Big 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 […]

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Bush 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 […]

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Rally 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 […]

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School 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, […]

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Notice 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 […]

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Student 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 […]

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College’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 […]

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Author 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 […]

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African 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 […]

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Tributes 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 […]

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Lorrie 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 […]

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Tortolano 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. […]

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The 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 […]

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St. 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 […]

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VIDEO: 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 […]

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Post-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 […]

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MJD 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, […]

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Cybersecurity 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 […]

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College 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 […]

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Fall 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 […]

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NCAA 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 […]

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Spirit 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 […]

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Nature 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 […]

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Posthumous 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 […]

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Ambassador 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, […]

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Ceremony 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 […]

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Interactive 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 […]

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Text 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 […]

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Sterritt 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 […]

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Atom 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 […]

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Journalist 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, […]

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College 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 […]

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Faculty 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 […]

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Death 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 […]

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‘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 […]

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Reception 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” — […]

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Vassel 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 […]

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Ambassador 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 […]

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Study 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 […]

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Historian 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 […]

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College 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 […]

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Move-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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Engineering students thrive in 3+2 program

Today’s higher education landscape sees more and more students looking to minimize their time spent in college. For many, knocking off a semester or even a full year can be […]

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Cray: At 175, ‘no turning back’ for S.S.E. ‘little flock’

If the next 175 years for the Society of Saint Edmund, founding religious order of Saint Michael’s College, are as challenging, persevering, fruitful and ultimately hopeful as the first 175, […]

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Student showman suddenly a magic big shot

If he plays his cards right, Jeremy Mikaelson could become the next big name in magic – at least, that’s how he sees it in his always vivid imagination, which […]

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SMC again in Princeton’s ‘Best 384’

Saint Michael’s College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features Saint Michael’s again in the new 2019 edition […]

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Shrine Mass to wrap up Edmundite 175th

The members of the Society of Saint Edmund, founding religious order of Saint Michael’s College, will conclude their 175th Anniversary year of celebration with a Mass at Saint Anne’s Shrine, […]

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Wildlife researchers advance efforts

Faculty and students from five Vermont colleges met at Saint Michael’s on Wednesday, July 25 to share their research on wildlife disease and related subjects. While the diseases in question […]

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New project merges music, psychology

Conor Macias ’19 describes the moment “the lightbulb went on” for him regarding an interesting and substantial summer research project idea to merge his majors in music and psychology. “I […]

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Final summer research luncheon about transitions

“Transitions” felt like a theme during the final summer luncheon for student undergraduate researchers at Saint Michael’s College on Tuesday, July 24 in the Dion Family Student Center Roy Room, […]

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