Photos from the 68th Annual Commencement

School of Management Professor Jay Bainbridge spent part of his semester break in Paris, but it’s not as glamorous as it sounds.

POUGHKEEPSIE – Sue Herera, the pioneering financial journalist and award-winning author and co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” will be the featured speaker at Marist College’s undergraduate Commencement on Saturday, May 24, and will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. As a founding member of world business news leader CNBC, who began her career at the Financial News Network, Herera was one of the first women to break into broadcast business journalism and ascend to the top of her profession.

Eric Kaufmann ’14 is gearing up for a new adventure.

Coached by Clare Knapp ‘03, the Marist Equestrian Team has grown exponentially in the last 10 years. In 2008, there were six members, and now there are 30-35 student-athletes competing for team and individual championships.

POUGHKEEPSIE – “I want you to go out there and live a life that’s filled with satisfaction, joy, and happiness,” Emmy Award-winning newsman Ernie Anastos told the 1,051 members of the Marist College Class of 2013 at Saturday’s Commencement, as thousands of family members and friends looked on.

POUGHKEEPSIE — The Committee on Catholic Studies and the Marcellin Board for Catholic Activities present the 2015 St. Marcellin Champagnat Lecture at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, in the Nelly Goletti Theater. The lecture, "Pope Francis and Church Reform," will be delivered by Fr. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., of the National Catholic Reporter. It is free and open to the public.

The 4th annual Hudson valley conference

POUGHKEEPSIE - The election of Pope Francis has sparked a leadership revolution in the Catholic Church and energized Catholics worldwide. In the annual Champagnat Lecture, presented by the St. Marcellin Endowment for Catholic Activities, veteran religion journalist John L. Allen, Jr. explores the "Francis Revolution" and provides a framework for identifying challenges faced by the Church, the Pope, and the Catholic people as the revolution continues.

POUGHKEEPSIE – Dr. Frank T. Bumpus, a long-time resident of Cold Spring, N.Y., has made a significant gift to Marist College to establish an endowed chair for promoting greater understanding of the rich history, culture, and identity of New York’s Hudson River Valley. Dr. James M. Johnson, an internationally recognized expert on the War for Independence in the Hudson River Valley, has been appointed the first holder of the Dr. Frank T. Bumpus Chair in Hudson River Valley History.

Amy Walter, National Editor of The Cook Political Report, was on campus December 13 at the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) to wrap up an eventful fall semester of scientific polling, expert guest speakers, and astute political analysis.

National Science Foundation Grant Will Support Second Cohort of Marist Tech Majors

Money Magazine recognizes Marist as a top college, one that provides high ROI

New York City – Katie Couric, Jane Pauley, and Kelly Ripa were just some of the high-wattage media personalities who turned out to help celebrate their friend Bryant Gumbel as President Dennis Murray presented the legendary newsman and sports broadcaster with the inaugural Lifetime Excellence in Sports Communication Award on behalf of the Marist College Center for Sports Communication at a special ceremony at the New York Athletic Club last Thursday, Oct. 15.

Lynn Bassanese ’75 has been appointed director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. The Roosevelt Library is the premier research center in the world for study and research of the Roosevelt era, containing more than 17 million pages of documents including the papers of President and Mrs. Roosevelt and many of their associates.

Marist Poll Partners with The Wall Street Journal and NBC for Battleground State Polling

Marist to host NEH Summer Institute

The growing internationalization of the Marist Fashion Program was on display last Saturday night as the College returned to New York Fashion Week for the third time in two years, hosting "Marist & Son Jung Wan," a reprise showing of Korean designer Son Jung Wan's Spring 2016 collection at one of NYFW's new venues, Skylight at Moynihan Station.

MIPO Director receives Harry W. O’Neill Outstanding Achievement Award.

Marist College on Sunday presented MaristXNanetteLepore at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, a reprise show of quintessentially American designer Nanette Lepore’s Spring 2015 collection that concluded with Lepore receiving Marist’s Silver Needle Icon Award.