[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MARKING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 27, 2018

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the College of 
Southern Maryland on its sixtieth anniversary. I join in thanking 
President Maureen Murphy, faculty, staff, students, and alumni on this 
milestone. Recognized by the 2019 Aspen Prize as one of the top 150 
community colleges in the nation, the College of Southern Maryland 
provides thousands of students with pathways to successful careers.
  Founded as the Charles County Community College in 1958, its first 
classes met in the evenings at La Plata High School. A decade later, 
the College's La Plata campus opened its doors, and branches were 
launched to serve St. Mary's and Calvert Counties in the years that 
followed. Its name change to the College of Southern Maryland in 2000 
reflected a growing regional institution of higher learning. Now, as it 
begins its seventh decade serving the community, the College provides a 
broad range of associate degrees, certifications, skills training 
courses, and wellness programs.
  Always adapting to meet the educational challenges of its day, the 
College continues to adopt new technologies to further its mission. It 
now offers twelve fully online degree programs and is committed to 
continued innovation in the design and implementation of curricula. The 
College has stayed true to its foundational principles of diversity, 
affordability, accessibility, and forging innovative partnerships that 
benefit students. More than sixty academic institutions have partnered 
with the College of Southern Maryland to offer guaranteed transfer 
admission to its graduates who complete their associate's degrees and 
meet other criteria.
  I've been proud over the years to support the work of the College of 
Southern Maryland, including by securing $497,000 for its Nursing and 
Allied Health Care Training and Technology program in 2008 and $468,000 
for its STEM Workforce Initiative in 2009. I was happy to be on hand 
when the clinical nursing lab was opened in 2010 as well as to help 
facilitate a U.S. Department of Labor grant of $1.5 million in 2012 for 
the College's program to teach juvenile offenders in-demand job skills 
for success in the workforce after their release. For the past six 
decades, the College has lived up to its vision of ``transforming lives 
through lifelong learning and service'', and I look forward to working 
with President Murphy and the entire College of Southern Maryland 
community to ensure that it can continue to do so.

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