Over 40 majors in undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs.
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A rich tradition in Catholic education for more than a hundred years.
Over 40 majors in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education programs
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A rich tradition in Catholic education for more than a hundred years.
How Janet Maguire’s MBA impacted her career and inspired her to give back. By Ann Swardlick Why would a career nurse in a leadership position decide to add the challenges of an online MBA program to her already over-committed work week? Ask Janet Maguire RN, BSN, MBA ’15. A nursing director with over 30 years of experience [...]
Sandy (Mayo) MacDonald’s 35-year commitment to scholarships at SJC. By Ann Swardlick When Sandy (Mayo) MacDonald ’81 showed up to register for classes in fall of 1977, there were two lines: one for nursing students and one for everyone else. “That’s how we did it back then,” laughs MacDonald. “We stood in long lines on [...]
On Friday, May 13, family members, friends, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate the nursing graduates from the Class of 2016 at the College’s annual Nursing Pinning Ceremony. Nursing pinning first began when medals were given to outstanding graduates of nursing education programs. Gradually, the ritual expanded to include the pinning of all graduates as [...]
Gary and Laurie Rairdon honor their son’s passion for nursing by raising funds for the Matthew Rairdon ’13 Memorial Scholarship. When Matthew Rairdon’s life ended tragically in 2013—the same year he graduated from the College and got a job as a nurse in the emergency room of Mercy Hospital in Portland—his family rallied supporters to [...]
A decade since the passing of Florence Godfrey “Flo” Dussault ’96, family and friends have kept her legacy going strong by founding and raising funds regularly for the Florence G. Dussault ’96 Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is for a nursing student from Massachusetts who demonstrates a strong commitment to community service, academic achievement, and athletics. [...]
On Friday, May 8, family members, friends, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate the class of 2015 nursing graduates at Saint Joseph’s College’s annual Nursing Pinning Ceremony. First held at Saint Joseph’s in 1978, Friday’s pinning ceremony recognized 78 nursing graduates: 66 from the College’s bachelor’s program, and 12 from the online master’s program. Nursing [...]
When Emily Gerardo, a nurse with experience in long-term care and emergency rooms, heard that Ruth Smillie, a nurse and nursing professor, needed a kidney, the decision to offer Smillie one of her own didn’t take long. “Ruth is a great person with a passion for teaching and the great outdoors. I had a lot [...]
On July 20, 2014, more than 40 members of the Saint Joseph’s College community gathered to run and walk in the Westbrook Strong 5K. The event was a memorial to Matthew Rairdon ’13, a nursing graduate who worked at Portland’s Mercy Hospital. He passed away tragically in November 2013. “Matt was an amazing young man,” [...]
On September 28, 2014, sophomore students from the College’s campus nursing program gathered in the Harold Alfond Center for the annual Nursing Lighting Ceremony—a rite of passage for nursing students where they dedicate themselves to upholding ethical standards of the profession. The ceremony included reciting the Florence Nightingale Pledge and, for the first time, the [...]
In an age of advancing health care and medical technologies, is the threat of an Ebola outbreak a concern for the US? By Diane Atwood ’77 Ordinarily, in the spring a group of Saint Joseph’s College nursing students and a clinical faculty member travel to Senegal, West Africa. “We take them to various parts of [...]
