Elms College
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Elms College is a four-year coeducational Catholic liberal arts college. The Sisters of St. Joseph helped to found the College of Our Lady of the Elms as a school to train young women to teach in Massachusetts schools. Their mission, however, went far beyond preparing the next generation of teachers.
The Sisters of St. Joseph worked to better the entire community, and ensured that the college would be a place where women who otherwise could not afford an education could prepare themselves for a career.
Today, Elms College continues in that tradition, integrating service to others and a foundation in the liberal arts with career preparation for both men and women.
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The blessing of the new St. Joseph Chapel at Elms College.
A message from the staff of BLOOM, the Elms College literary magazine: If you plan to submit poetry, prose (including memoir), photography or visual art (or all of the above) to BLOOM this year, you must do so before the submission deadline of Saturday, February 17 -- which is only four weeks away! Submit your work here: http://bit.ly/2xFjCiD.
Elms biology and biomedicine students and their professor, Janet Williams, Ph.D., presented a number of abstracts on impressive equine research projects they are conducting at the Pioneer Valley Microbiology Symposium, held last Friday at UMass Amherst’s Integrated Science Center. Kyle Beaudette ’21 presented “Analysis and Efficacy of an Equine Probiotic Containing Saccaromyces Cetervisiae,” a study to determine the validity of the guaranteed analysis of a probiotic digestive health supplement for use in horses, and its ability to survive the inside the equine gastric system. Postbac premedical studies student Candice Kent presented “Identification of the Unknown Bacterial Entity in a Human Probiotic Supplement,” which relates the observation of an unknown bacterial colony while testing for the presence of E. faecium colonies and their efficacy as an oral probiotic supplement. Macklin Illiff, who is pursuing his master’s in biomedical sciences, presented “Analysis and Efficacy of an Equine Commercially Available Probiotic Containing Lactobacillus Plantarum,” which tested a specific horse probiotic supplement to see if it actually contained the four organisms the product claims to contain. Professor Williams presented “Comparison of Microbiomes Between Anthelmintic Treated and Untreated Foals with Intestinal Parasite Infections,” a project that includes researchers from Smith College, the University of Kentucky, Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, and the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Science.
It's almost February, and February is National Heart Month! The Student Nurses' Association is sponsoring a blood drive to help patients at Baystate Medical Center. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, the Baystate Blood Mobile will be parked between Rose William and O'Leary dorms. Appointments run every 10 minutes. To make an appointment, contact Molly Sullivan at sullivanmolly@student.elms.edu. As a thank-you, each eligible donor will receive a Dunkin' Donuts gift card.
The offices of Diversity and Inclusion, Student Activities and Campus Ministry held a Vigil of Remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Joseph Chapel Thursday afternoon. Sr. Carol Allan shared a prayer for peace and justice, Keeshaun King '18 provided a reading from 1967, Sage Giordano '18 and Nadine Harris '19 shared original poetry and the event concluded with the playing of several "Negro" spirituals.
Congratulations to Elms Trustee Kathleen Kane, managing director of Northwestern Mutual in Springfield, for winning the 2018 Distinguished Advisor in Philanthropy Award from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts and its partners: http://bit.ly/2FSs3vz
Yesterday's snow = today's winter wonderland.
Due to the incoming inclement weather and resulting poor travel conditions, Elms College will be closed today (Wednesday, Jan. 17). All classes at the main campus are canceled.
Elms music instructor Chris Bakriges will speak and perform with violinist Gwen Laster in an hourlong concert at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 21, in the Center for Contemporary Culture at the Hartford Public Library. Bakriges composed the music, 20 jazz pieces that are paired with the work of Henri Matisse and inspired by the artist’s method of “teaching the eye to hear.” This event is part of the library’s Baby Grand Series. Details: http://bit.ly/2DD6Ogt.
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