History Comes Alive at CSM’s Chautauqua
Chautauqua 2016 at the College of Southern Maryland’s La Plata campus includes interactive, family-friendly presentations July 12-14 on Duke Ellington, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Ernest Hemingway.
CSM Celebrates Local Nonprofits, Volunteers
For six years, the College of Southern Maryland’s Nonprofit Institute has offered a day-long event offering education, collaboration, and information for the nonprofit organizations across Southern Maryland. This year, the institute added to that event by honoring some of the most giving and dedicated volunteers in the region.
The College of Southern Maryland’s Nonprofit Institute held a day-long conference that offered education, collaboration and information for the nonprofit organizations across Southern Maryland. This year, the institute also honored some of the most giving and dedicated volunteers in the region.
Twilight Series Returns to CSM
The College of Southern Maryland will again host free, family-friendly entertainment on the La Plata, Leonardtown and Prince Frederick campuses. Guests can expect to be entertained by national and local jazz, rock and military bands, and CSM’s Children’s Theatre as well as by Chautauqua’s historical portrayals.
Two Earn TPP Engineering Scholarships
The 2016 TPP Pathways to Engineering scholarship recipients are James Grizzle of Chopticon High School and Allan Li of Great Mills High School. Both young men have demonstrated extraordinary academic achievement while attending high school and have chosen to pursue careers in engineering.
Transfer Process Gets Easier
The articulation agreement between the College of Southern Maryland and Florida Institute of Technology has been revised to create a seamless transition for students in CSM’s associate degree programs in arts and sciences, general students business administration, or business administration-technical management to the bachelor degree in logistics management at Florida Tech.
Students Tout Dual Enrollment
US Education Secretary John King Jr. and Under Secretary Ted Mitchell visited the La Plata campus of the College of Southern Maryland in May to talk to students who participate in the college’s dual enrollment program in a roundtable.
CSM Makes a Big Splash
It wasn’t a wellness center. It was a tropical paradise. On May 7, the College of Southern Maryland Leonardtown campus Wellness and Aquatics Center was transformed for the second annual Splash for Scholarships fundraiser, and more than $80,990 through cash and in-kind donations was raised in support of student scholarships, exceeding last year’s total of $73,225.
CSM Business Programs Reaffirm Accreditation
Business programs at the College of Southern Maryland have earned reaccreditation through the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
CSM Students Awarded Degrees, Certificates
Hundreds of students crossed the stage May 19 to receive their degrees and certificates during the spring commencement ceremony at the College of Southern Maryland’s La Plata campus. All told, the college awarded 560 candidates for 882 degrees and certificates – the largest spring graduating class ever.
Students Use Creative Expressions in Contest
Young students in Southern Maryland have shown their creative spirit and been recognized for their work after entering the Creative Expressions contest sponsored by the College of Southern Maryland’s Diversity Institute.
