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Jennifer Cognard-Black Launches New Course: Becoming a Great Essayist

Jennifer Cognard-Black, professor of English at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, recently published Becoming a Great Essayist through the Great Courses Program. Her release includes essays from students and faculty colleagues who contributed. The Great Courses are a series of educational classes offered to “surround the world’s greatest teachers with a team of experts who Find out more »

Let’s Get Political: Students Write to Maryland Legislators

On July 12, St. Mary’s College of Maryland students, alumni and staff came together to educate themselves on current civic processes and issues—many students wrote personalized letters to legislators, expressing thoughts, concerns, and ideas that they felt were important to bring to light. The informal gathering, called “Let’s Get Political,” provided a space for members Find out more »

vCalc Internships Lead to Products of Global Use

This summer a group of students at SMCM are completing internships with vCalc.com. The site is a crowd-sourced calculating encyclopedia, a “Wikipedia for equations,” Chris Lynch, a vCalc intern, commented. The student’s internships involved coding equations and calculators for a variety of fields of study alongside highly detailed explanations. “We want to make this as Find out more »

St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellows Present Final Projects

Ten St. Mary’s Undergraduate Research Fellows gathered in Glendening Annex on July 7, 2016, to present their research to peers and professors. Under the guidance of faculty mentors, the students have explored multiple topics in a wide variety of subjects, both in the sciences and humanities. Topics ranged from Marilyn Steyert’s ‘18 project which involved the synthesization of novel Find out more »

Educational Studies Students Present TED-style Talks

Friday June 24th, students, educators, and community members gathered together in Glendening Annex to witness the final presentations of nine students in EDUC 206: Education in America, a summer course conducted by Lesile Moore, director of student teaching, and Stephen Warner. Each student presented on important issues affecting American education, as well as solutions to Find out more »

Refugees in Germany and Europe Exhibit

Associate Professor Anne Leblans and the students in her German classes created an exhibition regarding Syrian refugees in Europe and Germany. The show opened on April 28, and continues to be featured in the Upper Commons of Montgomery Hall. The exhibition includes photographs, descriptions, and interviews of the refugees, and focuses upon the experiences of Syrian refugees fleeing a Find out more »

From the Mouths of Musicians

The River Concert Series is an annual music event that takes place at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Featuring the Chesapeake Orchestra under the musical direction of Jeffrey Silberschlag, the concert has a range of musical performances from serious classical composition to contemporary to jazz. Each year, St. Mary’s College music students apply to be Find out more »

Art History Professor Joe Lucchesi’s Exhibit Opens at the Smithsonian

Joe Lucchesi, associate professor of art history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and coordinator of the college’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, was consulting curator of “The Art of Romaine Brooks,” an exhibition that opened June 17 at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum. The exhibition runs through October 2 and includes several of Find out more »

Over 1,125 Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Annual Alumni Weekend

This past weekend, over 1,125 alumni were welcomed back to campus for Alumni Weekend, traveling as far as Kuwait, Bermuda, 28 U.S. states, and the District of Columbia; and ranging in classes from 1955 to 2016.  They arrived to campus as early as Thursday, June 9 and were offered a variety of on-campus housing.  The Find out more »