CSM Students Ease Tension in Annapolis

For the third year, College of Southern Maryland massage therapy students

participated in the American Massage Therapy Association Legislative

Awareness Day event in Annapolis on Feb. 14. CSM Massage Therapy Program

Coordinator Tara McManaway, M.Div.LMT, third from left, has used this event

to provide a service learning opportunity for her students, including, from

left, Pat Gronert of Lexington Park, Becky Tatro of Prince Frederick,

McManaway, Cristal Toribio of Chesapeake Beach, Toby Love of Owings,

Quarntina Avery of Fort Washington and Doris Scannapieco of Waldorf. The

students visited with members of the Southern Maryland Delegation and

provided free seated massages in the Lowe House Office Building for state

workers. CSM offers an associate's degree in massage therapy as well as

certificates in therapeutic massage and therapeutic massage advanced. For

information, visit www.csmd.edu/hea/massagetherapy/.

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