Data-Science
Analyzing “big data” is a growing field with great unfulfilled demand in industry and government. Many fields increasingly utilize statistical methods and large, complex data sets in routine practice. The […]
Read MoreHarvard’s Walton to be MLK speaker at Saint Michael’s
Jonathan L. Walton, an acclaimed Harvard University author, social ethicist and religious scholar, will be keynote speaker on Monday, January 21, during Saint Michael’s College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation […]
Read MoreCollege announces new Vice President
Krystyna Davenport Brown, who has served Saint Michael’s College as associate vice president for development since November 2017, started work December 19 as the College’s new vice president for institutional […]
Read MoreFour of Vermont’s best offered Presidential Scholarships
Presidential Scholarships would pay full tuition for four of Vermont’s best and brightest high school seniors accepted in mid-December as early-admission applicants to Saint Michael’s College. The Presidential Scholarship is […]
Read MoreWorld awaits 70-plus St. Mike’s study-abroad students
Peggy Imai, Saint Michael’s College’s director of study abroad, sent the following message to faculty in December: “Look around your classrooms, and I guarantee you that some of those […]
Read MoreTwo students awarded Lacey Scholarship
Supported 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 South Africa and […]
Read MoreArt meets science to produce mural of biodiversity
At first glance from across the room, a newly placed mural on the wall of the Saint Michael’s College Environmental Sciences lab in Cheray 123 looks to be an attractive […]
Read MoreBreakfast ceremony honors December graduates in style
Before he read the names of December 2018 Saint Michael’s College graduates during a short ceremony in the Dion Family Student Center Roy Room Sunday morning, Jeffrey Trumbower, the College’s […]
Read MoreBig turnout for mental health conference
The Vermont Principals Association conference was hosted by Saint Michael’s College this past Friday, November 30, with events taking place all day long across campus. Lecture rooms in Jeanmarie Hall […]
Read MoreBush visited campus twice, honored MOVE
As mourners from across the nation gathered Wednesday morning in Washington to pay their respects and celebrate the life of former president George H.W. Bush at a state funeral at […]
Read MoreRally aims to raise awareness on AIDS issues
Members of Saint Michael’s Student Global AIDS Campaign alongside other students and faculty of the Saint Michael’s community are organizing a rally/march for Friday, November 30 that will start at […]
Read MoreSchool leaders engage mental health issues
Saint Michael’s College alumni, faculty and staff will be well represented among expert presenters about student-athlete mental health and concussions during an all-day Vermont Principals Association (VPA) conference this Friday, […]
Read MoreNotice to Campus Community – Fire in Colchester
A Message from Saint Michael’s College Public Safety Update on 11/28/18 at 12:04 pm. To our campus community: This is an update regarding the fire in Colchester. The fire has […]
Read MoreStudent wins election to N.H. House seat
Saint Michael’s College student and newly elected New Hampshire state representative Denny Ruprecht ’21 says a lesson he learned growing-up hardscrabble in rural blue-collar New Hampshire is that “the greatest […]
Read MoreCollege’s first TEDx event finds success
Saint Michael’s College hosted its first ever TEDx event on Sunday, November 11. Alumni, faculty, and visiting speakers presented their ideas pertaining to the theme “The Uncertain Future.” TEDx events […]
Read MoreAuthor speaks of water crisis in Southwest
Melissa L. Sevigny is the author of two nonfiction books, Mythical River: Chasing the mirage of new water in the American Southwest and Under Desert Skies: How Tucson mapped the way to the […]
Read MoreAfrican Mass performance in Chapel unique
A performance of “Missa Luba, a Mass in Congolese Style” on Sunday, November 18 in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel was “genuinely historically unique,” says Nathaniel Lew of […]
Read MoreTributes flow at news of Don Rathgeb’s passing
When Donald Rathgeb retired in 1997 after 35 years of teaching drama, directing plays and shaping a prominent summer Playhouse on campus, his Fine Arts colleague Paul LeClair told a […]
Read MoreLorrie Smith to be acting dean
Lorrie Smith of the Saint Michael’s College English faculty has been appointed by President Lorraine Sterritt to serve as Acting Dean for the balance of this academic year and into […]
Read MoreTortolano plans seasonal sing-along concerts
All in one concert, 17 Christmas and seasonal carols will be presented in a community sing-a-long at Saint Michael’s College Chapel on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 3 p.m. […]
Read MoreThe Farm throws a “Goodnight Garden” party
The Saint Michael’s College Organic Farm prepared for winter last Friday on October 26, 2018 by building a hoop house, planting garlic and celebrating the close of the season. This […]
Read MoreSt. Mike’s student wins Miss Vermont USA title
Saint Michael’s College student Bethany Garrow, a sophomore business major from Rutland Town, VT, was crowned Miss Vermont USA 2019 on Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts […]
Read MoreVIDEO: Girls Rising author leads campus discussion
On Monday, October 22nd, Tanya Lee Stone visited Saint Michael’s College to discuss her book: Girl Rising, based on the 2013 documentary film of the same name. The documentary shares […]
Read MorePost-attack prayers with Jewish friends seek peace
On Wednesday of this week (October 31), the Saint Michael’s College community joined in the sorrow and mourning of the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh […]
Read MoreMJD panel discusses Art and Activism
Three departments – Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts; Fine Arts; and Environmental Studies – came together to compose a panel of four inspirational individuals, Paul Gunter, Lionel J-M Delevingne, […]
Read MoreCybersecurity focus of new IT initiative
In what is becoming an annual tradition, the Saint Michael’s College Department of Information Technology (IT) emphasized the importance of cybersecurity this past week. Programming and events around campus emphasized […]
Read MoreCollege approves new majors in health fields
For Saint Michael’s College, where leaders hope students become properly trained to “do well and do good,” new majors in Health Science and Public Health approved by Trustees in October […]
Read MoreFall show spotlights Tennessee Williams
This year’s Saint Michael’s College Theater Department’s fall semester Main Stage production will treat audiences to iconic scenes from the most revered works of Tennessee Williams, the tortured but brilliant […]
Read MoreNCAA speaker addresses student-athlete issues
Student athletes and their coaches arrived at the Roy Room fresh from practice Thursday night, many still wearing their Purple Knight gear and some carrying field hockey sticks and soccer […]
Read MoreSpirit and intellect intertwined, Sterritt tells Catholic group
At a well-attended breakfast gathering in the Pomerleau Alumni Center on Wednesday, October 10, Saint Michael’s College President Lorraine Sterritt told the Vermont Catholic Professionals — a new group initiated […]
Read MoreNature shines on St. Francis Day blessing
Aside from a few random barks, Hally and and Rex the dogs with their owners appeared mostly serene and ready when Edmundite Fr. Michael Carter ’12 began his short and […]
Read MorePosthumous induction honors ‘true Michaelman’
An afternoon ceremony on August 9, 2018 in the Pomerleau Alumni Center Fireside Lounge honored the late Paul J Palmer ’56, P’80, P’94, GP’11 with his Posthumous Induction into the […]
Read MoreAmbassador brings insight on Yeats, Irish America
Irish Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall visited Saint Michael’s College on Monday, October 1, for an evening lecture at the McCarthy Recital Hall. His topic wasn’t world affairs, […]
Read MoreCeremony honors scholars & teachers of Saint Michael’s
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 […]
Read MoreInteractive exhibit dazzles with maize
An installation at the McCarthy Art Gallery had its interactive performance component on Saturday, September 22 in the form of a guided, meditational meal of corn-based products. Amanda Turner Pohan’s […]
Read MoreText of President’s Inaugural Address
Saint Michael’s College Inauguration D. E. Lorraine Sterritt, seventeenth president September 22nd, 2018 “I am among you as one who serves.” Luke 22:27 Madam Chairwoman, members of the Board […]
Read MoreSterritt inaugurated as SMC’s first female president
Watch the full video of the Presidential Inaguration >> D. E. Lorraine Sterritt, 17th president of Saint Michael’s College and the first woman to hold that title, was direct, clear, optimistic […]
Read MoreAtom bomb survivor moves campus crowd
Students at Saint Michael’s College were given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear from atomic bomb survivors Yasuaki Yamashita and Shigeko Sasamori the evening of Thursday, September 20. These Hibakusha (survivors […]
Read MoreJournalist outlines Mueller investigation
Acclaimed author and journalist Garrett Graff spoke to a gathered group of students, faculty, staff and community members on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the McCarthy Arts Center about Robert Mueller, […]
Read MoreCollege instilled service ethos for NYC theater work
A creative launch pad for the hit Broadway show Hamilton was The Public Theater in New York City, where Heather Lessard Fichthorn ’12 is company manager. She told about 50 people, mostly […]
Read MoreFaculty changes with new semester
Following are the 2018 faculty changes since the start of last year (as of late August). They include three new tenure-track faculty — Allison Luedtke in Economics, Xinting Zhen in […]
Read MoreDeath of theater professor jars community
Professor Cathy Hurst, who taught theater and directed in the Saint Michael’s College Fine Arts Department from 1994-2017, died Sunday, September 16, according to her longtime colleague and friend Peter […]
Read More‘Girl Rising’ is Common Read for Education
The Saint Michael’s College Education Department has announced that Girl Rising: Changing World One Girl at a Time has been selected as the 6th annual Education Department Common Read. Girl Rising is a […]
Read MoreReception shows draw of research-based art
A well-attended opening reception last Thursday, September 6 in the McCarthy Arts Center Gallery for the exhibition by New York City based artist Amanda Turner Pohan called “Maize Meditation” — […]
Read MoreVassel gives students a new look at Hamilton
In the words of well-known lyrics from the show, Saint Michael’s College students were “offered some free advice” on Tuesday evening by Patrick Vassel, associate and supervising director of Hamilton. Vassel […]
Read MoreAmbassador Mulhall to speak here on Oct. 1
Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America, will visit the campus of Saint Michael’s College on Monday, October 1, 2018 and speak on “’Wherever Green is […]
Read MoreStudy abroad students coming and going
Saint Michael’s College will have 23 students studying abroad for Fall Semester 2018, with 71 returning to campus following their studies in 24 countries for Spring Semester 2017, according to […]
Read MoreHistorian sheds light on Hamilton
A distinguished history scholar invited hundreds of Saint Michael’s College First-Year Seminar students who packed McCarthy Arts Center Tuesday evening to enter the endlessly fascinating world of Founding Father and […]
Read MoreCollege wins NSF grant for STEM work
Saint Michael’s College leaders learned Wednesday that they will receive the largest scholarship grant in the College’s history from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help faculty train more data-savvy […]
Read MoreMove-In Day exciting, emotional, smooth
“It takes a village to get this place ready – and ready we are,” President Lorraine Sterritt told newly arrived Saint Michael’s College first-year students Friday evening. Nearing the end […]
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