The Desmond Center for Community Engagement and Wellness concluded its programming in December after a successful grant-funded run.

It was supposed to be a routine day of fieldwork for Doug Robinson and his ecology students early in the Fall 2025 semester: a quick paddle down the Wallkill River to assess water quality and habitat health. But as anyone who has spent time in the field knows, nature often has its own schedule.

In 1975, the world was listening to disco, watching Jaws in theaters, and welcoming a young biology professor named Thomas Sarro to Mount Saint Mary College. Five decades later, Sarro is still shaping minds and defining what it means to be a Knight.

The Mount isn’t just teaching the future of digital media. We’ve built a studio to match it. The college recently completed a massive, professional-grade overhaul of its TV studio in Aquinas Hall, turning the facility into a high-tech command center for the Digital Media Production program. 

When the Dominican Sisters founded the Mount 65 years ago, their mission was clear: educate the teachers who would shape the next generation. This fall, the college reaffirmed that commitment by inking a transformative partnership with the non-profit organization Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT).

As the fall semester drew to a close and the December chill settled over the Hudson Valley, the Mount Saint Mary College campus glowed with holiday spirit. In a span of just four days, two beloved traditions brought students, faculty, alumni, and neighbors together. 

Mount Saint Mary College welcomed about 75 distinguished community leaders, alumni, faculty, and friends to the Aquinas Hall Atrium early in the Fall 2025 semester, for “Climbing Higher: Meet the Leaders of the Mount.”

It was a celebration of both science and service on December 12, as more than 50 students from the Nurse Practitioner program gathered in the Dominican Center Chapel for the Winter 2025 White Coat Ceremony.