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Through Mount Saint Mary College’s annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), more than two dozen enthusiastic student scholars conducted their own diverse research projects this year.   Due to the need for social distancing, students enjoyed…

Author, poet, and educator James Finn Cotter, the longest-serving professor at Mount Saint Mary College, will be retiring from teaching at the college on Friday, August 7, after 57 years of dedication and outstanding service. In recognition of his contributions…

 Mount Saint Mary College alumnus Kieran O’Keefe ’14 of Alexandria, Va. was recently named a Society of the Cincinnati Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.  This award will support O’Keefe’s work on his dissertation project…

Recent Mount Saint Mary College graduate Victoria Guglielmo of Farmingdale, N.Y. is a trailblazer: Not only is she a first generation college student, but she was also one of the first students to enroll in the Mount's Criminology program when it was…

For teacher candidates like Sarah Quade of Middletown, N.Y., a recent graduate of Mount Saint Mary College, adaptation is the name of the game. Quade took the Mount’s five-year Education track and graduated with a bachelor’s in History last year, before…

Elaine Suderio-Tirone, assistant professor of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College and a nurse practitioner at Vassar Brothers Medical Center (green dress), was recently named one of the area’s COVID Healthcare Heroes by the Dutchess County Medical Society…

Thanks to Mount Saint Mary College’s dedicated student-athletes and some help from the community, the Mount Knights were recently declared the winners of the NCAA Division III Special Olympics Spotlight Poll. The prize: $500, to be used for the Mount…

The following students were honored by Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. for making the Spring 2020 Dean’s List. Over 580 Mount students earned a place on the list this semester. The Dean’s List distinction is awarded each semester to students…

May 2020 graduates of Mount Saint Mary College were recognized for their dedication to academics and the campus community on Thursday, July 16 during a virtual award ceremony. More than two dozen deserving senior students received awards. Joseph Galasso…

A cold beer on a hot summer day is great, says Evan Merkhofer, assistant professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College. But it’s ever better if you’ve brewed it yourself.   Merkhofer gave a crash course on brewing a good beer at home – and the science…