Mock interviews help students build key skills

Strong interview skills are necessary for success in any field. For the second year in a row, the Career Education Center collaborated with Professor Melissa McDuffie to organize (virtual) mock […]

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Interfaith service affirms wisdom, peace, community

“It felt good to pray with people from different faith traditions who gathered in the same place at the same time,” said Saint Michael’s campus music minister Jerome Monachino ’91 […]

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Recent graduate describes writing, publishing a novel

Word reached the College recently about a new graduate, Allison “Allie” Cullen ’20, who has completed a novel – a project begun during her Saint Michael’s student days and now […]

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Faculty/Staff Career News February 2021

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

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St. Mike’s years part of story in new book by Tougias ’77

Following is publicity for his latest book that Michael Tougias’77 shared with the College this week. Tougias is a New York Times Bestselling author and co-author of 33 books for […]

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Colleen Straub: Class of 2020 success story

Graduating from college during the pandemic required students to drastically adjust their job search plans. The Career Education Center dove into research, webinars and conversations with employers to understand what […]

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Career Education’s Laura Neville: Each person, experience has value

Laura Neville, who joined the Career Education Team three years ago, says her own career path has been driven by exploration. After majoring in Education Studies in college because of […]

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Alumni judges help St. Mike’s finance students prep for competition

Three highly successful alumni finance professionals in December gave a virtual boost to Saint Michael’s business students preparing for the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Challenge, an annual global competition to […]

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Military shaped College fleet chief Sabens for 41 years

When the alarm awakens Army Reserves Sgt. Major Russell Sabens each morning for his civilian job as Fleet Administrator at Saint Michael’s College, the experience is considerably less jarring than […]

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College names inaugural Edmundite Graduate Fellows

Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt today had the following exciting announcement for the College community about the naming of the two inaugural Edmundite Graduate Fellows: Dear members of the Saint […]

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Health Equity Certificate: Addressing urgent challenges

Challenges of health equity plague many countries throughout the world, depriving marginalized populations of quality health care. The COVID-19 pandemic and the national re-engagement on issues of racial inequity have […]

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New Kenney book is ‘Christian Platonism’; Tolan ’13 contributes

John Kenney, a recently retired Saint Michael’s religious studies professor with an international reputation for his scholarship about Saint Augustine and how the philosophy of Platonism shaped Christianity, is co-editor […]

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Barry Roy ’67 leaves Saint Michael’s largest single gift in school history

Class of 1967 alumnus and longtime Trustee Barry Roy bequeathed $4 million to Saint Michael’s College through his estate, the largest single gift in the school’s 117-year history, College officials […]

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Karen Talentino certified as ‘Climate Reality Leader’

Karen Talentino, professor of biology/environmental science and the former vice president for academic affairs at Saint Michael’s College, this past summer completed a two-week training session to become certified as […]

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Congratulations to December 2020 graduates

Congratulations to this year’s December 2020 Saint Michael’s College graduates. We celebrate the achievement of these new alumni even though it was not possible to hold the traditional winter graduation […]

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Easement boosts vibrant Natural Area and its ecology

Saint Michael’s College has become the first Vermont higher education institution to work with a federal wetlands easement program in the long-term preservation of natural habitat, reducing harmful phosphorous runoff […]

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Fall 2020 Dean’s List

Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s list for Fall 2020! Click the following bold link to view: Fall 2020 Dean’s List Qualifications for Dean’s List A student […]

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Career coaching a passion for Tim Birmingham ’02

Tim Birmingham’s value to clients of the Saint Michael’s College Career Education Center, where he has worked since 2018 as a Career Education Coach, is plain to read in the […]

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Lacey funds to support public health studies in Nepal

Supported by funds from the Brian Lacey ’72 International Fellowship in Social Justice, Saint Michael’s College junior Alexyah Dethvongsa ’22 — an international relations and public health double major with […]

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Adaptations keep engineering bridge project structurally sound

Before the recent semester began, Saint Michael’s College engineering Professor Barbara O’Donovan met with the technical coordinator of the College’s MakerSpace, Eric Roy, to discuss an upcoming project for her […]

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Courtney Burt ’18 helps meet technical demand for MIT business school

With demands for remote learning vastly increasing in the pandemic, more colleges and universities are seeking expert guidance in “digital transformation” — a popular business buzzword of recent years referring […]

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Book talks allow wider reflection on racism, other issues

Saint Michael’s English Professor Lorrie Smith joined Jacob Pelletier, assistant director of alumni engagement, on Thursday, November 19 to lead an online discussion of Angie Thomas’ book The Hate U […]

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Neuroscience studies lead graduate to oral surgeon office

All of her young life growing up outside Chicago and later in high school attending a Maine boarding school as a top alpine ski racer, Kyrstin Gee ’18 felt drawn […]

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Kuntz lecturer Guyette probes stories of Black Vermont

Elise Guyette, PhD, a Vermont teacher, historian and author of the groundbreaking book Discovering Black Vermont, recently delivered a video talk titled “The Jagged Edges of Progress” as the speaker […]

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‘Agents for change’ evolve through restorative practices

Holistic Restorative Education (HRE), a new certificate program in the Graduate Education Department at Saint Michael’s College, provides educators with the ability to integrate “restorative practices” into a class setting. […]

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Virtual career event covers wide and timely territory

The 2020 Career Symposium at Saint Michael’s College — this year a virtual four-day event full of alumni speakers and engaging panels – featured 33 alumni from a broad range […]

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Grant to help criminologist memorialize Nepal victims

Krista Billingsley, director of criminology and assistant professor of anthropology and criminology at Saint Michael’s College, learned recently she has received a Wenner-Gren Foundation Engaged Anthropology Grant to conduct research […]

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Program will let high school students earn college credit

Vermont high school students have the opportunity to partake in the Saint Michael’s College learning experience through dual enrollment, a program for students to earn postsecondary credit while in high […]

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Winter term courses: Catch up or get ahead at discount

Interested in advancing your academic goals over winter break? Saint Michael’s College is offering five asynchronous winter classes to help undergraduate students stay on track and get ahead. Winter session […]

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 Edmundites back initiative to attract African American scholars

Saint Michael’s College Racial Justice Task Force has announced “The Edmundite Graduate Fellows’ Program at Saint Michael’s College.” Two scholars-in-residence will be invited next fall. “The relationship between the Racial […]

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Hockey’s Hendrickson ’21 optimizes an internship

Ingrid Peterson, director of the Saint Michael’s College Career Education Center, says Purple Knights senior hockey varsity player Ethan Hendrickson ’21 is a strong example of a student making the […]

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Reading initiatives build community, engage issues

The community that reads together grows together – or so would seem to be the philosophy at Saint Michael’s College, where a variety of initiatives encourage students, alumni and faculty/staff […]

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Levine joins Zoom Town Hall on COVID questions

College leaders and Vermont’s top health official brought clarity, humane understanding, strong support, firm reminders and timely cautions to a Zoom “Town Hall” for Saint Michael’s students Thursday night, covering […]

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Energy competition educates, inspires good habits

A fun and educational energy competition between two Saint Michael’s College first-year residence halls, organized by junior environmental studies/political science double major Anna Beach ’22, recently kicked into high gear […]

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Nearly 120 hear author Carr’s virtual Sutherland talk

This year’s 2020 Sutherland Lecture, presented Thursday afternoon, October 22, by author Nicholas Carr to a virtual audience of about 120 people via Zoom because of the pandemic, was titled […]

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Virtual panelists describe varied paths into law

Five alumni with distinct, interesting paths in the field of law came together in a Zoom presentation through the Saint Michael’s College Career Education & Alumni Engagement Center on the […]

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Serving the community six feet apart

A group of 10 senior capstone students at Saint Michael’s College have harnessed the spirit of community and togetherness in the midst of an isolating pandemic this fall semester. Led […]

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St. Mike’s featured in Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition

Saint Michael’s College is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company features Saint Michael’s in The Princeton Review Guide to […]

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Internships, job guidance still vibrant in pandemic

For colleges as for individuals, long-term relationships can offer critical sustenance through hard times. So it has been professionally for Ingrid Peterson, veteran director of the Saint Michael’s Career Education […]

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Professor Griffith elected national ACLU officer at crucial time

“So many people are looking at ways to make a difference today, and this is mine,” says media law expert and civil rights activist Traci Griffith of the Saint Michael’s […]

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Alumni pals and wives launch promising fish business

Steve Flynn and Sean McDaniel (both Class of ’93) have been friends for more than 30 years. This Saturday, October 10, the two friends and their wives, Amy Flynn and […]

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PowerVine: SMC’s Energy Newsletter – Autumn 2020

The Center for the Environment released the second edition of Power Vine: SMC’s Energy Newsletter, focusing on the unconventional reopening of campus and state to the Fall 2020 semester. Read […]

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MOVE student leaders pivot nimbly to keep serving

More people ought to know about and be inspired by “the incredible work MOVE Core Team leaders and student employees are doing to keep their peers engaged and the larger […]

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New partner Chicago Scholars boosts access, opportunity

Saint Michael’s College has signed a memo of understanding with Chicago Scholars, a seven-year college access and leadership development program. The organization works with students in Chicago who are rising […]

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St. Mike’s, Canadian students analyze COVID differences

A Saint Michael’s College political science class spoke by Zoom last Monday afternoon with a counterpart group from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada – Americans and Canadians trying […]

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Virtual Academic Convocation honors faculty scholars

Because of the pandemic, this year’s annual Academic Convocation on Friday, Sept. 25, was a “virtual” event via Zoom rather than in the McCarthy Arts Center as most years. During […]

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Making it Work: Creativity perseveres in a pandemic

We invited the community to share inspiring and interesting initiatives this semester in the “new normal” to make learning and campus life work well in spite of the considerable challenges […]

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Staff Awards during virtual assembly buoy spirits

A virtual Staff Assembly Thursday morning was a chance to celebrate community achievements among Saint Michael’s employees with the annual Staff Awards, while first offering an update from leaders on […]

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Activities keeping students busy, happy, safe

The College’s Student Life team has been doing whatever it takes to provide Saint Michael’s students with safe fun during the pandemic through an increasingly popular, re-imagined approach to activities […]

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St. Mike’s alumnus leads a town’s COVID-19 response

When Lou Botta ’75 retired to New London, New Hampshire, there was never a question of whether he would weave himself into the fabric of the town, located in the […]

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