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Class of 2020 Nursing Students Blessed in Nursing Lighting Ceremony

Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 with a mission to serve the sick and poor. She believed, “We should be as shining lamps, giving light to all around us.” A little more than twenty years later, an Italian-born nurse carried a lamp on her nightly rounds as she tended to wounded soldiers [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:23-04:00October 27th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , , |

Go Global, Go Granada!: Saint Joseph’s College Students Return From Summer Internship

Flamenco dancers, tapas, and beaches! This summer, seven Saint Joseph’s College students embarked on an adventure in gorgeous Granada, Spain, and they’re anxious to share their experience with current students. When they weren’t in classes at the renowned Immaculata University, they traveled to the sun-soaked beaches of the Mediterranean, hiked across the massive hanging bridges [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:24-04:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , |

Honors Program Trip to Ireland Filled With History, Adventure, and Spiritual Discovery

On Baggot Street in Dublin, Ireland, there is a home to which people of faith pilgrimage every day. They come from diverse corners of the world and vary in age and culture, but all share respect and reverence for the work of Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy. Catherine built the house in [...]

2024-11-03T07:15:37-05:00August 15th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , , |

A Summer on Capitol Hill: Raymond Mosca ‘19 Interns for Congressman Bruce Poliquin

Internships have led Saint Joseph’s College students to a number of fascinating places this summer, and for Raymond Mosca of Augusta, Maine that led him to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Erin Seavoy, Manager of College and University Relations at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars,  explained, “Ray applied to The Washington Center. Once he [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:25-04:00August 15th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , |

SJC Science Scholars Program Awarded National Science Foundation Funding

President James Dlugos announced that Saint Joseph’s College has been awarded a five-year $647,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the Saint Joseph’s College Science Scholars Program, a program designed to encourage academically-talented students, who have demonstrated need of financial assistance, to enter into and succeed in a community of young scientists. [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:25-04:00August 8th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , |

Erick Schadler ’18 Researches Infection Rates of Deer Ticks in Raymond, Maine

Summer in Maine means pleasant days by the lake, scenic strolls through the woods, and evening bonfires with friends. It’s a time when tourists and year-round residents alike seek to spend as much time as possible outside. It’s also a time of year when public health concerns rise concerning the creeping, crawling arachnids you sometimes [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:25-04:00August 7th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , , |

Kevin Upham ’05 Pursues Priesthood, Is Ordained to the Transitional Diaconate

Saint Joseph’s College alum Kevin Upham ’05 continued his path toward priesthood through an ordination ceremony held during Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Sunday, June 18. Deacon Kevin’s journey to priesthood began back when he was a teenager. “As a young person, the lives of the saints were a major [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:25-04:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , |

Student Trash Study Reveals Dramatic Discovery

You’ve just enjoyed an excellent meal with your friends on campus and are cruising out the door to your next class. Your mind drifts off to thoughts about acing that biology exam, connecting with your friends for a weekend trip to the coast, and soaking up the warm weather that has finally arrived. But before [...]

2022-05-25T06:13:04-04:00June 16th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , |

Nhu Vo ’17 Named Heart and Soul Award Recipient, Honored with Tree Planting on Saint Joseph’s College Campus

When Nhu Vo ’17, of Manchester, Maine, graduates this week, she will leave a legacy of outstanding civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and a maple tree, planted in her honor by Student Government. Vo’s civic engagement efforts, calling attention to issues of both local and global importance, so impressed the statewide coalition Maine Campus Compact that they [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:27-04:00May 8th, 2017|Categories: Highlights|Tags: , , |