Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt responded to questions today regarding a new directive from Homeland Security that would require international students to take classes in person this fall despite limits on classroom capacities that are pushing more courses online at colleges and universities around the country. Sterritt communicated her empathy for the uncertainty the directive […]
Read MoreCraig Duffy ’06, a Saint Michael’s Spanish graduate and liberal arts enthusiast who became a supply-chain logistics specialist across varied industries, landed in January with the major Boston-area pharmaceutical firm Moderna, and since early spring has been supporting one of the most promising clinical trials for a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19. “I support […]
Read MoreIn times of wavering optimism and instability, people are especially reliant on hope. Amanda Neary ‘06, a fourth-grade teacher at Hinesburg Community School and former Saint Michael’s College graduate student, did not allow pandemic-driven hysteria to interfere with her devotion to the classroom. Instead, Neary used this as an opportunity to provide her students with […]
Read MoreSilver linings are hard to find in a pandemic, but Saint Michael’s College students interested in public health careers are discovering heightened purpose and focus from the challenges that COVID 19 poses. For example, two 2020 graduates, Maura Dodge and Emilee Cornelius, have been accepted to the prestigious Boston University School of Public Health this […]
Read MoreWhen the Schneider sisters of Wells, ME — one a current student, one an alumna — read on social media a few days prior about a June 3 racial justice rally planned for Maine’s large city of Portland 30 miles or so from their home, their prompt decision to attend with parents and friends felt […]
Read MoreCongratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s list for Spring 2020. Click the following bold link to view: Spring 2020 Dean’s List Qualifications for Dean’s List A student who has completed a minimum of twelve credits of classes with grades, not including classes with a grade “P”, and achieves a grade point average […]
Read MoreSusie Ellicks ’18 says a demanding senior year at Saint Michael’s College directly prepared her for a job she now loves with the fast-growing and promising Burlington startup Mamava, where today she applies skills she developed as an English major, varsity athlete and marketing/communications intern. Mamava “designs solutions to empower breastfeeding and pumping mamas on […]
Read MoreIn the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Michael’s College and its 501 new graduates from the Class of 2020 figuratively marched out of, and into, uncharted territory during an hour-long prerecorded Virtual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 10 — energized by ebullient and uplifting live-chat and joined by several thousand graduates, families, faculty […]
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Read MoreStaff in the College’s Marketing & Communications office are continuing to find and post stories from our community during these uncommon times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve invited anybody among us to share whatever from their daily lives might inspire and make us feel connected, from the more serious to the whimsical. Please […]
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