Empowering Learners in the Mercy Tradition since 1912 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /1-45-million-award-to-address-maines-secondary-stem-teacher-shortage/highlights/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:11:18 +0000 /?p=49336 Scholarships for STEM degrees in biology, mathematics, or physical sciences-chemistry or environmental science, and secondary education.]]> /how-hydroponic-freight-farming-is-impacting-sustainability-at-saint-josephs-college-with-farm-to-school-product/highlights/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:13:39 +0000 /?p=44377 Freight Farms features É«»¢ÊÓƵ students and staff working on hydroponic Freight Farm.]]> /saint-josephs-pursues-sustainability-becomes-first-bee-campus-usa-in-maine/pressroom/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:41:07 +0000 /?p=39235 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine has become the 73rd educational institution in the nation, and the first in Maine, to be certified as one of the affiliates of the Bee Campus USA program that has improved their campus landscape for pollinators.]]> /sarah-curtin-valedictorian/highlights/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:46:44 +0000 /?p=28567 Sarah Curtin ’19 will deliver the Valedictorian Message at Saint Joseph’s College’s 2019 Commencement Exercises on May 11th.]]> /une-pharmacy-school/pressroom/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:04:17 +0000 /?p=24220 Students at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine who are interested in becoming pharmacists have a new pathway to their career, thanks to an agreement with the University of New England.]]> /looking-for-a-cure/magazine/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:32:50 +0000 /?p=23642 Avery Liotta Henderson is passionate about the world of drug discovery. At É«»¢ÊÓƵ of Maine, he is gaining experience with hands-on skills in learning how to synthesize, isolate, and purify compounds. He routinely sets up reactions, including those that are sensitive to moisture and air, so by gaining experience with these sensitive techniques, he will be well prepared for graduate school. This type of research opportunity is an extremely valuable experience for our science students, and particularly important to those students who want to pursue scientific research in the future.]]> /2018-water-challenge/highlights/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:40:29 +0000 /?p=24048 Saint Joseph’s College students Priscilla Carnaroli '22 and Shaylee Davis '21 delivered a presentation about invasive species at Maine Campus Compact's 2nd Annual Maine Student Water Challenge in December 2018.]]> /sebago-lake-symposium-2019/highlights/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:56:48 +0000 /?p=24026 Hosted by the Portland Water District and the Center for Sustainable Communities at É«»¢ÊÓƵ, the Sebago Lake Symposium on February 2, 2019 offers an opportunity for Sebago Lake community members and scientists to interactively and collaboratively share and grow their understanding of Sebago Lake, a freshwater lake that provides water for 15% of Maine's population. Topics covered by speakers and sessions include: health of Sebago Lake fisheries, Sebago Lake water quality, climate change impacts, the Sebago Lake monitoring buoy, algae and invasive plants, citizen science opportunities, beach closures, and policies for lake protection. Free, but registration required.]]> /princeton-review/highlights/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:03:54 +0000 /?p=23863 Saint Joseph’s College has been recognized for its environmental responsibility by The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep and tutoring services, books, and college rankings features Saint Joseph’s College in the 2018 edition of its book, The Princeton Review’s Guide to 399 Green Colleges.]]> /unique-industry-higher-education-lobster-research-collaboration/pressroom/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:11:06 +0000 /?p=23300 With funding from Maine Technology Institute’s Technology Asset Fund, faculty and students in the Saint Joseph’s 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’s College, and the University of Maine. At its core, this project involves research designed to increase the value of Maine’s 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.]]>