The Princeton Review named Saint Michael’s one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, in its new 2010 edition The Best 371 Colleges. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges are profiled in the book. Continue Reading »
A unique program for New American high school students takes root on campus
By Buff Lindau
On a warm August morning, a small cluster of local high school students hurried across campus, heading to class in St. Edmunds Hall to join approximately 40 of their classmates, all New Americans (immigrants or children of immigrants), for a full day of instruction in academic English. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009 | Tagged academic english, Burlington High School, Dan Evans, New Americans, Victoria Orner | Leave a Comment »
For more than half of his life, Patrick Gallivan has been at Saint Michael’s. The college has never mattered more to him, and he’s never mattered more to it.
By Mark Tarnacki Photos by Andy Duback
If friends and perspective constitute wealth, as in the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life, then Patrick Gallivan ’89, the college’s new development chief, is probably the richest man in Winooski Park. Continue Reading »
Posted in Alumni Profile, Fall 2009, Feature | Tagged Admission, Institutional Advancement, Patrick Gallivan | 1 Comment »
This year’s campus community garden was a lesson in sustainable agriculture
By Caroline Crawford
At the start of each new academic year, campus is filled with the typical sales opportunities for lofts, refrigerators, posters and jewelry. This year, in addition, up cropped a farm stand filled with fresh baby lettuce, cucumbers, flowers, herbs and more, all grown in Saint Michael’s community garden. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, Student News | Tagged Community Garden, CSA, farmstand, Frank Huseman, gardening, Heather Ellis, Heidi Lynch, organic, OVE | Leave a Comment »
Teal Bryan ’12 returns to children in need
Mark Tarnacki
One way to understand sophomore Teal Bryan’s potential is to look at the 2009 edition of the College’s literary and arts magazine, the Onion River Review. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, Sports News | Tagged Eugemot Orphanage, Ghana, soccer, Teal Bryan | Leave a Comment »
Jo Ellis-Monaghan and Greta Pangborn team up to co-direct mathematics and computer science projects, to impressive results
By Buff Lindau
Two professors working in complex fields are recruiting more students than ever to engage in independent research projects outside the classroom. Jo Ellis-Monaghan, and Greta Pangborn have teamed up over the last six years to co-direct projects with a number of students that have yielded published journal articles for all involved. And the collaboration has helped students succeed in going on to prestigious graduate programs. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Faculty News, Fall 2009 | Tagged collaboration, computer science, Greta Pangborn, Jo Ellis-Monaghan, math | Leave a Comment »
Big, yes, and now even better. Cheray Hall’s Room 101, the college’s largest classroom had a summer facelift that vastly improved instructional technology and comfort in the heavily used space. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009 | Tagged Cheray 101, renovation, science, Student Association, technology | Leave a Comment »
If you can’t beat them, join them
By Mark Tarnacki
After years of trying to persuade students to stay off the grass, the college has relented; a stone diagonal sidewalk now runs from Alliot Student Center to the archway between Cheray and St. Edmund Halls. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009 | Tagged Alan Dickinson, Alliot, Cheray, habit, St. Edmunds Hall | Leave a Comment »
Summer “hybrid” courses meet emerging needs
By Mark Tarnacki
Five undergraduate “hybrid” courses offered for the first time during this year’s summer session combined the convenience of online instruction with the college’s focus on face-to-face interactions between faculty and students. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009 | Tagged Amy Werbel, hybrid, Jeff Ayres, Karen Talentino, Kathie Balutansky, online, Ron Miller, summer courses, undergraduate | Leave a Comment »
With some 72 enthusiastic Orientation leaders welcoming them with banners, horns and flags to the college’s main entrance on August 27, the 525 members of the Class of 2013 must have gotten the feeling that they are something special. And they are. Continue Reading »
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009 | Tagged Class of 2013, orientation | Leave a Comment »
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