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In response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Orange County, and the confirmation of six new cases on campus within the last two weeks, the Mount is shifting to online classes for two weeks beginning at 8 p.m. tonight. Residence halls will remain open.…

When Mount Saint Mary College welcomed students back for in-person and virtual instruction in August of 2020, professors – especially from the Mount’s School of Business – saw an opportunity to teach their students the value of doing business online.…

Mount Saint Mary College has created new ways for the local community, particularly those in the City of Newburgh, to connect with the college.  City of Newburgh officials and leadership from the college recently met to further strategize on how to increase…

Clockwise: Elisa Gwilliam, founder of the Hudson Valley Healing Center; Gerald Arthur Cooney, former professional boxer; Lawrence T. Force, a Psychology professor at Mount Saint Mary College and cofounder of the college’s Center on Aging and Disability…

If you look beyond the masks and social distancing procedures, it might seem like a typical day in the classroom pre-coronavirus: students sitting at their desks, learning, laughing, and having fun.  But at Bishop Dunn Memorial School, located on the…

It’s an election year and political cartoons online and in newspapers are in full swing. But what makes these kinds of cartoons so popular and effective?  Eric Langstedt, associate professor of Communications at Mount Saint Mary College, examined this…

Douglas Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, recently gave his students a hands-on lesson in ecology at Cronomer Hill Park in Newburgh, N.Y.   Robinson and his students headed to the park on Tuesday, September 22 to assess…

Dozens of Mount Saint Mary College students pledged to shield their fellow Knights from COVID-19 on Monday, September 14, by signing a banner emblazoned with the “I Care” logo.   The “I Care” campaign at the Mount encourages students to keep the health…

The new pediatric unit in MidHudson Regional Hospital (MHRH) just got a little friendlier thanks to Elaine Suderio-Tirone, assistant professor of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, and her family.  Suderio-Tirone, her daughter Viviane, and her brother…

When students arrived at Mount Saint Mary College in August, they were greeted by a multitude of upgrades and renovations made over the summer.  While staff and faculty were preparing for the students’ return and implementing new health protocols for…