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Mount Saint Mary College held a blood drive in the Fluet Family Auditorium at Hudson Hall on October 6 and 7, which resulted in nearly 100 units of blood collected.  Each semester, students, faculty, and staff donate to the Mount’s blood drive. Along…

The new pediatric unit in MidHudson Regional Hospital (MHRH) just got a little friendlier thanks to Elaine Suderio-Tirone, assistant professor of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, and her family.  Suderio-Tirone, her daughter Viviane, and her brother…

Elaine Suderio-Tirone, assistant professor of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College and a nurse practitioner at Vassar Brothers Medical Center (green dress), was recently named one of the area’s COVID Healthcare Heroes by the Dutchess County Medical Society…

Recent Mount Saint Mary College Nursing graduate Shannon Christiano of Yaphank, N.Y. (center) earned the AMA NY Future Nurse Leader Award at a recent virtual celebration. Christiano, president of the Mount’s Student Nurses’ Association, is seen here mentoring…

Creativity, innovation, and compassion: Whether she’s studying Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College or caring for COVID-19 patients at her job, senior Micaela Croniser of Hopewell Junction, N.Y. exhibits these traits in spades. Croniser, a phlebotomist…

As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies throughout the country, many Mount Saint Mary College Nursing students are fighting back on the frontlines. In addition to hundreds of Mount Nursing alumni who are facing the COVID-19 pandemic head-on, several current…

About a dozen children learned the “bear necessities” of nursing at a Fuzzy Friends clinic hosted at the Newburgh Free Library early last month. The event was run by Mount Saint Mary College Nursing students and faculty. “Sometimes children get scared…

Susan LaRocco, Dean of the Mount’s School of Nursing, stands in one of the college’s labs in this file photo. The Mount’s School of Nursing recently donated about 7,000 disposable gloves and other protective equipment to area hospitals and retirement…

Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Collegiate Science, Technology, and Engineering Program (C-STEP).  Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the New York State Education Department to…

Students from Mount Saint Mary College’s School of Nursing teamed up with members of the Keep It Moving origination to make the holidays a little brighter for local children. The group put together and donated about 150 stockings containing toys and…