On Friday, February 17, Maria College officially launched its new brand platform and updated logo to coincide with its newly found identity as a graduate institution and to provide a refresh to the brand of the 65-year-old institution. The College celebrated the brand launch by participating in “Random Acts of Kindness” day with giveaways and friendly gestures throughout the Albany area. The College will also be awarding two one-year tuition paid scholarships for prospective students entering the nursing or occupational therapy assistant programs.

On Friday, January 27, Maria College hosted the annual Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony whereby 14 Maria students officially received membership for their academic accomplishment of earning an overall GPA of 3.5 after completing at least 12 credit hours of coursework. Congratulations to all!

Maria College was named one of 15 community development and improvement projects in New York’s 20^th Congressional District to receive federal funding submitted by Congressman Paul Tonko. The College will receive $770,088 to support the purchase of virtual reality (VR) software, hardware, monitors and other equipment to be used for enhancing clinical nursing education. 

While the pandemic has contributed to the nursing shortage at hospitals, it has also inspired a new generation of nurses to join the field. Maria College Dean of Nursing Dr. Colleen Carmody, along with Nursing AAS (RN ) students Amanda Hotaling and Julie King spoke with CBS-6 about how and why nursing program enrollment has increased at Maria College.

The Maria College Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program hosted a poster presentation on Friday, December 2. The second-year students presented their research projects on issues pertaining to occupational therapy and occupational therapy engagement. The research proposals are represented in poster format so that students were available to present their work and answer questions from the public.