The Desmond Center
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The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness offers free classes to the greater Newburgh community. For event details, click here.
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About Us
The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness is dedicated to bridging the gap between Mount Saint Mary College and the Newburgh community. Its purpose is simple yet significant: to provide health, wellness, educational, and professional services for underserved individuals and families in the local area. The center offers educational workshops, wellness programming, health screenings, immunizations, professional development events, and more for the local community.
The Desmond Center, which operates out of Guzman Hall, provides varied opportunities for programs monthly, with a monthly calendar of programs launching at the beginning of every month. Programs vary from drop-in to registration only; for more information on events, click here.
Compassionate care at the center is modeled by Mount faculty and students. The college's varied divisions and schools, from Education to Nursing and Business, play major roles in bringing health and wellness services to the community.
At the Mount, our mission is to provide a service-oriented education to all of our students, no matter their program of study. The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness is an impactful step toward that goal and strengthening our relationship with the greater Newburgh community.
Ashley Collazo
Anita Kapiti
The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness, a Mount Saint Mary College initiative, recently hosted its annual Winter Wellness Day for the Newburgh community and beyond. Taking place in the college’s Aquinas Hall atrium, the event was also…
Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness recently served a Thanksgiving meal to families from the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. The event included good food, a blessing by Fr. Gregoire Fluet, Vice President…
Health educator Christie VanHorne presented “Bridging the Gap to Health Equity Through Individual and Community Action” on Thursday, November 14 at Mount Saint Mary College. Health educator Christie VanHorne, president and founder of CVH Consulting…
Mount Saint Mary College’s recent Community Impact Fair brought together two dozen non-profits and businesses, offering a wide array of opportunities to serve the local community. The fair, spearheaded by the college’s Desmond Center for Community Engagement…