Michelle (Delprete) Canalichio ’05
RN, MSN, Cardiac Nurse
Brigham and Women's Hospital
WHEN WE ARRIVED AT SAINT ANSELM, THE SUN CAME OUT
On the day Michelle Canalichio ’05, RN, MSN, first toured Saint Anselm College, “it was literally raining at every other college we saw, but when we arrived at Saint Anselm, the sun came out. Alumni Hall was glistening, everyone we met smiled at us, and I knew the College had everything I wanted.”
Her instincts didn’t let her down. “The best thing about Saint Anselm is that I experienced so many different kinds of nursing,” she says. “For instance, traveling to work in a clinic and an orphanage in Honduras opened my eyes to different nursing opportunities and cultures.”
Canalichio has met and trained many other nurses in her 20-year career, and she continues to be impressed by graduates from Saint Anselm.
She’s not the only one in her family to think so: Canalachio’s sister and sister-in-law are both graduates of Saint Anselm College’s nursing program.
Canalichio is excited about the new School of Nursing and Health Sciences, and sees this as the College’s bid to continue setting the highest standards for training tomorrow’s healthcare providers, saying, “Our program has always had a great core, but the new facility will provide better opportunities for learning, with the space and technology we need to continue offering the most innovative education possible.”