• Recent Photos

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    President Dlugos welcomes members of the Sebago Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce to campus for their May Business Break. Photo by Sebago Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce.

  • Dr. Janice Rey (left) and Kimberly Post Rowe (right) present a collection of three different picture books from the Picture-Perfect Science series to Teddy Valencia (center), a teacher at Riverton Elementary School.

  • Check out our Flicker account to see photos from Baccalaureate Mass, Nursing Pinning, GPS Reception and Graduation. More will be added in the next few days.

  • Commencement is only two days away! Whether you’re attending Commencement or just want to join in on the fun, please share your graduation tweets and Instagram photos using the hashtag #SJCMEgrad.

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  • Stephanie Strout (GPS) has fun playing in the seniors vs. faculty/staff softball game. Photo by Liza Dalfonso (GPS).

     

  • Outside the Stone House, professor Scott Fuller, chair of the Art Department, demonstrates Raku to his Beginning Ceramics class. “The process originated in 16th-century Japan,” Fuller says, “and was used to create ware for the tea ceremony.” #sjcmeart

  • Four blueberry bushes were planted on campus to honor Earth Week and one day feed some birds and maybe even some people! Shown above is Mary Rose Becker and Jeanne Gulnick. Photo by Deb Brennan.

  • "Chefosity" the cookbook produced by senior communications students is now on sale in the campus bookstore. A portion of the sales will go to Catherine's Cupboard Food Pantry. More than 80 recipes from faculty, staff, students, and alums from both campus and online programs. Cost: $15.95 + tax.

     

  • Congratulations to the baseball team on their fourth consecutive GNAC championship win and to the softball team on their third straight championship win! For more info, visit www.gomonks.com.

     

  • On Thursday, April 25, over 100 fourth and fifth graders form Riverton Elementary School came to SJC for the day. Elementary and physical education majors facilitated six different activity stations focusing on water filtration, the water cycle, and promoting good stewardship. Miranda Walker (2014), Jennifer Curly (2015) and Kathryn Bois (2013) facilitated a river simulation. After the activities, the Riverton students enjoyed a picnic lunch and a tour of our lovely campus. The event was sponsored by Poland Spring and Project WET.

     

  • Women's lacrosse players Sarah O'Hanlon and Haley Nason with a big bag of trash collected on campus in honor of Earth Day. Thanks to the women's soccer and lacrosse teams for helping to clean SJC campus and Whites Bridge Rd. in honor of Earth Day. Photo by Jeanne Gulnick.

  • The Habitat for Humanity club arrived at Mother Seton House in Fryeburg Saturday morning to help get the house ready to shelter mothers in need. Photo by Frank Daggett, Mercy Center Director.

  • Katherine Haas, Colby Houdlette and Clint Chandler go over the days' plans with Becky McArdle of Shipyard Brewing to deliver several anti-employment harassment training classes. The teams final project for its HR & Organizational Strategy class was to deliver a full days worth of harassment training programs to the entire shipyard brewery workforce. The team began training at 8 AM and finished at 6:30 PM while seeing and training over 100 employees. (Photo by Beth Richardson, business department.)

  • Camilla Fecteau's Intro to Biology Lab students collecting leaf litter invertebrate samples on campus. (Photo by Camilla Fecteau.)

  • (L to R:) Vince Kloskowski (academic affairs), Mike Connolly (history) and Maine filmmaker Huey (James Coleman) hold the "jazz" cupcakes that Bon Appetit made for last week's screening of Huey's film “In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland.” (Photo courtesy of Vince Kloskowski.)

  • Shannon Shanning, 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year, spoke to a packed room of pre-service teachers about keeping students first and implementing Common Core State Standards with creativity. Photo by Janice Rey.

  • Ben Alexander, owner of Maine Mead Works, rounded out this semester's Speakers, Performers, Artists and Culture (SPArC) lecture series with his lecture on the brewing process and his entrepreneurial quest to reintroduce the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage to the contemporary marketplace. Pictured is Ben explaining the science behind the company’s patented continuous fermentation process. Photo by Yu Ping Hu.

     

  • Spring Break Workfest Romero Center group spent their week working in Camden, N.J. This picture was taken the day they spent working on a community garden with a group called Hopeworks ‘N Camden. Pictured left to right are Mariama Diallo, Emily Hebert, Stephanie Lanoie, Ben Belanger, Hannah Lawrence, Mike O’Brien, Lindsay Carr, and Nick Murry (of Hopeworks). Photo courtesy of Kathryn Cody, Mercy Center.

  • The library has put together a display of some faculty publications. Stop by and check them out! Photo by Chuck Prinn (library).

  • Individuals competed on Friday in the SJC Mini Triathlon where they had 20 minutes to swim as many laps as they could in the pool, walk or run as many laps as they could on the track for 20 minutes and bike as many miles as they could on the stationary bikes in the fitness room for 20 minutes. Great job to those who participated in the event! Photo by Jenna Chase '11, wellness coordinator.

     

  • At the Sebago Lakes Region Job Fair held in the Alfond Center gym on Wednesday, Shawna Frechette, class of 2005, attended as a representative from MAS Home Care of Maine to recruit for their open positions. Photo by Tom Novak.

     

  • Members of SEAM (Student Education Association of Maine) read to area school children on February 28 for Read Across America Day celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Shown dressed as Dr. Seuss is Kaela Plante '13. Photo courtesy of Kaela.

  • Samuel James performs as part of Wednesday night's SPArC Lecture Series. The series will wrap up on April 3rd with Maine Mead Works. Photo by YuPing Hu.

  • The Communications Department supports the SJC Monks baseball team through the purchase of SJC Monks baseball caps. Photo by Isaak Mills '16, business administration.

     

  • Director of facilities management Chuck Dawes took this photo of students walking across campus during the blizzard.

  • Jackie Sovas stopped by The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing booth to learn about sun safety and try the Dermascan machine at the Health and Wellness Fair that took place in the Alfond Center on Wednesday. Other great vendors included Moore Chiropractic, Hannaford, Bon Appetit, Maine Optometry, Pearson Town Farm, Standish Fire and Rescue, CIGNA, Catherine’s Cupboard, Suzanne Girlando and Myra Achorn providing Reflexology, American Heart Association and many more! Photo by Jenna Chase, wellness coordinator.

     


  • Professor Dr. Rady and students from Methods in Elementary & Secondary Physical Education class (PE 303) visited East End Community School in Portland last week. They observed instructor Marge Queen lead her students in the day's exercise lessons. Saint Joseph's juniors (pictured left to right) Adam Gaulin, Matthew Medeiros, James Philbrook and Theresa Hendrix engaged with the students to understand teaching to a diverse population. Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Rady, physical education.

  • Visual artist Jeff Badger was on campus Wednesday night to deliver his humourous musings about art, culture, and curation. The event was part of the Fine Arts Department's S.P.Ar.C. lecture series, which continues on February 13 with blues musician Samuel James. Photo by YuPing Hu.

  • The New Partners in Mercy Employee Recognition Board
    Each September during Mercy Week we recognize employees for their service and dedication to the College. This year, we honored 55 employees whose time at Saint Josephs’ ranges from 5-35 years. In sum, there’s 645 years of service! And this year we are proud to display a re-envisioned Employee Recognition Board, thanks to the Facilities Department who refreshed the space and customized the wall for the final display, and to Chris Sullivan in Fine Arts for lending us his artistic eye. Come check out the new Board in the entrance to Mercy Hall near the dining hall. Photo by Deb Brennan, human resources.

     

  • Margaret Landry '16 and Louis Girlando '13 and friends during a break from construction of a house near Port au Prince, Haiti, last week. Photo courtesy of Frank Daggett, Mercy Center Director.