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Mount Aloysius College Graduates 398 at Commencement - May 07, 2012 Cresson, Pa. - Mount Aloysius College President Tom Foley conferred 12 Masters Degrees, 191 Bachelors Degrees and 195 Associate Degrees as 398 Mount Aloysius students join the ranks of nearly 14,000 Mountie alumni worldwide. The Mount Aloysius College Commencement ceremony took place Saturday, May 5th at 10:00 a.m. in the Health and Fitness Center on campus. The event marked the 159th time students have graduated from Mount Aloysius. The school was founded by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1853. During the proceedings, three honorary doctoral degrees were conferred. In conferring degrees, President Foley was assisted by Sr. Helen Burns, RSM, vice president for mission integration. Mr. Daniel W. Rullo, Esq. Mount Aloysius College Board of Trustees chairman greeted graduates, their guests, faculty and staff.Read more

Mount Aloysius Graduating Baseball Seniors Have Quite A Day - May 06, 2012 Cresson, Pa. – Baseball is, well, baseball and sometimes the rules of the game supersede ceremony, decorum and convenience. The post-season playoff schedule called for a triple-header on the same day 10 Mount Aloysius graduating senior ballplayers, were scheduled for Commencement. Pitt-Greensburg was heavily favored to win, but that was not the cards. The Mounties took the three-game series by winning the first game, 4 – 2; game two went extra innings with the Mounties coming up short, 5 – 6, and the third game was a pound-fest that seesawed back and forth, ending with a late game mega-surge that gave the Mounties a 13 - 5 win. But the best was yet to come.Read more

Mount Aloysius College Grads Head to Med School, Pharmacy School - May 05, 2012 Cresson, Pa. - Two Mount Aloysius College grads will be heading for medical school and another to pharmacy school next fall. Attending medical school will be Mr. Daniel Conner and Mr. Derek Harshaw. Ms. Alysa Conway is heading to pharmacy school.Read more

Baseball Tandem Earns Player of the Week Honors - May 04, 2012 Third baseman Lucas Szymanski and pitcher Stephen Hickey led the Mounties to an upset playoff win over Pitt-Greensburg, and were named AMCC Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.Read more

Award Winners Announced at Athletics Banquet - April 30, 2012 The Mount Aloysius Department of Athletics recognized the achievements of its student-athletes at the annual athletic banquet held in Cosgrave Hall.Read more