Saint Vincent College News

SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LECTURER IN CRIMINOLOGY NAMED HEAD OF INDIANA COUNTY JAIL STAFF

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Michael Kuhar, lecturer in Criminology, Law and Society at Saint Vincent College, has been named interim warden of the Indiana County Jail by the Indiana County Commissioners.

SAINT VINCENT THEATRE GALA COMMITTEES NAMED

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Jack and MaryAnn Cherubini, co-chairpersons of the 23rd annual Saint Vincent Theatre Gala, have announced that 50 persons have volunteered to serve on the executive and general committees which plan and implement the major fundraiser to benefit the Saint Vincent Summer Theatre program.

WINNIE PALMER NATURE RESERVE AT SVC PLANS CAMPS FOR CHILDREN IN JULY

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College will offer two nature camps for children during the month of July. Five-year-old children (accompanied by an adult) may attend Bug Camp from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Tuesday, July 24 to Thursday, July 26. Children ages 6 and 7 may register for Fuzzy-Feather Camp from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, July 9 to Friday, July 13.

BEVERLY SILVIS NAMED PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR BY PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Beverly Silvis, CRNA, MS, MBA, DNP, of Excela Health’s School of Anesthesia, has been named Program Director of the Year by the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists. The school is conducted in cooperation with Saint Vincent College.

U.S. STEEL GENERAL COUNSEL SPEAKER AT SVC SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON MAY 22

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

James D. Garraux, senior vice president-corporate affairs and general counsel for U.S. Steel Corporation, will be the main speaker at the spring luncheon lecture sponsored by the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government to benefit the Dr. Gabriel S. Pellathy Law Education Fund.

SVC COMMENCEMENT PLATFORM OFFICIALS

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saint Vincent College held its 166th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12 in the Robert S. Carey Student Center Gymnasium on the campus of Saint Vincent College, Latrobe.

PRIEST-PHYSICIAN- MISSIONARY TELLS SAINT VINCENT GRADS TO SERVE WORLD’S MOST NEEDY

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Fr. Richard Frechette, C.P., D.O., a priest, physician and missionary who has been referred to as The Mother Teresa of Haiti, told more than 350 graduates, and their parents and friends at Saint Vincent College May 12 that as graduates of Saint Vincent and beneficiaries of the ancient Benedictine monastic tradition, their lives should be directed to the service of the most needy in the world.

SVC COMPUTER LAB DECORATED WITH CHINESE TEAROOM THEME

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Students in the Modern China honors course taught by Dr. Tina Phillips Johnson, assistant professor of history in the Saint Vincent College School of Humanities and Fine Arts, celebrated the opening of a newly decorated computer laboratory in Gerard Hall on May 8.

ART HISTORIAN JOHN T. SPIKE TO JUDGE THE SAINT VINCENT GALLERY’S FOURTH NATIONAL CATHOLIC ARTS COMPETITION, EXHIBITION

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Saint Vincent Gallery is announcing the fourth Nationwide Catholic Arts Competition and Exhibition. World-renowned art historian, author and lecturer John Thomas Spike will be the juror.

SVC SERVICE CORPS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN CLUB COMPLETES BOOK PROJECT

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saint Vincent College Service Corps for Exceptional Children Club completed its project to gather books for the NHS School-Latrobe. Members of the Club recently met to prepare more than 600 books for delivery to the school.

SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE PLANS PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE VENUS TRANSIT JUNE 5

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saint Vincent College Department of Physics will offer an opportunity for the public to view the upcoming rare transit of the planet Venus on Tuesday, June 5.

SVC SERVICE CORPS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN CLUB DELIVERS BOOKS TO NHS SCHOOL-LATROBE

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saint Vincent College Service Corps for Exceptional Children Club delivered more than 600 books from their recent book drive to the NHS School-Latrobe on May 7.

SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ENGLISH PROFESSOR MICHELLE GIL-MONTERO FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Michelle Gil-Montero, assistant professor of English and director of creative writing in the School of Humanities and Fine Arts at Saint Vincent College, was featured in the Arts Beat section of The New York Times on Friday, May 4.

SVC School of Humanities, Fine Arts Acquires Art by Late Teacher David Ludwig

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Saint Vincent College School of Humanities and Fine Arts has acquired a sculpture created by the late David A. Ludwig, an artist who taught at Saint Vincent.

U.S. DIPLOMAT DAN PICCUTA, C’77, COMPLETES IMPRESSIVE FOREIGN SERVICE CAREER

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Mr. Piccuta has retired from an impressive career as a U.S. State Department Foreign Policy Advisor where he worked alongside Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner and a host of other top-level officials in his post as second in command at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China.

SVC PHYSICS DEPARTMENT HOSTS LECTURE BY DR. SCOTT PAULSON

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Scott Paulson, professor of physics and astronomy at James Madison University, was a guest lecturer at the Saint Vincent College Physics Department on May 2. His talk was titled, “The Role of Physics in Biology.”

TWO SVC BUSINESS STRATEGY TEAMS FINISH IN TOP 100

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dr. Jeffrey L. Godwin, associate professor of management in Saint Vincent College’s Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government, reports that he had two teams finish on the Global 100 list of the widely used Business Strategy Game (BSG) Simulation.

SR. MARGARET CARNEY, O.S.F. DELIVERS SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE SPRING HONORS CONVOCATION ADDRESS

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Complete text of the Saint Vincent College Spring Honors Convocation Address delivered by Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., President, St. Bonaventure University.

NINE SVC STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO MEDICAL, OPTOMETRY SCHOOLS

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Nine Saint Vincent College pre-professional health students have been accepted for admission to medical or optometry schools in the fall.

SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE SGA HONORS MATTHEW RUSSO

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Student Government Association planted a weeping cherry tree on the lawn in front of Prep Hall on the Saint Vincent College campus on May 2 in memory of the late Matthew Russo, a junior elementary education major at Saint Vincent College, who died on December 7, 2011.