Saint Michael’s professor, student receive Fulbright awards

Two members of the Saint Michael’s community, Sociology Professor Robert Brenneman and graduating senior Conor Floyd ’16, are recent recipients of prestigious Fulbright awards, to be used to support extended and intensive international […]

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Uganda-bound sociology major wins Lacey award

Nichole Ciccarelli ’18, a Saint Michael’s College rising junior from North Haven, CT, and the fall semester 2016 recipient of the Brian Lacey International Fellowship in Social Justice award, will […]

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Symposium a week to share, honor scholarship and growth

Read some “snapshots” of the breadth of offerings from Saint Michael’s College’s Academic Symposium 2016: Academic-presentations An “Experiential Showcase” on Thursday Saturday’s poster session component in the Dion Family Student Center. […]

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Gallup study shows strong alumni outcomes for St. Mike’s

Saint Michael’s Alumni Outcomes Surpass Comparison Groups Results from a recent study of Saint Michael’s College alumni show that they exceed their peers from other institutions in nearly all elements […]

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Saint Michael’s in thick of big grant for water-basin work

A $20 million award from the National Science Foundation to Vermont EPSCoR will help answer questions about the resilience of Lake Champlain Basin and its watersheds in the face of […]

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Math makes ‘Hudson River’ flow north

On Saturday April 2, 2016, nearly 300 mathematics students and faculty from New England and beyond converged on Saint Michael’s College for the 23rd annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. One hundred […]

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State math leaders take stock at conference

On March 18, 2016, Saint Michael’s College hosted a Math Leadership Conference, facilitated by the Vermont Math Leadership Council (VMLC), an affiliate of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. The VMLC works […]

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Watchdog journalists gather here April 9-10

Investigative Reporters and Editors will bring its nationally acclaimed watchdog journalism workshop series to Saint Michael’s College on April 9-10. The sessions are designed for writers, editors, and producers from […]

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Saint Mike’s technologists share wisdom regionally

Saint Michael’s Information Technology staff and one business faculty leader over the recent spring break were presenters at a regional conference in Rhode Island for computing professionals, emphasizing how technology […]

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Saint Michael’s hosts major regional math conference

Saint Michael’s College on Saturday, April 2 will host the 23rd annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC), a one-day mathematics student research conference that is held annually each spring at […]

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Michael Stefanowicz ’09 to be new admission director

Michael Stefanowicz will be the new Director of Admission for Saint Michael’s College after a national search. Stefanowicz has worked in the College’s Admission Office for almost seven years, serving […]

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Burkle ’61 to speak at service-themed Commencement

An enduring and strong commitment to social justice and public service at Saint Michael’s College will be exemplified at this year’s Commencement ceremony by the College’s choice of speaker and honorary degree […]

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Business students win prizes at competition

Five students from the Saint Michael’s College Department of Business Administration & Accounting, accompanied by Professor Robert Letovsky, participated in the fourth annual “Free Enterprise Marathon” at the State University of […]

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Concert marks 50 years since Chapel organ dedication

A Festive Concert, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the dedication of the Casavant Organ at Saint Michael’s College, will take place on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the […]

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Meal-bag program chosen for ‘Fix-It’ funds

The Take Home Meal Bag Project — a Burlington Children’s Space program offering food-insecure families a weekly bag of food and recipes — is this year’s recipient of a $10,000 […]

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Business-pitch contestants learn and earn credits

At the initiative of faculty from Business Administration & Accounting, Saint Michael’s College in November hosted the campus’s first “Pitch Your Passion Innovative Idea Challenge.” Primarily it was a motivator […]

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Saint Michael’s rank jumps for Peace Corps volunteers

With 10 graduates currently volunteering worldwide, Saint Michael’s College ranked No. 11 among small schools on the Peace Corps’ 2016 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list, the agency announced Thursday. […]

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Colleges join VFW for Veterans Academic Fair on Feb. 6

A “Veterans Academic Fair” on Saturday, Feb. 6 at VFW Post 782 at 176 South Winooski Avenue in Burlington, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be a “one-stop-shop” for […]

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Service trips to 6 sites open student eyes over break

While many classmates were home enjoying friends and family over the holidays, about 60 Saint Michael’s students joined staff leaders for what felt like a higher calling in the service […]

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MLK keynoter: Let’s own, understand whiteness

“I was born into racial hierarchy — from who owned the hospital to the doctor who delivered me to the nutrition and transportation available to my mom – later, I […]

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MLK Convocation 2016: Calls to action, empathy

A stirring student speaker early in the program seemed to embody what Rosa Clemente aimed to address in her keynote speech in the Saint Michael’s College Chapel at this year’s […]

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Friendship leads to violin-piano concert here Feb. 9

When Nathaniel G. Lew was a teenager, one of his closest friends at the Juilliard School of Music’s Pre-College Division was Mark Steinberg. More than 30 years later, Lew is […]

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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, […]

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List of December 2015 graduates

Congratulations to our December 2015 graduates, who had a small ceremony to mark the occasion with President John J. Neuhauser on Dec. 13, 2015 on campus.

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Dean’s List Announcement

Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s List for Fall 2015.  

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Speakers headline MLK Week events at Saint Michael’s

Two provocative and nationally prominent speakers on issues of race, identity and responsibility in America will headline a week of activities at Saint Michael’s College Jan. 25-29 to honor Martin Luther King Jr. […]

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Faculty astrophysicist makes splash among peers

Saint Michael’s College physics professor John O’Meara has teamed with researchers Neil Crighton and Michael Murphy from Australia in the recent discovery of a distant, ancient cloud of gas that may contain […]

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Phi Beta Kappa still gold standard as academic measure

As Phi Beta Kappa celebrated its 239th anniversary early in December, a student and faculty member at Saint Michael’s College each reflected on what it means to be a part of […]

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Recent publications validate student experiences

Saint Michael’s students’ good work with faculty mentors is coming to fuller fruition recently with news of publications in prominent journals connected to that research and activity. Elise Genereux ’16, […]

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Kiplinger names Saint Michael’s a 2016 ‘Best College Value’

Saint Michael’s College has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values of 2016. Introduced in 1998, the rankings highlight public schools, private universities and private […]

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College takes stand on divisive rhetoric, bigotry

The following statement was circulated among the campus community of Saint Michael’s College on December 15 in response to recent world and national news. Statement from the President’s Cabinet Saint […]

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Lacey award to help student do Ecuador study, service

Abbey Brophy ‘17, a Saint Michael’s College junior from Canton, CT, and the spring semester recipient of the Brian Lacey International Fellowship in Social Justice award, will take university classes […]

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French at Saint Michael’s reflect on Paris attacks

While recent terrorist attacks in Paris were one day of horror that properly has commanded world attention, it’s important to remember that for refugees in Syria and other troubled parts […]

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Transition to ‘tobacco-free’ campus gains visibility

As with individual smokers, college campuses benefit from a plan and ample support on the road to becoming “tobacco-free.” That’s why Mary Masson, Student Health Services director, was setting up […]

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A student’s eye on recent campus presentations:

John Hockenberry visits Saint Michael’s American journalist and author John Hockenberry, a three-time Peabody Award winner, four-time Emmy winner and current host of radio program “The Takeaway,” visited Saint Michael’s […]

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Congo Week speaker highlights conflict complexity

Students, professors, faculty and members of the surrounding community piled into Cheray 101 Thursday, October 29 for a lecture by Jason Stearns to conclude Saint Michael’s College’s fifth annual Congo […]

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Fifty years out: A timeless call to talk, heal, hear, respect

Fifty years ago this week in 1965, a Second Vatican Council declaration called Nostra Aetate (“In Our Time”) fundamentally changed how Catholicism, and by extension Catholic colleges like Saint Michael’s, […]

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Ageless lessons: Saint Michael’s stages Miller’s Crucible

The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s chilling re-telling of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts as a commentary on 1950s McCarthy-era red-baiting, will be the fall semester “Mainstage” theater production at […]

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Congo Week: College, area refugees in common cause

Saint Michael’s College students and professors, along with members of the Burlington Congolese community, will come together for the College’s fifth annual commemoration of Congo Week, October 25-31. The joint celebration of […]

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Pete Soons’ exit recasts top Fire-Rescue-Safety ranks

Leadership of Saint Michael’s College’s safety and emergency response agencies has a new look, both in structure and personnel. For more than 20 years, Pete Soons ’82 held the dual-role […]

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Center for Women and Gender has new director

T-shirts sporting powerful messages surrounding sexual assault blew in the breeze Thursday as they hung between trees by the chapel for the 25th annual Clothesline Project, sponsored by the Center for […]

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Biology graduate returns to ‘grow’ garden learning

Kristyn Achilich ’05 brings a lot to Saint Michael’s College. It was true 15 years ago when she arrived to Lyons Hall as a first-year biology student from Maine in […]

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Bishop helps Chapel note 50th on Saint Michael feast

Two “Churches” were brand new to the Saint Michael’s College campus 50 years ago this month in 1965, and they’ve been together since. To open the 4 p.m. Saint Michael […]

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Ceremony bears witness to liberal arts vitality

During his Academic Convocation address September 25 in the McCarthy Arts Center, faculty astrophysicist and last year’s Scholarship Award winner John O’Meara spent some minutes efficiently and entertainingly solving the […]

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Edmundite trio to attend Washington Papal Mass

Three members of the Society of Saint Edmund, founding order of Saint Michael’s College, will be attending Mass at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception with Pope Francis on Wednesday, […]

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Major NSF grants for cosmic studies include O’Meara

With the help of two recent National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling close to $1.2 million for him and collaborators at top universities, Saint Michael’s College astrophysicist John O’Meara will […]

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In new space, education is what you make of it

High-visibility space custom-designed for creative tinkerers with a high-tech flair opened recently in the Dion Family Student Center at Saint Michael’s College. A small crowd gathered on Tuesday afternoon, September […]

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Author visit enriches “common text” experience

This year saw a new twist to the “common text” tradition at Saint Michael’s College when for the first time the author of a year’s chosen book visited campus to […]

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Symposium digs to heart of pope’s ecology challenges

John Allen delivers the keynote address at Tuesday evening’s Symposium on Pope Francis and ecology. Below, Joseph Gainza, at podium, and Laurie Gagne, behind him, offer opening remarks. With his […]

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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, […]

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