VENICE, ITALY – For four weeks earlier this summer, eighteen student artists immersed themselves in one of the world capitals of art and culture during a major global exhibition and created works that were shown to an international audience in a centuries-old church.

Raymond A. Lamontagne, a philanthropist and retired financier, will continue his work as the first Paul Newman Senior Fellow in Philanthropy at Marist College, thanks to continued support from the Newman’s Own Foundation and Marist.

Ray Rich was CEO and chair of a number of companies including U.S. Filter Corp.

As seen in a recent full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times, Marist College is one of the nation's best institutions in offering its undergraduates both outstanding academics and top experiential learning opportunities according to The Princeton Review.

Perhaps it was fitting that one of the most successful programs in the annals of the Marist Athletics Department achieved a championship that will be forever associated with a milestone.

In 1905, Payne purchased the estate of John Jacob Astor in Esopus, N.Y., and supervised the construction of a mansion designed by the firm Carrère and Hastings.

Marist has received a $400,000 two-year grant from the National Science Foundation to build an academic and industry community that will revitalize undergraduate education in enterprise computing.

A $75 million bequest to Marist College from one of the 20th century’s leading businessmen and industrialists will establish an institute to educate and train individuals in the art of leadership in business, government, and the nonprofit sector.