After school at nearby Ridge Elementary School on April 3, students, teachers and volunteers in an academic mentoring program called Future Leaders of the World (FLOW) fling paper cups across the cafeteria using rubber bands with help from the St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) Physics Club. Rather than unsupervised Read More
Your Biweekly Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19): Your aggressive personality and tendency to foster conflict will bring wrath and suffering to all of those around you, but in a way that will send them into a transformative reevaluation of who they hang out with. So go ahead and wreak havoc among those around Read More
SMCM Relay for Life Raises $19,683 for the American Cancer Society
St. Mary’s College of Maryland held a Relay for Life event on March 4, with all proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society to help “fight all types of cancer, for all types of people, in all types of communities around the globe,” according to its website. Senior Caitlin Schoen raised Read More
Elizabeth Barbara Walker Inaugural Lecture: April Ryan
April Ryan, White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, delivered the inaugural Elizabeth Barber Walker lecture on Thursday, Feb. 22, during which the College honored the first African-American graduate with an award from the Maryland House of Delegates. The lecture series was organized by Black Read More
Maritime Archaeologist Delivers Egypt Lecture
Emad Khalil Ph.D., of Alexandria University in Egypt, specializes in underwater archaeology – unearthing sunken remains of the city in its ancient, founding days, the remains of which have been sunken and preserved in silt from the flooding of the Nile and surrounding waterways. Khalil’s presentation, titled “Egypt: Crossroads of Read More
Giving Tuesday Raises $239,589 in Donations
The online-born phenomenon of Giving Tuesday, a holiday in which “charities and organizations all over the world…participate in a day of giving” according to its website, occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 28th at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). The event is a 24 hour period in which students, employees, families, Read More
Your Biweekly Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19): If you see Scott Zimmerman on the path, give him a wide berth. He has perpetual coffee breath and swings his faux-leather satchel without regard for those standing near him. Recommended activity: Water aerobics. Taurus (April 20-May 20): I don’t have time to explain, but you Read More