On Fri., Feb. 3, 88 nursing students in the class of 2025 gathered in the Abbey Church for a special blessing of the hands ceremony in preparation for their first clinical experiences.

The 2023 Goodchild Ethics Bowl brought over 100 high school students to the Hilltop on January 28th, to contemplate important moral issues facing society. 

Saint Anselm Nursing students Lillian Jones ’24 and Ashley Damon ’24 were nominated to attend the AACN Student Policy Summit in Washington, DC in March, expanding their knowledge in federal policy and professional advocacy.

Saint Anselm students in Professor Ward Holder’s Race and Theology course have been discussing how racism has impacted theology with students from Tumaini University Makumira in Tanzania thanks to a grant from the American Academy of Religion, and a grant from the Saint Anselm College Fund for Catholic Social Teaching.

The impressive contributions of these faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends have helped define Saint Anselm College.

We can’t think of a better way to conclude an issue dedicated to the women of the Hilltop than with a nod to the mural created by Jyl Dittbenner ’97 in collaboration with Saint Anselm community, staff, and students, which was dedicated last fall, and is displayed in the Jean Student Center. 

Titled “Commencement,” it represents beginnings, and the many great stories of women at Saint Anselm that are to come.
“This mural represents us,” says Dittbenner. “The women who came here for select programs. The women who work here and pray here. Women who taught here and ultimately learned here. It also represents the men and women who saw a necessity in the value of all of us together in co-education.”

Last weekend, more than 1,000 Anselmians returned to the Hilltop for the first in-person Homecoming Weekend since 2019.

Saint Anselm College and NHTI – Concord’s Community College have agreed to a partnership that will allow students who earn associate’s degrees in several science-related fields to transfer and complete a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in two years.

Students Maeve McAllister and Grace Tierney have been appointed as the program co-chairs for this year’s Kevin B. Harrington Student Ambassador program at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College.

New Hampshire’s newspaper, The Union Leader, has inducted two Saint Anselm College alumni to its 2023 class of 40 Under Forty, a program that honors 40 New Hampshire natives under the age of 40 for their dedication to the betterment of the community.