Our Stories

Singing, composing music, playing an instrument – Le Moyne students do it all! Their artistry was front and center at the College’s talent show. Fun, moving and endlessly entertaining, these Phins connected with the audience and each other, and showed that they have some serious skills!

At 101-year-old, Ruth Johnson Colvin still looks to the future, not the past. The founder of Literacy Volunteers of America (now Proliteracy) has traveled to 62 countries around the world, helping others learn to read and write. She shared her love of words – as well as her optimism and joy – with the class of 2018 as the College's commencement speaker.

Matthew Civilette is a Renaissance man, as passionate about music and track as he is about the study of biology. Thoughtful and insightful, Civilette approaches everything he does with an eye toward the moral and ethical. That will serve him well as he takes the next step on his path toward becoming a doctor by enrolling in the Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Hilary McManus traveled to one of the coldest, windiest and iciest places on Earth – Antarctica – to study humankind’s impact on the environment firsthand. She witnessed whales, penguins and seals in their natural environment, as well as the impact of climate change, such as icebergs that had broken off of their shelves. An associate professor of biological sciences, McManus was one of only 78 female scientists from around the globe selected to participate in a groundbreaking leadership and scie...

How do you look back at your childhood? What do you miss most? Which memories are the most precious? As a widely respected expert in nostalgia, Krystine Batcho, Ph.D., has raised each of these questions. Batcho’s work has been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post, as well as in Oprah magazine, but nothing gives her greater joy than working with her students at Le Moyne. And they certainly look back on her classes fondly.

Take one last look back at Commencement 2018

Zihao Xu '18 is not a photographer. He is a storyteller with a camera and a remarkable eye -- and distinct ability to capture a decisive moment. A native of Chengdu, China, Zihao recently shared images from his hometown in a show at the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts