True Colors: LGBTQ Club
Barely a few weeks ago, True Colors, the Mount’s student-founded LGBTQ club, got approved by SGA making it the first official student...
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Gabrielle Hendricks
Mar 3, 20232 min read
New CLA Dean Brings Fresh Energy to Mount
Dr. Bryan Zygmont is the new Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at Mount St. Mary’s University. Zygmont began his tenure as the...
Jenna Scalia
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Our Blessed Mother Returns to Her Mountain Home
Our Blessed Virgin Mary has been an iconic addition to Mount Saint Mary’s University and Seminary for nearly sixty years. Students from...
Dominic Wilkinson
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Mount Mobile, A New Grocery Service
New to the Mount this semester, SGA is sponsoring a grocery shuttle, now named “Mount Mobile,” which drives students to Thurmont every...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Multiple Commencement Ceremonies Bring Multi-Faceted Speakers
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Mount has broken up the Class of 2021’s commencement into four separate ceremonies. This year, all of...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Curtis Johnson to study Secularization at the Mount
Dr. Curtis Johnson was named the Delaplaine Professor of Humanities in which he will study the impact of secularization on American...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Expansion and Renovation of Science Building
The COAD science building is adding 10,000 square feet of state-of-the-art labs, collaborative learning space and offices. Crowded labs...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Anne Frederick Selected for Summer Enrichment Program
When Anne Frederick (C’22) studied abroad in Florence, Italy last spring, wanting to go into international affairs was not on her mind....
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
God, Soil, Farm: Learning from Agriculture
In 2017 Professor Stephen McGinley bought what is now known as Good Soil Farm. Located only a few minutes away from the Mount’s main...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20213 min read
COVID-19 Surge on Campus
President Timothy Trainor announced on April 20 that the Mount started operating under a Level 2 health alert status due to the surge in...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Dean Speaker Series: Self-Injurious Behavior
Content Warning: Descriptions and discussions of blood, injuries and self-harm On March 31 at 5 p.m., Mount St. Mary’s University held...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Rita Anoh C’23 Named Goldwater Scholar
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is a competitive scholarship that sophomores and juniors compete for. This scholarship offers funding up...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
John Nauright named New Dean of the Bolte School of Business
Since Michael Driscoll stepped down from the position of Dean of the Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business in November of last year,...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Mount Graduates Earn Higher Salaries
Mount St. Mary’s University has been ranked third on GradReports's Best Colleges in Maryland by Salary Score ranking with a Salary Score...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Sakowski Published in Prestigious Journal
Assistant Professor of Science, Eric Sakowski (C’08), has co-published an article in the prestigious journal Nature Microbiology on...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Hope for a ‘Normal’ Fall Semester
It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down society and forced us to change the way we live our daily lives. But with...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
New Bookstore Manager Hopes to Build New Collaborations
This semester, Mount St. Mary’s University welcomes the new bookstore manager, Nora Seggel. As with everything else on campus, the...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
A Day of Exploring New Horizons
On March 3, the Mount hosted spring semester’s first and only Exploration Day. Each Exploration Day has a different theme which is...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20214 min read
Hochschild and Others Respond to his Article
In reaction to Dr. Joshua Hochschild’s American Mind article, two Mount professors created a petition on change.org, “A response to...
Mount Echo
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Mount Announces Addition of Bigger Cottage
The cottages are one of the nontraditional residences that are offered to Mount students. Currently, there are four cottages on campus...
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