<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1500,1000/ignore_cropper/1/19385_20140623MMC4467.rev.1533754869.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Governor’s Office Recognizes Merrimack’s Early College Program</h3><p>Merrimack College’s Early College Program was one of four colleges and universities in Massachusetts to receive state designation from the Baker-Polito Administration recognizing the institution’s work preparing disadvantaged high school students for college academics at no cost to their families, while earning credits toward graduation. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4417-governors-office-recognizes-merrimacks-early" role="button" title="Governor’s Office Recognizes Merrimack’s Early College Program" aria-label="Governor’s Office Recognizes Merrimack’s Early College Program">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1024,433/ignore_cropper/1/19240_Bloomberg_ELP_logog-black.rev.1531312650.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Recognized as Bloomberg Certified Experiential Learning Partner</h3><p><p> Merrimack College was recently designated a Bloomberg Certified Experiential Learning Partner (ELP) – a recognition that highlights the leadership role of the Girard School of Business in business education.</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4409-merrimack-recognized-as-bloomberg-certified" role="button" title="Merrimack Recognized as Bloomberg Certified Experiential Learning Partner" aria-label="Merrimack Recognized as Bloomberg Certified Experiential Learning Partner">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/ignore_cropper/1/19416_presidents-cup-golf-tournament-2018_kelli-readey-123-of-143_42225232030_o.rev.1534518817.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Over $66K Raised for The Warrior Fund at 37th President’s Cup Golf Tournament</h3><p>Clouds and drizzle didn’t dampen the success of the 37<sup>th</sup> President’s Cup Golf Tournament on Monday, August 13, where over 140 golfers hit the links at Vesper Country Club in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts to support our student-athletes. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4423-over-66k-raised-for-the-warrior-fund-at-37th" role="button" title="Over $66K Raised for The Warrior Fund at 37th President’s Cup Golf Tournament" aria-label="Over $66K Raised for The Warrior Fund at 37th President’s Cup Golf Tournament">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,731,387/ignore_cropper/1/19310_austin_scholars-web.rev.1532960631.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Austin Scholars Living-Learning Community Nearly Doubles in Size</h3><p>The <a href="/about/offices_services/residence_life/austin-scholars/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Scholars</a> living-learning community is nearly doubling in size from 67 last year to 121 freshmen for the coming year, including commuters for the first time. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4414-austin-scholars-living-learning-community-nearly" role="button" title="Austin Scholars Living-Learning Community Nearly Doubles in Size" aria-label="Austin Scholars Living-Learning Community Nearly Doubles in Size">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/ignore_cropper/1/19407_Leslie_Lima-EE_Intern.rev.1534163432.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Civil Engineering Student Spends Summer Exploring Electrical Engineering</h3><p>Leslie Lima, a 19-year-old soon-to-be sophomore at Merrimack, has found a unique way to spend her hot summer days. As an electrical engineering intern for SMMA — an architecture, engineering, and design firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts — the civil engineering major has been attending site visits with professional civil engineers and encountering real-world issues during lengthy department meetings. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4420-civil-engineering-student-spends-summer-exploring" role="button" title="Civil Engineering Student Spends Summer Exploring Electrical Engineering" aria-label="Civil Engineering Student Spends Summer Exploring Electrical Engineering">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1543,797/ignore_cropper/1/19354_Warren-MC-hat-car_2.rev.1533218640.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Professor Completes 500-Mile Pilgrimage in Spain On Foot</h3><p>In August 1968, 15-year-old Warren Kay and his friend completed a 250-mile run in four days, from Midland Park, New Jersey to Washington, D.C. Now a professor of religious and theological studies at Merrimack, Kay recently commemorated the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of that achievement by trekking more than 500 miles along the northern coast of Spain as part of a pilgrimage to the city of Santiago de Compostela. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4415-professor-completes-500-mile-pilgrimage-in-spain" role="button" title="Professor Completes 500-Mile Pilgrimage in Spain On Foot" aria-label="Professor Completes 500-Mile Pilgrimage in Spain On Foot">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url(' '); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Three Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professor in Fall 2018</h3><p>Congratulations to Kevin Finn, Ed.D. (School of Health Sciences), Christina Hardway, Ph.D. (School of Liberal Arts), and Janine M. LeBlanc-Straceski, Ph.D. (School of Science and Engineering) – all of whom are being promoted from associate professor to full professor this Fall 2018. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4416-three-faculty-members-promoted-to-full-professor" role="button" title="Three Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professor in Fall 2018" aria-label="Three Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professor in Fall 2018">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,848,848/ignore_cropper/1/19307_Brittany_Dempsey.rev.1532452118.JPG'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Grad Works Front Line of Major TV News Outlet</h3><p>Brittany Dempsey ’17 always thought working in broadcast television was an unobtainable goal. After transferring to Merrimack midway through her freshmen year and becoming immersed in the Communication and Media Department, she saw her future in journalism taking shape. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4411-merrimack-grad-works-front-line-of-major-tv-news" role="button" title="Merrimack Grad Works Front Line of Major TV News Outlet" aria-label="Merrimack Grad Works Front Line of Major TV News Outlet">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/ignore_cropper/1/19309_Bomb_Sniffers_02_180724.rev.1532540948.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Campus Opens Doors for Area Police Training</h3><p>Merrimack College hosted police from Boston, North Andover, New Hampshire and even Connecticut for two days this July while they conducted trainings for their dogs that sniff out explosives and narcotics. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4413-campus-opens-doors-for-area-police-training" role="button" title="Campus Opens Doors for Area Police Training" aria-label="Campus Opens Doors for Area Police Training">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/ignore_cropper/1/19408_Foley_Crossing_01_180731.rev.1534341722.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>New Foley Family Crossing Connects Field to Parking</h3><p>Merrimack President Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D. and Athletic Director Jeremy Gibson joined Vincent ’68 and Jeanne Foley Jr. in dedicating the new Foley Family Crossing that connects foot traffic through the woods between Martone-Mejail Field and parking lot K on campus. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4421-new-foley-family-crossing-connects-field-to" role="button" title="New Foley Family Crossing Connects Field to Parking" aria-label="New Foley Family Crossing Connects Field to Parking">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1200/ignore_cropper/1/19231_reslife.rev.1530205646.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Working and Wellness Focus of Two New Living Learning Communities</h3><p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Starting this fall, Merrimack will kick off two new Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) that will enable students who share academic interests to attend classes, workshops, and social events together.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4407-working-and-wellness-focus-of-two-new-living" role="button" title="Working and Wellness Focus of Two New Living Learning Communities" aria-label="Working and Wellness Focus of Two New Living Learning Communities">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,200,200/ignore_cropper/1/16177_14013-mc-centered-cmyk-jpg.rev.1492891152.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To</h3><p>Merrimack professors across all disciplines have been winning awards, publishing papers, participating in academic panels and workshops, and featured in the media. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="https://www.merrimack.edu/about/offices_services/communications/notable-quotable/" role="button" title="See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To" aria-label="See What Our Talented Faculty Have Been Up To">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>