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News Stories

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Alumni News | Fall/Winter 2025
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From the President
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Saint Anselm in the News
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Events

Your journey as an Anselmian does not end with graduation. The relationships you built during the time on the Hilltop continue to be a source of support and connection. They are there when you celebrate milestones, navigate your career, and grow in faith.
This Days of Giving, honor all of the Anselmians who have made up your community and make a gift to ensure that our current and future students are able to experience that same connection.
Anselmian Then. Anselmian Now. Anselmian Always.

Overview of Simulation is Module 1 of 4 towards the Healthcare Simulation Educator Certificate
This is a 4 week course that runs from March 12 - April 8, with a synchronous online day on March 12 from 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Our innovative online certificate program is designed to explore the various components necessary to develop and run simulation scenarios within an academic or clinical setting.
Target Audience:
- Any nurse practicing in an education role who is interested in developing or working in a simulation program. This would be applicable to nurse educators in academia or healthcare facilities, preceptors, mentors, or staff nurses who are interested in learning more about this teaching pedagogy.
- Each module will earn 15 Nursing Contact Hours. Each module can be taken individually. In order to receive the certificate (60 contact hours), all 4 modules must be completed.
- Each module begins with one virtual live webinar from 08:30am- 4:00pm. The remainder of the program is completed online asynchronously.
Full brochure available
2025 Dates:
MARCH 12-April 8, 2025
Module1: Overview of Simulation
March 12, 8:30 am-4:00 pm as virtual live webinar; remainder of program online. Topics include: history, types of simulation, purpose, learning theory, learning styles, simulation lab resources
APRIL 16-MAY 14, 2025
Module 2: Art of Debriefing
April 16, 8:30 am-4:00 pm as virtual live webinar; remainder of program online. Topics include: purpose and importance of debriefing, role of facilitator, rules of debriefing, types of debriefing
OCTOBER 1-OCTOBER 28, 2025
Module 3: Designing and Implementing Simulation Scenarios
October 1, 8:30 am-4:00 pm as virtual live webinar; remainder of program online. Topics include: nursing education simulation framework, incorporating roles of facilitator and participant, educational practices, simulation outcomes and design characteristics
NOVEMBER 5-DECEMBER 2, 2025
Module 4: Trends in Healthcare and Use of Simulation to Impact Patient Outcomes
November 5, 8:30 am-4:00 pm as virtual live webinar; remainder of program online. Topics include: evaluation instruments, current research and trends in outcomes, trends in simulation, utilization of resources
👉 Register Here 👈

Graduating students are invited to the Saint Anselm Bookstore, March 11 & 12 from 10 until 3.
Balfour will be available for students to order their graduation regalia, and Josten's will be on hand for class rings and diploma frames.

Join the New Hampshire Institute of Politics for a conversation with Heather Cox Richardson, author of "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America." In this discussion, moderated by Peter B. Josephson, professor of politics at Saint Anselm College, Richardson will delve into the themes of her recent best-selling book.
SOLD OUT
About the speaker: Heather Cox Richardson is professor of history at Boston College. She has written about the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the American West in award-winning books whose subjects stretch from the European settlement of the North American continent to the history of the Republican Party through the Trump administration.
"Democracy Awakening" has garnered widespread acclaim, with Jane Mayer calling it "a vibrant, and essential history of America's unending, enraging, and utterly compelling struggle since its founding to live up to its own best ideals." Richardson’s work has appeared in major outlets, including the Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Her nightly newsletter, Letters from an American, reaches over four million readers.
About the moderator: Peter B. Josephson is a professor of politics at Saint Anselm College, specializing in political theory and philosophy. He has published articles and book chapters on politics and popular culture, the political philosophy of Henry Kissinger, the roots of modern political economy, religion and liberal politics, and the political practices of classical liberalism. His books include works on John Locke and, with co-author R. Ward Holder, on the presidency of Barack Obama and the political theology of Reinhold Niebuhr.
Books may be purchased in advance at your local bookseller or online.
Free and open to the public. Seating is limited, and registration is required. You will receive an email confirming your attendance.
Note: This event is now sold out. However, a livestream will be available on our website on the day of the event.
Event details for Democracy Awakening with Heather Cox Richardson

Join us for our weekly Wednesday Night Worship!
7:05 PM - Vespers - Abbey Church
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM - Adoration with Music - Abbey Church
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM - Confession - Lower Church
9:00 PM - Campus Mass - Lower Church

Orthodox Paraklesis Service sponsored by our Orthodox Christian Fellowship group.
First Meeting: Thursday, January 30 at 7:00 p.m.
Then meet weekly on Thursday from February 6 to May 1
Time: 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Byzantine Chapel: Lower Church
Event details for Orthodox Christian Fellowship: Paraklesis Service