MSMC Magazine

For first-year students in the Natural Sciences, the Fall 2022 semester consisted of more than just learning in the classroom. As part of the college’s First Year Experience (FYE) program, which fosters success as they transition into Mount Saint Mary…

With the windows open on the warm days – and students’ fresh paintings drying in the breeze –Sr. Sylvia Bielen, OP taught shading methods, watercolor techniques, and more to generations of Mount students.  Sr. Sylvia Bielen, OP teaching an art class…

This past year was a whirlwind of academics abroad for Rob Wakeman, assistant professor of English at the Mount.  With the aid of a faculty development grant – awarded by the college’s Faculty Development Committee – Wakeman traveled to Ireland in March…

Philosophy chronicles the history of human thought and our pursuit of wisdom. It is the discipline that invites us to ponder the meaning of life, discuss questions of ultimate significance, and expand our knowledge of the universe. Recently, the Mount…

To the Mount Saint Mary College Community, As we ease into 2023, I cannot help but reflect on all of the normalcy that returned to the Mount in 2022. In May we enjoyed our first full-participation Commencement ceremony since 2019. In August, dozens of…

As I stepped into the role of president at Mount Saint Mary College in 2018, the Class of 2022 was stepping into a new role themselves: Mount students. For each of us, it was a life-changing moment full of anticipation of what was to come, and filled…

A recent hard hat tour of Guzman Hall by Mid Hudson Construction Management brought local leaders to the Mount. Desmond Center renovations and programs moving quickly As the Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness launched its inaugural…

Ashley, Haley, and Jessica Romaniello at this year's Commencement. Four years ago, the Romaniello triplets of Waterbury, Conn. lugged food, clothing, and their computers into their shared room in Sakac Hall on a summer Sunday.  On a warm spring day…

As hundreds of Mount grads crossed the Commencement stage, one was recognized for her achievements as she watched from nearly 7,000 miles away.  Sr. Maria Judith Okwudiri Okoroafor, of the Order of Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary…

The first graduate of Mount Saint Mary College’s partnership with Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, Douglas A. Matthews, was proud to receive his diploma. Matthews was recently released from incarceration and was overjoyed to be able to attend…