Ten Anselmians were honored at the 2024 Alumni Awards brunch held last fall.

College welcomes new members of the Board of Trustees, Fr. Celestine Hettrick, O.S.B., ordained to the priesthood, Tufts-Saint Anselm College MPH Pathway Program announced, Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life Relaunched, Field Hockey wins College's First National Championship, Field Hockey Coaching Staff named 2024 NFHCA East Region Coaching Staff of the Year, Sam Ftorek '98 New Head Coach of Women's Ice Hockey Program, Men's Lacrosse Program Welcomes new Head Coach Drew Bourdeau '18.

We can’t think of a better way to conclude an issue dedicated to the women of the Hilltop than with a nod to the mural created by Jyl Dittbenner ’97 in collaboration with Saint Anselm community, staff, and students, which was dedicated last fall, and is displayed in the Jean Student Center. 

Titled “Commencement,” it represents beginnings, and the many great stories of women at Saint Anselm that are to come.
“This mural represents us,” says Dittbenner. “The women who came here for select programs. The women who work here and pray here. Women who taught here and ultimately learned here. It also represents the men and women who saw a necessity in the value of all of us together in co-education.”

Here's what happened on the Saint Anselm College this past fall and winter.

From the moment you picked up this issue of Portraits, you surely knew it was special.

The Boyle family’s female legacy on the Hilltop stretches back four decades.

For almost a quarter century, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) has provided a critical space for discussion and debate—and it couldn’t have happened without the vision, dedication, and commitment of several Anselmian women.

The impressive contributions of these faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends have helped define Saint Anselm College.

With more than 4,000 graduates spanning seven decades, the nursing program at Saint Anselm College is synonymous with compassion, expertise, and excellence.

The female friendships formed on the Hilltop are one of the best stories we can point to during the last 50 years—and the friends of Helen Gallo Bryan ’81 are some of the closest around.