As the sun rose Monday, Kraig Sheetz and his wife packed their final necessities into their silver camper and drove off from their Thurmont home. They were leaving on a weeklong trip to Florence, Oregon, where they’ll then begin the real adventure.
The turning of the tassels marks the transition from student to graduate, but with the recent loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, removal of the masks became another rite of passage for at least part of the Mount St. Mary’s University Class of 2021.
As Mount St. Mary’s University grappled with a global pandemic and spent weeks on end planning for students to return to campus last fall, a new program was quietly gaining traction.
Mount St. Mary's University has named John Nauright the new dean of its school of business.
Mount St. Mary's University plans to return to "near-normal" operations and face-to-face instruction for undergraduate students for the fall 2021 semester, according to university officials.
A Mount St. Mary’s University student has been awarded a 2021-2022 Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, becoming the first second-year student at the university to receive the prestigious award.
Golden trophy in hand, members of the Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball team stepped off the bus onto campus amid a wave of cheers and applause Wednesday afternoon.
The turning of the tassels marks the transition from student to graduate, but with the recent loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, removal of t…
As Mount St. Mary’s University grappled with a global pandemic and spent weeks on end planning for students to return to campus last fall, a n…
Mount St. Mary's University has named John Nauright the new dean of its school of business.
Mount St. Mary's University plans to return to "near-normal" operations and face-to-face instruction for undergraduate students for the fall 2…
A Mount St. Mary’s University student has been awarded a 2021-2022 Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, becoming the first second-year student at t…
Golden trophy in hand, members of the Mount St. Mary’s men’s basketball team stepped off the bus onto campus amid a wave of cheers and applaus…
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man authorities say followed women at a grocery store in Emmitsburg and acted suspici…
From courthouse deputy to patrol operations commander, Capt. Ronald Hibbard retired from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office with 24 years o…
While many major universities and colleges across the country had to revert back to online learning mid-semester due to outbreaks of COVID-19 …
EMMITSBURG — While most Mount St. Mary’s University students traveled home for the Thanksgiving holiday and prepared to finish out the semeste…
Mount St. Mary’s University, in partnership with Frederick Community College and Montgomery Community College, has been awarded a grant from t…
On topic: Letters
- After vilification & censorship, still vocal about MSM
- Blessings of Mount St. Mary’s University
- Cost is factor at MSM
- 'One new gaffe at a time'
- Too much MSM news
- Newman has job to do at Mount St. Mary's
- MSM has become a circus
- 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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Frederick County Public Schools recently launched a new series called “Vision 2020” to air on FCPS TV.
Olivia White, vice president for student life and dean of students at Hood College, will retire later this year after more than 27 years at the college.
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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Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg is currently seeing the highest number of “active” COVID-19 cases on campus since the start of the s…
The largest freshman class in the history of Mount St. Mary’s University moved into their dorm rooms this week amidst new procedures and restr…
Looking at the groups of families seated throughout Knott Arena at Mount St. Mary’s University Monday evening, Michelle Fowler’s family looked…
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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.
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 …
About 10 students sat silently in a Frederick Community College classroom Friday morning as they used screwdrivers and other tools to take a d…
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.
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