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Press Releases
Gerald E. Talbot to Receive Honorary Doctorate of Public Service at the 2021 Commencement Exercises
Gerald E. Talbot, will be awarded a Honorary Doctorate of Public Service in recognition of her service to society at Commencement on May 8, 2021. Throughout his life, Mr. Talbot has served Maine and his community as an activist and a leader. As the first president of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, he led the passage of the Maine Fair Housing Bill.
Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM to Receive Honorary Doctorate of Public Service at the 2021 Commencement Exercises
Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM, will be awarded a Honorary Doctorate of Public Service in recognition of her service to society: for her role as an educator, and later in her role as an administrator.
Saint Joseph’s College Meets Alfond Foundation Challenge for Nursing Innovation Hub
The College has successfully met the $3.5 million Alfond Foundation challenge for the new Center for Nursing Innovation on its campus.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Names Activist and CEO First Scholar-In-Residence
The College has named Donato Tramuto, an author, social justice activist, corporate leader and philanthropist, as the college’s first Honorary Scholar-in -Residence.
Saint Joseph’s College Announces Scholarship Recipients as Part of $1.45 Million Grant to Address Maine’s Secondary STEM Teacher Shortage
The first six selected recipients of the inaugural cohort of GFSTM Noyce Scholars announced.
Saint Joseph’s College to Announce $1.45 Million Award to Address Maine’s Secondary STEM Teacher Shortage
Scholarships for STEM degrees in biology, mathematics, or physical sciences-chemistry or environmental science, and secondary education.
Select Press Coverage
- Sen. Collins tours new facility for training Maine's future nurses | WMTW News | 10/6/2022
- Containing omicron’s spread will be a bigger challenge for Maine colleges | Bangor Daily News | 1/5/2022
- Maine college students and staff face COVID restrictions for spring semester | Portland Press Herald | 12/29/2021
- St. Joseph’s College of Maine Commencement to be livestreamed | Bangor Daily News | 4/26/2021
- Maine’s colleges and universities find new, innovative areas for growth | Mainebiz | 4/29/2019
- Farm-to-table pioneer helps Saint Joseph's College grow Maine's food economy | Mainebiz | 8/27/2018
- Windham resident awarded research grant from NASA | 8/10/2018
- Westbrook Strong stronger each year | American Journal | 7/19/2018
- Portland Region Food Foundry finds home at Saint Joseph's College | Mainebiz | 5/31/18
- St. Joe's baseball coach notches 700th career win | WGME | 4/9/18
- Maine Calling interview by Jennifer Rooks on Irish History with Professor Michael Connolly | Maine Public | 3/16/2018
- Peace Activist Father John Dear to speak on nonviolence | Windham Eagle | 3/18/2018
- 'It's our safety, and we can be in charge of that': Maine students walk out | WCSH6 |
- "Spring Break Workfest” to Offer Students at Saint Joseph’s College the Chance to Serve and Reflect During Lent | Portland Diocese | 2/26/18
- Saint Joseph's College launches new Center for Faith & Spirituality | Mercy Northeast | Winter 2018
- Saint Joseph's Food Institute details take root | Lakes Region Weekly | 2/16/18
- Anthony McGuire, PhD, new director of the Saint Joseph’s College nursing program, takes the Center for Nursing Innovation in an exciting new direction | ANA-Maine Journal | Winter 2018
- New Secret Santa spreads cheer, $100 bills, at Standish food pantry | Press Herald | 12/20/17
- So Far No One has Scored on St. Joseph's | WCSH6 |10/18/2017
- Monks To Spread Message of Peace With Sand Painting | Maine Today | 10/12/17
- Maine College Launches Initiative To Support Local Food Industry | Maine Public | 9/25/2017
- Saint Joseph's lands five-year grant to boost STEM scholarships | Live and Work in Maine | 8/15/2017
- Alfond foundation donates $1.5 million to Saint Joseph’s to boost nursing education | Press Herald | 1/17/2017
- St. Joseph's College offers new weather stem unit | WMTW | 4/21/2017
- Saint Joseph's College receives $2 million gift on graduation day | WMTW | 5/13/2017
- Monks New Field of Dreams | WGME | 9/17/2017
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College Leadership
Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a private, liberal arts college led by a board of trustees, a president, and a leadership team.
President Joseph Cassidy, J.D.
Joseph L. Cassidy, JD is the 15th President of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. He has been involved in education for over 30 years, serving students as a grade school teacher, high school teacher, college professor, and for the last 10 years as a college President in the Maine Community College System. He joined Saint Joseph’s in 2023 following six successful years as President of SMCC, Maine’s largest community college with over 6,200 students. He was previously president of Washington County Community College (WCCC) for five years.
While at SMCC, Cassidy implemented a strategic planning process that engaged all facets of the community - faculty, administration, staff, and students - and led to whole college reform. His “pathways” approach has led to new procedures and advising structures throughout the college, all designed to remove barriers to student success. He also expanded opportunities for success beyond SMCC with the creation of new and more robust articulation agreements with colleges throughout Maine and New England.
In addition to serving as president at SMCC and WCCC, Cassidy simultaneously served as interim president at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor for the 2015-16 academic year. Cassidy began his career at WCCC as a faculty member. He once served as president of the WCCC Faculty Association and as mayor of the City of Calais.
College History
From the time the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Portland, Maine in 1873, they dreamed of applying the educational goals of Sister Catherine McAuley, who founded their order in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. After working toward this goal, the Portland Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas founded Saint Joseph’s College in 1912 on the grounds of the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse in the Deering district of Portland. It was chartered by the Maine Legislature in 1915. In 1949, the name of the College was changed, briefly, from Saint Joseph’s College to The College of Our Lady of Mercy. When the Sisters purchased the Verrill Estate and moved the College to Standish in 1956, they reinstated the original name of Saint Joseph’s. Less than fifteen years later, in 1970, Saint Joseph’s became a co-educational institution. Then, in 1976, the College became a pioneer in distance education programs.
With more than a century of history, Saint Joseph’s College remains as Maine’s Catholic, liberal arts college, situated on the 474-acre campus on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine, where students and staff enjoy views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. The College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees for men and women of all faiths and ages through campus and online educational programming.