Ian O’Connor ’86 Honored at Commencement with Distinguished Alumni Medal

Marist students get real-world business experience on New York City trip.

Marist College’s Class of ’22 is set to graduate. Here are some of the students who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.

Marist College’s Class of ’22 is set to graduate. Here are some of the students who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.

Marist College’s Class of ’22 is set to graduate. Here are some of the students who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.

Marist College’s Class of ’22 is set to graduate. Here are some of the students who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.

Marist College’s Class of ’22 is set to graduate. Here are some of the students who have excelled in the classroom and in the community.

This past weekend (May 6-7) the Marist College Board of Trustees held its spring meeting, which, for the first time in more than two years, included a full set of campus-based events.

Many garments were on display as the 36th Annual Silver Needle Runway Fashion Show, entitled "DREAM," lit up McCann Arena for the first time.

The Hudson River Valley Institute (HRVI) at Marist College has launched a new endowed fund to increase opportunities for Marist students participating in the Institute’s internships.

The Marist Circle and the Marist Fashion’s Measure magazine were awarded Columbia Scholastic Press Association Awards for student work.

Marist’s Center for Sports Communication honored Costas with its Lifetime Excellence in Sports Communication Award.

Marist College is offering a special expanded Spring Commencement season, acknowledging the Classes of 2022 and 2020 on consecutive weekends in May on campus. The Class of 2022 will have full Commencement activities on May 20 and 21, with the Class of 2020 invited back to be honored the following weekend.

Shivani Patel ’22 has been selected as a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. student grant recipient, giving her an opportunity to study youth volunteerism within the palliative care sector in India.

With most students enjoying their time off, Julia Kisilinsky ’22 and a group of staff and students spent their spring break in North Carolina, building a house as part of Marist’s Habitat for Humanity club.

Seniors from the Marist College Fashion Program promoted sustainability and environmental awareness in on-campus events to celebrate Earth Day. Sustainability is a core principle of Marist’s Fashion Program and Capstone Seniors highlighted design concepts with that in mind last week.

Marist College Freshmen, studying abroad in Dublin, traveled to London earlier this month to attend the Foundation for International Education’s (FIE) Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC), an event providing a unique opportunity for students and delegates from across the world to explore how they can become better leaders.

This month, the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce honored some of the Hudson Valley’s up-and-comers, among them was one of Marist College’s very best.

Three Marist College professors within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences have received prestigious Spencer Education Grants to enhance their research focused on social justice and equity.

Aliza Taylor ‘23, a student in Dr. Marina Melita’s Advanced Italian course spent a semester collaborating with Magazzino's staff to complete her community-based learning project on the Arte Povera movement.

On Friday, April 29, Marist College’s Center for Sports Communication will honor legendary journalist Bob Costas with its Third Bi-Annual Lifetime Excellence in Sports Communication Award.

Perhaps you’ve noticed how often military terms are used when we talk about business. We say, for example, that managers are “caught off guard” when profits fall and will surely “take the flak” from investors. It’s not surprising that war games are now utilized by companies across the globe.

Since March 2020, Mia Garofalo ’23 and Catherine Illescas-Duque ’23 have been completing valuable research on the use of conversational-user interfaces in assisting language learners in the medical field.

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.

We hope you enjoyed an enjoyable spring break—welcome back to campus! As we enter the second half of the Spring 2022 semester, we are pleased that our collective efforts to maintain public health at Marist have been successful to date.

Mark Bissell ‘22 was shocked. Even after being one of seven Marist College fashion students to be honored nationally as a general selection to the 2022 Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) competition, he says what came next floored him.

Veteran sports media personality Freddie Coleman has returned to Marist College for a residence with the Center for Sports Communication and a class, Pass the Mic, teaching sports commentary through audio media during the Spring 2022 semester.

The Marist Board of Trustees has announced one of its highest annual honors, naming Dr. Elisa Woolridge, Associate Professor of Chemistry, as the recipient of the Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2021.

Ensuring that students have the opportunity to couple classroom education with hands-on experiences is one of the hallmarks of a Marist education. The SEA-PHAGES program in the School of Science does exactly that.

Students Jonathan Arkay ‘23, Devin Bartram ‘22, and Harper Anne Finch ‘22, have each embraced their creativity and bring enthusiasm and dedication to Marist Theatre’s spring musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

Marist College’s abroad program has been selected as one of five institutions nationwide to receive the 20th annual NAFSA – Association for International Educators’ 2022 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for Campus Internationalization.

Marist College is pleased to announce that Elizabeth (Beth) Veasey has been named the College’s next Vice President of Business Affairs/Chief Financial Officer (VPBA/CFO).

We are happy to share that, effective today, February 18, the Marist College COVID-19 Alert level has been updated to GREEN.

The Marist College Board of Trustees has approved a transformational expansion and enhancement of the Dyson Center, home to the College’s Schools of Management and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Thank you to the entire Marist community for the excellent start to our spring semester. After careful consideration and review of the data, we are pleased to share that our COVID-19 alert level has been updated to yellow, effective Thursday, February 10.

Eric Adams ‘06, Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) graduate, was recently elected as the 110th Mayor of New York City. Born and raised in New York, Adams has focused his career on helping others.

On Saturday, January 22, Dr. Jacqueline Reich, Dean of The School of Communication and the Arts at Marist College, appeared on CUNY TV’s City Cinemateque to discuss The Conformist

Marist is delighted to announce a $250,000 pledge to the College by Chair of the Board of Trustees Ross Mauri ’80/P’15 and his wife Barbara.

Throughout the month of February, the College will be hosting events in celebration of Black History Month

Marist College’s School of Science has been awarded a $1,480,254.00 grant from the National Science Foundation to support high achieving low-income students in STEM majors.

While COVID-19 has caused a tremendous amount of uncertainty, it has also shown how strong we are when we work together. We had a successful fall semester due to our high vaccination rate and our collective effort to follow health and safety requirements. To ensure a safe, in-person spring semester, we must all continue to do our part.

Happy new year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and had a chance to relax over the winter break. We're looking forward to welcoming you back to campus for the spring semester.

Urging students to customize their own education, Emma Butzler ’22, an Environmental Science major and Economics minor, took advantage of that pillar in a Marist education and created an internship to analyze how Hudson Valley residents interact with their environment.

On Wednesday, December 8, senior honors students from across the College community gathered to present their semester-long research projects in the Fall 2021 Honors Thesis Exhibit.

With seven student winners, Marist was ranked among the top three overall for scholarship recipients, reinforcing the College’s excellence in fashion education

After a successful fall semester where the Marist community returned to a fully in-person experience, we’re looking forward to a similar spring. Below, please find updated guidance that we believe will best position us for a successful spring semester and keep all members of our community as safe as possible.

Marist was ranked #2 in semester and academic-year study abroad programs by an Open Doors report.

Eric James Seltzer '18, and Dr. Juris Pupcenoks, Associate Professor of Political Science, co-authored an article Russian Strategic Narratives on R2P in the 'Near Abroad’ which was recently published in Nationalities Papers.

President Kevin Weinman and his wife Beth have pledged $250,000 to Marist College. Their generous gift will support a number of priorities designed to make a Marist education more accessible and equitable for talented students, regardless of their financial situation.

Matt Maley will be building a gingerbread masterpiece on Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown on Monday, December 6 at 9 pm.

Healthcare executive Dirk McMahon ’82 and entrepreneur and author Kristin Noto ’91 are the latest distinguished alumni to join the Marist College Board of Trustees