Mount Saint Mary College News

NEWBURGH - The Mount Saint Mary College Division of Nursing has received a 10-year accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for its undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh will receive $100,000 from the new federal budget for nursing lab equipment and the Rockland Housing Action Coalition will receive $974,000 to build and operate supportive housing for disabled veterans, the money for both coming from the FY2010 budget.

A number of organizations are banding together to conduct an Orange County "sustainability summit" in March.

Orin Strauchler of New Paltz, director of counseling at Mount Saint Mary College, discussed "Technology, Cyberspace and Intimacy: The New Cultural Norms" at the 60th annual conference of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors in Asheville, N.C. Strauchler said Web-based social networking has become a regular part of ...

Ulster Savings makes gift - Ulster Savings Bank announced a charitable gift of $150,000 as an additional endowment to the Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation.

Barbara Whitney Petruzzelli of Gardiner, director of Curtin Memorial Library at Mount Saint Mary College, has been selected to receive the Spirit of Librarianship Award from The Academic and Special Libraries Section of the New York Library Association.

Matthew Goff, of Middletown, joined Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell LLP as a junior accountant.

Poughkeepsie Day School announced the appointment of Bryan Maloney as director of development.

The City of Newburgh Youth Bureau and Liberty Partnership participated in Make a Difference Day on Oct.

The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced the availability of seven of its foundation scholarships: Athena, Cosimo DiBrizzi, Eileen Hickey, Juan Lafuente, Richard W. Mitchell, Audrey Morgenstern and Manufacturing & Trade.

The state's Board of Regents issued a wide-ranging plan Monday to strengthen training of teachers and induce them to teach in high-needs schools.

This is a reminder that the documentary a ' "33 Minutes" is tonight, November 11 at the Community Campus a ' Doors Open at 6:00 p.m. a ' Movie Starts at 6:30 a ' It lasts for 1 hour, & then James Carafano will be there to speak & participate in a Q & A . Sheila McBroom has worked really hard to put this event together!! Hope to see you there a ' ...

It's been nearly 45 years since Ed Elias first set foot on American soil, but he may never forget the hardships his family endured when they emigrated from Cuba.

LYON, France-- --Flamel Technologies expects to release its financial results for the third quarter of 2009 the morning of November 16th, before the market opening.

Higher education has been one of the biggest victims of the recession. Endowments have been decimated by the stock market collapse, state funding has been cut and, to top it off, more students are applying to college and more of those applicants need financial aid.

Some kids sleep with teddy bears. Michelle Gonzalez, 17, sleeps with her cell phone - her T-Mobile Sidekick, that is - on the pillow next to her.

New junior accountant -[0x0f]Noelle DeLuca of Marlboro recently joined the accounting firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, with offices in Newburgh and Wappingers Falls.

NEWBURGH - In April, 1883, four Dominican Sisters traveled by boat up the Hudson River from Manhattan to start an elementary school in Newburgh.

Larry Force recently participated in a conference sponsored by the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services on preparing communities for the elder boom.

See the works of Sullivan County resident Roberta Rosenthal at the newest exhibit of the New Windsor Art Gallery.