Our Stories

The College recently completed an extensive process of reconceiving and reconstructing the Noreen Reale Falcone Library in ways that align with the College’s strategic plan, Sempre Avanti, whose chief pillars include student and faculty support and community engagement.

Across the U.S., approximately 20 million college students have returned to their respective campuses. They are greeted by professors who are eager not only to teach, but also to engage, inspire and empower them. Le Moyne faculty members Jeff Chin, Brenda Kirby, Monica Sylvia and Dennis O’Connor are supporting their colleagues across the nation in performing this critical work. They are sharing what they have learned over the course of their careers in higher education, which collectively...

Patrick Riley FNP '19 shares his experiences as a graduate nursing student in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program.

This summer a group of tech-minded Gen-Zers, seventh- and eighth-graders from the Syracuse City School District, arrived on campus to take part in a weeklong Quantitative Thinking Village. They played the role of engineer and video game programmer, met with digital entrepreneurs, and took part in a "shark tank" to present their ideas. In general they nurtured their understanding of a discipline that is critical in the 21st century - math.

Grace Babcock ’18 is a member of the Millennial Generation, born and bred in the digital age. She is also an English major concentrating in literature who has studied the works of 19th century poets including Longfellow, Thoreau and Dickinson. Those worlds collided when Babcock took on a project addressing this question: Can computers write poetry?

The annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference is a wordsmith’s paradise. The largest event of its kind in North America, the AWP features more than 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures centered on writing, editing and publishing. The most recent conference, which was held in Tampa, Fla., drew more than 12,000 attendees, including several of Le Moyne’s creative writing students.

When Terri (Rangel) Mitchell '85 learned how sharply the percentage of computer science jobs held by women had dropped, she knew that she had to do something about it. The Le Moyne alumna thought, collaborated, and created. Empowering Women to Innovate and Thrive (eWIT) – a networking event for college students studying science, technology, engineering and math in Mitchell’s adopted home state of North Carolina – was born.