Chemistry students ‘haunt’ Echo Center

Halloween is slowly approaching, and for many young children at the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, a premiere nature and science museum on the Burlington waterfront, a variety of […]

Bernard on African-American writing tradition

Members of the Saint Michael’s community filled the McCarthy Recital Hall on Wednesday, October 23 to welcome acclaimed scholar, teacher, and writer Emily Bernard to read from her newest novel, Black […]

New Tree Nursery Garden

An Ecological Restoration class at Saint Michael’s College has brought new life to campus as students utilized an empty plot of land in front of the Dion Student Center to […]

St. Mike’s and law success

A panel of successful young Saint Michael’s college alumni in the legal profession told students from a wide variety of majors and all four class years Wednesday evening in the […]

Cantu on border issues

With aggressions rising along the border of the United States and Mexico, it is important to remain informed of our country’s immigration policies and affairs. For many students at Saint […]

Memorialists: ‘Bear’ Roy embodied the best of St. Mike’s

Effectively communicating the very best of Saint Michael’s College and its spirit was an aim of an Admission event Saturday that drew 200-plus registrants to campus. The same mission was […]

Fellows

The Department of Business Administration and Accounting will host two international fellows from October 18 to November 19. They are Mai Thi Thao Chi (Chi) of Da Nang, Vietnam, and Natalia Prikhodko of Krasnoyarsk, […]

Economics major leads to success

Five Saint Michael’s College economics graduates returned to campus on October 3 — one via remote technology — for a panel presentation in the St. Edmund’s Hall Farrell Room sponsored […]

Speakers on Faith Journeys

Either of two action-packed and luminous Catholic-faith stories shared before large audiences at separate speaker events Monday in Saint Michael’s College’s Dion Family Student Center Roy Event Room felt worthy […]

Saint Michael’s teachers, scholars honored

At this year’s annual Academic Convocation — a September tradition established in 1986 to honor Saint Michael’s College scholars and scholarship — more than 100 faculty, staff, students and College […]

Statement from Board of Trustees

The world has been both outraged and heartbroken at revelations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. We share this outrage and heartbreak. The Society of Saint Edmund (which founded Saint […]

Academic study trips-summer 2020

Faculty-led academic trips provide students with “a remarkable opportunity for an intensive learning experience with a group of students and faculty from Saint Michael’s College,” said Peggy Imai, director of […]

Hugs that launched a movement

A small yet engaged audience of Saint Michael’s students gathered in the McCarthy Recital Hall on Wednesday, September 18 to listen to peace activist Ken Nwadlike tell the story of […]

Speaker on workplace diversity

Prominent businessman Timothy Ryan on Thursday (September 12) shared with Saint Michael’s students his knowledge about fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace. The event took place at 7 p.m. in the […]

Alumna develops chorus

“Given these troubling times where more and more people are being told they do not belong, Vermont’s Freedom & Unity Chorus plans to demonstrate through our music and our singers […]

New library director

Libraries and librarians “introduce students to the concept that scholarship is a conversation,” says Laura Crain, who became Saint Michael’s College’s new director of library and information services in Durick […]

Criminology major stresses social justice

With the recent approval by trustees at Saint Michael’s College of a new major in criminology, students aspiring to criminal justice careers will sit alongside classmates whose primary focus is […]

New international students

New international students arrived on campus Sunday, August 18 at Saint Michael’s College, and International Student Orientation (ISO) ran from Monday, August 19 through Sunday, August 25. The new international […]

New art installed on Natural Trail

As Saint Michael’s first-year students were moving onto campus on Friday, August 23, a new art project by Nancy Winship Milliken was installed at five sites along the main trail […]

2019 new faculty and staff

Saint Michael’s College Academic Affairs officials announced the following changes in faculty as of July 1, 2019, with a host of new visiting assistant professors and instructors and several faculty […]

Hong Kong internships tough but rewarding

Culture shock, strenuous real-life workplace demands and deep 24/7 cultural immersion amount to “a very good experience” for Saint Michael’s College students who have been in Hong Kong since June […]

Many students study abroad

Study abroad is a significant and growing piece of each Saint Michael’s student’s education as they strive to become well-informed global citizens. Peggy Imai, the College’s director of study abroad, […]

A successful move-in day

When Saint Michael’s College President Lorraine Sterritt said during her remarks at Friday night’s New Student Convocation in the Chapel that it “takes a village” to get Saint Michael’s ready […]

Freeman scholars in Hong Kong

Just 26 select colleges and universities around the U.S. including Saint Michael’s College had students funded by the prestigious Freeman Foundation supporting internships in Asia this summer. Of particular note, […]

Founders Hall empty for demolition

Come Monday morning, August 12, Founders Hall and Founders Hall Annex will be completely empty and the President’s Office, Academic Affairs, and the Registrar will be operating from their new […]

VYCC upgrades Natural Area Path

With Saint Michael’s College purposefully expanding its robust environmental programs, much was afoot this summer in the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area across Route 15 from campus down the trail […]

Alumna finds success in comedy

“Comedy became a cool thing, then it became a hobby, then it became my life,” said Tina Friml ’16, who took her first comedy class, won Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, performed […]

Alumnus to become new Rescue chief

John Keating ’17, a leader with Saint Michael’s Fire and Rescue since his relatively recent student days, has been selected for the position of Rescue Chief for the Department to […]

Dean participates on radio game show

A supportive and entertained live audience containing members from both inside and outside the Saint Michael’s community filled the Elley-Long Music Center on North Campus on Friday, July 26, to […]

Vision-impaired teens learn, prosper

“We’re really happy we chose to come here—it’s been such a great place to have our students,” says class of 2017 alumni Cameron Hager, who is back on campus this […]

McAndrew named new enrollment chief

Kristin McAndrew, former director of admission, graduate business programs at University of Notre Dame, has been named vice president for enrollment and marketing at Saint Michael’s College. She will begin […]

Natarajan new Dean of the Faculty

Saint Michael’s College faculty have a new academic leader and advocate as of July 1: Dean of the Faculty Tara Natarajan from the Economics Department. Natarajan told faculty colleagues at an […]

Researchers tell of making headway

Dedication, intellect, and exploration across multiple disciplines came together once again at the second summer research luncheon on July 19, this time held in the Dion Family Student Center. “These […]

Radio game awaits D’Amore Friday

Saint Michael’s College Associate Dean Jonathan D’Amore will be featured as a player “on one of the toughest games in any media,” according to the executive producer of public radio’s […]

Colombian students experience Vermont

“We have loved every minute of it,” says high school sophomore Isabella Martin when asked to reflect on her last three weeks spent living at Saint Michael’s College, taking high-caliber […]

Farm on campus leads to success

“My time at the Farm at Saint Michael’s College allowed me the time, resources, and opportunities to look into what the food system had to offer for careers,” says […]

Students in Tokyo

“Everyone here is kind to me and helps me, even though I’m not very good at listening or speaking in English,” says Miyu, one of the eleven students from the […]

Actors at Saint Michael’s Playhouse

“You audition for so much when you’re an actor—you just never know what’s going to hit, what’s not going to hit. When you do get to do things like this, […]

Grad has idea, a clean-water game-changer

Growing up between pristine Lake George and the polluted Hudson River in Queensbury, N.Y., Colin Gaunt ’19 found himself thinking and caring a lot about the benefits of clean water. […]

Service trips touch hearts and lives

“The community at Simply Smiles and among the people of La Plant will forever hold a special place in my heart,” said Morgan Zifchak ’20, student leader of the May […]

Water researchers off and running

This summer the VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development & Diversity (CWDD) has been busy welcoming 18 undergraduate interns and 46 high school participants to both the Saint Michael’s College […]

Design offerings in art major

“Artists don’t just do one thing anymore,” says Brian Collier of the Saint Michael’s College fine arts faculty, explaining why more design offerings are being incorporated into the curriculum for […]

Summer researchers share hopes

Summer has finally arrived, and while much of the Saint Michael’s community is using the long-awaited sunshine to catch a break from rigorous academic demands, nearly 40 ambitious students and […]

Faculty and Staff Career News

To read complete versions of these abbreviated news items where you see a live link, click to reach the faculty member’s personal page. Then visit that page’s “Recent News” tab, […]

Vermont quality of life ranked high

Vermont consistently places at or near the top of lists from major news sources ranking the best places to live in America. Lorraine Sterritt, president of Saint Michael’s College in […]

One of the best Reunion Weekends

View a photo gallery from Reunion Weekend 2019 Hundreds of Saint Michael’s College alumni “came home” and visibly enjoyed a wide range of activities on and off campus between Thursday […]

Dean’s List announcement

Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s List for Spring 2019 Qualifications for Dean’s List A student who has completed a minimum of twelve credits of classes with grades, […]

Korematsu raises civil rights call

Americans have the moral imperative to challenge prejudice courageously, welcome immigrants and understand that voting is a privilege and power to be used for good, 2019 Commencement speaker Karen Korematsu […]

Senior Awards Brunch 2019

As is tradition at Saint Michael’s College, the Thursday before Commencement weekend (May 9 this year) was celebrated with the Senior Awards Brunch. The event, which recognizes exceptional members of […]

New MAT program meets demands

A new Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at Saint Michael’s College, more practice-based than the traditional Master of Education (MEd), answers growing demands from potential undergraduates, recent college […]