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Cresson, Pa. - Mount Aloysius College MBA student Richard Clark assisted Keystone Regional Fire & Rescue Department in securing a $10,000 grant for an upgrade to the department’s radio system. Clark wrote the grant as part of his MBA Fund Development class. The Keystone Regional Fire & Rescue Department (KRFRD) is a cooperative effort between the Cresson Volunteer Fire Company and the Lily Volunteer Fire Company to provide comprehensive fire and rescue services to the [...]

Cresson, Pa. — Mount Aloysius College will cut the ribbon for their new virtual human dissection Anatomage Table which was purchased with the help of a $100,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust. The virtual ribbon cutting will be live streamed from the Mount Aloysius campus on Tuesday, January 19, at 8:30 a.m. The event will include remarks as well as a demonstration. The table will allow students to virtually dissect subjects in a [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College is proud to release the Dean’s List for the fall semester of 2020. The Dean’s List honors students enrolled full-time who have achieved a 3.50 grade point average (GPA) or better, or students enrolled part-time who have earned a GPA of 3.70, or students enrolled in six to eight semester hours and have earned a 3.9 GPA. Mount Aloysius College students named to the Dean’s List for fall 2020 [...]

Cresson, Pa. - For more than 20 years, Mount Aloysius College has provided Christmas cheer to families in need through their Angel Tree project. This year, the College continues that tradition, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Angel Tree aims to assist local families who may not be able to afford Christmas presents for their children. These families are selected by guidance counselors in local schools. This year, instead of asking for donations of toys, clothes, [...]

On Wednesday, October 27,  Mount Aloysius College students James Kealey of Rawlings, MD (left) and Virginia Hillman of Niagara Falls, NY (right) presented Melvin Fees (center) of the Cresson Area Lions Club with a box of eyeglasses which were collected and donated by the Mount Aloysius Psychology Club. The glasses will be distributed by the Lions Club to individuals who are economically disadvantaged and visually impaired.

Cresson, Pa. - For its fall play, the Mount Aloysius College Theatre Department looked locally to find a playwright. Because of COVID restrictions, director Nathan Magee had to rethink what the department’s season was going to look like. After some restructuring and repurposing, Magee decided on presenting “Lockdown: An Evening of 10-Minute Plays by David L. Williams.” “I had the pleasure of meeting David last year, and we began discussing a collaboration where we would [...]

Cresson, Pa. - Mount Aloysius College has received a grant in the amount of $290,698 from the Office on Violence Against Women at the United States Department of Justice to establish a Healthy Relationships Resource Center. The Center, which will be implemented by the College’s Department of Student Affairs, will prevent, respond to, and educate the Mount Aloysius community about sexual assault and other domestic violence issues, both off- and on-campus. The initiative will provide [...]

Cresson, Pa. - Mount Aloysius College will host their biennial Conference on College Teaching virtually this year in order to accommodate attendees during the pandemic. The conference aims to bring high school and higher education faculty together to foster discourse on student learning, pedagogical approaches, and student engagement. This year’s conference will be held on October 23, and features poster and paper presentations from professors from around the region, as well as a keynote presentation. [...]