The Maria College Campus will be closed on Sunday, January 25, 2026. All Sunday instruction has moved to an online delivery. Please check for further instructions in Brightspace. On Monday, January 26, 2026, all classes will be cancelled, and the College will be closed.

Freedom of Speech

The thoughts I want to share with you in this blog are inspired by a discussion that I just had in the online Maria College ENG 112—Composition II class that […]

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That’s Life

Well, as the snow fell and blew around last week when so many of us here at Maria College in Albany were hoping for budding golden daffodils and warmer temperatures, […]

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Hope of Spring

The days are getting longer!!! I left the Maria College campus a couple of days ago at around 6:00pm, and there was still light in the western sky! (Sorry for […]

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Small Can Be Powerful

Well, we had one of this winter’s biggest snow storms recently in the Albany area which had me curling up in the warmth of my small, comfy home on a […]

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Random Acts of Kindness

#shareloveandkindness  Random Acts of Kindness Week is February 12-18! Please join us in celebrating #RAKWeek2017 and #shareloveandkindness to unite the Maria community through kindness and our mercy mission.  Take a […]

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Through the Eyes of a Child

In my last blog entry, I focused on some remarkable people in their very senior years with the idea that a person is only as old as they feel. Well, a […]

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You’re Never Too Old

Each time we enter a new year and the number changes, I become all too aware of the passage of time. Here we are in 2017 already while I still […]

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Feeling All the Feels

Have you ever been in a hospital or doctor’s office, feeling vulnerable, anxious, uncertain, or just plain old terrified? Have you ever personally experienced—or witnessed another person’s—excruciating pain—either physical or […]

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Welcome to a New Year

Over the past week, the word new has probably been used by everyone of us about a billion times which is typical as we enter the new year of 2017. […]

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A Wonderful Lesson

Well, I did it. Just as I do every year around this time, I did it.  This past Saturday, my husband and I watched the NBC broadcast of the Christmas […]

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