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DuBois, PA - Mount Aloysius College today announced the launch of a new nursing program in DuBois, Pennsylvania, designed to address the ongoing shortage of health care providers in rural communities. The initiative is supported through a new collaboration between the Mount and Penn Highlands Healthcare, who will provide significant funding for these new nursing students. Penn Highlands Healthcare and the Mount will provide educational funding to nursing students, along with guaranteed job placement [...]

Cresson, Pa. – This May, Mount Aloysius College will have eight students crossing the stage to receive their associate’s degrees before they’ve even graduated from high school. These eight students completed college credits through the Mount’s Associate Degree in High School program, and have earned enough credits to receive their degree while they’re still in high school. The Associate Degree in High School program allows students in high school to take college-level courses taught directly [...]

Cresson, Pa. – The Northeast-3 District of TriBeta, the honor society for biology students, hosted its annual conference at Mount Aloysius College on April 10 & 11, 2026 in the College’s Pierce and Bertschi buildings. The conference was attended by over 120 students and professors from 21 colleges and universities across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The two-day conference included student and faculty workshops, and featured guest speaker Dr. Nathan Smith ‘20 as keynote speaker. [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Eighteen Mount Aloysius College students, accompanied by criminology professor Dr. Elizabeth Mansley, traveled to Indiana County Jail on Friday, April 17, to bring Operation Storybook to incarcerated mothers. The project, part of Mansley’s Women and Crime class at the College, is a rehabilitative program that allows women in prison to record themselves reading a storybook. The books are then gifted to their children. Adanya Zunich, a junior criminology and psychology major from [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College hosted the first annual conference for the PA Association for Sonographers on March 7, 2026. The conference was attended by 75 people, including sonographers and students from across the state of Pennsylvania. It featured a variety of vendors, allowing attendees to demo ultrasonography machines and equipment from companies like Canon and GE. Attendees were given the opportunity to explore heart anatomy and perform virtual echocardiograms via on-site virtual headsets. [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College is once again offering a series of free summer camps for high school students in a variety of academic areas. Camps run throughout June and July, and the Mount is offering a $1,000 scholarship for all new high school students who participate. Registration is now open. “These camps are entirely free and are run by faculty who are very passionate in their fields of study,” said Dr. Chris Lovett, [...]

Cambridge, Mass.- The Mount Aloysius rifle team delivered a historic performance at the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championships in Cambridge, Massachusetts, capturing the overall conference title in both smallbore and air rifle while producing the 2026 Air Rifle Individual Champion and Athlete of the Year. With this year's sweep, the Mounties have now claimed back-to-back conference championships in both disciplines since becoming a program, continuing to build a dominant foundation in just a short time of [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College has been named to PA Business Central’s Top 100 Organization for 2026. The College’s president, John McKeegan, J.D., has also been named to the publication’s Top 100 People list. In its Top 100 Organizations listing, PA Business Central seeks to recognize organizations for the vital roles they play in their communities, analyzing specifically their impact on innovation, community livelihoods, and shaping the future of the region. The Top 100 [...]

Cresson, Pa. – Mount Aloysius College conferred degrees upon over 80 graduates during a Winter Commencement ceremony on December 12, 2025 in the College’s Athletic Convocation and Wellness Center. The invocation for the event was delivered by Sage Hoover of Dalmatia, PA, and Paolo Ibáñez Medina of Satélite, Mexico, presented the student welcome. Additionally, Alexis Billings of Portage, PA, gave the student commencement address. The commencement speaker was Dr. Angela Rowe, Chief of Staff at [...]