Mark Your Calendars and Join CSM in Celebrating Students’ Creative and Academic Achievements this May

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. Through May 6. La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Center, Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery. This work showcases a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, and graphic design. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/04/juried-art-apr-may-showcase.html

Music Student Honors Recital. May 1, 2:30 p.m. La Plata Campus, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater. The Student Honors Recital features solo and chamber performances by CSM music students. This recital will feature a variety of contemporary popular music and standard classical repertoire for specific instruments and voice. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/student-honors-recital-may-1.html

Open House: Regional Hughesville Campus. May 1, 5-7 p.m. Regional Hughesville Campus, Center for Health Sciences (HS Building), Rooms 106A /106B. Join the College of Southern Maryland to hear from our students, professors, and leadership and see what makes CSM the right choice for reaching your goals. Free. Registration encouraged. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/04/open-house-hughesville-may1.html

Ritmo Caché Latin Ensemble Spring Concert: '¡Que Viva La Música!' May 1, 7:30 p.m. La Plata Campus, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater. CSM’s Latin Ensemble will perform a variety of standard Latin numbers in styles such as bolero, cha-cha-chá, Latin jazz, Latin rock, mambo, and many more. Tickets: $5, all ages. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/ritmo-cache.html

Transfer Thursdays. May 2, 9 16, 23, and 30, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Each Thursday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., representatives from three institutions will be available to chat with you virtually and help you navigate your transfer experience! You do not have to stay the whole two hours; just drop-in at any point during the time frame to ask your questions. Free. Registration required. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/04/spring-transfer-thursday2.html

Provocations Faculty Excellence Speaker Series Presents: “Collaboration, Chaos, and Community: Embracing DEIB in the Creative Process” with Dr. AnnMarie Saunders, Associate Professor of Theater. May 2, 7 p.m. Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, Room 104. Collaboration is essential to a theater production. Allowing students and team members with various points of view to blend their ideas into a cohesive show results in a much richer, multi-layered production than a single mindset approach. Additionally, it creates a valuable educational opportunity for both students and teachers alike. Theater as a discipline is uniquely poised to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) due to its collaborative nature. The process used to put up a show can also be used to open DEIB in other subjects as well. In this interactive discussion, Dr. Saunders will share the collaborative process theater practitioners use to take a play from the page to the stage and then facilitate use of that process with the group. Discussion will include not only how to work with students from various abilities and backgrounds, but also how to involve community partners in classroom and creative work. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/provocations-series-annmarie-saunders.html

CSM Chamber Choir and Chorale Spring Concert. May 2, 7:30. La Plata Campus, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater. The CSM Chorale is CSM’s men's chorus. Its repertoire includes traditional choir music, gospel and spirituals, popular music, musicals, and other styles. The CSM Chamber Choir is a select chorus of 12-16 singers open to more advanced students interested in performing choir literature of specific small ensembles, usually one voice per part. Its literature includes madrigals, gospel, popular songs, and contemporary vocal music. This concert will feature small and large ensemble vocal numbers as well as vocal chamber music and solos by members of the ensembles. Tickets: $5, all ages. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/chorale-and-chamber-choir.html

Connections Literary Series: Magazine Reading. May 3, 7:30 p.m. La Plata Campus, Learning Resource Center (LR Building), Room 102. Contributors to the Spring 2024 Connections Literary Magazine will read and discuss their published works. Connections Literary Magazine is a regional literary journal published twice a year that features poems, stories, artwork, and photography of Southern Maryland. Also included in each issue is featured material from visiting writers. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/student-services/arts/connections-literary-series/index.html

Southern Maryland Concert Band. May 4, 7:30 p.m. La Plata Campus, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater. The Southern Maryland Concert Band  is a community-based concert band comprised of amateur and professional community musicians and CSM students. Tickets: $5, all ages. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/southern-maryland-concert-band.html

CSM Dance Ensemble Spring Performance: “Here Comes The Sun: Warmth, Love, And Renewal.” May 6, 7:30 p.m. La Plata Campus, Hank Willoughby Foundation Center for the Arts (FA Building), Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater. This spring the Dance Ensemble celebrates the close of the semester by exploring themes at the intersection of obstacles and aspirations. Tickets: $5, all ages. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/dance-ensemble-may-6.html

Spring 2024 Commencement. May 10. 10 a.m., School of Liberal Arts. 1 p.m., School of Professional and Technical Studies. 4 p.m., School of Science and Health, La Plata Campus, Physical Education (PE) Building. CSM will celebrate the class of 2024 with three in-person ceremonies at the La Plata Campus. All physical campus locations will be closed during this time. Student support services, CSM business, and classes will operate virtually. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/spring-commencement-10.html

Code Green Fridays. May 17, 24, 31. Code Green is designed to shrink the college’s carbon footprint during the hot summer months by reducing building and infrastructure usage. During the weeks of code green, most CSM buildings and services will close at 1:30 p.m. on Fridays and remain closed throughout the weekend except for special events/circumstances that are approved in advance by the President. Please note, that CODE GREEN does not affect Kids' and Teen College programs, the Velocity Center, Center for Trades and Energy Training, Center for Transportation Training, Public Safety, and the necessary service units. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/code-green-fridays.html

American Legion Information Session for Military - Connected Students. May 18, 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Prince Frederick Campus, Building A, Room 101 & 101J. This session will help with information regarding American Legion, employment opportunities, how to file VA claims, and any other VA resources. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/connected-military-students-session-05-18.html

Holiday: Memorial Day (College Closed). May 25, 2024 - May 27, 2024. CSM will close for the Memorial Day holiday. The college will reopen May 28. https://www.csmd.edu/calendar/2024/05/holiday-memorial-day.html