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Over 40 majors in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education programs
We make it easy to find your way into our community.
Saint Joe鈥檚 is the place where student life and community life come together.
A rich tradition in Catholic education for more than a hundred years.
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On July 20, 2014, more than 40 members of the Saint Joseph鈥檚 College community gathered to run and walk in the Westbrook Strong 5K. The event was a memorial to Matthew Rairdon 鈥�13, a nursing graduate who worked at Portland鈥檚 Mercy Hospital. He passed away tragically in November 2013. 鈥淢att was an amazing young man,鈥� [...]
On September 13, 2014, the 12th class was inducted into the College鈥檚 Athletics Hall of Fame. This ceremony also celebrated another milestone in the College鈥檚 history: the unveiling of the new Athletics Hall of Fame Room on the second floor of the Harold Alfond Center. The room features beautiful woodwork, designed and constructed by Windham [...]
Two former Saint Joseph鈥檚 basketball players have taken their passion for the game overseas. Chris Petzy 鈥�12 and Meg Daigle 鈥�11 spent the summer coaching basketball to youth through the Drive School of Basketball in Kazakhstan. Based out of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Drive is an intensive training program for basketball players from ages 11 to 18. [...]
At the beginning of 2015, the College announced that it had been selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College鈥檚 focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions on campus and within the local, regional, and global communities. 鈥淭his classification reflects the [...]
At 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2014, two professors, eight students, and one teaching assistant met at the Maine State Pier in Portland. They said goodbye to their families, piled into a van, and set off on Saint Joseph鈥檚 first-ever Environmental Science Semester (ESS). Led by environmental science professors Johan Erikson and Greg Teegarden, [...]
On September 28, 2014, sophomore students from the College鈥檚 campus nursing program gathered in the Harold Alfond Center for the annual Nursing Lighting Ceremony鈥攁 rite of passage for nursing students where they dedicate themselves to upholding ethical standards of the profession. The ceremony included reciting the Florence Nightingale Pledge and, for the first time, the [...]
After five years of research and action, the Maine Milfoil Initiative鈥攁 collaboration between Saint Joseph鈥檚 College and several Maine lakes associations and volunteer groups鈥攈as culminated their work with the publication of the聽Maine Citizens鈥櫬燝uide to Invasive Aquatic Plant Management.聽This is a nuts-and-bolts guide for lake groups and citizens on how to develop a management program to [...]
Words and Photos by Alanna Conn Alyssa Dolan has mastered the art of corralling. When Alyssa Dolan starts her shift at Pearson鈥檚 Town Farm, her first task is to take the goats out on leashes. If they鈥檙e feeling agreeable, it takes 10 minutes. If they鈥檙e not, they fall down in a dramatic display of revolt, [...]
Sister Kathleen Sullivan鈥檚 role as Saint Joseph鈥檚 chief sponsorship and mission integration officer is to manage the College鈥檚 identity as a Catholic, Mercy institution of higher education鈥攐ne that is a comfortable, inviting place for students, faculty, and staff from all walks of life. This role includes building a strong, sustainable foundation for supporting and celebrating [...]
In fall 2014, the College launched Connections, a networking initiative designed to聽 give students opportunities and direction to develop professional relationships. As a collaboration between Career Services and the Alumni Office, Connections offers hands-on experiences that bring students together with alumni, community聽 members, faculty, and staff in order to provide a leg-up on their future [...]
