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Skipjacks Named to All Region Team

The Chesapeake College baseball team had some great times during the 2022 season. The Skipjacks started the year a sizzling 5-0-1.

The Skipjacks endured some tough times, too.

They ended the season with back-to-back losses in the Region XX tournament to end the season.

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Harrison Award winner perseveres from ESL to top honors

WYE MILLS - Yanying “Stella” Wei, 24, of Cambridge began her journey at Chesapeake College as a noncredit student in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program. This year, she graduated with a degree in business administration and a 4.0 grade point average.

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Chesapeake College celebrates 250 graduates

By Natalie Jones and Christina Aufderheide

WYE MILLS — Despite an unusual college experience punctuated by pandemic concerns and economic uncertainty, Chesapeake College’s class of 2022 pushed forward in the face of adversity and celebrated their accomplishments at commencement Wednesday, May 25.

A total of 250 students graduated from Chesapeake College this spring, with 115 marching across the stage on Wednesday.

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McDermott Honored with Community Service Award

WYE MILLS – Daniel P. McDermott, who served the Mid-Shore community for nearly three decades, received the Chesapeake College Community Service Award at the 2022 Commencement.

Mr. McDermott this year retired as Executive Director of the Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board (WIB), a post he held since 1996. He began his career with the WIB as Director of On the Job Training and Intake in 1989.

In receiving the award for outstanding service to the community, Mr. McDermott urged the Class of 2022 to make room in their lives to serve others.

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College President Cliff Coppersmith featured on TEDCO Talks

College President Cliff Coppersmith recently sat for an interview with TEDCO Talks CEO, Troy LeMaile-Stovall. TEDCO Talks features LeMaile-Stovall interviewing various thought leaders with connections to Maryland’s innovation ecosystem. In these engaging discussions, LeMaile-Stovall has interviewed leaders from a variety of organizations—including county economic development corporations, business chambers, higher education, and technology councils—about the emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities facing our region.

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Skipjacks continue fight to reach national champs goal

WYE MILLS - The journey should be as important as the destination, particularly when that destination is as difficult to reach as the National Junior College Athletic Association softball championship in Alabama in late May.

That’s been on the mind of Chesapeake College’s players for a long time.

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New Development Director Begins at Chesapeake College

WYE MILLS - Advancement professional, Dorchester County native, and former assistant professor Amber Tolley McGinnis returns to Chesapeake College as the new Director of Development and Executive Director for the Chesapeake College Foundation.

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Chesapeake Celebrates Phi Theta Kappa Inductees

WYE MILLS - Chesapeake College students - all with at least a 3.5 grade point average – were recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. The group includes inductees from Fall ‘19 through Spring ’22.
PTK, the international honor society of two-year colleges, was established in 1918. It is the largest honor society in American higher education, with more than two million members and 1,200 chapters worldwide, including all 50 states.

View the online induction presentation here:

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Public, Private Sector Leader to Give Commencement Address at Chesapeake College

WYE MILLS – Dr. Linda Singh, Executive Director at TEDCO Maryland and former Major General in the Maryland National Guard, will deliver the graduate address at the Chesapeake College 2022 Commencement on Wednesday, May 25 at 2 p.m. in the Todd Performing Arts Center.

With over 30 years of leadership, consulting and systems integration experience, having served in various senior executive level positions, Dr. Linda Singh offers a blend of public and private sector experience that spans health, defense, state and local government.

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Rookie Skipjacks Show Hitting, Pitching Power

The hunter is now the hunted.

The Chesapeake College women’s softball team finds itself in that position this season.

Behind a power-packed lineup and an outstanding pitching staff, the team boasts an 18-1 record, including a sizzling 12-0 mark in league play.

Saying the Skipjacks are exceeding expectations is kind of an understatement.

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