Looking at the groups of families seated throughout Knott Arena at Mount St. Mary’s University Monday evening, Michelle Fowler’s family looked a little different.
As the start of the fall semester for many educational institutions creeps closer, many colleges and universities are making final decisions on whether or not they will bring students to campus.
Summer orientation for incoming Mount St. Mary’s University students looked quite different this year — with temperature checks and health questionnaires, social distancing restrictions and face coverings, and tissues and hand sanitizer bottles given out as souvenirs.
Mount St. Mary’s University will resume on-campus, face-to-face instruction for the 2020 Fall semester.
For more than 30 years, Timothy Trainor got up every day and went to work for his country. He did tours in Bosnia and Iraq, parachuted out of helicopters over Honduras, and taught young service members as a professor and chief academic officer at West Point Military Academy.
When Mount St. Mary’s University announced it would send students home and move classes online as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Nick Hutchings had to think on his feet of how he would continue teaching his sculpture class.
Mount St. Mary's announced Friday that classes will remain online for the remainder for the spring semester due to concerns over the ever-changing situation around COVID-19.
As the start of the fall semester for many educational institutions creeps closer, many colleges and universities are making final decisions o…
Summer orientation for incoming Mount St. Mary’s University students looked quite different this year — with temperature checks and health que…
Mount St. Mary’s University will resume on-campus, face-to-face instruction for the 2020 Fall semester.
For more than 30 years, Timothy Trainor got up every day and went to work for his country. He did tours in Bosnia and Iraq, parachuted out of …
When Mount St. Mary’s University announced it would send students home and move classes online as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Nick H…
Mount St. Mary's announced Friday that classes will remain online for the remainder for the spring semester due to concerns over the ever-chan…
Mount St. Mary's University announced that the COVID-19 test for a member of their seminary came back negative.
Mount St. Mary’s University will be able to add a new student housing building near its Emmitsburg campus, allowing more students to stay on campus.
Hood College and Mount St. Mary’s University have decided to move classes online as a result of growing concerns over COVID-19.
Mount St. Mary’s University has suspended its Florence, Italy, study abroad program and brought participating students home in response to COV…
Mount St. Mary’s University has added a new employee to its roster, hiring the school’s first-ever sports dietitian.
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- Alumni object to Newman's retention program at MSM
- Less & less proud to be a Mountie
- Won't donate to MSM now
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Mount St. Mary’s University has added a new employee to its roster, hiring the school’s first-ever sports dietitian.
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Off a small road behind Francis Scott Key Mall is a building that Jennifer Staiger considers to be “the best-kept secret in Frederick.”
The esports craze will make its way to another local institution in 2020.
A Mount St. Mary’s University professor will explore how society can move forward from the #MeToo movement in a lecture series at the Mount’s …
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Frederick County Public Schools, in coordination with local colleges and organizations, will host workshops through October on completing the …
A gloomy sky hung over Mount St. Mary’s University on Thursday morning as carts full of pillows, clothes, desk items and stuffed animals rolle…
Christian Ciammetti died of alcohol poisoning just two months before his 21st birthday.
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Mount St. Mary’s university recently welcomed a new university chaplain and director of campus ministry.
Veronica Balick, a rising senior at Mount St. Mary’s University, has been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for her continuing studie…
Levi Esses has been hired as the new dean of students of Mount St. Mary’s University. Esses will manage the university’s student life services…
Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, announced that 665 students earned dean’s list honors for the spring semester. Local students include…
A sea of 330 graduates in red and black gowns congregated Wednesday evening in the gymnasium at Mount St. Mary’s University.
It was the 211th commencement ceremony at Mount St. Mary’s University on Saturday but an extra special day for Jody and Jacob Vacura.
David Brooks gets the hardest substance use disorder cases.
Mount St. Mary’s University students will soon have a new place for activities with the construction of a new student venue on the school’s Em…
There’s a reason that professionally made coffee usually tastes better than the stuff you brew at home, according to Isaac Mills, an assistant…
Members of the Mount St. Mary’s University men’s basketball team offered an assist to the Frederick Rescue Mission on Friday.
Two weeks after he was born, Everett Staruk’s head began to tremble.
Mount St. Mary’s University announced Monday it will offer Frederick County Public Schools employees 20 percent off tuition starting this fall…
Philanthropist and longtime donor George B. Delaplaine Jr. will fund a new multipurpose space for students to collaborate at Mount St. Mary’s …
The old blended with the new at the Mount St. Mary’s University graduation ceremony Sunday as the institution kicked off this year’s graduatio…
Frederick Community College and Mount St. Mary's University have announced a partnership that gives FCC graduates reduced tuition to the Mount.
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