As a public honors college, SMCM values education and encourages all to be lifelong learners. This value applies to staff as well as students. Providing financial assistance that enables staff members to pursue educational goals that encourage personal growth, as well as providing technical and professional skills that enhance job performance, SMCM demonstrates a real commitment to maintaining quality personnel to accomplish the College\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
By providing certification for technical skills and entry level training we are growing employees that will perform to the highest standards, as well as having a positive fiscal impact by reducing staff turnover. Encouraging others to pursue additional educational opportunities with both direct and indirect application to the employee\u2019s position, the College emphasizes another of its stated goals\u2014make education affordable and enhances our diversity.<\/p>\n
As part of the application, the applicant would need to provide a brief summary of the following questions, no more than one page:<\/p>\n
The committee will assign points according to the following rubric:<\/p>\n
If the applicant is degree seeking, once they have been accepted into the program they will not need to apply for the program again in the next fiscal year.\u00a0 The only way the application would be terminated is if the program ended.<\/p>\n
A limited number of computers are available for semester-long checkout from the Office of Information Technology<\/a> for participants of this program. Please note on the application if such resources would be needed.<\/p>\n Maryland Community College Program As a public honors college, SMCM values education and encourages all to be lifelong learners. This value applies to staff as well as students. Providing financial assistance that enables staff members to pursue educational goals that encourage personal growth, as well as providing technical and professional skills that enhance job performance, Find out more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-468","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Application Form<\/h3>\n
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Funding & Scholarship Opportunities<\/h3>\n
Career & Professional Development Endowed Scholarship Fund<\/h4>\n
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Other Resources<\/h3>\n
Maryland Higher Education Resources<\/h4>\n
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Online Resources<\/h3>\n
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St. Mary’s Public Library<\/h3>\n
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