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Class Notes Fall 2009

November 20, 2009 by smcmagazine

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Walter Fitzmaurice, North Reading, MA, received the French Legion of Honor award on July 8 in Boston Harbor during the Tall Ships Festival for his service during World War II. This award is the highest honor to receive from the French Government. Continue Reading »

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Fall Headlines

November 20, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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Summer School

November 20, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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Salad Days

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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A Bigger Goal

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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Mind Over Matter – Team Theory

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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Stability Through Change

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

By John J. Neuhauser

Very soon, the cold beauty of winter in Vermont will be upon us, but now, the foliage is brilliant, and we are surrounded by the faces of students, who keep things lively throughout the year and perhaps especially as the days grow short. Continue Reading »

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Fall’s New View

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 and students head home for summer jobs and classes. Continue Reading »

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Cheray 101 is Still Number One

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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Walk This Way

November 19, 2009 by smcmagazine

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 »

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