august 12 , 2010
Campaign Exceeds Goal
Attaining the Summit, Stonehill's second major fundraising campaign, set out in July, 2004, to raise $55 million. It concluded with a bang in June 2010, raising a record-setting $59.5 million, more than doubling the $23.1 million raised in Stonehill's last campaign, Securing the Vision (1992-1997).
june 3, 2010
Stonehill Attains the Summit
President and CEO of W.B. Mason Leo Meehan '75 made a surprise announcement that the Company was donating an additional $1 million to the Attaining the Summit Campaign propelling the campaign past the $55 million goal.
june 18, 2010
Alumnus’ Gift Pushes Scientific Research to Next Level
Stonehill receives a state-of-the-art instrument used by such organizations as the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as the world's leading pharmaceutical firms.
may 13, 2010
2010 Stonehill College Luxury Car Raffle
Stonehill is raffling off a Mercedes-Benz E-Class E350 Sport Sedan. The raffle also features the chance to win cash prizes of $2,500 and $1,000. Proceeds will be used to support Stonehill students.
may 10, 2010
50th Annual President’s Dinner to be Held June 3
The 50th annual President's Dinner and Reception at Stonehill College will be held on Thursday, June 3 at the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex.
february 10, 2010
Alumni Connection Helps Make Green Initiative a Success
With environmental sustainability at the forefront of Stonehill's objectives, the College recently donated furniture from its Merkert-Tracy Science Center to Community Care Services.
january 22, 2010
Remembering Fr. Francis Hurley, C.S.C.
The father of biology at Stonehill and one of the pioneers of the College's science program, the Rev. Francis Hurley, C.S.C., died on Friday, January 22.
december 21, 2009
SouthCoast Attorney Donates Classroom to Stonehill College
John Folan's parents always stressed the importance of education. There was no question about what he would do after high school: He was going to college.
november 19, 2009
Stonehill Honored with Metro South Economic Impact Award
The Metro South Chamber of Commerce recognized Stonehill with a Metro South Economic Impact Award for its investment in the Shields Science Center on Wednesday, November 18 at its annual meeting
december 15, 2009
Brittany Bergquist ’13 Named Woman of Worth By L’Oreal Paris
First-year student Brittany Bergquist was recently honored by L'Oreal Paris for her commitment to service as one of its ten "Women of Worth."
november 13, 2009
Burning the Midnight Oil
The opening of the Shields Science Center has been a welcome addition to the Stonehill community and since the start of the semester the Center’s social space, the Peggy and Ray Pettit Atrium, has been bustling with activity.
october 2, 2009
Stonehill College Dedicates New $34M Science Center
Stonehill College's new, state-of-the-art Science Center that houses the departments of biology, chemistry, physics and psychology, including laboratories, classroom spaces and faculty offices, was dedicated with prayer and a reception on September 24.
october 1, 2009
Shields Puts Money Where the Science Is
Tom Shields has made a lot of money in his life. He also has given away a lot - the most recent gift being $7 million to Stonehill College in Easton as part of its $55 million capital campaign to fund scholarships, athletics and a new science center.
september 24, 2009
Stonehill Celebrates Largest Gift by Naming Science Center after Donors Tom and Mary Shields
At the Science Center dedication on Thursday, September 24, President Mark Cregan, C.S.C. '78 announced that the new building would be named in honor of longtime friends and benefactors, Tom and Mary Shields.
september 24, 2009
Friends Explain Why They Supported Science Center
The building of the Science Center, which will be officially dedicated on Thursday, September 24th was made possible by the generosity of many friends of the College. Here some donors explain why giving to the Science Center was important to them.
september 15, 2009
Alum’s Gift to Science Center Honors His Parents
Behind the plaques outside of many rooms in the new Science Center, there are personal stories of gratitude and remembrance.
september 14, 2009
Peggy and Ray Pettit Honored at Science Center Atrium Dedication
The College dedicated the Atrium in the new Science Center in honor of longtime friends and benefactors Peggy and Ray Pettit on Saturday, Sept. 12.
august 31, 2009
It's a Roche Family Affair
Twenty -two students and alumni are recipients of the Patty Roche Memorial Scholarship.
august 31, 2009
Attaining the Summit: A Gift Story
Sullivan Family Unites for Science.
august 31, 2009
The A to Z of Attaining the Summit
This glossary touches on characteristics that define our current comprehensive fundraising campaign.
august 18, 2009
National Science Foundation Awards $600,000 for Science Scholarships
The National Science Foundation has awarded Stonehill a $600,000 grant in support of science scholarships through their Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (S-STEM) program.
august 18, 2009
Energy Efficiency Showcased in New Science Center
In addition to building a Science Center that meets our curricular and research needs, the College sought to ensure that the new facility, which will be dedicated Thursday, September 24, has a high level of energy efficiency.
april 30, 2009
Expressions from the Heart
Whether given in gratitude, memory or hope, gifts represent expressions from the heart of their donors. Here are three intensely personal stories from people whose scholarships are shaping the lives of our students.
april 6, 2009
SURE Awards for Summer 2009 Announced
This summer, a record number of 45 Stonehill students will work with 24 faculty members on a variety of research projects through the Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program.
february 23, 2009
Alden Challenge Raises $836,250 for Science Center
Thanks to 38 new gifts from alumni, parents and friends, the College has raised $636,250 toward the new Science Center.
January 23, 2009
Faculty Shepherd for the Science Center
It started as a seed of an idea. Since the first shovel struck earth on Sept. 27, 2007, Professor of Chemistry Maria Curtin has watched with pride the College's $34 million, 89,000 square-foot Science Center blossom.
January 22, 2009
Alumni Help Launch Nuclear Science Partnership at Beth Israel
In 2007, the Biology Department entered into an agreement with the School of Nuclear Medicine Technology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which guaranteed two positions for Stonehill alumni in its new Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) program.
January 6, 2009
Exploring The Mysteries of Entanglement
Professor Michael Horne's groundbreaking research on entangled states in nature at the quantum level is receiving fresh acclaim in a new book The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn.
january 6, 2009
Science Center Progress: Winter 08/09
View a photo essay that captures progress of the New Science Center during winter 2008-2009.
January 5, 2009
Stonehill Awarded Carnegie Foundation's Community Engagement Classification
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has acknowledged Stonehill's numerous community engagement efforts by approving the College for its Community Engagement Classification in two categories, Curricular Engagement as well as Outreach and Partnerships.
december 5, 2008
Davis Grant To Establish Office of Community-Based Learning
Community-based learning has been blossoming at Stonehill over the last several years as more and more faculty seek to connect students' learning in the classroom to real world experience. With a recently awarded grant, the College will enhance those efforts by establishing a formal community-based learning program.
october 21, 2008
Trustee Dr. Marsha Moses ’75 Elected to Prestigious Institute of Medicine
Stonehill College trustee Dr. Marsha Moses '75 was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine in recognition of her major contribution to the advancement of medical sciences.
September 26, 2008
Catching Up With Award-Winning Scientist Bob Peabody
Teacher, researcher and mentor Bob Peabody discusses his 30-year career as a Stonehill biology professor.
September 26, 2008
Science Center: Images of Progress
The new Science Center is on track for completion in May 2009, opening for classes in fall 2009.
September 17, 2008
Catching Up With Hegarty Award Winning Scientist Bob Peabody
Teacher, researcher and mentor Bob Peabody discusses his 30-year career as a Stonehill biology professor.
july 24, 2008
New Science Center Renderings
See six fresh renderings of the New Science Center.
july 15, 2008
Young Alum Gives Back
At Stonehill, one young alumnus is already giving back. Mike Walsh '05 works for a non-profit charity organization in his native California-but still makes a point of giving to Stonehill each year.
Summer, 2008
Science Center Summer Photo-Essay
The following photos show how the $34 million signature structure is shaping up.
april 28, 2008
College Aims for 'Signature Building'
When Stonehill College students arrive on campus in fall of 2009, a brand-new sprawling science center will be the first thing they see. “We want it to be our signature building,” college spokesman Martin McGovern said.
March 14, 2008
Stonehill Science Saturday
On a rainy Saturday morning in March, Miriam Baradgi, a sophomore at Brockton High School, is fitting the delicate stem of a leafy green bean plant into a slim tube of water in the biology laboratory at the College's Merkert-Tracy Science Center.
March 14, 2008
Stonehill Science Snapshot
View the latest Stonehill Snapshot.
March 14, 2008
Project Display Board
In a nut shell, just the facts about the new Science Center. (Please allow for download time.)
March 6, 2008
Science Center Web Cam
Updated construction image of the New Science Center every five minutes.
March 6, 2008
Up for the Science Center Challenge
Stonehill’s $34 million Science Center project received a major boost this month from the George I. Alden Trust in the form of a $200,000 challenge grant.
March 3, 2008
Science Center Plans, Hopes & Dreams
If you visit campus, you’ll notice that Stonehill is constructing a new Science Center. What you may not know, is that it will be equipped with all of the latest tools for 21st century hands-on scientific inquiry.
March 3, 2008
Gift Story
In this profile of Trustee Liz Hayden '76, we learn why she supports student scholarships at Stonehill.
March 3, 2008
Volunteer Story
In this profile of Stonehill College Fund Chairman, Ken Michel '68, we learn why he holds a volunteer leadership position at the College.
february 15, 2008
New Science Center Update
With December’s snow and cold, we had to repeatedly plow and heat the ground so that the concrete footings / foundations could cure properly. Despite this delay, our construction manager, Bond Brothers Inc. (BBI) assures us that we will stay on schedule.
february 7, 2008
Senior is Shining Example
Senior Hillary Weimont helped kick off the South Shore Attaining the Summit campaign on Tuesday, January 31 by sharing her academic adventures with alumni, benefactors, and friends at the Hingham home of Tom '77 and Liz Mulvey.
january 9, 2008
Aerial Photos Capture Science Center Progress
Since August 2007, our contractors have been working diligently preparing the site for the new Science Center, which is on-schedule for completion in 2009.
november 29, 2007
The Journey of a Gift
Giving to Stonehill is kind of like that movie, “Pay it Forward.” Someone helps you when you need it. Then one day, years later, you get the chance to help someone else.
november 2, 2007
Science Center to Conserve Electricity, Natural Gas & Water
One of the most discussed, debated, and researched topics in science today is the environment and the conservation of its natural resources. Stonehill has this issue on the forefront of its mind as the College constructs a new state-of-the-art Science Center.
october 25, 2007
Students Hail Stonehill Opportunities
Before almost 100 of the College’s benefactors at the October 25, 2007 Boston-area launch of the College’s Attaining the Summit: The Campaign for Stonehill College at the Charles River Country Club, the students explained why Stonehill is so special.
october 22, 2007
Updated Science Center Images
With work on the new Science Center under way, we have nine updated images of what the Science Center will look like when it is finished in 2009.
september 28, 2007
Attaining the Summit Campaign Launched
NStar Chairman Tom May ’69 electrified the audience in the Martin Institute for the public launch of Attaining the Summit: The Campaign for Stonehill College by announcing that the campaign is more than half way toward its ambitious goal.
september 28, 2007
Construction of Science Center Underway
On September 27, trustees, students, faculty and alumni dug the first shovelfuls of soil to signal the start of construction of Stonehill College’s new Science Center.
JULY 3, 2007
Student Philanthropist Works For Justice & Compassion
Stonehill student Sarah Rose Varadian '10 is an award-winning fundraiser and philanthropist.
JUNE 14, 2007
Stonehill Plans $34M Building
In September, the 2,300-student college plans to break ground on the construction of a $34 million science center, the largest building venture ever undertaken by the small 59-year-old Catholic liberal arts institution.
MARCH 29, 2007
Death In Iraq Spurs Student's Outreach
Stonehill student Patrick McPhillips had just begun collecting personal items to send to a former high school classmate serving in Iraq when word reached him that the friend, John F. Landry Jr., had been killed on St. Patrick's Day in Baghdad.
JULY 31, 2006
Making History: Stonehill's First Chair Endowed
Stonehill has received the first endowed chair in the College's 58-year history thanks to the generosity of Trustees Lawrence and Theresa Salameno. This marks yet another step forward in the College's academic development.
JANUARY 17, 2006
Michael Walsh: Giving Thanks, Giving Back
When I came to Stonehill in 2001, I was like most freshmen: anxious about leaving home for the first time. In fact, I might have been a little more nervous than most because I was coming from Oakland, California. Many people at Stonehill would ask me, "Why would you leave California to come to Massachusetts?" My answer was always very simple: "It is because of the money."