First Edmundite Fellows have warm welcome at joyful garden reception

Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt called it “a momentous day in an exciting week of anticipation and preparation,” while to Society of St. Edmund Superior General Very Rev. David Cray, […]

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Public health students join statewide youth conversation

The popular and relatively new Saint Michael’s College Public Health program contributed insights this summer to the State Youth Advisory Group on Health Equity for Vermont through the initiatives of […]

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Stanley Valles is College’s new director of public safety

Stanley Valles, the new director of public safety at Saint Michael’s College since early August, has over 25 years of experience in law enforcement and public safety. Over those 25 […]

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Spiders help biology major Samantha Crotty ’22 and mentor understand how brains age

Years before she became a biology and neuroscience professor at Saint Michael’s College, Ruth Fabian-Fine did undergraduate studies at the Johan Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Her course work including […]

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Ayres and research team: COVID border closing hit U.S. and Canada hard

A research team including Saint Michael’s College Professor and Canadian politics expert Jeffrey Ayres recently made public “The 2021 Border Barometer.” This collaborative report from a team of American and […]

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9 Reasons Living on Campus is the Best

At Saint Michael’s College, we guarantee on-campus housing for all full-time undergraduates for all four years. That means that for first-years through seniors, life is centered here on our beautiful, […]

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Student government leader gets philosophical on environment

Saint Michael’s College rising senior Meghan Geouque ’22 combines both her Environmental Studies and Philosophy majors for her summer 2021 research project titled “Exploring Environmentalism through Heidegger.” “I was excited […]

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Kirby of philosophy faculty a leader for major international virtual conference

From July 26 through July 29, Professor Katie Kirby of the Saint Michael’s philosophy faculty co-hosted an international philosophy conference, with the theme of “Solidarity and Community,” which she began […]

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Internship propels Ashley DeLeon ’23 — a motivated journalist on the rise

From Defender editor to full-blown reporter for VTDigger, Ashley DeLeon talks about her aspirations, the tasks of her internship, and life as a Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts major. […]

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Silver STARS rating affirms good sustainability work

A strong recent national recognition of the valuable and innovative work being done through Saint Michael’s College’s Institute for the Environment under the leadership of Director Kristyn Achilich ’05, M’20 […]

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Sarah Hastings now leads clinical psychology graduate program

Sarah Hastings, PhD, began work July 1 at Saint Michael’s as professor of psychology and director of the Master’s Program in Clinical Psychology, taking the reins of the well-established and […]

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Engaged and active learning

In teams of two, four Saint Michael’s College business administration students along with faculty co-authors, Professor Karen Popovich and Virginie Khare (Eckerd College) virtually attended the 2021 Society for Case […]

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Intern Lacroix ’23 dives into federal fish management

Thanks to a $25,000 cooperative agreement that funds her internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department, Saint Michael’s biology major and Northeast Kingdom native Maria Lacroix has been traveling […]

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Online class shows potential of ‘micro-internationalization’

“Imagine the value of having Saint Michael’s students in a class with all these students from around the world,” said Professor Jeffrey Ayres after his rewarding experience this summer collaborating […]

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From St. Mike’s to Pfizer: Q&A with Alum Marissa Smith

It’s pretty much impossible these days to not hear the name “Pfizer” at least once on the daily. And whether or not you got the Pfizer vax, this much we […]

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Summer research students share progress at luncheon

Faculty mentors and Saint Michael’s student researchers across many disciplines came together on Wednesday, July 21 in the Dion Family Student Center Roy Room to share updates on their discoveries […]

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Student is racial justice intern for City of Burlington

Adrianna Gomez ’22, an International Relations major and Environmental Studies minor from Okinawa, Japan, began working at City Hall in downtown Burlington this June as a racial justice intern for […]

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New financial aid chief brings strong experience

In a college financial-aid world complicated by the recent pandemic and government policy changes affecting key perennial issues such as affordability, student debt and reducing barriers for low-income families, the […]

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Virtual seminars enrich faculty ties with Da Nang University

Business and Accounting faculty from Saint Michael’s College and faculty from Da Nang Architecture University in Vietnam this summer have had several virtual seminars to exchange insights about learning outcomes, […]

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Sheep may safely graze – at College solar array

About 60 sheep spent most of last week eating, sleeping, and keeping the grass and weeds at manageable heights down around the Saint Michael’s College solar array behind St. Joseph’s […]

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Faculty/Staff Career News July 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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19 Questions to Ask on College Tours in 2021

You’ve got to go before you know. You’ve heard it a hundred times—from your guidance counselor to your Great Aunt Edna—the very best way to know if a college is […]

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Summer Research Spotlight: English Department

Student researcher: Mara Brooks ’22 Faculty mentor: Professor Christina Root Feeling the waters for a career for the library sciences in her possible post-graduate plans, senior Mara Brooks, from Chester, […]

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Johnstone-Wright asserts St. Mike’s credentials with vigor, clarity

Todd Johnstone-Wright ’95 is convinced that the professional skills most relevant to today’s global workplace develop best in precisely the environment that Saint Michael’s College offers its students: liberal arts […]

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Summer research spotlight: Kayne Wentzheimer and Marissa Miles

Since coming to Saint Michael’s College, Marissa Miles, a rising senior from Colchester, VT, has wanted to participate in Professor Ruth Fabian-Fine’s research on the Central American Wandering Spider During […]

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Funds boost faculty duo’s work with NASA on stress reduction in space

Two Saint Michael’s College professors who believe astronauts might combat stress and reduce health risks in space using virtual reality meditation have spent the past year testing their theories on […]

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3 reasons to choose St. Mike’s if you love … being outdoors

Let’s say you’re planning to major in environmental science or you’d like an environmental studies minor to pair with your business major. Maybe you’re passionate about rock climbing—or perhaps you […]

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Breakfast gives summer researchers food for thought

A steaming hot breakfast provided by Sodexo kicked off the first event for the students participating in Saint Michael’s Summer 2021 Research on Thursday, June 17 in the Roy Room […]

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Spring 2021 Dean’s List

Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s list for Spring 2021! Click the following bold link to view: Spring 2021 Dean’s List Qualifications for Dean’s List A student […]

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Finding a way: Select cohort doing virtual Vietnam internships

In recent years, Professor and former Dean Jeffrey Ayres has supervised several cohorts of Saint Michael’s College students who traveled to Asia for life-changing internships in Hong Kong funded by […]

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Hundreds celebrate Father Ray Doherty and his legacy at funeral

The scene was simply fitting Thursday morning, June 17 in the Saint Michael’s College Chapel for the funeral of much loved Edmundite Fr. Ray Doherty ’51 of the College’s resident […]

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Beloved Edmundite Fr. Ray Doherty dies at 91

Fr. Raymond Doherty ’51 — good and faithful servant to God, his country and his College — died peacefully in his sleep on June 7. He was 91. His brother […]

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Summer campus rhythms ease back as pandemic wanes

With so many aspects of Saint Michael’s College campus life altered by the diminishing but still present pandemic, summer this year will have a different look and feel compared with […]

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Playhouse looks to strong next act in 2022 after pandemic intermission

Bob Blanchard is administrator of the extremely popular (13,600 members!) Facebook Group called Burlington-Area History, and recently he posted one of his characteristically well-researched and well-written historical accounts, this one […]

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Upbeat virtual ceremony honors retirees and long-serving employees

More than 100 Saint Michael’s community members gathered virtually on Zoom Friday afternoon, May 21, to honor valued colleagues’ retirements and years of service. They testified to a legacy of […]

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High School Juniors: Here’s Your Summertime College Checklist

High school juniors, you’ve made it: After an exhausting year-plus of virtual or hybrid learning, your summer has arrived. You’ve earned the right to relax. But some advice? Do yourself […]

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In newly announced First-Year Common Text, plants offer lessons

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of this year’s Saint Michael’s First-Year Seminar common text, has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. […]

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Campus bats moving to houses built by Art & Ecology Class

It’s moving time for the bats who have been hanging out in the bell tower/cupola and possibly other upper reaches of Founders Hall all these years. The iconic bell tower […]

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From St. Mike’s to Twitch: Q&A with Alum Ben Lindemer

When you’re deciding which colleges to apply to or which one to enroll in, finding out where graduates work—and what they do—should be a huge factor in your decision-making process.  […]

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Two outdoor ceremonies send Saint Michael’s graduates forth

View a full photo gallery of Commencement images>> On a perfect day for its first outdoors Commencement since 1979, Saint Michael’s College welcomed several hundred vaccinated and distanced guests as […]

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St. Mike’s women rise to top in recent hospitality hirings

Good college preparation leads to good jobs, two Saint Michael’s College graduates from recent years learned in early May when they landed desirable marketing positions with Hotel Vermont/Westport Hospitality in […]

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The path to success begins at St. Mike’s

Like so many of her classmates and friends, Marie (McDonnell) Colbert ’89, P ’24 has always loved St. Mike’s. But as a Steering Committee member of the All in for […]

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Planting events foster growth across St. Mike’s campus

Over the last week, several dozen students participated in stewarding their environment through “hyper-local” campus events, said Kristyn Achilich’05, Director of the Saint Michael’s College’s Institute for the Environment and […]

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Drake Rivas ’19 follows his own path to teaching career

Drake Rivas wasn’t your traditional Saint Michael’s College student. He graduated in 2019 as a student veteran in his late 30’s, with a double major in Secondary Education and History. […]

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Academic Symposium a great success with help of technology

For years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, Academic Symposium at Saint Michael’s College was a much-anticipated day in the spring for student-scholars to present posters, live talks […]

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Ditch the Dumpster seeks help culling move-out items

In an expanded environmental effort from previous years to save tons of goods from the landfill as students move out of their Saint Michael’s College residences this year, a group […]

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Of students, pandemics, science field study, and conferences

Professor Declan McCabe of the Saint Michael’s biology faculty recently shared about signature aspects of studying science at the College: Namely, the opportunity for students to do field study in […]

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COVID test operations build community on, off campus

Leave it to a dedicated staff cohort at Saint Michael’s College – a school that long has hung its hat on service and community – to find a way for […]

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Journalism graduate Sean Cooley ’06 is doing well and doing good

To honor his father who died of lymphoma in 2010, Sean Cooley ’06 is leading a fundraising push for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of greater Los Angeles where he […]

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Award-winning student paper focuses on issues of race, disability

Molly Thompson ‘23, a Saint Michael’s College sophomore who is working toward both a political science major and a newly approved self-designed and self-directed major in “Equity Studies,” on March […]

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