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The Talons Are Back in Business at Skills Tournament

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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) competitive robotics team – the Talons –participated in the University of Nebraska – Lincoln Inaugural Remote Skills Event April 16-17. The Talons were one of 13 colleges in the national weekend tournament which was Nebraska’s first remote, skills-only VEX U event, hosted by UNL’s VEX U team. The Talons […]

SMECO Honors Outstanding Teachers

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Math, Science, and STEM Educators Receive Awards Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) worked with the school systems of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties to select and honor 24 educators with Outstanding Teacher awards for their leadership in the fields of mathematics, science, technology, and engineering. Receiving awards this year were eight math teachers, nine […]

Amazon & George Mason Univ Computer Science Externships

Maryland Chamber Foundation teaming up with Amazon and George Mason University to provide computer science education externships to teachers Teachers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia eligible for externship with Amazon and graduate-level course at George Mason University George Mason University and the Maryland Chamber Foundation are teaming up with Amazon to provide a unique teaching […]

SMECO Seeks Nominees for Outstanding Teacher Awards

Deadline for nominations is January 29 Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) and the school systems of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties are accepting nominations for the 2021 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards for educators who exemplify excellence in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Winning teachers will receive cash awards […]

SMECO Honors Outstanding Math, Science, and STEM Teachers

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) worked with the school systems of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties to select and honor 20 educators with Outstanding Teacher awards for their leadership in the fields of mathematics, science, technology, and engineering. Receiving awards this year were eight math teachers, eight science teachers, and four STEM (science, technology, […]

CSM Professor Hand Earns Dale P Parnell Award

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Associate Professor of Math Sarah Hand, of Calvert County, has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). This national award recognizes instructors who demonstrate a passion for learning, a willingness to support every student inside and out of […]

CSM Students Take to the Road to Spread STEM Fun

To the Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students traveled to Dulles Expo Center Nov. 16 to help Girl Scouts troops from the Nation’s Capital Council learn about CSM’s cyber and robotics teams. The Scouts who stopped by CSM’s booth got hands-on practice and personal advice from members of CSM […]

Governor Hogan Attends International STEM Festival

UMBC Life Sciences Grand Opening Governor Larry Hogan took part in two education events today, speaking at the third annual Maryland International School STEM Festival, and attending the grand opening for the new University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building. Maryland International School STEM Festival. The Maryland STEM Festival is a month-long […]

Governor Hogan Tours Mars Symbioscience

Governor Larry Hogan today toured Mars Symbioscience, a technology-based health and life sciences business located in Germantown, Md. Maryland’s life sciences industry includes 2,700 companies that employ 45,000 people and generate $18.6 billion in annual economic activity. “Maryland is at the forefront of the life sciences industry throughout our region, around the country, and across […]