October 5, 2020 Conboy Ignites Nationwide Challenge for Campus Voter Participation Dr. Katie Conboy challenges all women’s colleges to seek 100% voter participation on the 100th anniversary of 19th amendment October 2, 2020 Count Your Blessings Dear Saint Mary’s Friends, There’s a serious moment in the 1991 comedy Hear My Song when Ned Beatty — who plays the real-life Irish tenor Josef Locke — sings one of Locke’s classic songs, “Count Your Blessings.” It is a favorite movie moment for me, and I began playing Locke’s recording of the tune right after the prayer at our family’s Thanksgiving meal each year. It became a tradition. I know we haven’t even reached Halloween yet, much less Thanksgiving, but I find myself humming “Count Your Blessings” quite a lot these days. September 24, 2020 Spring Semester 2021 Plans Saint Mary's celebrates our seventh week on campus and announces plans for the spring semester. September 23, 2020 A Year of Laudato Si' at Saint Mary’s On the anniversary of his encyclical, Pope Francis declared May of 2020–May 2021 “A Year of Laudato Si'.” Five years after his encyclical made a major contribution to the Church’s social tradition, this document is as relevant as ever. September 14, 2020 SMC Care Saint Mary’s College has announced a new around-the-clock telehealth service for students. The service, SMC Care, provides free access to medical and mental telehealth care for all undergraduate students whether they live on or off campus, as well graduate assistants who live on campus. September 14, 2020 An Evening With Tara Westover A jaw-dropping 35,000 people from around the world registered to take part in An Evening With Tara Westover, a virtual event that was part of the Christian Culture Lecture series at Saint Mary’s College. September 14, 2020 Education as Curiosity Tens of thousands of people gather virtually to watch our Christian Culture Lecture series featuring author Tara Westover. September 4, 2020 Still Working for Equality Today, we honor the American labor movement and celebrate the social and economic contributions of workers. We also remember the incredible influx of women into the workforce beginning in 1942 as men were shipped to boot camp, military bases, and overseas combat. August 27, 2020 SMC Partners with Notre Dame's IDEA Center Saint Mary’s College has entered into a new collaboration with the IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame, a move that is part of a wide-ranging acceleration of programming to support innovation and entrepreneurship at Saint Mary’s.