstein, Henry A. Rosenberg Jr., and friends of William Donald Schaefer. William Donald Schaefer has served his community, state and nation with distinction for more than half a century. He entered politics in 1955 as a Baltimore City Councilman and became the Mayor of Baltimore in 1971. He served as Governor of Maryland from 1987 to 1995.
As Governor, Donald Schaefer championed the designation of St. Mary's College of as Maryland's Public Honors College and advocated a state-of-the-art science building that is now named for him. In his role as trustee of the College, he has played a key role in leading St. Mary's into the 21st century. He served as the Comptroller of Maryland from 1999-2007.
As a lasting tribute to the Governor's many contributions to the College and the state, the William Donald Schaefer Internship Program honors his lifetime commitment to achievement in government service.
