Office of the President

Messages & Editorials

President Urgo communicates regularly with the St. Mary’s College community, both on and off campus. As a convenience, communications will be posted on this site. Your impressions and responses are welcome. If you wish to comment on any of these messages, click on the ”Contact the President” link to your left.
 

Campus Community Messages | Local Community Messages | Board Addresses | Op-Editorials

Campus Community Messages

• Commencement 2013
• Opening Exercises, September 2012
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day Remarks, January 16, 2012
• Campus Incident, November 21, 2011
• Opening Convocation, August 2011
• DOE Report on College Cost 2011
• State of the College Address, June 2011
• Commencement 2011
• On the Meaning of the Liberal Arts, April 5, 2011

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Local Community Messages

• College of Southern Maryland Commencement Address

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Board Addresses

• May 2013 Address to the Board of Trustees
• February 2013 Address to the Board of Trustees
• December 2012 Address to the Board of Trustees
• 2013 US News Category Rankings Compared to St. Mary's Overall Ranking, October 2012
• The Economic Value of Liberal Education October, 2012
• October 2012 Board Report
• May 2012 Address to the Board of Trustees
• Address to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees February 25, 2012 
• Why Do We Talk So Much About Community?, Dec. 3, 2011
• October 2011 Board Report 
• Reaffirming the Principles of our Founding Legislation, May 2011
• Financial Aid and the Public Trust, February 26, 2011

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Op-Editorials

• On College Athletics, February 2011

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Writings on Education

• "What is College for?" (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013)
• "Why we need the liberal arts? It is essential to nurture creators and inventors if our society is to thrive" (The Baltimore Sun, 2013)
• "Superliteracy in the Age of Information: Preparation for Higher Discourse (PhD)" (Modern Language Association, 2013)
• “The National Fount: The Liberal Arts as a Renewable Resource” (ADFL Summer Seminar. 2012).
• “There’s More Than One Way to Defend Your Country” (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012)

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