Saint Michael’s College Biology Professor Mark Lubkowitz’s years of corn genetics research with dozens of students was recently recognized through a prestigious international award. Lubkowitz was awarded the 2024 Maize […]
Read MoreOn April 8, 2024, the Saint Michael’s community experienced the solar eclipse together on campus with astrophysicist Alain Brizard, Saint Michael’s Professor of Physics, who guided the experience. The surreal, […]
Read MoreThe number of moral questions that arise from eating – and the number of bad ethical options for solving those questions – can leave people feeling trapped and cynical, according […]
Read MoreThe Student Spotlight Series is a new feature to highlight Saint Michael’s students’ lives in all corners of campus. Students’ answers have been lightly edited for style and clarity. Nicholas […]
Read MoreSaint Michael’s community members helped envision the role that higher education can play in climate justice and examine other important questions during the inaugural event for the newly named Patrick […]
Read MoreOn October 18, Saint Michael’s College welcomed two visitors from the Tottori Prefecture in Japan: Mr. Akio Katijani, a Representative of the Tottori Prefectural Government Tourism and Exchange Bureau, and […]
Read MoreTrevien Stanger, Instructor of Environmental Studies and Science at Saint Michael’s College, led 22 students from Mount Mansfield Union (MMU) High School in Jericho into the Saint Michael’s Natural Area […]
Read MoreFour Saint Michael’s students who participated in semester-long study abroad programs that focused on field-based research came together for a panel discussion on October 16 to share their experiences. Saint […]
Read MoreStudents taking the Environmental Science 107 class at Saint Michael’s took an immersive trip into the Woodside Natural Area in Winooski this week to partner with the Winooski Valley Park […]
Read MoreThere are easy solutions for reversing the decline of pollinator populations, says Saint Michael’s Professor Brian Collier – people simply need to stop mowing the lawn they don’t use, or […]
Read MoreSaint Michael’s College welcomed home 1961 graduate former U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy and his wife Marcelle Leahy on Sept. 23 to honor them for their lifetime of service and generosity […]
Read MoreSaint Michael’s College will name its Center for the Environment for alumnus and former-U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy ’61 and his wife Marcelle in honor of their lifetime of service and […]
Read More“Salad Days,” a cherished summer tradition of recent years, encompasses much of the philosophy, experience and heart of the Saint Michael’s College Center for the Environment and its campus Farm […]
Read MoreStudents conducting summer research with Saint Michael’s faculty members described challenges and achievements from their projects during a July 27 lunch in the Dion Family Student Roy Room. Jeffrey Trumbower, […]
Read MoreThirty Vermont scientists gathered on campus on Monday, July 24 for a day-long conference organized by Dagan Loisel of the Saint Michael’s College biology faculty. Attendees engaged with 13 scientific […]
Read MoreIn the few hours between biology Professor Declan McCabe’s noon and 3 p.m. visits Monday to the Saint Michael’s College 365-acre Natural Area on a flood plain along the Winooski […]
Read MoreLara Scott, director of the MOVE volunteer service arm of Edmundite Campus Ministry on campus, reports: “Our last two service trips of the year returned on Saturday, May 27. We […]
Read MoreWatch WCAX story on the surprise>> Instead of walking across the stage to graduate with the rest of their classmates in the Saint Michael’s College Class of 2023, two seniors […]
Read MoreWhat happens when certain species disappear from the Earth, and what can we do to prevent that from happening? Those questions were at the center of a presentation by Saint […]
Read MoreConstruction began recently on an outdoor classroom in the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area that will be a picnic-pavilion style structure with flooring, a roof, pillars, and a south-facing wall […]
Read MoreFor Earth Week 2023 — from April 16 through Earth Day on April 22 – Saint Michael’s College faculty, staff, students and administrators actively will be demonstrating the institution’s commitment […]
Read MoreSaint Michael’s College students planning careers focused on the environment – or those hoping to better understand humans’ impact on the natural world – will directly benefit from federal funding […]
Read MoreSupported by funds from the Brian Lacey ’72 International Fellowship in Social Justice, one Saint Michael’s College student will spend a semester living, learning and serving in Ghana and another […]
Read MoreFaculty-led academic study trips at Saint Michael’s College are intensive short-term experiences that take students abroad to learn about a certain subject while immersed in the culture of their program’s […]
Read MoreOn September 22, the Saint Michael’s College food pantry opened in Alliot 204 for student and employee use. Shelves were stocked with boxes of pasta, crackers, macaroni and cheese, ramen […]
Read MoreGabby Doe ‘23, a business major with an environmental studies minor from Barnstable, MA, is currently working as a marketing and operations intern at Rural Vermont, a non-profit based in […]
Read MoreAs the Director of Admissions Systems and International Enrollment, Lisa Lagerquist can’t ask for more variety in her job. From sitting behind her desk, working with admission data, to getting […]
Read MoreProfessor Trevien Stanger of the Saint Michael’s College Environmental Studies and Science faculty is coordinating with the campus environmental group Green Up to harvest trees from the Ecological Restoration Nursery […]
Read MoreOne recent morning, Mark Lubkowitz, professor of biology department chair, hopped on his bike, rolled onto his usual bike path, and began his 21.5-mile long commute to Saint Michael’s campus. […]
Read MoreVisiting scholar Ryan Shea gave a Friday afternoon lecture on September 23 titled “Orpheus, Metaphor, and the Transformation of Vision: How Poetry Might Teach Us to Read the Book of […]
Read MoreLiterally seeing the fruits of their labors motivates new arrivals at Saint Michael’s College each year to sample community service, inspiring many to embrace it longer-term. The popular annual First […]
Read MoreBrian Collier of the Saint Michael’s College fine arts/art & graphic design faculty is an active and widely acclaimed interdisciplinary artist who has been exhibiting his own work around Vermont […]
Read MoreStudents and faculty have noticed Food Pop Ups run by MOVE in Alliot Hall throughout the summer months, and many have grabbed items that they need. The purpose of the […]
Read MoreIn July, Mark Lubkowitz of the Biology Department and Valerie Bang-Jensen of the Education Department learned that they and collaborators from major universities across the U.S. have been awarded a […]
Read MoreAs one example of the many multidisciplinary student research projects being conducted on campus this summer, Elizabeth Crotty ‘24 of Nashua, NH, plans to survey Saint Michael’s College students and […]
Read MoreThe Farm in its present, intentionally educational form was not a major aspect of Saint Michael’s College when the institution began in 1904, even though a farm in some form […]
Read MoreWatch short video of Commencement highlights>> COLCHESTER, VT – A spirit of deep gratitude and joy should animate each person joining the overwhelming but urgent work of tackling climate change, […]
Read MoreStaff, faculty and student volunteers were out in force all this past week for the “Ditch the Dumpster” initiative. Ditch the Dumpster (DTD) is an annual landfill diversion initiative and […]
Read More“We last did this in 2019,” said Sydney Rybicki ’18, the master of ceremonies for Thursday morning’s Senior Awards Brunch in a packed Green Mountain Dining Room. The powerful emotions […]
Read More“We’ve been putting in some serious trees this week,” said biology Professor Declan McCabe Wednesday about a recent happy flurry of planting events — mostly in the College Natural Area […]
Read MoreThis year’s common text for Saint Michael’s College first year students, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, helped Wednesday’s campus guest speaker Damian Costello come to better terms with the […]
Read MoreWatch a video capturing the sights and sounds of a recent student trip into the natural area to collect trail cameras. If a tree falls in a forest and a […]
Read MoreDaniel J. Misleh, a prominent spokesperson on the Catholic approach to climate change and founder of Catholic Climate Covenant, will be the 2022 Commencement speaker at Saint Michael’s College during […]
Read MoreLikely locations to find members of the Saint Michael’s College Fly Fishing Club are on the campus 300s field practicing casting with their fishing rods, perhaps out ice fishing, or, […]
Read MoreKelsie Miller, a 2016 Saint Michael’s biology graduate, had a key role in some recent science news that was exciting enough to rate reports in The New York Times, Wall […]
Read MoreA fruitful relationship that Saint Michael’s College has cultivated with the University of Wales Trinity-Saint-David in recent years is advancing to the next level: The two institutions have just agreed […]
Read MoreThe new pressing circumstances of the pandemic have not stopped the student volunteers and leaders of MOVE within Edmundite Campus Ministry at Saint Michael’s College from doing what they do […]
Read MoreThe fall semester Saint Michael’s College First-Year Seminar event, based on this year’s Common Text – Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “ Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of […]
Read MoreA surplus from an Arbor Day Foundation tree-giveaway program recently in Colchester and Winooski turned into a timely windfall for Saint Michael’s College at a time when the emerald ash […]
Read MoreSaint Michael’s College rising senior Meghan Geouque ’22 combines both her Environmental Studies and Philosophy majors for her summer 2021 research project titled “Exploring Environmentalism through Heidegger.” “I was excited […]
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