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Saint Michael's in the News
Below you will find excerpts of Saint Michael's 2008 coverage in national and local media. Visit the links to the upper left to access excerpts from prior years.
Saint Michael's service learning trip to Tanzania, Africa receives strong media coverage for the participants' continuing efforts with assisting the Ilula Orphan Center.
In the spring of 2007, Political Science Associate Professor Patricia Siplon and Journalism and Mass Communication Assistant Professor Jerry Swope accompanied 10 students to Tanzania for three weeks to write a grant proposal and create a Web site to help with funding for The Ilula Orphan Program. In February 2008, Siplon, Swope and some of the students sponsored a series of events that highlighted their efforts and raised awareness. Below is some recent coverage of their work:
Volunteers bring aid to Tanzanian orphans
By Lynn Monty
February 18, 2008
Click here to read the full story.
News VPR News
VT Edition Interview: Trish Siplon & Edson Msigwa on the Ilula Orphan Center in Tanzania
February 14, 2008
Click here to listen to the interview. A nice photo gallery of photographs taken by students on the trip are featured online at the VPR site here.
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Ridgefield woman comes to aid of injured hiker during Ecuador trip
By Susan Tuz
February 18, 2008
A story about a Saint Michael's Wilderness Program trip to Ecuador over Winter break appeared in the Danbury, Conn News Times. Senior Kate Forcheski, a wilderness adventures leader from Ridgefield, Conn., and other Saint Michael's students on the trip helped rescue a hiker who had fallen and broken her ankle. This Wilderness Program trip was led by Eben Widlund, assistant director of the Wilderness Program and Marty Molitoris, a member of the professional climbing staff. Widlund and Molitoris are both Wilderness EMT's, Wilderness Medical Educators and AMGA certified instructors. Their combined expertise in conjunction with the personal power supplied by the student climbing team expedited the injured hiker's care.
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By Tim Johnson
February 13, 2008
Saint Michael’s junior, accounting major, Andres Camilo '09, was featured in this Burlington Free Press story for helping a Burlington resident complete the resident's tax returns. Camillo and several students from local colleges were providing assistance with tax preparation as part of the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
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By Ed Shamy
February 7, 2008
Burlington Free Press Columnist Ed Shamy wrote a column on a Saint Michael’s sponsored debate about the impacts of Wal-Mart on a community. Economics assistant professor Dr. Patrick Walsh set up the debate and associate professor of business Dr. Robert Letovsky participated in it.
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Internet Libel Suit Draws National Attention
February 5, 2008
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication Dr. Traci Griffith was interviewed on the WCAX Evening News regarding a case that surfaced in Brattleboro, Vt, when the newly launched iBrattleboro blog was sued for liable over an entry on the blog.
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Boston Globe story features student athelete standout
February 3, 2008
The impressive basketball career that Saint Michael's student Michelle Otey '10 has with the Purple Knights was highlighted in a Boston Globe news story. Head Coach Jen Niebling was quoted saying that Otey is an "an incredibly accurate jump shooter with great form, and there's a quiet drive inside her that leads her to continually improve."
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January 31, 2008
The student Environmental Council at Saint Michael's College was featured in a WCAX Evening News story about a program the members are working on to address global warming at the campus level. One initiative began in the fall when the college started composting its food waste. Student member Dan Sandberg '09 was quoted in the story saying that such initiatives would save the college money and be better for the environment.
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January 31, 2008
Professor of English, Dr. Lorrie Smith was part of a conversation about “how individuals and families define and understand their identities within the society around them,” looking particularly at Vermont immigrant families. Smith specializes in American poetry and African-American literature, including literature of the Middle Passage, which included several courses taking students on service-learning trips to Ghana.
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The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
January 30, 2008
A story from the Addis Ababa Daily Monitor in Africa, which quotes Saint Michael’s Political Science Associate Professor Patricia Siplon, was reprinted on the allAfrica.com Web site. In the article, Siplon talked about the amount of global funding needed to help combat the AIDS Crisis.
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Giant Following: N.Y. team has long history with Vermont fans
By Tom Haley
January 30, 2008
Some very interesting Saint Michael’s College history appeared in this Rutland Herald news article about Superbowl 2008, including how the Giants held training camp at Saint Michael's from 1960-1963, and how the Giants took out full-page ads in the college's yearbooks during that time period.
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By Gail Callahan
January 28, 2008
Dave Kells, a counselor-in-residence at Saint Michael's, was featured in this Burlington Free Press story about the many positive impacts his counselor-in-residency program has made on students and the strong connections he has established with them as a result.
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By Tim Johnson
January 24, 2008
Dr. Traci Griffith, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, was quoted in this Burlington Free Press story talking about the mainstream media coverage of the racial conflicts surrounding the Jena 6 incidents that took place in Louisiana in 2006.
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By Michael Lemon
January 24, 2008
An article in the Burlington Free Press focused on the Martin Luther King Society at Saint Michael's presenting a film showing and discussion of Spike Lee's film "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," a film about Hurricane Katrina. Saint Michael's maintains close ties with New Orleans and several students, staff and alumni have gone on many service trips to the city since the hurricane hit.
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40 Years After MLK's Death, Some Minorities Feel New Hope
January 22, 2008
An interview with Dr. Traci Griffith, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, aired on the WPTZ-TV 6 p.m. news. Professor Griffith spoke at the City of Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Day. She was interviewed following the program.
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Artist in Residence/English Professor interviewed on Vermont Public Television
January 28, 2008
Saint Michael’s Associate Professor of English/Artist in Residence Greg Delanty was interviewed by Fran Stoddard on Vermont Public Television’s “Profile." A description for the show read: “Fran Stoddard talks with Greg Delanty, a highly lauded poet in both America and his native Ireland. He has authored 7 volumes of poetry and taught at Saint Michael’s College for 20 years.”
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By Matt Ryan
January 14, 2008
An article about an Essex Junction sewing business in the Burlington Free Press drew attention to several Saint Michael’s programs thanks to Peter Harrigan, professor of fine arts/theater, who was quoted as a sewing expert. Harrigan, who was picking up sewing machines for his students, said that students sew patches and straps on their uniforms they use for Saint Michael's Fire and Rescue as well as for the college's Wilderness Program.
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Saint Michael’s College the latest to assist nonprofits in Immokalee
By Tracy Miguel
January 11, 2008
A story on the Saint Michael’s service trip to Immokalee, Fla, over winter break appeared in the Naples Daily News. A group of students and staff volunteered at many places in the town, including at a Habitat for Humanity construction site where they helped complete the framing and roofing for five houses. Mentioned in the story were trip participants Megan Parker '08, Katie Colleran '08, Liam Danaher '09 and Mike New, vice president of human resources at Saint Michael's.
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National Public Radio’s Marketplace Morning Report
January 8, 2008
Journalism and Mass Communication Professor Dr. David Mindich was featured in NPR's Morning Report discussing the New Hampsire Presidential Primary.
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By Jane Lindholm
January 3, 2008
Journalism and Mass Communication Professor Dr. David Mindich and his student Nick Martin '08 were interviewed regarding a "Minor Candidates" for President Web site created by Professor Mindich’s “Media and American Politics” course. The interview aired during the Vermont Edition show on Vermont Public Radio. The Web site is posted at http://minorcandidates.com. To listen to the VPR story, click here.
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Wolfe ends her field hockey career with no regrets
Blog Post by Anthony Lawrence Caruso
January 3, 2008
Saint Michael's Field Hockey Player Hannah Wolfe '08 was featured in an online blog for her successful career in the sport throughout high school and college.