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Mount Announces Addition of Bigger Cottage
The cottages are one of the nontraditional residences that are offered to Mount students. Currently, there are four cottages on campus...
Erin O'Donnell
Mar 16, 20212 min read
SGA Hosts First Senate Meeting
The first senate meeting for the Mount’s Student Government Association was held on Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. The meeting began with the...
Jade' Curtis
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Remembering Black Catholic Sisters and Nuns
On Feb. 25, the Mount hosted Dr. Shannen Dee Williams for the university’s Black History Month event discussing “Why the Stories of U.S....
Steven Morano
Mar 5, 20212 min read
New Director Brings Procedural and Restorative Justice
Ron Hibbard has been named the new Public Safety Director of the Mount. Hibbard spent 24 years as a deputy with the Sheriff’s Office in...
Natalie Solano
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Outrage as Faculty Attends Capitol Rally and Writes About It
The student body of the Mount has been in an uproar since a College of Liberal Art tweet promoted an article titled “Once Upon A...
Oloruntomi Dare
Mar 4, 20214 min read
Sheetz and McCauslin Promoted to New Positions
Since 2018, Dr. Kraig Sheetz has been the Dean of the School of Natural Science and Mathematics. This semester he has been named the...
Natalie Solano
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Lighted Corners wins Gold Medal
Dated as far as 1981, the “Lighted Corners” magazine has been the literary work that publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, fine...
Natalie Solano
Feb 18, 20212 min read
No Snow Days for Students Anymore
The first few weeks of the spring semester have ended and many students are getting back into their routines. Though the snowstorm has...
Jade' Curtis
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Studying Irish History and Evangelism Abroad
Over the course of three weeks, Mary Lawler (C’23) spent time in Ireland learning more about Evangelism and Irish history. Lawler is a...
Kayleen Dominguez
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Hope and Humility Helping the Houseless
Houselessness is a growing issue in America that is not getting the attention it deserves. One Mount student has decided to take the...
Ashley Torkornoo
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Anne Frederick Selected for Summer Enrichment Program
When Anne Frederick (C’22) studied abroad in Florence, Italy last spring, wanting to go into international affairs was not on her mind....
Joanna Kreke
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Mount Graduates Earn Higher Salaries
Mount St. Mary’s University has been ranked third on GradReports's Best Colleges in Maryland by Salary Score ranking with a Salary Score...
Natalie Solano
Jan 1, 20212 min read
New Bookstore Manager Hopes to Build New Collaborations
This semester, Mount St. Mary’s University welcomes the new bookstore manager, Nora Seggel. As with everything else on campus, the...
Steven Morano
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Sakowski Published in Prestigious Journal
Assistant Professor of Science, Eric Sakowski (C’08), has co-published an article in the prestigious journal Nature Microbiology on...
Natalie Solano
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Last Week’s Surge is Now Under Control
Around last week, the Mount experienced a small surge in COVID-19 cases. That brought us closer to the level-two category on the COVID-19...
Sophia Culmone
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Newly Tenured Professor and History Chair
Dr. Timothy Fritz will soon become the chair of the history department. This comes after his recent tenure and promotion to Associate...
Steven Morano
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Dean Speaker Series: Self-Injurious Behavior
Content Warning: Descriptions and discussions of blood, injuries and self-harm On March 31 at 5 p.m., Mount St. Mary’s University held...
Joanna Kreke
Jan 1, 20213 min read
A Day of Exploring New Horizons
On March 3, the Mount hosted spring semester’s first and only Exploration Day. Each Exploration Day has a different theme which is...
Caroline Wilcox
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Hope for a ‘Normal’ Fall Semester
It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down society and forced us to change the way we live our daily lives. But with...
Steven Morano
Jan 1, 20213 min read
God, Soil, Farm: Learning from Agriculture
In 2017 Professor Stephen McGinley bought what is now known as Good Soil Farm. Located only a few minutes away from the Mount’s main...
Gavin Hamrick
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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