Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Starting on March 19, 2024, Geisel will host a weekly Reading Party each on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. for the remainder of the semester. The last party will be on April 30, 2024. 

How it Works

Bring something to read (fiction, non-fiction, textbook, magazine, whatever), or pick something from Geisel's collections. We'll read for a hour or so, silently, as a group in the Reading Room. After one hour you will be invited to share what you've read with the person/s sitting next to you. 

Take advantage of this time to read, learn from others, and find out about other great books to read. 

Coffee, tea, and cocoa will be provided. 

No RSVP required. Attend when you can.

All are welcome!

On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., we will be meeting in the Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel, to discuss "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.

Description

"James McBride’s latest is a murder mystery inside a great American novel. 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' opens with the discovery of a skeleton in a well, and then flashes back to explore its connection to a town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant history" (New York Times, 2023). Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction.

All are welcome to attend.

Learn more about our book group by visiting our group webpage. 

Geisel Library will host its 33rd Annual Book Sale during Family Weekend. Open to the public Friday, September 22, 2023 through Sunday, September 24, 2023, during the library's hours of operation, the sale includes thousands of books, across academic disciplines and genres, fiction and non-fiction alike. This year's sale offers extensive offerings in religion and theology, literature and drama, cookbooks, history, and politics. Also on sale are DVDs, VHS tapes and music CDs, as well as board games and puzzles. 

Pricing:

$1 paperbacks, audiovisual materials, and puzzles

$2 hardcover books and board games

A separate specials table will be set up for unique titles and large book sets.

We hope to see you there!

This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

The College will begin the 2023-2024 academic year with an Academic Convocation commemorating a significant milestone – the fiftieth anniversary of women’s admission to all programs at the college.

Alumna Emily Orlando ’91, a Professor of English and the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fairfield University, is the convocation speaker. A reception will follow.

Dr. Orlando, a 1991 graduate of Saint Anselm College, is an internationally recognized scholar on the American writer Edith Wharton. Dr. Orlando is the author of the award-winning book, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts.  She is also co-editor of the book, Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism, and has published widely in a number of scholarly journals and essay collections. A recent President of the international Edith Wharton Society, she remains an active member of the Society. Dr Orlando edited The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton, published in 2022, which features top scholars in her field from around the globe.

The year 1974 serves as a delineating moment in college history when women were welcomed into all programs throughout the college. To celebrate the auspicious milestone of fifty years, President Joseph Favazza has appointed a committee charged with planning events and programs to mark this special anniversary while engaging the entire college community in this endeavor. Professor Christine Gustafson, of the Politics Department, and Fr. Benet Phillips, O.S.B., of Alumni Relations are heading up the committee.

If unable to attend in person, a livestream of the event will be available below and on Vimeo.

NOTICE

Given the prediction for very hot conditions and a possible heat advisory on Friday, September 8, we have decided to move the academic convocation from the Abbey Church to the Dana Center. This move precipitates several logistical challenges and changes. Please note the following:

• There will be no academic procession.
• Faculty and Deans will robe in academic regalia.
• Reserved seating for the faculty: Rows A – F both sides of center aisle.
• Reserved seating for deans: Row G left when facing the stage.
• Reserved seating for monastic community: Rows G and H right when facing the stage.
• Reserved seating for SALT: Row H left when facing the stage.
• Reserved seating for Trustees: Rows I and J  left when facing the stage
• General seating: Rows K- U.
• For our purposes, the color of the dots on the seating chart are irrelevant. 

To ensure an on time start, please be seated by 2:20 PM.

We will have plenty of water available, and the reception following the convocation will take place in the Dana Center lobby.

Please contact Fr Benet (bphillips@anselm.edu) or 603-641-7271 with any questions.  

We invite you to visit the pop-up exhibit, "An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain," curated by the Museum of the White Mountains. On loan from the museum, this exhibit commemorates the 20th anniversary of the iconic symbol's fall in May 2003.

Discover the profound impact of the "Old Man" profile, its identity as a New Hampshire state symbol, and its role in political and commercial materials. At the 150th “Birthday Party” for the Old Man, President Eisenhower asked, “What does the Old Man think of us?” What would he think of us today?

Located in the Institute's lobby, this exhibit is a visual timeline, exploring the cultural significance of the Old Man of the Mountain. On display through February 2024. View the Online Exhibit Here.

Funding provided by New Hampshire Humanities.

We invite you to visit the pop-up exhibit, "An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain," curated by the Museum of the White Mountains. On loan from the museum, this exhibit commemorates the 20th anniversary of the iconic symbol's fall in May 2003.

Discover the profound impact of the "Old Man" profile, its identity as a New Hampshire state symbol, and its role in political and commercial materials. At the 150th “Birthday Party” for the Old Man, President Eisenhower asked, “What does the Old Man think of us?” What would he think of us today?

Located in the Institute's lobby, this exhibit is a visual timeline, exploring the cultural significance of the Old Man of the Mountain. On display through February 2024. View the Online Exhibit Here.

Funding provided by New Hampshire Humanities.

We invite you to visit the pop-up exhibit, "An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain," curated by the Museum of the White Mountains. On loan from the museum, this exhibit commemorates the 20th anniversary of the iconic symbol's fall in May 2003.

Discover the profound impact of the "Old Man" profile, its identity as a New Hampshire state symbol, and its role in political and commercial materials. At the 150th “Birthday Party” for the Old Man, President Eisenhower asked, “What does the Old Man think of us?” What would he think of us today?

Located in the Institute's lobby, this exhibit is a visual timeline, exploring the cultural significance of the Old Man of the Mountain. On display through February 2024. View the Online Exhibit Here.

Funding provided by New Hampshire Humanities.