Registration is currently taking place for the 7th Annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference held on St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s campus, Sunday, June 24 – Saturday, June 30. Workshop tuition is $800. There is also a course credit option for an additional fee and optional meal and housing packages available. For more information, visit www.smcm.edu/events/chesapeake-writers-conference. The Find out more »
St. Mary’s College 44th Annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race Sets Sail August 4
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s highly anticipated Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, scheduled for August 4 – 6, is open for registration. This year marks the 44th running of the oldest and longest overnight race on the Chesapeake Bay. The race starts from Maryland’s current capital city in Annapolis to its first capital city in St. Find out more »
River Concert Series Presents Music-filled Finale Weekend
The popular River Concert Series, which takes place each summer at St. Mary’s College of Maryland overlooking the St. Mary’s River, comes to a close on Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22. The two-day finale features not only concerts on the main stage at 7 p.m., located on the college’s townhouse greens, but also Find out more »
41st Annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race Sets Sail Aug. 1
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is pleased to announce that its Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, Aug. 1-2, will be bookended by icons of Maryland’s maritime history: the Pride of Baltimore II will start the race and the Maryland Dove will end the race. “2014 is the first year in many that Pride has remained in Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Receives the Papers of Regina Combs Hammett
The family of Marion Regina Combs Hammett has donated her papers to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland archive. The papers include 12 feet of archival material, including notes and subject files that were used during the writing of her book, “History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1634-1990,” as well as additional material from an Find out more »
Chesapeake Writers’ Conference and Inaugural Youth Writers’ Workshop, June 23-29
Limited space is still open for the second annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference and the inaugural Chesapeake Youth Writers’ Workshop, both held June 23-29, 2013 on the campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply soon. Participants in the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference will gather on Maryland’s beautiful Western shore for a Find out more »
World Carnival at St. Mary’s College, April 13
Celebrate the anniversary of St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s World Carnival on Saturday, April 13. From noon to 4 p.m., on the college’s Admissions Field, the public is welcome to partake in multicultural dance and music performances, as well as lawn sports, crafts, and enjoy foods from local vendors. World Carnival is sponsored by the St. Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor Explores America’s Current Political Environment in Self-Published Book
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor Robin Bates recently self-published, “How Beowulf Can Save America: An Epic Hero’s Guide to Defeating the Politics of Rage.” The book applies the 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem to the contentiousness besetting current American politics and then asks, “What would Beowulf do?” Bates argues that the three monsters that Beowulf fights represent Find out more »
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Professors Publish English Translation of Marcial Molina Richter’s Acclaimed Work
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is pleased to announce that Associate Professors of Spanish José Ballesteros and Leslie Bayers recently had their English translation of Marcial Molina Richter’s “The Word of the Dead or Ayacucho in the Ninth Hour” published by Lluvia Editores in Lima, Peru. To launch their translated edition of the book, Ballesteros Find out more »
Preliminary Results in from St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 39th Annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race
On Saturday morning, more than 150 boats sailed into St. Mary’s City for St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 39th annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race and the preliminary results are in. This year, a new Potomac leg was added to the race—some competitors started at Dahlgren, VA and ended at St. Mary’s City along with the finishers Find out more »