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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!
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clubs and organizations
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national ranking for campus dining
94.0094%
of first-year students live on campus
Anselmian Events
Nonprofit governance matters, and given the rapid pace of change (i.e. political divides, social turmoil, radical uncertainty), board leadership is more important than ever. These times require that boards lean into leadership and adaptive thinking to support their crucial missions.
In this interactive session, we'll explore the role of governance in ensuring organizational resilience and provide actionable strategies for your board to put into practice. From concept to practical boardroom application, presenter Cathy Trower will address the ways of thinking and skillsets board members need including:
- Understanding and staying focused on the big picture and adaptive challenges
- Acting as a compass amidst changing conditions
- Making meaning of and learning from circumstances
- Asking better questions
- Adapting board work appropriately in partnership with the executive and staff team.
About the speaker:
CATHY A. TROWER , Ph.D. - For 32 years, Dr. Trower has provided consulting and coaching services to over 300 nonprofits including dozens of colleges and universities, independent schools, hospitals and healthcare systems, foundations, federated organizations, associations, and international NGOs. Her consulting focuses on improving board performance including best practices to enhance board culture and deliberations; foster an effective partnership with the CEO and senior leaders; improve strategic thinking and decision-making; and ensure effective committee structure, board composition, and accountability.
Event details for Compass Not Map: How Adaptive Thinking Can Transform Your Board
Join us for this 2 day in-person event that brings together experts, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates to explore critical issues impacting community well-being and equity. The conference features insightful sessions on pressing topics such as loneliness, infectious diseases, drinking water inequities, cannabis, cultural humility, and the role of community health workers, homelessness, H1N1 influenza, and supporting individuals with disabilities.
Target Audience- This conference is ideal for nurses and other healthcare professionals who practice in a variety of public health settings.
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:
- Gain insights into multifaceted public health challenges and innovative solutions across diverse populations and settings.
- Acquire evidence-based strategies, best practices, and policy recommendations to address key public health issues and promote health equity.
- Enhance skills in cultural humility, community engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and crisis response for effective public health practice.
- Foster networking opportunities, collaborations, and partnerships to strengthen public health initiatives, resilience, and community well-being.
Up to 11.75 Nursing Contact Hours
Washington DC area alums, we'd love to see you! Join us on May 15th for an alumni reception with special guests Dr. Joseph A. Favazza and Dean Diane Uzarski!
Class of 2024, enjoy the last hoorah before Commencement! Enjoy a champagne brunch in Davison Hall with your classmates as you're inducted into the Saint Anselm College Alumni Association.
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 17, 2024, that recognizes the academic achievement of individual members of the undergraduate graduating class of 2024.
Immediately following the Honors Convocation, Abbot Mark 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
The entire college community, friends, and family are invited to attend the 131st Commencement on Saturday, May 18, 2024. This event will take place outside on the College Quadrangle.
For additional information, please visit https://www.anselm.edu/about/information/parents-families/commencement
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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.