COVID test operations build community on, off campus
Leave it to a dedicated staff cohort at Saint Michael’s College – a school that long has hung its hat on service and community – to find a way for […]
Read MoreJournalism graduate Sean Cooley ’06 is doing well and doing good
To honor his father who died of lymphoma in 2010, Sean Cooley ’06 is leading a fundraising push for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of greater Los Angeles where he […]
Read MoreAward-winning student paper focuses on issues of race, disability
Molly Thompson ‘23, a Saint Michael’s College sophomore who is working toward both a political science major and a newly approved self-designed and self-directed major in “Equity Studies,” on March […]
Read MoreAlumni connections lead to dream job for 2020 graduate Samantha Rossi
Samantha Rossi ’20 reached out to Ingrid Peterson in the Career Education Center with a success story of her job search since graduating in May 2020 and her connection via […]
Read MoreSt. Mike’s professor: App measures cannabis effects
Saint Michael’s College psychology professor Ari Kirshenbaum has been using a $224,000 National Science Foundation grant he received in September 2020 to develop a mobile app that measures the effects […]
Read MoreFrom the intern’s (virtual) desk: Gaining real-life experience in a pandemic
Jerry Swope, Chair and Associate Professor in the Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts Department (MJD) shared a piece written by Elly McKenna ’22 with the Career Education Center. Elly […]
Read MoreForesight, adaptability keep job profile strong for accounting seniors
More than half of Saint Michael’s College’s accounting seniors have already landed good full-time jobs across the Northeast to start in summer or fall, said Professor Steven Doyon ’88, instructor […]
Read MoreCollege selects another memoir by Loung Ung ’93 for book award program
Saint Michael’s College has selected another biographical novel from award-winning author and human rights activist Loung Ung to serve as the SMC Book Award for Academic Achievement and Social Conscience. […]
Read MoreEnglish students enter world of Willa Cather: ‘A scribbled, post-marked history’
Mara Brooks ’22, a student in Saint Michael’s English Professor Maura D’Amore’s Letters class, reports on an interesting recent activity for the class in this guest story: On a long […]
Read MoreSutherland lecturer Richard Blanco explores poetry, identity, ‘home’
For this year’s annual Sutherland Lecture at Saint Michael’s College, Richard Blanco, the historic inaugural poet for President Barack Obama, shared his poems and personal story with nearly 90 viewers […]
Read More‘Silent Sky’ is main spring play, telling story of astronomy pioneer Leavitt
Silent Sky, a historically-rooted play by the widely popular young American dramatist Lauren Gunderson based on the life of the pioneering astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt more than a century ago, […]
Read MorePoems Are Bridges: An Interview with Richard Blanco
On March 13, 2021, in advance of his appearance at Saint Michael’s College as part of the Donald J. Sutherland lecture series, junior English major Georgia Flanders (GF) and first-year […]
Read MoreWinners of top student writing awards for 2021 named
English faculty at Saint Michael’s College recently announced the winners of this year’s most prestigious writing awards for students. Those honored are: Samantha Donahue ’21, with the John Engels Award […]
Read MoreMarlon Hyde ’21 selected as first VPR News Fellow
Vermont Public Radio has hired Marlon Hyde ’21 as its first News Fellow, the station announced Thursday. Marlon Hyde is graduating from Saint Michael’s College this spring with a degree […]
Read MoreSt. Mike’s helped young regional planners land jobs
Richard Kujawa of the Saint Michael’s geography faculty recently heard from his former student Sean Hilton ’18, who has been appointed as Senior Transportation Planner at Regional Planning Commission in […]
Read MoreRabbi Wall speaker explores Jewish environmentalism
Jewish environmentalists are widely enthusiastic and optimistic in embracing technology to advance the cause, unlike many outside Judaism who might hold technology more suspect for being beyond immediate organic nature, […]
Read MorePeace Corps at 60: A new beginning after pandemic
WASHINGTON – On March 1, the Peace Corps celebrates 60 years since President John F. Kennedy established the agency in 1961. The anniversary of the Peace Corps commemorates international peace […]
Read MoreMock interviews help students build key skills
Strong interview skills are necessary for success in any field. For the second year in a row, the Career Education Center collaborated with Professor Melissa McDuffie to organize (virtual) mock […]
Read MoreInterfaith service affirms wisdom, peace, community
“It felt good to pray with people from different faith traditions who gathered in the same place at the same time,” said Saint Michael’s campus music minister Jerome Monachino ’91 […]
Read MoreRecent graduate describes writing, publishing a novel
Word reached the College recently about a new graduate, Allison “Allie” Cullen ’20, who has completed a novel – a project begun during her Saint Michael’s student days and now […]
Read MoreFaculty/Staff Career News February 2021
To read complete versions of these abbreviated news items, where you see a faculty name as a live link, click to reach the faculty member’s personal page. Then visit that […]
Read MoreSt. Mike’s years part of story in new book by Tougias ’77
Following is publicity for his latest book that Michael Tougias’77 shared with the College this week. Tougias is a New York Times Bestselling author and co-author of 33 books for […]
Read MoreColleen Straub: Class of 2020 success story
Graduating from college during the pandemic required students to drastically adjust their job search plans. The Career Education Center dove into research, webinars and conversations with employers to understand what […]
Read MoreCareer Education’s Laura Neville: Each person, experience has value
Laura Neville, who joined the Career Education Team three years ago, says her own career path has been driven by exploration. After majoring in Education Studies in college because of […]
Read MoreAlumni judges help St. Mike’s finance students prep for competition
Three highly successful alumni finance professionals in December gave a virtual boost to Saint Michael’s business students preparing for the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Challenge, an annual global competition to […]
Read MoreMilitary shaped College fleet chief Sabens for 41 years
When the alarm awakens Army Reserves Sgt. Major Russell Sabens each morning for his civilian job as Fleet Administrator at Saint Michael’s College, the experience is considerably less jarring than […]
Read MoreCollege names inaugural Edmundite Graduate Fellows
Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt today had the following exciting announcement for the College community about the naming of the two inaugural Edmundite Graduate Fellows: Dear members of the Saint […]
Read MoreHealth Equity Certificate: Addressing urgent challenges
Challenges of health equity plague many countries throughout the world, depriving marginalized populations of quality health care. The COVID-19 pandemic and the national re-engagement on issues of racial inequity have […]
Read MoreNew Kenney book is ‘Christian Platonism’; Tolan ’13 contributes
John Kenney, a recently retired Saint Michael’s religious studies professor with an international reputation for his scholarship about Saint Augustine and how the philosophy of Platonism shaped Christianity, is co-editor […]
Read MoreBarry Roy ’67 leaves Saint Michael’s largest single gift in school history
Class of 1967 alumnus and longtime Trustee Barry Roy bequeathed $4 million to Saint Michael’s College through his estate, the largest single gift in the school’s 117-year history, College officials […]
Read MoreKaren Talentino certified as ‘Climate Reality Leader’
Karen Talentino, professor of biology/environmental science and the former vice president for academic affairs at Saint Michael’s College, this past summer completed a two-week training session to become certified as […]
Read MoreCongratulations to December 2020 graduates
Congratulations to this year’s December 2020 Saint Michael’s College graduates. We celebrate the achievement of these new alumni even though it was not possible to hold the traditional winter graduation […]
Read MoreEasement boosts vibrant Natural Area and its ecology
Saint Michael’s College has become the first Vermont higher education institution to work with a federal wetlands easement program in the long-term preservation of natural habitat, reducing harmful phosphorous runoff […]
Read MoreFall 2020 Dean’s List
Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s list for Fall 2020! Click the following bold link to view: Fall 2020 Dean’s List Qualifications for Dean’s List A student […]
Read MoreCareer 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 […]
Read MoreLacey 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 […]
Read MoreAdaptations 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 […]
Read MoreCourtney 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 […]
Read MoreBook 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 […]
Read MoreNeuroscience 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 […]
Read MoreKuntz 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 […]
Read More‘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. […]
Read MoreVirtual 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 […]
Read MoreGrant 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 […]
Read MoreProgram 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 […]
Read MoreWinter 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 […]
Read MoreEdmundites 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 […]
Read MoreHockey’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 […]
Read MoreReading 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 […]
Read MoreLevine 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 […]
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