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Press Releases
22 色虎视频 Nursing Students Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
The Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society held their 31st Annual Induction Ceremony in October on the University of Southern Maine (USM) campus and inducted 22 nurses from 色虎视频 of Maine, as well as from Maine Medical Center, University of New England, and USM.聽
Saint Joseph鈥檚 College of Maine nursing students achieve highest NCLEX pass rate in the state among BSN programs
The Saint Joseph鈥檚 College of Maine nursing program has achieved the highest pass rate of licensing exams for students in a BSN nursing program in the State of Maine. For calendar year 2018, 色虎视频 nursing graduates achieved a 100 percent pass rate of NCLEX, the National Council Licensure Examination. This 色虎视频 pass rate surpassed the national average of 89.41 percent and the Maine state average of 89 percent.
Catherine鈥檚 Cupboard Refocuses Efforts on Regional Food Pantry Approach, Ceases Pantry at Standish Municipal Center
Catherine鈥檚 Cupboard will operate its weekly food pantry operations out of the Standish Municipal Center until December 19, 2018. Following that date, Catherine鈥檚 Cupboard will take the next step forward in its longstanding commitment to supporting sustainable communities and combating food insecurity by investing its dedicated financial resources and volunteerism in other local pantries. Following statewide and regional recommendations, this change seeks to increase the effectiveness鈥搕hrough greater collaboration鈥搃n the hunger relief food distribution system.
Saint Joseph鈥檚 College To Host New England Food System Innovation Challenge
As part of the effort to contribute solutions to the challenges facing New England鈥檚 food system, Saint Joseph鈥檚 College will host the 2018 New England Food System Innovation Challenge beginning on Friday, November 9, 2018 and concluding on Sunday, November 11, 2018.
Saint Joseph鈥檚 College of Maine Scientists Contribute to Unique Industry-Higher Education Lobster Research Collaboration
With funding from Maine Technology Institute鈥檚 Technology Asset Fund, faculty and students in the Saint Joseph鈥檚 College of Maine Sciences Department are among the top lobster scientists in Maine contributing to a unique, two-year industry-higher education collaboration between Ready Seafood, Inc., Saint Joseph鈥檚 College, and the University of Maine. At its core, this project involves research designed to increase the value of Maine鈥檚 most valuable fisheries resource by improving scientific understanding of lobster physiology that will enable increased survival rates of live lobsters during shipping. The value of lobster landed in Maine was $533.1 million in 2016 or nearly 80% of the landed value of all fisheries in the State. With projections that lobster populations have reached their peak, the industry is looking to scientists for innovative ways to increase value. One way to do this is to create an environment where a "soft shell lobster" turns into a more resilient and valuable "hard shell lobster" after it has been trapped.
Saint Joseph鈥檚 College Raises Awareness and Celebrates Achievements During Nationwide Campus Sustainability Month
Saint Joseph鈥檚 College joins campuses nationwide in celebrating Campus Sustainability Month throughout October 2018. This annual event, hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), highlights achievements and raises awareness of the value of higher education sustainability.
Select Press Coverage
- | WMTW News | 10/6/2022
- | Bangor Daily News | 1/5/2022
- | Portland Press Herald | 12/29/2021
- | Bangor Daily News | 4/26/2021
- | Mainebiz | 4/29/2019
- | Mainebiz | 8/27/2018聽
- | 8/10/2018听
- | American Journal | 7/19/2018听
- | Mainebiz | 5/31/18聽
- | WGME | 4/9/18聽
- | Maine Public | 3/16/2018聽
- | Windham Eagle | 3/18/2018聽
- | WCSH6 |聽
- | Portland Diocese | 2/26/18聽
- | Mercy Northeast | Winter 2018聽
- | Lakes Region Weekly | 2/16/18聽
- n | ANA-Maine Journal | Winter 2018聽
- | Press Herald | 12/20/17聽
- | WCSH6 |10/18/2017聽
- | Maine Today | 10/12/17聽
- | Maine Public | 9/25/2017聽
- | Live and Work in Maine | 8/15/2017聽
- | Press Herald | 1/17/2017聽
- | WMTW | 4/21/2017聽
- | WMTW | 5/13/2017聽
- | WGME | 9/17/2017聽
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College Leadership
色虎视频 of Maine is a private, liberal arts college led by a board of trustees, a president, and a leadership team.
President Joseph Cassidy, J.D.
Joseph L. Cassidy, JD is the 15th President of Saint Joseph鈥檚 College of Maine. He has been involved in education for over 30 years, serving students as a grade school teacher, high school teacher, college professor, and for the last 10 years as a college President in the Maine Community College System. He joined Saint Joseph鈥檚 in 2023 following six successful years as President of SMCC, Maine鈥檚 largest community college with over 6,200 students. He was previously president of Washington County Community College (WCCC) for five years.
While at SMCC, Cassidy implemented a strategic planning process that engaged all facets of the community - faculty, administration, staff, and students - and led to whole college reform. His 鈥減athways鈥� approach has led to new procedures and advising structures throughout the college, all designed to remove barriers to student success. He also expanded opportunities for success beyond SMCC with the creation of new and more robust articulation agreements with colleges throughout Maine and New England.
In addition to serving as president at SMCC and WCCC, Cassidy simultaneously served as interim president at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor for the 2015-16 academic year. Cassidy began his career at WCCC as a faculty member. He once served as president of the WCCC Faculty Association and as mayor of the City of Calais.
College History
From the time the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Portland, Maine in 1873, they dreamed of applying the educational goals of Sister Catherine McAuley, who founded their order in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. After working toward this goal, the Portland Regional Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas founded Saint Joseph鈥檚 College in 1912 on the grounds of the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse in the Deering district of Portland. It was chartered by the Maine Legislature in 1915. In 1949, the name of the College was changed, briefly, from Saint Joseph鈥檚 College to The College of Our Lady of Mercy. When the Sisters purchased the Verrill Estate and moved the College to Standish in 1956, they reinstated the original name of Saint Joseph鈥檚. Less than fifteen years later, in 1970, Saint Joseph鈥檚 became a co-educational institution. Then, in 1976, the College became a pioneer in distance education programs.
With more than a century of history, Saint Joseph鈥檚 College remains as Maine鈥檚 Catholic, liberal arts college, situated on the 474-acre campus on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine, where students and staff enjoy views of 聽Mount Washington and the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. The College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees for men and women of all faiths and ages through campus and online educational programming.