June 4, 2026

Get Business Help Through Crab Pot Program

Crab Pot

Starting a new business can be tough. Luckily, there’s help. The Crab Pot Pitch Competition is coming up, and an accelerator program has been created to help new and emerging business owners refine their startup pitches for the competition.

Johnson Is Keynote at Winter Commencement

Winter Commencement

Ashley Johnson, technical director of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, will be the keynote speaker for the 19th Winter Commencement at the College of Southern Maryland on Jan. 18, 2018.

CSM Changes Tuition Payment Policy

Promise

Changes to the College of Southern Maryland’s tuition payment policy have been announced. They are effective with the spring 2018 semester.

VEX Volunteers Needed for Events

Robotics Events

VEX Robotics teams from all over the region will be competing this spring, and VEX volunteers are needed to help the competitions run smoothly. The Patuxent Partnership is helping the teams and sponsors search for volunteers.

Fleming Retires as CSM Prince Fred Dean

Fleming retires

As Dr. Richard Fleming retires as vice president and dean of the Prince Frederick Campus of the College of Southern Maryland, Barbara Ives is serving in the position in the interim. Dr. Fleming has served nearly nine years at the campus, and his retirement was effective in December.

Grateful Veteran Says Thank You to Donors

veteran

Scott Teed has already worn many hats in his life. The 43-year-old Lexington Park resident has been a sailor, a technician, a parent, a veteran, and now a student. Mr. Teed is now pursing two associate degrees at College of Southern Maryland: one in electrical engineering and one in math and physical sciences.

Smith Heads CSM Human Resources

dean's list

Ivan Smith of La Plata has been named as the new associate vice president of human resources and payroll at the College of Southern Maryland.

CSM Begins January Term

January Term

All campuses of the College of Southern Maryland will begin classes Jan. 3 for CSM’s 2018 January term, which runs through Jan. 21. Winter commencement will be Jan. 18, 2018.

CSM Donors Break Records on Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday

Donors demonstrated the generosity that is the hallmark of this community as they donated nearly $120,000 to the College of Southern Maryland Foundation on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Student Calls Scholarships a ‘Godsend’

Student Calls Scholarships a 'Godsend'

College of Southern Maryland student Remy Jones called the financial aid she received “a tremendous blessing. It seems like these scholarships were a godsend.”