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Kevin Gannon, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and professor of History at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, recently discussed the roots of racism and how to combat it during a series of talks at Mount Saint…

Mount faculty and staff recently published a five-part blog series titled "Integrating Reflection into Our Everyday Practices with Authenticity: A Discussion Series on Metacognition." Metacognition refers to the awareness and understanding of one's own…

Breea Williams of Roosevelt, N.Y., an Accounting major at Mount Saint Mary College, works at the Newburgh Free Library as a Tax-Aide preparer on Wednesday, March 23. Photo by Lee Ferris. Even with the extension in place, Tax Day is still on its way.…

Thomas S. Fitzmaurice, assistant professor of Business at Mount Saint Mary College, recently highlighted how community involvement can create better Business students in his presentation, "Service-Learning in Business Programs." The talk was part of…

Decades after an all-male nursing school shut its doors for the last time, Susan LaRocco, dean of Mount Saint Mary College's School of Nursing, took it upon herself to document the institution's history before it faded away forever. In her recent Investigating…

New York State recently awarded a $1 million Higher Education Capital (HECap) matching grant to Mount Saint Mary College for the construction of a Community Engagement and Wellness Center on campus. Under this program, New York State will contribute…

Three Mount Saint Mary College students have been accepted to the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program, where they will care for underserved people living in rural and medically disadvantaged areas throughout New York State. AHEC is a…

Thuy Linh Nguyen, associate professor of History at Mount Saint Mary College, will continue this semester's Investigating Research on Campus (iROC) series with her talk, "Learning History through Oral Tradition: The Stories of Vietnamese Coal Miners…

Students at Mount Saint Mary College were in for a tasty treat in honor of Pi Day, thanks to the college's Student Government Association (SGA). Celebrated annually by math enthusiasts on March 14, Pi Day highlights the famous mathematical concept of…

Two Mount Saint Mary College alumnae recently received the Hudson Valley Magazine Teacher Appreciation Award: Kira Tutko '13 MSEd '15 and Meredith Schwarze MSEd '15. Tutko of Washingtonville, N.Y. and Schwarze of Pleasant Valley, N.Y. were reader-nominated…