Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University sophomore Benjamin Forrest was chosen by Campus Compact to be honored as the 2018 Newman Civic Fellow, which acknowledges motivation and potential in public leadership. Forrest is one of the 268 students who were honored among all Campus Compact institutions.

Frostburg State University health science graduate Logan Cheshire captured the winning image in the recent BioArt Scientific Image & Video Competition - a contest designed to celebrate the art of life sciences - with a striking electron microscope image he made in the course of his research on mealybugs.

FSU doctoral student Billy J. Wrights recently participated in the Student Veterans of America's 2017 Leadership Institute held at the George Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. This highly selective program brought student veterans together for intensive on-site leadership training. Wrights was identified as one of the top 100 student veterans from across the country to attend this all-expense-paid leadership training experience.

Candidates for Frostburg State University's 2017 Homecoming Court raised a combined $5,370 for regional and national charitable organizations in the weeks before Homecoming, raising more than any previous year and $480 more than last year's effort.

Across the street from the Washington Monument, Frostburg State University student CJ Barnett struck up a conversation with anyone he could see in the sunlit grand hall of the Organization of American States' main building.

Frostburg State University ethnobotany major Madison L. Lawrence has been selected as the 2017 Civil Citizen Communicator at an honors ceremony to recognize communication honors achieved by students.

A group of computational physics students at Frostburg State University are peering into the heart of a galaxy to see what makes it tick.

This data-rich age of astrophysics is ripe for new discoveries, and one Frostburg State University student has findings that he is ready to submit for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.

Frostburg State University will hold its 150th Commencement on Thursday, May 25, celebrating the achievements of the spring 2017 graduating class during two ceremonies in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

Technology companies specializing in instant messaging are always looking at ways to make their applications more secure. Frostburg State University computer science major Christopher Gill of Leonardtown is already building a product that helps evolve existing chat applications.

Robert Lemaire, a senior and president of BURG Peer Education Network at Frostburg State University, was awarded the 2016 BACCHUS Outstanding Student Award for his involvement with BURG's numerous influential activities on campus to promote a healthy and safe environment.

Frostburg State University will celebrate student achievements of the fall 2016 graduating class with the 149th Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. The ceremony for the colleges of Business, Education and Liberal Arts and Science will take place in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

Karen Johnson, a graduate student in the Applied Ecology and Conservation Biology program at Frostburg State University, along with undergraduate ethnobotany major Laura Price, presented their research at the Maryland Native Plant Society's Annual Fall Conference at College Park on Sept. 17.

Frostburg State University will celebrate student achievements of the fall 2016 graduating class with the 149th Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. The ceremony for the colleges of Business, Education and Liberal Arts and Science will take place in the Main Arena of the Cordts Physical Education Center.

When you see students from FSU-TV3 covering a live event, you won't see a satellite truck or a hulking TV camera over their shoulders.

Frostburg State University engineering students are working alongside NASA experts to beam photos from FSU into space.

Visitors to Grantsville will be able to easily find their favorite attractions thanks to a tourism map created by a Frostburg State University student.

Twelve Frostburg State University rising seniors have been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 President's Leadership Circle. The group was announced at the 2015-2016 FSU Leadership Awards Reception.

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 Jessica Prejean of Westminster was honored with the Social Change 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.

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.

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 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.