Please note that the College is closed December 21, 2024 through January 5, 2025. Offices will reopen on January 6th at 8:30AM.
On Tuesday, May 31, the Center for Disability Services presented Maria College with a check for $50,000 to endow a scholarship to be named after the late Eunice Antonucci. The scholarship will be used to support healthcare education at the College.
Read MoreMaria College and its Board of Trustees proudly announce the appointment of Lynn Ortale, Ph.D. as its sixth president to begin her role on July 1, 2022.
Dr. Ortale comes to Maria College with more than three decades of experience in higher education administration in the context of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. For the past 13 years, she has served as Vice President for Student Life at Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph. She is also an adjunct faculty in DeSales University’s higher education administration graduate program in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.
Read MoreMaria College was recently awarded a $140,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to support and enhance its Accessibility Services Office which serves students with disabilities and learning differences. This news comes as the nation prepares to celebrate Disability Awareness month in March.
Read MoreMaria College has been named a 2021-22 Catholic School Liturgy Awardee by the Catholic School Office and the Albany Diocesan School Board. The “Albany Diocesan School Board Community Partner Award” was bestowed upon Maria College for its “College in High School Experience” program with Bishop Maginn High School and Catholic Central High School.
Read MoreMaria College has officially launched the search for its next president following the retirement announcement of current President Thomas J. Gamble, Ph.D., whose tenure at the College spanned six years. The College is working with national search firm, Academic Search, to find its next leader.
Read MoreOn January 5, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced during her first-ever State of the State address that New York would provide $10 billion to support the healthcare industry, including $4 billion to support wages and bonuses for workers in a health care sector. This news comes at a time when Maria College, long-known for its excellence in healthcare and nursing education in the Capital Region and beyond, has been ranked amongst the top schools by multiple national third-party sources.
Read MoreMaria College Associate Professor for Ethics and Health Policy Dr. David Hoffman helped to develop a new national goal: to reduce the risks of Americans getting Alzheimer’s disease.
Read MoreVictoria Battell, Maria College Senior Vice President and Chief Mission, Strategic Planning, and Advancement Officer, served as one of the United States representatives on the international Mercy Global Action Task Force on Climate and Water, and helped to create their position paper for the UN ahead of COP26 – the Climate Change Conference of the Parties.
Read MoreOn Friday, October 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the eligible public is invited to receive a free Pfizer vaccine at Maria College’s Fitzgerald Court located on campus in Marian Hall. This event is co-sponsored by St. Peter’s Health Partners. No appointments necessary as this is a walk-in clinic.
Read MoreMaria College has announced that President Thomas J. Gamble will retire in 2022, after a successful six years at the helm of Maria. As President Gamble completes his time at Maria, the college will continue to move forward with its campus master plan and strategic compass which the board approved during his time at Maria. Maria College will initiate a nationwide search for its next president immediately.
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