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Students from Mount Saint Mary College’s Nursing Workforce Diversity Program recently mentored high schoolers enrolled in the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at the Newburgh Free Academy (NFA), North Campus. Through this event, high school…

Mount Saint Mary College’s chapter of the Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) Biological Honor Society recently hosted a sweatshirt sale to raise funds and awareness for the K9s for Warriors organization. More than 50 students participated. As part of their fundraiser…

Mount Saint Mary College’s CMA Gallery will host an opening reception for its newest mixed media gallery, “Mandorla in Pieces” by Joan Ffolliott and Charles Purvis, on Saturday, March 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception and gallery are free and open to…

Dr. Dana E. Crawford, a pediatric and clinical psychologist, will discuss mental health at the Desmond Center’s upcoming Black History Month event, The Healing and Mental Health Arts Showcase, on February 26. She is seen here delivering the keynote address…

More than a dozen people from the Newburgh community visited the Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness’s Coat Drive at Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday, February 10. Participants left with bags full of coats and other winter necessities…

The Mount Saint Mary College Student Nursing Association (SNA) and friends made Valentine’s Day cards recently for some very important recipients: the young patients of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Westchester, N.Y. Before the big day, the cards…

In the waning summer weather, about a dozen Mount Saint Mary College students and their professor, Rob Wakeman, harvested potatoes, planted mizuna, and saved lavender from bindweed at the Downing Park Urban Farm last semester. Wakeman, an associate English…

Mount Saint Mary College students in the Nursing Non-Traditional/Accelerated Transfer Program volunteer during a Blood Drive on campus. From left: Megan Newman of Newburgh, N.Y.; Catrina Colombo of Blooming Grove, N.Y.; Elizabeth Esposito of Newburgh…

Local children recently learned the ins and outs of medical care at a pair of Fuzzy Friends Clinics, staffed by Mount Nursing students and held at the Little Friends Preschool at the Jewish Community Center in Newburgh, N.Y. Spearheaded by Linda Kelly…

Ashley Collazo, acting director of the Desmond Center at Mount Saint Mary College, was a driving force behind planning the upcoming Health Equity Series event.   The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness, a Mount Saint Mary College initiative…