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The World’s Physician

Posted in Alumni Profile, Feature on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When conflict, crisis and disaster strike, Dr. Skip Burkle ‘61 answers the world’s call

Within Reach

Posted in Feature, Summer 2009, tagged anthropology, Champlain Elementary, education, Patti Delaney, Somali Bantu on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

At one Vermont elementary school, Somali children, Saint Michael’s students, faculty and teachers are discovering more about each other than they expected.

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Something Special: Golden Knights

Posted in Alumni Profile, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Class of 1959 planned their campus return for four years
Each year, the newest class of Golden Knights (those who graduated 50 years ago) return to campus with enthusiasm and emotion. But it’s a rare class who planned their reunion with as much energy and thought as the Class of 1959, who have been working [...]

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After the Tsunami: Dr. Paul Harper ‘64

Posted in Alumni Profile, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dr. Paul Harper ’64 says he can’t fully explain his willingness to endure what he called hell on earth as part of a volunteer international medical team that responded when the tsunami destroyed Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in December 2004, killing hundreds of thousands.

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In the Spirit: Jason Moore ‘01

Posted in Alumni Profile, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Transitions are never-ending for spiritual-growth agents like Jason Moore ’01, who thinks it best to embrace those moments whole-heartedly.
For three-plus years, Moore was assistant director in Edmundite Campus Ministry’s MOVE office, leading students with life-changing service experiences both locally and around the world. This year, he’s become an assistant director of campus ministry, and the [...]

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Schools of Thought

Posted in Editor's Note, Summer 2009, tagged Caroline Crawford, Champlain Elementary School, diversity, Staten Island on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I grew up in New York City, so you would think I would know something about diversity in public schools. My neighborhood elementary school on Staten Island, however, was a relatively homogenous mix of children of mostly Irish, Italian and Norwegian parents, with just a few children from Asian homes scattered about the grades. We [...]

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The Long View

Posted in President's Message, Summer 2009 on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As I write this, we are told that summer will soon be here—any day, in fact—but it seems a little slower and wetter in arriving this year. And this is a year when we could use a little summer, with the gray clouds of the economy likely to hang around a little longer.

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The Graduates

Posted in Campus News, Summer 2009, tagged Arne Duncan, commencement, graduation on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses the 102nd graduating class
Closely identifying his personal experiences serving Chicago’s poor with the prevailing ethos of service at Saint Michael’s College, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan exhorted the graduates at the 102nd Commencement on May 14 to be active agents of accessible education, which he called “the civil rights [...]

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