Amy Publicover of Crofton Receives Award at St. Mary's College of Maryland

ST. MARY'S CITY, MD (05/11/2010)(readMedia)-- Amy Elizabeth Publicover, a resident of Crofton, Md., was given the Department Award in Anthropology at St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) for outstanding scholarship in the discipline.

On April 24, 2010, St. Mary's College of Maryland held its annual Awards Convocation ceremony awarding over 90 students with various departmental and general college awards for exceptional academic scholarship.

St. Mary's College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger's, and The Princeton Review. Founded in 1840 as Maryland's "monument school" commemorating the state's first capital, SMCM is the state's only public honors college.

More than 2,000 students attend the college, which has the highest graduation rate for all Maryland public colleges and universities. The school's waterfront campus along the St. Mary's River in Southern Maryland is home to the 2009 National Intercollegiate Sailing Association Co-ed champions.