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Career coaching a passion for Tim Birmingham ’02

Tim Birmingham’s value to clients of the Saint Michael’s College Career Education Center, where he has worked since 2018 as a Career Education Coach, is plain to read in the […]

Lacey funds to support public health studies in Nepal

Supported by funds from the Brian Lacey ’72 International Fellowship in Social Justice, Saint Michael’s College junior Alexyah Dethvongsa ’22 — an international relations and public health double major with […]

Adaptations keep engineering bridge project structurally sound

Before the recent semester began, Saint Michael’s College engineering Professor Barbara O’Donovan met with the technical coordinator of the College’s MakerSpace, Eric Roy, to discuss an upcoming project for her […]

Courtney Burt ’18 helps meet technical demand for MIT business school

With demands for remote learning vastly increasing in the pandemic, more colleges and universities are seeking expert guidance in “digital transformation” — a popular business buzzword of recent years referring […]

Book talks allow wider reflection on racism, other issues

Saint Michael’s English Professor Lorrie Smith joined Jacob Pelletier, assistant director of alumni engagement, on Thursday, November 19 to lead an online discussion of Angie Thomas’ book The Hate U […]

Neuroscience studies lead graduate to oral surgeon office

All of her young life growing up outside Chicago and later in high school attending a Maine boarding school as a top alpine ski racer, Kyrstin Gee ’18 felt drawn […]

Kuntz lecturer Guyette probes stories of Black Vermont

Elise Guyette, PhD, a Vermont teacher, historian and author of the groundbreaking book Discovering Black Vermont, recently delivered a video talk titled “The Jagged Edges of Progress” as the speaker […]

‘Agents for change’ evolve through restorative practices

Holistic Restorative Education (HRE), a new certificate program in the Graduate Education Department at Saint Michael’s College, provides educators with the ability to integrate “restorative practices” into a class setting. […]

Virtual career event covers wide and timely territory

The 2020 Career Symposium at Saint Michael’s College — this year a virtual four-day event full of alumni speakers and engaging panels – featured 33 alumni from a broad range […]

Grant to help criminologist memorialize Nepal victims

Krista Billingsley, director of criminology and assistant professor of anthropology and criminology at Saint Michael’s College, learned recently she has received a Wenner-Gren Foundation Engaged Anthropology Grant to conduct research […]

Program will let high school students earn college credit

Vermont high school students have the opportunity to partake in the Saint Michael’s College learning experience through dual enrollment, a program for students to earn postsecondary credit while in high […]

Winter term courses: Catch up or get ahead at discount

Interested in advancing your academic goals over winter break? Saint Michael’s College is offering five asynchronous winter classes to help undergraduate students stay on track and get ahead. Winter session […]

Edmundites back initiative to attract African American scholars

Saint Michael’s College Racial Justice Task Force has announced “The Edmundite Graduate Fellows’ Program at Saint Michael’s College.” Two scholars-in-residence will be invited next fall. “The relationship between the Racial […]

Hockey’s Hendrickson ’21 optimizes an internship

Ingrid Peterson, director of the Saint Michael’s College Career Education Center, says Purple Knights senior hockey varsity player Ethan Hendrickson ’21 is a strong example of a student making the […]

Reading initiatives build community, engage issues

The community that reads together grows together – or so would seem to be the philosophy at Saint Michael’s College, where a variety of initiatives encourage students, alumni and faculty/staff […]

Levine joins Zoom Town Hall on COVID questions

College leaders and Vermont’s top health official brought clarity, humane understanding, strong support, firm reminders and timely cautions to a Zoom “Town Hall” for Saint Michael’s students Thursday night, covering […]

Energy competition educates, inspires good habits

A fun and educational energy competition between two Saint Michael’s College first-year residence halls, organized by junior environmental studies/political science double major Anna Beach ’22, recently kicked into high gear […]

Nearly 120 hear author Carr’s virtual Sutherland talk

This year’s 2020 Sutherland Lecture, presented Thursday afternoon, October 22, by author Nicholas Carr to a virtual audience of about 120 people via Zoom because of the pandemic, was titled […]

Virtual panelists describe varied paths into law

Five alumni with distinct, interesting paths in the field of law came together in a Zoom presentation through the Saint Michael’s College Career Education & Alumni Engagement Center on the […]

Serving the community six feet apart

A group of 10 senior capstone students at Saint Michael’s College have harnessed the spirit of community and togetherness in the midst of an isolating pandemic this fall semester. Led […]

St. Mike’s featured in Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition

Saint Michael’s College is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company features Saint Michael’s in The Princeton Review Guide to […]

Internships, job guidance still vibrant in pandemic

For colleges as for individuals, long-term relationships can offer critical sustenance through hard times. So it has been professionally for Ingrid Peterson, veteran director of the Saint Michael’s Career Education […]

Professor Griffith elected national ACLU officer at crucial time

“So many people are looking at ways to make a difference today, and this is mine,” says media law expert and civil rights activist Traci Griffith of the Saint Michael’s […]

Alumni pals and wives launch promising fish business

Steve Flynn and Sean McDaniel (both Class of ’93) have been friends for more than 30 years. This Saturday, October 10, the two friends and their wives, Amy Flynn and […]

PowerVine: SMC’s Energy Newsletter – Autumn 2020

The Institute for the Environment released the second edition of Power Vine: SMC’s Energy Newsletter, focusing on the unconventional reopening of campus and state to the Fall 2020 semester. Read […]

MOVE student leaders pivot nimbly to keep serving

More people ought to know about and be inspired by “the incredible work MOVE Core Team leaders and student employees are doing to keep their peers engaged and the larger […]

New partner Chicago Scholars boosts access, opportunity

Saint Michael’s College has signed a memo of understanding with Chicago Scholars, a seven-year college access and leadership development program. The organization works with students in Chicago who are rising […]

St. Mike’s, Canadian students analyze COVID differences

A Saint Michael’s College political science class spoke by Zoom last Monday afternoon with a counterpart group from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada – Americans and Canadians trying […]

Virtual Academic Convocation honors faculty scholars

Because of the pandemic, this year’s annual Academic Convocation on Friday, Sept. 25, was a “virtual” event via Zoom rather than in the McCarthy Arts Center as most years. During […]

Making it Work: Creativity perseveres in a pandemic

We invited the community to share inspiring and interesting initiatives this semester in the “new normal” to make learning and campus life work well in spite of the considerable challenges […]

Staff Awards during virtual assembly buoy spirits

A virtual Staff Assembly Thursday morning was a chance to celebrate community achievements among Saint Michael’s employees with the annual Staff Awards, while first offering an update from leaders on […]

Activities keeping students busy, happy, safe

The College’s Student Life team has been doing whatever it takes to provide Saint Michael’s students with safe fun during the pandemic through an increasingly popular, re-imagined approach to activities […]

St. Mike’s alumnus leads a town’s COVID-19 response

When Lou Botta ’75 retired to New London, New Hampshire, there was never a question of whether he would weave himself into the fabric of the town, located in the […]

Path to elite ‘green MBA’ studies started at St. Mike’s

Meghan VanStry ’17 is currently an MBA candidate in the nationally recognized Sustainable Innovation MBA program at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business — an opportunity that grew […]

Photo Gallery: Student volunteers visit the Farm

Saint Michael’s students spent time on the Farm at the beginning of the semester, helping to harvest lots of locally-grown produce.

Saint Michael’s again lands in U.S. News ‘Best Colleges’

Saint Michael’s College is once again among the top National Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report in its 2021 Best Colleges listings. […]

Faculty and staff changes for the 2020 fall semester

Here is the list of faculty changes as of July 1 reported from the College’s Academic Affairs Office, followed by a list of new staff who have joined us in […]

It’s a new world for study-abroad organizers, students

An email that Saint Michael’s College’s Study Abroad Director Peggy Imai sent to key campus leaders on March 25 of this year reflects the unprecedented and sometimes nerve-wracking challenges that […]

Safe efficiency, high spirits and hope greet students

The liberal arts training of Saint Michael’s College Director of Admission Michael Stefanowicz ’09 helped frame his perspective the morning of this year’s unorthodox but well-thought-out, safety-conscious and ultimately uplifting […]

New Trustee leaders bring steady optimism to mission

The new Saint Michael’s Board of Trustees chair is Patricia Casey, a veteran enrollment professional who foresees the College enduring and ultimately thriving anew at the other end of a […]

Saint Michael’s again in Princeton Review ‘Best Colleges’

Saint Michael’s College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features Saint Michael’s again in the new 2021 […]

New community ‘network’ targets pandemic challenges

Saint Michael’s College students this fall can join the COVID Action Network (SMC CAN!) to address and learn more about pandemic-related challenges alongside the faculty and staff collaborators who created […]

Superior safety app allows slow phase-out of ‘blue lights’

As at an increasing number of other colleges nationwide, the success and popularity of an “app” for smartphones to keep students connected with campus Public Safety will allow Saint Michael’s […]

Author Nicholas Carr to give 2020 Sutherland Lecture via Zoom

Saint Michael’s College Dean of Faculty Tara Natarajan announced this week that author, journalist and scholar Nicholas Carr, whose work focuses on the intersection of technology, economics and culture, will […]

Now independent, Early Learning Center reopening

Following the closure of the Early Learning Center at Saint Michael’ s College in June, a small group of dedicated staff, parents and community members have worked tirelessly to re-establish […]

Summer research projects arise thanks to funds, creative mentors

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped three Saint Michael’s students from doing meaningful summer research at the intersection of scientific and “quantitative” majors like math and statistics. Key elements behind […]

Graduate Education team workshops support colleagues in pandemic

The Graduate Education Program at Saint Michael’s College works with inservice and preservice teachers. A team of St. Mike’s professors (Claudine Bedell, Tess Dussling, Rebecca Haslam, Amy Knight, Cathy Quinn, Amy Saks Pavese, […]

Men’s Basketball Alumni Featured in New Nike Commercial

COLCHESTER, Vt. – Four Saint Michael’s College men’s basketball alumni will see themselves on television screens nationwide when Nike unveils its latest commercial in the inspirational “You Can’t Stop Us” […]

Saint Michael’s embraces racial equity ‘Challenge’

Nearly 130 Saint Michael’s College faculty and staff members in July answered the “Challenge” to build purposeful habits surrounding racial equity through education, conversation and awareness over a 21-day stretch […]

Mukeba ’12 to serve new state Racial Equity Task Force

“At times there are things that are not really planned and not your choice – you have to do it,” says Kyendamina (Cleophace) Mukeba ’12, a Saint Michael’s College political […]