Upcoming Events
- September 16, 2008
Talk: “Moment of Opportunity”
DAVIS BOOKHART
Davis Bookhart is the manager of Energy Management and Environmental Stewardship at Johns Hopkins University and the Chair of the Johns Hopkins University Sustainability Committee. Davis Bookhart will be speaking to the campus and wider community about ways in which changes in practices, environments, and policies are feasible and can be made—and made today. His talk is sponsored by SEARCH, the Solomons Environmental and Archaeological Research Consortium.
Did You Know . . . ?
. . . that fresh or dried leaves of Passiflora incarnata, or the Passion Flower, can be used to treat insomnia.
Drawing by Emiliy Bzdyk '08
St. Mary's Project Spotlight
Emily Bzdyk's SMP includes an identification and information guide for the native Maryland plants found along the Key Swamp Trail in Historic St. Mary's City. Uniting her passions for biology and art, Emily helps visitors learn more about the identifying characteristics of indigenous plants as well as how they were important in a historical context.
St. Mary's Projects
The Environmental Studies program, while it does not require students to complete a St. Mary’s Project (SMP), encourages students to do so. With the guidance of a faculty mentor affiliated with Environmental Studies, the student designs their project. The project serves as a senior capstone experience through which students can deeply explore an environmental topic of their choosing.
If you are interested in more details concerning the Environmental Studies SMP, please contact Kate Chandler at krchandler@smcm.edu.
Some recent environmental SMP’s are listed below.
Untapped Resources: An Evaluation of Several Invasive Plant Species For Introduction Into The American Diet
Rosemary Hartman
An SMP in Biology and Environmental Studies
Spring 2008
Ethnographic Fiction: The Gandoca Story
Adam Peterson
An SMP in Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Spring 2006
Island Living: An Exploration of Kent Island Community
A Collection of Essays by Alexis Pogonowski
An SMP in English and Environmental Studies
Spring 2006
A St. Mary's County Almanac
Essays by Dana Christianson
An SMP in English, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies
Spring 2004
Native
Plants of Historic St. Mary's City
Emily Byzdk
An SMP in Biology and Environmental Studies
Spring 2008
“Ballast Water Regulation: a Critique of the National Invasive Species Act of 1996” - Elizabeth Thompson (2006)
“Building a Connection to our Natural Landscape: a Guide” - Alice Vossbrinck (2007)
“Comparison of the Biodiversity of Two Tributaries of the St. Mary's River” - Gabriella Zabel (2008)
“Conservation Education Resource on Coral Reef Ecology” - Megan Simmers (2004)
“Conserving Endangered Fauna and Their Habitats: A Comparative Study of Four National Parks in Australia and the United States” - Kristen Farley (2005)
“Econometric Analysis of Canadian Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States” - Louise Lusby (2005)
“Ecotourism and Sustainable Development” - Jessica Everett (2008)
“Effects of Environmental Regulation on the Health of the Chesapeake Bay’s Ecosystem” - Patrick Bond (2005)
“H$0: Can the Third World Afford to Privative Water” - Mark Maggi (2005)
“Imperviousness and the Chesapeake Bay: An Environmental and Literary Examination of Urban Sprawl” - Kathleen Perry (2007)
“Modeling the Effects of Urban Sprawl on the Northern Harrier and the Peregrine Falcon” - Crystal Nesmith (2005)
“Nesting Site Selection of the Diamondback Terrapin in the St. Mary's River” - Benjamin Carr (2004)
“Oyster Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay” - Lee Ramsey (2008)
“Parachuting in the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates Pumilio” - Rachel Clement (2008)
“Places We Call Home: Exploring the Importance of Environment in Creating a Community” - Noel Samoraj (2005)
“Plight of the Eastern Oyster: Is a Non-Native the Answer?” - Ashley Lowry (2004)
“Relationship between Water Quality and Waterbird Community Integrity on the St. Mary’s River” - Douglas Decker (2008)
“Role of Rabbit Realism in Watership Down” - Hannah Perrin (2008)
“Saving the Wildlife or the People: Is There a Balance?” - Greer Krembs (2004)
“Shamanism and Science: The Colonist Views of American Indian Medicine” – Timothy Howard (2005)
“SlackWater: a Journal of Environmental and Cultural Change in Southern Maryland’s Tidewater,” vol. 5, the Rural Issue - Mariann Lempert (2006)
“Smart Growth in Southern Maryland: Protecting and Preserving a Living Resource” - Mary Ichniowski (2006)
“SMCM Carbon Footprint” - Jeffrey Stillwell (2008)
“Succession and Restoration of the New Townhouse Pond” - Matthew Laskin (2005)
“Testing for Lead in SMCM Drinking Water” - Lee Alderman (2005)
“Using a Mathematical Model to Describe and Predict the Population of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in the Chesapeake Bay” - Rebecca Lyzinski (2008)
“Wintering Waterbird Abundance and Biodiversity in Relation to Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the St. Mary's River, Maryland” - Christine Johnston (2005)
