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, [...]
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Salad Days
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, Student News, tagged Community Garden, CSA, farmstand, Frank Huseman, gardening, Heather Ellis, Heidi Lynch, http://smcmagazine.com/2009/11/19/salad-days/, organic, OVE on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Bigger Goal
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, Sports News, tagged Eugemot Orphanage, Ghana, soccer, Teal Bryan on November 19, 2009 | 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.
Mind Over Matter – Team Theory
Posted in Campus News, Faculty News, Fall 2009, tagged collaboration, computer science, Greta Pangborn, Jo Ellis-Monaghan, math on November 19, 2009 | 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 [...]
Fall’s New View
Posted in Editor's Note, Fall 2009, tagged Caroline Crawford on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Caroline Crawford, Editor Fall came quickly this year. It’s an interesting quirk of college life at Saint Michael’s that the academic year ends in mid-May, just about the time the weather is becoming reliably good. The campus is greening up into its most lush and verdant state just as the residence halls empty out [...]
Cheray 101 is Still Number One
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, tagged Cheray 101, renovation, science, Student Association, technology on November 19, 2009 | 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.
Walk This Way
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, tagged Alan Dickinson, Alliot, Cheray, habit, St. Edmunds Hall on November 19, 2009 | 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.
Cell Bars
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, tagged cell phone, global media, helicopter parents, Jon Hyde, kimberly sultze, technology on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Global media students ponder a week without cell phones By Jon Hyde and Kimberly Sultze, professors of journalism If you’ve ever wondered about the impact that cell phones are having on our lives—our thoughts, emotions, health, traditions—then ask yourself: How long could you go without yours? What might happen if you went without your cell [...]
The Study of Stress
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, Student News, tagged Jenny Pietroski, Rachael Allen on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two students used summer grants to explore the psychological impact of stress By Buff Lindau How well do pilots navigate under stress? Are occasional smokers really affected by the few cigarettes they indulge in? Rachael Allen ’10 and Jenny Pietroski ’10 spent the summer carefully studying these questions in a controlled laboratory setting. Both received [...]
More Mileage from “Hybrids”
Posted in Campus News, Fall 2009, tagged Amy Werbel, hybrid, Jeff Ayres, Karen Talentino, Kathie Balutansky, online, Ron Miller, summer courses, undergraduate on November 19, 2009 | 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.
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