There’s an upbeat mood on campus as we settle back in to in-person classes and events. Everyone is happy to be getting caught up with classmates and colleagues and it’s a great time to be on campus as St. Mike’s is especially beautiful in the fall. Here’s a sampling of some of the moments we celebrated August and September.
Speaking of our beautiful campus, our facilities team and independent contractors were hard at work all summer. Completed work includes more dorm renovations and fabulous new interlock paving on Elmsley Lane.
History was made on September 1st when faculty and staff members from the Regis St. Michael’s Faculty of Theology gathered as a group for the first time for an all-day meeting to prepare for the coming year.
Orientation for our undergrads ran September 4th through 7th. We welcomed more than 1,000 students to campus for a comprehensive program that featured events for social, academic and community orientation. About 60 people from both Regis and St. Mike’s attended the Faculty of Theology ‘s welcome day, which included Mass, academic and social information, and then dinner for all.
The well-attended Alumni Networking Social, hosted in conjunction with Student Life, brought young alumni together with currents students to mingle and to provide insight and advice into the post-grad world.
Grad Week featured events and programs for upper-year students to learn about post-grad opportunities, including a graduate admissions panel, an alumni wine and cheese night, and a career exploration workshop with St Mike’s embedded career counsellor.
Both alumni and new students attended the Gilson Seminar’s annual Beret’ing In ceremony, which sees seminar participants awarded their iconic black berets.
We were honoured by a visit from Janice McGann, the new Irish General Consul in Toronto.
Campus Ministry is rolling out its programming for the coming year and Director of Campus Ministry Sonal Castelino, xmcj, is happy to report than the choir at the weekly student Mass at St. Basil’s continues to grow.
Teamwork across campus helped us marked Michaelmas, our patron saint’s feast day.
Celebrations began with Mass, which was followed by lunch and speeches, and then and social time with our community. In the evening, Br. Guy Consalmagno, SJ, who is director of the Vatican Observatory, delivered a lecture—“God’s Mechanics”– on campus and then students and young alumni mingled at a pub night.