Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University senior Brandon Holmes of Clinton has been honored with the Pillar of the Community Award at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Victoria Glass of New Market was recognized with the FSU Student Government Association Outstanding Senior Award at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Davon Sawyer of York, Pa., was honored with the Father Ed Hendricks Award at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University sophomore Canyon Lohnas of Frostburg was honored with the Emerging Leader Award at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University junior Valerie Ehimhen, of Riverdale, was honored with the Derek Thomson Sheely Leadership Award at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frederick County, Md., quintuplets are going five for five with degrees from Frostburg State University. Twenty-two-year-old quintuplets Diana, Eric, Erin, Ian and Maureen Groff will have all earned their bachelor's degrees from FSU this academic year when four join December graduate Diana as alumni following FSU's 148th Commencement on May 21.

Dr. Xunyu Pan, an assistant professor in Frostburg State University's Department of Computer Science and Information Technologies, recently presented a research paper titled "Musical Instruments Simulation on Mobile Platform" at the 28th Electronic Imaging Conference in San Francisco. The paper was co-authored by FSU graduate students Megan Balukoff and Jacob Wilson.

Frostburg State University sophomore Brian Day, of Keedysville, Md., and junior Christopher Lodder, of Dunkirk, Md., presented at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held in San Diego in mid-March. The two presented the educational outreach and professional development activities of FSU's chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) at the Successful Student Chapters Poster Session with a poster titled "SMACS Attacks Chemistry."

Frostburg State University will celebrate the achievements of the spring 2016 graduating class during the 148th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 21, in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

Frostburg State University senior Connor Riahin, of Annapolis, Md., presented his research project at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held in San Diego in mid-March.

Frostburg State University senior Steven Lowery, of Ellerslie, Md., presented his research project at the 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held in San Diego in mid-March. His project, titled "Developing a Safer, Optimized Method for Determining Lead in Paint," presented at the Analytical Chemistry Poster Session, involved replacing hazardous assays with a microwave digestion procedure followed by analysis with atomic absorption spectroscopy.

Frostburg State University celebrates the achievements of the fall 2014 graduating class with the 147th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 19. The ceremony for the colleges of Business, Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences will take place at 2 p.m. in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

The universe is now coming into focus through Frostburg State University's Observatory, where stunning images from the rooftop observatory are now being projected on the FSU Planetarium and Multimedia Learning Center's dome screen during shows.

FSU-TV3 has four new staff members to help produce the series this fall. The creative and production team includes producers Adam Brant and Wayne Kifer and Promotion and Production specialists Savannah Cover and Caitlin Squires. To find out more about them, log on to www.frostburg.edu/fsu-tv3/staff.

The following members of Frostburg State University's chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) presented the findings of their business case study at SAM's national competition this spring in Las Vegas. The students analyzed 3D Systems, which is a competitor in the 3D printing industry. The students researched the company and the industry on their own for nine weeks to determine appropriate strategies.

Frostburg State University senior Stephanie Fazenbaker of Frostburg has been honored with the Pillar of the Community Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University junior Alanna Hirshman of Waldorf was honored with the Derek Thomson Sheely Leadership Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Sarah Pesi of Arnold was honored with the Student Government Association Outstanding Senior Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Sara King of Oakland was honored with the Outstanding Programming Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University junior Victoria Glass of New Market was honored with the Class of 1959 Scholarship Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Jacob McDonald of Frederick was honored with the Father Ed Hendricks Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University senior Janet Adesina of New Carrollton was honored with the Social Change Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

Frostburg State University freshman James Kirk of LaVale was honored with the Emerging Leader Award at the 2014-2015 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

The Allegany Museum in Cumberland could see more visitors and dollars come through its doors thanks to a study from Frostburg State University marketing students. As part of a capstone course, MKTG 469 Marketing Plans Development, undergraduate marketing majors team up to take on clients from the community that receive free research and advice after a semester's worth of work.

Frostburg State University celebrates the achievements of the fall 2014 graduating class with the 145th Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 20. The ceremony for the colleges of Business, Education and Liberal Arts and Sciences will take place at 2 p.m. in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

FSU senior Sam Hammett was named NASPA/BACCHUS Region 12 Outstanding Student for her four years of leadership and successful campaigns on body image and sexual health.

Frostburg State University announces students selected to participate in the 2016 Sloop Institute for Excellence in Leadership.

Michael McCampbell, who earned his master's degree in applied ecology and conservation biology from Frostburg State University this spring, won the Edmund H. Fulling Award at the joint Society of Ethnobotany 37th annual and Society for Economic Botany 55th annual international conference held in Cherokee, N.C., in May. McCampbell won the award for his presentation, "Seedling Establishment of American Chestnut, 'Castanea dentata,' in Pennsylvania."

The following local students have recently been accepted into the Frostburg State University Upward Bound Regional Math/Science Center:

The following local students have recently been accepted into the Frostburg State University Upward Bound Regional Math/Science Center: