Empowering Learners in the Mercy Tradition since 1912 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /kathryn-bois-teaching-change/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:14:35 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20819 Elementary education alumna and Class of 2013 Valedictorian Kathryn Bois is continuing her values-centered education at Boston College’s Urban Catholic Teachers Corps, where she’s teaching seventh- and eighth-grade language arts at St. Mary of the Hills in Milton, Mass. Why is middle school a good place for you as a teacher? It’s certainly a challenging [...]]]> /case-scholars-commit/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:13:31 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20818 /news-from-our-staff-and-faculty/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:12:38 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20817 /college-goes-tobacco-free/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:11:23 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20816 /vice-president-michael-pardales/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:09:55 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20814 Saint Joseph’s College has appointed Dr. Michael Pardales, of Buffalo, N.Y., as its new vice president and chief learning officer. Dr. Pardales joined the College on July 15 from Canisius College in Buffalo, where he was the dean of education and human services. A graduate of Michigan State University, where he earned his bachelor’s and [...]]]> /monks-12-13-highlights/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:08:52 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20813 /the-new-social-mixers/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:07:43 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20811 Forget the water coolers and happy hours. Social media is the proving grounds for professional and personal connections on a global scale. Nearly 15 percent of the world population is on Facebook. That’s a staggering 1.11 billion users. Twitter has about 500 million users; Instagram hovers around 130 million. The list of social media platforms [...]]]> /counting-on-the-council/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:06:39 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20809 The Second Vatican Council has been called “the most significant religious event since the 16th-century Reformation and certainly the most important of the 20th century.” Why? Because it allowed the Catholic Church to rediscover its deeper identity. Yes, the Church is a hierarchical institution, but it’s also a sacrament, a mystery, a servant of the [...]]]> /ready-set-hire/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:05:26 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20807 The Great Recession that led to a worldwide economic and housing downturn from 2007 to 2009 saw Americans struggling to find work. At one point in 2008, monthly job growth fell as low as -8 percent. But things are changing. Now that those numbers are back in the black, it’s time to feel hopeful about [...]]]> /on-call/magazine/summer-2013/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:03:57 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=20805 It’s 8 a.m., and more than a thousand volunteers are preparing for the 117th Boston Marathon. Nicole Ashton Rice sits with a group of other volunteers for a training video that outlines what they can expect to happen that day. It’s her eighth year working as a volunteer nurse at the marathon. “The video demonstrates [...]]]>