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LIFE ON THE HILLTOP
What’s it like to live at Saint Anselm? Here you can lead, sing, play, volunteer—do whatever it is that you love to do. There’s great food, nature to explore, the city of Manchester, unique people to get to know, and more than 80 clubs and organizations to join!
80.0080+
clubs and organizations
84.0084%
of students are involved in at least one club, organization, or committee
91.0091%
of undergraduate students live on campus
There is something here for everyone… You will meet many amazing people, including peers with similar interests and faculty members who will become your biggest cheerleaders and supporters.
Anselmian Events
Join us to celebrate our fellow Anselmians with good food, fun, and friends! Enjoy appetizers, desserts, and beverages, and stick around for the award presentations!
A group of 34 Saint Anselm College students collect donations from faculty and staff, alumni, students, and local community members. All items are sorted in the Carr Center, where students pack and deliver what local families need right to their homes. Every donation helps!
Join us as we celebrate the Eucharist weekly at 7PM in the Abbey Church.
This conference provides an essential opportunity for healthcare professionals to explore the complexities and rewards of hospice and palliative care. Featuring a multidisciplinary line-up of speakers, these sessions are designed to enhance skills in navigating difficult conversations, addressing conflict, and fostering meaningful connections with patients and families.
Highlights Include:
- Dealing with Difficult People: Strategies for managing challenging interactions with compassion and professionalism.
- Mitigating Conflict: Tools for identifying and resolving conflicts effectively in hospice and palliative care settings.
- Cognitive Rehearsal: Practice Session on Saying the Hard Things: Hands-on training to build confidence and skill in addressing sensitive topics.
- Hospice Options Across the Lifespan: A comprehensive look at hospice care tailored to different stages of life.
- Cultural Differences in Hospice and Palliative Care: Exploring how cultural backgrounds influence end-of-life care preferences and practices.
- Finding Peace at End of Life: Techniques and approaches for fostering peace and comfort for patients and their families.
Target Audience:
- Hospice and palliative care nurses
- APRNs in hospice and palliative care
- Social workers and counselors in hospice and palliative care settings
- Chaplains and spiritual care providers
- Long-term care and home care providers involved in hospice care
- Administrators and leaders in hospice organizations
- Any healthcare professionals who provide care or support to patients and families facing end-of-life challenges
Learning Outcome:
- By the end of the program, participants will enhance their knowledge about managing complex care situations, and describe ways to support diverse cultural and ethical needs, and conduct sensitive conversations in-home care, hospice and palliative care settings
6.5 Nursing Contact Hours
Fee: $159 (includes breakfast & lunch)
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The Senior Send Off Brunch is a beloved Hilltop tradition, serving as a last hoorah for our graduating students before commencement. Taking place on the Friday before commencement, graduating students gather in Davison Hall for brunch with friends, faculty, and staff. During the brunch, the Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations and the President of the Alumni Council will induct the graduating class into the Saint Anselm College Alumni Association before their class banner is lowered from the Davison Hall ceiling.
The Senior Send Off Brunch is only for graduating students, faculty, and staff.
Event details for Senior Send Off Brunch and Induction into the Alumni Association
The college community, friends, and family are invited to attend the Senior Honors Convocation on Friday, May 16, 2025, that recognizes the academic achievement of individual members of the undergraduate graduating class of 2025.
Immediately following the Honors Convocation, Abbot Issac and the Benedictine monks will concelebrate the Baccalaureate Mass to thank God for his many blessings during your student’s time at Saint Anselm College.
For more information, please visit https://www.anselm.edu/about/information/parents-families/commencement
Event details for Baccalaureate and Senior Honors Convocation 2025
Make yourself at home
More than 90% of the student body resides on the Hilltop, which makes sense because campus is where all the best stuff happens.
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Some of our favorite traditions
With over 130 years of history, time-honored traditions are a part of everyday life on the Hilltop.
• Your class banner will hang in Davison until commencement week
• Enter the annual Gingerbread House Competition
• Help raise over $100,000 annually by participating in Relay for Life
• Spread holiday cheer by dining with friends during the Christmas Feast
• Honor the bard with a day of sonnet reading on Shakespeare’s Birthday
Out and About in the Queen City
Less than 3 miles away, downtown Manchester offers students all kinds of fun from concerts and baseball games to taco tours and coffee shops.
Facing Mental Health
Moving out of a pandemic and into a post-pandemic world, where uncertainty is often the only constant, a group of dedicated students and their advisor help peers recognize, navigate, and discuss the many layers of mental health.
