Marist’s MPA program has received an extension of its accreditation by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the gold standard in public service education.

Results show Marist ranking among the best in the nation in student satisfaction, happiness and residential life in Best 388 survey. Student responses ranked Marist among the top 10 in the nation for its dorms and top 25 in happiness and love of colleg

AACSB International has awarded a five-year extension on its prestigious mark of excellence.

Marist College’s Games and Emerging Media program has once again been honored by The Princeton Review as one of the top gaming design programs for undergraduates.

Marist is once again recognized as a Top and Most Innovative institution in the Regional Universities-North category.

Marist’s annual fashion magazine FM/AM has won a Gold Crown Award from the prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) of Columbia University, an international student press organization.

Bill Thirsk, Marist College vice president of information technology and chief information officer, has been named to the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2013.

POUGHKEEPSIE - The Campaign for Marist, the College's first-ever comprehensive campaign, has reached its $150 million goal with several months remaining before it concludes on Dec. 31. In the spirit of both the institution and the Campaign, Marist continues working to exceed its goal and provide the College with ever-greater resources for student scholarships, top-notch faculty, and key campus facilities.

Photos from the 68th Annual Commencement

POUGHKEEPSIE – Sue Herera, the pioneering financial journalist and award-winning author and co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” will be the featured speaker at Marist College’s undergraduate Commencement on Saturday, May 24, and will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. As a founding member of world business news leader CNBC, who began her career at the Financial News Network, Herera was one of the first women to break into broadcast business journalism and ascend to the top of her profession.

POUGHKEEPSIE – Dr. Frank T. Bumpus, a long-time resident of Cold Spring, N.Y., has made a significant gift to Marist College to establish an endowed chair for promoting greater understanding of the rich history, culture, and identity of New York’s Hudson River Valley. Dr. James M. Johnson, an internationally recognized expert on the War for Independence in the Hudson River Valley, has been appointed the first holder of the Dr. Frank T. Bumpus Chair in Hudson River Valley History.

Money Magazine recognizes Marist as a top college, one that provides high ROI

Marist Poll Partners with The Wall Street Journal and NBC for Battleground State Polling

MIPO Director receives Harry W. O’Neill Outstanding Achievement Award.

POUGHKEEPSIE — For junior Computer Science major Bryan Keller, a string of successful software development projects has led to his selection to one of the most competitive and prestigious summer internship programs in Silicon Valley.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Marist environmental science Professor Chris Bowser was recently presented with the Hudson River Environmental Society's Outstanding Educator Award. The award recognizes Bowser for his "outstanding achievement in teaching about the natural and human-affected environments in the Hudson River Valley," and for inspiring others to seek a greater understanding of this environmentally significant region.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Marist College's Hudson River Valley Institute a highly competitive $500,000 challenge grant for strengthening teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.

The valedictorian of the Marist Class of 2009 and a magna cum laude graduate from the Class of 2007 have been named recipients of Fulbright scholarships that will allow them to continue their research in the medical field.