Profiles
We are always pleased to hear about the diverse experiences and accomplishments of our alumni and to share these stories with you.
True Santamarian
By Renée Hartleib |
She is Mary-Evelyn by birth, but simply “MEV” to the many who know and love her. This issue’s True Santamarian—Mary-Evelyn Ternan—has deep roots at Saint Mary’s. Her father, brother, sister, and a nephew are all SMU grads and Mary-Evelyn herself was one of the first 50 female students when Saint Mary’s went co-ed in the late 1960s (see article).
After…
An Inspiring Stay in Rome
By Matthew Halliday |
Dean of Arts Dr. Margaret MacDonald BA’83 has spent her professional life immersed in the scholarship of early Christianity and the world of ancient Rome. So it was quite literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in spring 2018, when she was offered a three-month position as the McCarthy Chair in Biblical Studies at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute (PBI), one of the world’s foremost centres…
New Arena for Saint Mary’s
By Allison Gerrard |
In mid-June, more than 150 Saint Mary’s supporters crowded into the Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness to celebrate the unveiling of a new on-campus arena. Students, staff, faculty, coaches, alumni, politicians, and donors saw architectural renderings of the structure and heard, for the first time, what the arena will be called. The facility, which will house an NHL-sized ice surface, will be…