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St. Mary’s College Hosts Math Girls Day

Recently, St. Mary’s College of Maryland hosted Math Girls Day at the College’s Schaefer Hall. Math Girls Day runs every semester for middle school girls from Esperanza and Spring Ridge Middle Schools. This year, 44 girls partook in math related activities, and enjoyed a guest speaker and lunch in the Great Room. Alumna Katie Savin-Murphy ’12 who Find out more »

Computer Science Professor Jamieson leads Students and Alumna to Women in Computing Conference

Associate Professor of Computer Science Lindsay Jamieson, three St. Mary’s College computer science majors – Madison Jones ’18, Savannah Bergen ’18, and Jennifer Mince ’19 – and alumna Jennifer Keller ’16 recently attended the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The conference is the largest gathering of women in technology, hosting over 18,000 attendees. Find out more »

Ertman Published Based on His Research at Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Psychology and international languages and cultures (Chinese) major Benjamin Ertman ’18 has authored a paper with Eduardo Romano, senior research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Ertman interned under Romano at the institute over the summer of 2016 where he was tasked to conduct basic research including data manipulation and initial tabulations Find out more »

Sydney S. Cunniff ’17 Places Second at Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chemistry and biochemistry major Sydney S. Cunniff ’17 presented part of her St. Mary’s Project research, overseen by Geoffrey Bowers, assistant professor of chemistry, at the regional Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences. According to Sydney, “I completed the data collection while at Pacific Northwest National Lab. My research looked at a Find out more »

St. Mary’s College Receives New Rowing Shell Named After President Jordan

With a ceremonial champagne pour, the St. Mary’s College rowing team, now in its second year as a varsity sport, today christened the newest addition to its fleet. Donated to the team by friend of the College and former Foundation Board of Directors member Dr. William “Bill” Seale, this eight-person rowing shell, named “President Tuajuanda Find out more »

St. Mary’s College Students Raise $14K and Collect 9,816 Non-perishable Items for Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief

St. Mary’s College of Maryland students led by the Student Government Association collected nearly $14,000 in monetary donations and 9,816 non-perishable items currently being distributed by the Pasadena Independent School District in southeastern Texas. “I am beyond proud to see not only our students join together to help those devastated by this natural disaster, but Find out more »

SMCM Students Kick off Semester with Community Service

They moved in on a Thursday afternoon. Two days later, approximately 400 new students were volunteering in the community for Seahawk Service Day. Organized by senior Whittni Pickens, Seahawk Service Day included projects at Point Lookout State Park, Trinity Episcopal Church, Calvert Marine Museum, Historic St. Mary’s City, St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, Little Flower Find out more »

Alumna and College Faculty published in Scientific Reports

St. Mary’s College alumna Kaitlyn Thompson ’16 and College faculty collaborated with The Chesapeake Biological Lab on the paper titled “Sulfate Reduction in Sediments Produces High Levels of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter” recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. Thompson’s St. Mary’s Project research at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Find out more »

SMCM Student’s Photo Published in Chemistry in Pictures

Chemistry student and photographer Lynn Stevens ’19 had a photo published in the American Chemical Society’s Chemistry in Pictures website. Working with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dan Chase, Stevens combined the chemicals β-ketoiminato boron difluoride and 4-N,N-dimethylbenzaldehyde through a Knoevenagel Condensation resulting in fluorescent dyes. After purifying her reaction mixture through a column of silica, Find out more »