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As Dr. Jeanne Gulnick finishes seventeen years of service to Saint Joseph's College, she leaves the College to begin her next career–as a nurse. Photo: Kaitlynn Hutchins '20. Dr. Gulnick's legacy of sustainability by Kimberly Post As a chemist, marine scientist, and environmental educator, Dr. Jeanne Gulnick has championed sustainability at Saint Joseph’s [...]

2021-10-07T09:59:49-04:00June 22nd, 2018|Categories: Highlights, Spring 2018|Tags: , , |

All Roads Lead to the Farm

Two of Maine’s leading road construction managers, who support the College’s Institute for Local Food Systems Innovation, are awakening Gorham’s agricultural past By Emma Deans Danny (left) and Jon Shaw stand on the Shaw Brothers Family Foundation’s land in Gorham, which will be used for recreational and farming purposes. Photo: Emma Deans. [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:17-04:00June 15th, 2018|Categories: Spring 2018|Tags: , , |

Business Planning with Purpose

Hayley Winslow ’18 brings business acumen to her new professional role for the College By Emma Deans Through Hayley Winslow’s role as business services manager for Saint Joseph’s College’s Mission-Aligned Businesses, she tells “the story of the business.” Photo: Emma Deans. With the warm sun beating down, Hayley Winslow ’18 macheted a [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:17-04:00June 15th, 2018|Categories: Highlights, Spring 2018|Tags: , , , |

On Finding Balance

Family, work, community, and self By Lee Kennedy ’87 Lee Kennedy ’87, taking time out to enjoy Portland’s foodie scene. Photo: Sean Harris. When I enrolled at Saint Joseph’s College, my initial impression was that it was an unassuming place that received people very well from all different backgrounds. It didn’t matter where [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:18-04:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Spring 2018|Tags: , , |

Saving Sea Stars

Olivia Marable ’18 on her sea star propagation research internship By Patricia Erikson Olivia Marable ’18 (center) with two other aquarium interns on the beach at the release of a rehabilitated sea turtle. Olivia Marable ’18 of Buffalo, New York (Marine Science major with minors in Environmental Science and Sustainability Studies), enjoyed [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:18-04:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Spring 2018|Tags: , , |

Student Trio Operates Freight Farm

High-Tech Job Opportunity on Campus By Patricia Erikson (L to R) Lily Lamkin ’20 (Standish, ME), Danielle Martin ’19 (Derry, NH), and Rebecca Barulli ’20 (Tyngsboro, MA) work in the hydroponic Freight Farm on campus, the first hydroponics facility of its kind in Maine. They transplant vegetables and flowers from seedling troughs to the [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:18-04:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Spring 2018|Tags: , , , |

New Sebago Lake buoy collects real-time water quality data for scientists, students, and the public

The Portland Water District (PWD) deployed a real-time water quality buoy in Sebago Lake’s Lower Bay in May. The buoy is recording and wirelessly transmitting data on temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll (a measure of algae in the lake), pH, and water clarity to the Internet where it is available for the public atwww.pwd.org.  The data is [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:18-04:00June 6th, 2018|Categories: Highlights|Tags: |

Portland Region Food Foundry Finds a Home at Saint Joseph's College

The Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) announced that the Institute for Local Food Systems Innovation at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish will take on the role of steward and convener of the Portland Region Food Foundry.

2022-11-25T03:28:52-05:00May 31st, 2018|Categories: Highlights, Press Room|Tags: |

Saint Joseph’s College Holds Their Second Spring Seedling Sale At the Stone Barn

On the last two weekends of May, Saint Joseph’s College students will be hosting a seedling sale at the Stone Barn at Sebago Lake on Whites Bridge Road. The community is invited to purchase a variety of vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings ready to plant in the garden, all carefully cultivated by environmental science students over the [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:19-04:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Highlights|Tags: |

The Future of Farming

Saint Joseph’s College Embarks Upon Hydroponic Farming By Elyse Caiazzo ’18 Behind Pearson’s Café, a 320-square-foot shipping container provides over 1,000 students, faculty and staff with fresh, local, and sustainable lettuce, hearty greens, and herbs. The container holds over 4,500 plants in 256 vertical hydroponic towers which are nurtured by two Saint Joseph’s College staff [...]

2021-10-07T10:05:22-04:00November 30th, 2017|Categories: Winter 2017-18|Tags: , , |