School of Liberal Arts News & Events
News
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Merrimack Jail Education Project Receives Certificate of General Studies
The Jail Education Project (JEP) at Merrimack College has recently established a Certificate in General Studies. The certification means it is now a credential-bearing program.
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Merrimack Welcomes Fourteen New Faculty Members
Merrimack is pleased to welcome 14 new faculty members to the College, across a wide range of disciplines and specialties in line with Merrimack’s mission, growth and continued pursuit of knowledge.
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Merrimack Alumnus, Artist Brings Together Sport and Activism
Eamon White ’13 is an artist, activist and educator whose work has been featured nationally. His portraits have gone viral online and, as a former football player and present-day coach, he is well known for hand-painting cleats and sneakers for players in the NFL.
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Graphic Design Student Self-Publishes Book
Senior Harrison Markowsky ’21, a graphic design major in Merrimack College’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts wrote, illustrated and published a children’s book about squirrels.
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Assistant Professor Appointed to Design Museum Foundation Council
VPA Professor Dan Vlahos shares his design expertise as a Design Museum Council member for the next three years.
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Notable & Quotable
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George Heffernan, department chair and professor of philosophy, collaborated with his colleague Marco Cavallaro of the University of Koblenz-Landau in Germany to collect the 14 papers from internationally renowned scholars, co-wrote the Preface, single-authored two major papers and translated several papers from German. The Existential Husserl: A Collection of Critical Essays is now in press and published by Springer.
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Mish Zimdars, associate professor of communication and media, has recently published a chapter in The Social Media Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media that focuses on how political disinformation masquerades as local news online and across social media.
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Director of Campus Music Activities Hugh Hinton is the winner of the 2021 Choir Master Prize in choral conducting. This award is given each year to the person who earns the top score in the National Choir Master certification examination.
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Professor Dan Herda published an article in The Dubois Review, titled “Racist Torture and the Code of Silence.”
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Ellen Longsworth, art history professor at Merrimack, has been elected president of the Society for Renaissance Art History.
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Merrimack Assistant Professor Dan Vlahos, a founding member of Design Museum Everywhere, has recently been selected to serve a three-year term on the Design Museum Council for the Design Museum Foundation.
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Professor Dan Herda published a research paper titled “Experienced, Anticipated, and Vicarious Discrimination” in the journal Social Currents.
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VPA Instructor Cristi Catt’s music group Telltale Crossing has released its debut album Door Ajar on all major music streaming platforms.
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Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emma Duffy-Comparone’s debut book “Love Like That” was named to Vogue magazine’s Best Books to Read in 2021 list. The book came out in March and includes nine short stories that all focus on women and relationships. Vanity Fair also included it on its Best Books to Buy for Valentine’s Day list in February.
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Sociology professor Michael DeCesare has published “Accrediting Commissions’ Standards on Faculty Governance” in the winter 2021 issue of Academe magazine.
Events
May 20, 2022
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Commencement Weekend 2022
Merrimack College’s 2022 Commencement Weekend is presently scheduled to take place the weekend of Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22.
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Graduate Students - Commencement
Please note: This is for graduate students - undergraduate Commencement is on Sunday, May 22.
Merrimack’s graduate student ceremony is at 4 pm. at Duane Stadium. Following at 6 p.m. is a Graduate Commencement Reception in the O’Brien Plaza. -
Graduate Student Reception - After Commencement
Please note: This is for graduate students.
May 21, 2022
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Commencement Weekend 2022
Merrimack College’s 2022 Commencement Weekend is presently scheduled to take place the weekend of Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22.
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Baccalaureate Mass
Join us for Baccalaureate Mass in Duane Stadium.