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Dear alumni, friends and members of the Saint Joseph’s community,

Our new academic year began full of excitement and promise, as we admitted the largest freshman class in the College’s history – 387 students. our undergraduate, full-time enrollment on campus is also the highest ever at 1,015 students, and with our graduate & Professional Studies students, this means that our total enrollment is just over the equivalent of 2,000 full-time students.

The Class of 2010 includes students from Aroostook County in northern Maine to Boca Raton, Fla., as well as many points in between. In their four years at Saint Joseph’s College, they will continue to see our campus grow and develop.

Although we plan to grow to about 1,400 students, our growth will be slow and deliberate over the next 8 to 10 years. Moreover, Saint Joseph’s College will remain a small college, with the same excellent student-to-faculty ratio, uncrowded classes, and personal attention for our students. We will continue to be a predominately residential college, as well. Most of all, we will remain true to our Catholic mission and to the charism of the religious Sisters of Mercy.

The administration and the Board of Trustees are currently working on a new Master Plan to guide us through the coming decade. With the help of Einhorn, Yaffee and Prescott, an architectural and planning firm in Boston, we are looking at ways to make our beautiful campus even more attractive and functional. Over the coming years, we look forward to new residence halls (we may break ground on a new one next spring), a nursing/science building, a major renovation of our library, athletic fields, creating more space for students, building a new worship space, and expansion of some existing facilities such as the dining hall.

In coming issues of the Saint Joseph’s College Magazine, we will be sharing details of the campus Master Plan and our exciting vision for the future as Maine’s Catholic College.

Sincerely,

David B. House, Ph.D.
President

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