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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…

Mary Ann B. Miller, a distinguished professor of English at Caldwell University, will captivate audiences with “Blessed Fra Angelico: Celebrating Beauty in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition” at Mount Saint Mary College on Tuesday, February 20, at 4…

Mount Saint Mary College HEOP students present their summer research projects.    Mount Saint Mary College has been awarded a $1.6 million Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) grant to be used over the course of the next five years. The Mount…

Mount Saint Mary College students were welcomed back to campus for the spring semester recently with the popular Stuff-a-Knight event, where they filled a plush of the college’s mascot, Mack the Knight. The students kept their mini mascots for display…

St. Thomas Aquinas OP, a 13th century Dominican friar, priest, and the patron saint of colleges and scholars, made innumerable contributions to theology and philosophy over the course of his five decades on this Earth.  His impact on scholarship was…

The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness, a Mount Saint Mary College initiative, announces its February 2024 events. All events are open to the community, and unless otherwise noted, are free. The Mount Saint Mary College campus is located…

A scene from last year’s Aquinas Workshop, held at Mount Saint Mary College.    Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. will host the 13th annual St. Thomas Aquinas Philosophy Workshop, “Aquinas on Divine Simplicity,” from May 29 to June 2, 2024…

Sr. Ann Sakac, OP, a beloved president of Mount Saint Mary College for more than three decades, was laid to rest on Tuesday, January 30. A funeral Mass was concelebrated by Fr. Gregoire Fluet, Interim President of the Mount, and the Most Rev. Dominick…

Dominican Sister of Hope and former Mount Saint Mary College President Sr. Ann Sakac, OP, the longest-serving president the college has ever known, passed away on Wednesday, January 24 at the age of 91. She leaves behind a massive legacy at the college…

Lisa Bowens, associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present “Pauline Hermeneutics in Black Protest Traditions” at Mount Saint Mary College on Thursday, February 15 at 4 p.m. The free, public talk will take place…