Student Engagement
Yoga class guided by goats
Photos by Lee Ferris
Mount students welcomed some new “kids” to campus near the end of the Spring semester during a session of goat yoga.
In the Fluet Family Auditorium in Hudson Hall, Mount students really had a baaaall: From beginners to veterans, they practiced yoga with several friendly baby goats. As the students stretched, the gleeful goats trotted from person to person, eating from the palms of their hands and playfully jumping on their backs.
The event was hosted by the Mount Activities Programming Board (MAP).
Welcoming spring with petting zoo, carnival
Photos by Lee Ferris
The Mount celebrated its students (and the warmer weather) with its annual Spring Week, a collection of fun events to help students de-stress before finals.
The college kicked things off with a cornhole tournament. Later in the week, the Mount community had a great time at a pop-up petting zoo, which included goats, chickens, and more.
Other events included a high-stakes bingo night, trips to a Yankees game and Six Flags theme park, and more.
In a butterfly’s garden in the shade
Photos by Lee Ferris
As the semester came to an end, students fluttered to Hudson Hall’s Fluet Family Auditorium on campus to experience a delightful pop-up Painted Lady Butterfly Garden.
Genie Polycarpe of Newburgh, N.Y., a senior human services major, admired a beautiful butterfly on a cotton swab.
Azlyn Lois of Pleasant Valley, N.Y., a freshman majoring in special education, was all smiles as she held the butterfly.
Reevaluating a classic with MSMC’s ‘John Proctor is the Villain’
Photos by Lee Ferris
The Mount’s theatre group brought a poignant mix of comedy and drama to the Aquinas Hall stage with Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain.
John Proctor is the Villain tells the story of a group of teenage students at a rural high school in Georgia as they explore The Crucible by famous playwright Arthur Miller. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question who the hero of the story really is, discovering their own power in the process. And in the middle of it all, they find that sometimes, life imitates art.
“It’s funny, it’s tragic, and I think it’s very well written,” said James Phillips, the play’s director and associate professor of Theatre. “It’s really clever how it takes the plot and ideas of The Crucible and brings them into a modern setting…The playwright is clear that that change doesn’t happen easily, but it can and does happen.”
John Proctor is the Villain is extremely contemporary and relevant, having been released only about three years ago.
“It’s really the hot play of the moment right now,” Phillips explained, adding that the Mount is one of the first theatre groups in the Hudson Valley to be performing it. “It’s an important piece because it mirrors modern life.”
John Proctor is the Villain featured a mix of Mount nine students and alumni, with an additional four students taking on stage crew roles.