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Nola Wallace | Friday, May 15, 2020
As a senior, like many others I have found myself reflecting on how I thought graduation ought to be. I had never pictured masks or social distancing. I had imagined senior week, a sunny commencement day and a neat closure to my academic experience. As an athlete, I planned for a spring season and training
Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 17, 2020
Saint Mary’s will refund its students’ room and board payments for their time away from campus in the form of monetary grants, according to an email from vice president for strategy and finance Dana Strait. It was determined students would be refunded 40% of room and/or full meal plan costs for the semester. All students
Mia Marroquin | Friday, April 3, 2020
Access to reliable internet, time zones and lack of textbooks and materials are just a few of the obstacles that students face in the transition to remote learning. In light of the extraordinary circumstances students are working in, Saint Mary’s College should account for this and move to a pass/fail system for all courses, junior
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, April 2, 2020
Commencement for the Saint Mary’s class of 2020 will take place virtually May 16 at noon, Interim President Nancy Nekvasil announced Thursday in an email. In addition to the virtual ceremony, the College plans to host a face-to-face ceremony in the fall. “The fall date would allow enough time for some of the traditions so
Genevieve Coleman | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In response of the closure of the College due to coronavirus, the Saint Mary’s Office of Admission is working diligently to address prospective students’ questions and concerns. Director of Admission Sarah Gallagher Dvorak said her office is facing unique circumstances because of the virus. While admissions counselors will be working remotely, prospective students will still
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Saint Mary’s will cancel Honors Convocation and departmental hoodings of undergraduate students, scheduled between April 29 and May 3, following the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, provost and senior vice president Titilayo Ufomata announced in a campus-wide email Wednesday. The CDC recommends against hosting gatherings of 10 or more people until at least May
Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 23, 2020
A Saint Mary’s undergraduate student tested positive for COVID-19, interim vice president for student affairs Linda Timm announced in an email Monday. The unidentified student returned to the U.S. on March 13 after traveling abroad. “[The student] came directly to campus to retrieve personal belongings from her residence in Le Mans Hall,” Timm said in
Callie Patrick | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
The College’s faculty art exhibition, an opportunity for the Saint Mary’s art department faculty to display their work and research, has returned to campus as it does every four years. The exhibition will have a wide variety of art concentrations represented. Fibers will be presented by professor and department chair Julie Tourtillotte, sculpture by assistant
Callie Patrick | Thursday, November 21, 2019
Paths between the Student Government Association (SGA) and Residence Hall Association (RHA) may not cross often in everyday campus life, but they came together to throw a lip sync battle Wednesday. Big Belle Little Belle co-chair and senior Moira LeMay said the battle, co-sponsored by Big Belle Little Bell and RHA, was created “to give
Rebecca Stella | Monday, October 14, 2019
Editor’s Note: Sister Spotlight is an effort by the Saint Mary’s News Department to shed light on the shared experience of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and Saint Mary’s College students. We will be sharing the mission and stories of the sisters in an on-going series. At the age of 85,