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The Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded the 2023 edition of Lighted Corners, Mount St. Mary’s student-run literary and arts magazine, a gold medal for the Spring 2023 volume and eight Gold Circle awards for individual students’ work.
Mount St. Mary's University will host its 213th commencement exercises in four ceremonies on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 at Waldron Family Stadium. The ceremonies will celebrate the achievements of 560 total graduates. To ensure the health and safety of the Mount community, the university quadrupled the number of ceremonies from one to four, moved the events outdoors and limited the number of guests permitted per graduate. Masks are required, and physical distancing protocols will be followed.
Five Mount St. Mary’s University seniors have been named semifinalists for the highly competitive 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Rebekah Balick, Paige Buchanan, Betsy Busch, Anne Frederick and Jenna Lewaren are one step away from attaining a grant that would allow them to continue their academic pursuits in Spain, Ireland, Bulgaria, Italy and Germany, respectively.
Kerri Czekner Awarded Fulbright Research Award to Italy Byline Share This Post Senior Kerri Czekner has been awarded a Fulbright Research Award to Italy to conduct cancer research at the Istituto Europeo di Oncologia in the melanoma laboratory of Dr. Luisa Lanfrancone in Milan. This prestigious award was only offered to 11 students in the United States. “I’m extremely excited about the possibility of returning to Italy to engage in meaningful scientific research,” she said. Current travel restrictions due to COVID-19 do not allow Americans to enter Italy, so she’s waiting t...
Fulbright Announces Three Mount Students as Semifinalists Byline Share This Post Three Mount St. Mary’s University seniors have been named semifinalists for the prestigious and highly competitive 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Julia Baer, Nathaniel Bald and Kerri Czekner are one step away from attaining a grant, which would allow them to continue their academic pursuits in New Zealand, Rwanda and Italy, respectively. “This year, the Fulbright received a record-breaking number of applications, up 12% from last year’s number. This makes it even more impressive that th...