News Archive
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“My experience competing on the women’s basketball team, and being a part of the greater Merrimack community that is dedicated to service, has contributed to where I am today.” -
Three to five grants will be awarded to encourage the development of interfaith courses for graduate and undergraduate curricula, as well as for professional development programs. The deadline has been extended and submissions are now due by February 29, 2016. -
A swell of interest in the Catholic faith among the Merrimack College students and prospective students has led the college to introduce a Catholic Studies minor. -
Our annual remembrance of the Nazi Holocaust brought students to Temple Emanuel of Andover to hear Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, the Muslim director of the Holocaust Center at Manhattan College. -
Wiesenthal Center’s “The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945” Poster Exhibit at McQuade -
Joseph Kelley, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations at Merrimack recently met Pope Francis during a trip to the Vatican. -
Merrimack College spring graduate Joseph LaTorre has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship to work in Nepal. -
If you missed Diana Eck on April 15th, you can now watch her on YouTube! -
Sunday, April 5, is Easter, but Saturday also marks the start of Passover for the Jewish faith. On Tuesday, Rabbi Robert Goldstein held the 18th annual model Seder for Merrimack College students to show them the roots of the Last Supper. -
Panelists for a symposium on Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press that met March 25 as part of Merrimack College’s Social Justice Week agreed terrorism against the media can’t be justified socially or religiously, even when newspaper stories or cartoons are offensive. -
A 30-member-strong pilgrimage from the Merrimack community is in Italy, following in the footsteps of St. Augustine and learning about his life and work. -
and expresssions of sorrow and sympathy. -
against Islamophobia and all forms of hate. -
Volunteers from Merrimack and interfaith communities throughout the Merrimack Valley packaged over 12,000 meals for donation to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank Feb. 4. -
Merrimack College Professor Joseph Kelley, director of the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, talks about the attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that left 11 people dead, allegedly in response to its satirical treatment of the Prophet Muhammed. -
Kiara Huntress (2015) is serving as Editorial Assistant for HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. She replaced Jonathan Stringi who graduated May 2014.
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Yousef Waleed Meri accepted this year’s $25,000 Goldziher Prize during a festive ceremony at the Rogers Center for the Arts. -
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif told the story of their unlikely friendship as the Jewish and Muslim chaplains at NYU. Joined by Iqra Iftikhar ’14 and Yaniv Havusha, Resident Director, it was an afternoon of storytelling to create bridges of understanding. Now on YouTube! -
The O’Brien Center for Student Success was featured in the latest edition of the Merrimack College newspaper, The Beacon. The article highlights the services that we offer to students and stresses the importance of using our Center early and often. Read the feature article about the O’Brien Center for Student Success >>
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Shareda Hosein, of Quincy, laid a carpet on the floor of the new Common Prayer Room on the second floor of the Sakowich Campus Center to perform the zuhr prayer, which is one of the five daily prayers for Muslims Wednesday. -
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna grew up in an orthodox Jewish home in Montreal. He went to a seminary, then moved to Israel and lived in a yeshiva worshipping from 6:30 a.m. to midnight. -
Results from NACE’s 2014 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey indicate that when it comes to on-campus resources, college recruiters rely most heavily on the campus career centers.
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The September 2014 Salary Survey report published by National Association for Colleges and Employers states “overall average starting salary for Class of 2014 college graduates stands at $48,707, up 7.5 percent from the average of $45,327 posted by the Class of 2013 at this time last year.”
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Join us in interfaith prayer, dialogue, service and learning. -
The e-board of our InterFaith Alliance attended IFYC 2014 leadership training at NYU. -
The John Warren Award for Excellence in Philosophy was awarded to Roger McCormack May 7, 2014. With Roger is Professor Arthur Ledoux, Chairman of the Philosophy Department. -
Ashley Tomich and River Kynoch, students at Merrimack College, are pursuing their dreams through an elite synchronized skating team. The Haydenettes are the number one synchronized skating team in the United States, based in Marlboro, Massachusetts. Tomich and Kynoch work hard to balance their commitment to earning a bachelors degree with their passion for competitive synchronized skating. -
Did you miss Rabbi Burt Visotzky’s lecture on Jewish-Muslim relations on March 5th? Now you can watch on YouTube. -
Officers march
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Prof. Dr. Josef “Yousef” Waleed Meri, Allianz Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany is the 2014 winner of the Goldziher Prize for Jewish-Muslim Relations.
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“Although I did not take the path I had originally planned, Merrimack College prepared me with the skills to be a critical thinker, and gave me the ability to thrive in virtually any environment.” -
Merrimack’s online radio station, WMCK, is starting its second season with expanded programming — including heavier involvement by faculty and staff on the microphone. -
“The faculty at Merrimack really helped me to bolster my professional network. They created networking opportunities for me and encouraged me to be confident when approaching different people in the field.” -
During a presidential election season in which Islam has been a polarizing issue, Merrimack College’s Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations is co-sponsoring a visit to the Merrimack Valley by one of the country’s leading figures in interfaith relations Sept. 19.
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Dinosaurs, westerns, and spooky movies to be featured on the big screen at Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass. -
Merrimack College’s new online Master of Education (M. Ed.) degree has exceeded expectations by providing working professionals with a groundbreaking program that is aligned with employers’ needs and Massachusetts teaching standards. This innovative teacher preparation program offers a next-generation online learning experience designed to help teachers master skills that are most valued by school employers. The program launched with its first cohort of students in January 2016. -
Nearly 400 school children received back-to-school supplies thanks to Merrimack College’s Hands to Help/Manos Para Ayuda neighborhood resource center working with St. Mary of the Assumption Church’s St. Vincent de Paul Society in Lawrence, Mass. Aug. 4.
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Dr. Herda presented two papers at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in August. -
Merrimack College professor Dan Butin, the founding dean of the School of Education & Social Policy, believes the decisions parents make when choosing to which elementary and secondary schools they will send their children leads into the question of fairness for all students across the socio-economic spectrum. -
Popular music series returns to the Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College