February 1, 2024 Students Live out Faith Through Service at Area Catholic Worker House Students from Saint Mary's Center for Faith, Action, and Ministry (CFAM) serve in community at South Bend Catholic Worker hospitality house Our Lady of the Road with first Friday breakfasts. January 22, 2024 Four New Camps Join Roster of Summer Programs Four new summer programs join the ever-expanding roster of summer camps and pre-college programming. These new programs, which explore forensics, songwriting, sustainability, and business marketing, showcase diverse interests and continue to expand upon the past 40 years of summer programming at Saint Mary’s College. January 10, 2024 Branding a College If you’ve spent time on our website lately or have had a chance to peruse the new brochures we share with prospective students considering Saint Mary’s, you probably noticed a shift in our look and feel, with striking new design and compelling photography. Evolving and invigorating our brand will appeal to the modern sensibilities of a new generation of students, while also remaining true to the Catholic values that have always anchored the College. January 9, 2024 The Road to Remarkable Saint Mary’s is reinventing the undergraduate experience to serve both incoming students and the world they will enter after graduation. With a blend of intellectual discovery, intentional community building, experiential learning, and career education, the College’s new Avenue experience is focused on empowering women to achieve at the highest professional levels. January 9, 2024 A Powerful YES Today’s college students often have a laser focus on what they believe will be their career path. So it’s no surprise that high school seniors are placing greater emphasis on career preparation when they choose a college. Finding a school that supports both their academic goals and their career goals has become a top priority. January 8, 2024 The Power of Story For the past three years, we have been working steadily to achieve the goals outlined in our strategic plan, Revere and Revise. Several exciting projects are coming together as we complete the first phase of the plan and move into 2024. In her first letter of the year, President Conboy dives deeper into what this means for the Saint Mary's institutional story. December 21, 2023 Farm’s Harvest Cultivates Greater Fruits Food brings people together. It gathers us at a shared table and invites others in. This fall, Saint Mary’s College experienced firsthand the power of what producing and sharing food can do for the community with the completion of the Sustainable Farm’s first market season. Situated on the northern edge of campus, the farm is bearing fruit, becoming a growing space that welcomes, gathers, and feeds the College and its neighbors. December 20, 2023 Sisters Sisters “Sisters, sisters / There were never such devoted sisters . . .” Who can ever forget that song of constant sisterhood sung by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen in the classic film White Christmas? The spirit of that song certainly infuses this conversation between the Murphy sisters— Nancy Murphy Spicer ’79 and Marianne Murphy Zarzana (ND ’78)—centered on Nancy’s rich career as a multidisciplinary artist and, more recently, as a Certified Professional Coach. December 20, 2023 Centralized Research Office Opens at Saint Mary’s When Grace Layman ’24 needed advice for her application to the Fulbright Program, she learned a world of resources was just steps away in Madeleva Hall. That’s where a new academic research and grants office has opened for faculty, staff, and students. Anyone looking for grant funding or for advice on publishing can utilize the Office for Academic Research, Grants, and Sponsored Programs. There, a full complement of support services aims to centralize the wide range of opportunities and resources for the campus community.