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

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Connecting, reflecting: New arrivals move in

An early-morning coffee run to Dunkin’ Donuts set the utterly positive tone of Move-In Day 2015 at Saint Michael’s for Nicole Noce’16, a Resident Assistant in Lyons Hall. As Noce […]

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Wellness Center focuses on both body & mind

To treat student wellness issues more holistically, Saint Michael’s College health staff and personal counselors now are working side-by-side in the former longtime campus home of the Media Studies, Journalism […]

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New faculty and staff join Saint Michael’s

Here are the names and backgrounds of new faculty and staff joining Saint Michael’s College since last year who will be part of the community as a new semester starts […]

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Saint Michael’s pair taking long way home – by canoe

Saint Michael’s College students know how to think outside of the box – or for that matter, outside of the plane, train or automobile. One of them, Jack O’Callaghan ’17, […]

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Lacey award helps student study Tanzania water issues

Meghan VanStry ’17, a Saint Michael’s College rising junior from Medford, MA, and recent recipient of the Brian Lacey International Fellowship in Social Justice Award, aims to combine passions for […]

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Local marketing pro Alex Bertoni joins Saint Michael’s

Alessandro “Alex” Bertoni, Saint Michael’s College’s new director of marketing and communications since July 20, feels he’s landed at an institution that is an academic rising star with a compelling […]

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Saint Michael’s again among Princeton Review “Best 380”

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 2016 edition of […]

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A new perspective

Traffic in and out of Dean Jeff Ayres’ first-floor office in Founders Hall is steady and often outbound as he heads to meetings with departments, committees, councils and other groups […]

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Kenny builds career on bringing out best in others

(This article appeared in the Summer 2015 Saint Michael’s College Magazine) There is a sweet irony for Chris Kenny ’86 M’98 as he reminisces about his first day as an […]

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A walk around The Waking

William Marquess, author of this essay from Saint Michael’s College Magazine’s Summer 2015 issue, is an instructor of English at Saint Michael’s. This essay is derived from the address he gave at […]

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Scholarship honors Messuri’s devotion to students

Toni Messuri calls her recent honor “fruitional,” which is an uncommon word. Yet, it’s an uncommon recognition: an endowed scholarship in her name, given by the family of a 2014 […]

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A weekend to remember, before marching on

(A version of this story appeared in the Summer 2015 Saint Michael’s College Magazine as a sidebar to the main feature on the Edmundite Southern Missions, which can be read […]

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The Bridge: Missions connect Saint Michael’s, Selma

It’s a small city of storied civil rights actions, tensions and milestones. It’s seen dramatic events, tragedy and triumph. In Selma, Alabama, there is history. There is hope. And there […]

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Program lets underserved students ‘try out’ college

Forty students from the Adirondacks, central New York, New York City, and Kentucky will have the opportunity to try out college, as part of the CFES College Explore program at […]

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Joel Ribout joins Saint Michael’s facilities office

Joel Ribout, Saint Michael’s College’s new associate director of facilities since June 15, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada, took up architecture during college in Ottawa and was an architect […]

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Disciplines cohere in new neuroscience major

In a way, liberal arts education always has been about the brain. But with the introduction of a new neuroscience major this year at Saint Michael’s College, students will have […]

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Lincoln brings broad higher-ed experience to Athletics

Tacy Lincoln, an experienced athletics administrator at the University of Vermont, has been hired as an associate director of athletics at Saint Michael’s College, Director of Athletics Chris Kenny ’86 […]

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Global treks pack loads of learning into weeks

Short-term faculty-led international trips aren’t new at Saint Michael’s College, but never before this year have so many professors taken so many students to such an interesting variety of places for […]

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Summer researchers to mentors: What’s next?

Tables turned on Saint Michael’s College faculty mentors for the third and final summer research lunch in Dion Family Student Center on Tuesday, July 14, as their student understudies had […]

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College joins select group of Peace Corps Prep sites

The Peace Corps and Saint Michael’s College today announced a new partnership that will offer students a unique combination of undergraduate coursework and community service that prepares them for a […]

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Summer-research lunch logs progress, not perfection

Even setbacks are progress for those learning to do proper scholarly research. “Too often with students starting research, when they don’t get expected results, they feel they’ve failed, but those […]

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Curriculum, opportunities grow along with two gardens

During a break from weeding, composting and planting late in May at the College’s “old” organic garden down the hill from the jug-handle across Route 15 from campus, Amanda Kellner’ […]

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Professor-therapist-author challenges orthodoxies

Modern society suffers from a troubling over-reliance on pharmaceuticals in the treatment of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other common psychological or psychiatric conditions, says Saint Michael’s College Psychology Professor Ronald […]

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Math students present research at spring conference

A robust culture of research collaboration among students and their professor-mentors is becoming ever more an identifier of Saint Michael’s College. One good example was this past spring semester: On […]

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Stone artist hatches bench-scope project

A curious group of about 30 people gathered at noon on Thursday, June 11, on the west side of the library lawn near McCarthy to watch as stone mason, designer […]

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Emily Thomas joins Saint Michael’s HR Office

Before joining Saint Michael’s College on June 2 as Human Resources & Payroll Assistant, Emily Thomas earned a 2011 psychology degree from the University of Vermont and traveled to far […]

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Reunion 2015: Good times remembered, renewed

More than 800 Saint Michael’s alumni returned to campus the weekend of June 4-7 for Reunion 2015 activities that promoted sociability and friendships while recognizing achievement, progress, learning, faith and loyalty […]

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Terrariums on breezeway sills celebrate diversity

A world tour in miniature decorates the breezeway between the Dion Family Student Center and adjoining Quad Commons Residential Hall. Students in the Spring 2015 Eco and Environmental Art class […]

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Eclectic Tortolano organ concert is May 26

On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 12:15 p.m., William Tortolano, Saint Michael’s College organist emeritus and fine arts/music professor emeritus, will present a concert titled “Music in a Great Space,” […]

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Speakers invite graduates into power of courage, love

Saint Michael’s College’s 108th annual Commencement demonstrated the power of love and courage to face down and persevere against the worst that humanity and nature have to offer: racism and hate, […]

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Chris Kenny ’86 named new director of athletics

After a nationwide search, Saint Michael’s College President John J. Neuhauser announced on Friday that long-time Department of Athletics administrator Chris Kenny ’86 M’98 has been appointed the College’s next […]

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Civil rights champion is 2015 Commencement speaker

Bernard Lafayette Jr., distinguished senior scholar-in-residence at Emory University and civil rights activist for over 50 years, will be Saint Michael’s College’s Commencement speaker and recipient of a Doctor of […]

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Members of the Class of 2015 lauded during Senior Awards Brunch

As is tradition at Saint Michael’s College, the Thursday before Commencement weekend was celebrated with the Senior Awards Brunch. The event, which recognizes exceptional members of the senior class, as well as student-selected faculty […]

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Nepal work feels like calling to ’04 grad

Kate Browne ’04 has been an intern at Team Rubicon, a first-response disaster relief non-profit, for the past six months, doing important work to help victims of a recent devastating earthquake […]

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Dunford launched career from Saint Michael’s

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., a 1977 graduate of Saint Michael’s College who now serves as commandant of the Marine Corps, to be […]

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Symposium exhibits the heart of education

People were surprised by their deeply emotional response to the scholarship and humanity on display at Saint Michael’s College the last weekend in April during an annual campus-wide, multidisciplinary Academic […]

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Students work chemistry magic on TV, then for crowd

Anything that gets college students up before 5 a.m. and holds their attention until sunset while managing to excite both young kids and their parents is worth learning about and […]

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Faculty and Staff Career News

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Saint Michael’s soars in “Green College” notability

On the same day the Princeton Review named Saint Michael’s College among the top 50 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, College officials and a renewable-energy corporate partner from […]

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A rich summer mix: Vermont, wise mentors, e-tech

Summer life at Saint Michael’s College for 2015 promises a broader-than ever variety of robust academic and student life offerings, with the now-proven and expanding “Accelerated Summer College” (ASC) from May 18 […]

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Vermont college-student poets gather to read

Saint Michael’s College students Troy Millette ’16, Filip Deptula ’15 and Jaimee Deuel ’15 were among 14 Vermont college students from six institutions participating in the 1st Annual Intercollegiate Poetry […]

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The Newest Edmundite

Lino Oropeza’s boyhood parish, Holy Trinity in Caracas, Venezuela, was run by the Edmundites, including Rev. Ed Dubriske, SSE ’60. The week before Christmas, Oropeza was ordained to the priesthood […]

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Trustees Announced

The Saint Michael’s Board of Trustees convened in October 2014 with the following new members: Joseph P. Garrity ’78. He previously served as a trustee of the College from 2002 […]

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