ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. — St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the National Public Honors College, graduated 400 students with Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees during an outdoor ceremony on the College’s Townhouse Green.
Alumnus Brandon Scott ’06, Baltimore’s 52nd mayor, delivered the keynote address. In his message, Scott told the Class of 2026 that his experiences at St. Mary’s College in the early 2000s shaped who he is today.
“I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that if I never bent that curve on Route 5 way back on August 31 of 2002, Brandon Scott the mayor would not exist,” he said. “I didn’t choose St. Mary’s. It chose me, and it was the best choice ever made for me in my life.”…