Empowering Learners in the Mercy Tradition since 1912 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /environmental-science-semester-2018-begins/highlights/ Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:54:15 +0000 /?p=22663 Over the course of the Environmental Science Semester program, students carry a four-course load and travel over a thousand miles across two countries, three states, and six Maine islands as they gather and interpret data from unique field sites. Founded in 2014, the ESS experience creates a transformative educational experience by having students study and conduct Environmental Science in the field for two continuous months.]]> /study-in-italy-or-spain-this-summer/highlights/ Thu, 31 May 2018 19:43:03 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=19595 The Saint Joseph’s College Department of Theology is returning to Italy July 8-15, 2018! Students can sign up for the course Spiritual Journey through Rome (TH 527/TH 309/TH 35) with Dr. Patricia Ireland and special lecturer Dr. Donna Orsuto for either three undergraduate or three graduate credits. In this travel course, students will explore firsthand the [...]]]> /without-warning/magazine/winter-2017-18/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:45:58 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=19922 The power of love on a Haiti service trip Story and Photos by Emily Gerardo, RN, BSN, Adjunct Clinical Faculty  They said falling in love should be expected, but that it happens without warning. I wasn’t looking for it. Haiti was a place I had wanted to see, a people I had wanted to meet. [...]]]> /go-global-go-granada-saint-josephs-college-students-return-from-summer-internship/highlights/ Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:59:35 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=19557 Flamenco dancers, tapas, and beaches! This summer, seven Saint Joseph’s College students embarked on an adventure in gorgeous Granada, Spain, and they’re anxious to share their experience with current students. When they weren’t in classes at the renowned Immaculata University, they traveled to the sun-soaked beaches of the Mediterranean, hiked across the massive hanging bridges [...]]]> /honors-program-trip-to-ireland-filled-with-history-adventure-and-spiritual-discovery/highlights/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:21:58 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=19665 On Baggot Street in Dublin, Ireland, there is a home to which people of faith pilgrimage every day. They come from diverse corners of the world and vary in age and culture, but all share respect and reverence for the work of Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy. Catherine built the house in [...]]]> /beyond-four-walls/magazine/spring-2016/ Sun, 01 May 2016 16:42:07 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=21223 Going global gains traction with campus students who are looking to broaden their horizons. Comments like this from Laura Sullivan ’17, who just returned from a semester in Perth, Australia, are the reason Suzanne Murphy loves her job. “As study away coordinator at Saint Joseph’s, I help students realize their dreams of living and learning [...]]]> /the-college-celebrates-10-years-of-service-trips-to-guatemala/highlights/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:40:35 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=19716 In 2006, staff, faculty, and students journeyed to Central America over winter break, their suitcases predominantly packed with modest clothes and work boots rather than the usual vacation wear. These individuals formed the first group from Saint Joseph’s to participate in a service trip to Guatemala with Partners in Development, Inc. (PID), an organization whose [...]]]> /inspired-explorer/magazine/summer-2015/ Sat, 01 Aug 2015 14:36:48 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=21137 What happens when you transcend your ordinary? It changes your world. Story by Alanna Conn Photo by Scott Fuller Last summer, seven Saint Joseph’s College students—ranging in majors from environmental science to fine arts—headed to Logan International Airport in Boston. Their suitcases, packed tight with wetsuits and waterproof cameras, wheeled along behind them. They were [...]]]> /science-on-road/magazine/winter-2015/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 17:23:42 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=21197 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’s first-ever Environmental Science Semester (ESS). Led by environmental science professors Johan Erikson and Greg Teegarden, [...]]]> /reflection-ebola/magazine/winter-2015/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 17:08:35 +0000 https://sjcme.wpengine.com/?p=21182 In an age of advancing health care and medical technologies, is the threat of an Ebola outbreak a concern for the US? By Diane Atwood ’77 Ordinarily, in the spring a group of Saint Joseph’s College nursing students and a clinical faculty member travel to Senegal, West Africa. “We take them to various parts of [...]]]>