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• 12 students attend Civic Leadership Academy

  Imagine 12 high school students giving up a week of their summer vacation to study politics at a college level. You don’t really need to imagine, all you have to do is stop by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. From July 12 to 19, 12 students Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:43 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, students, NH Institute of Politics, Civic Leadership Academy

• Villa school graduates shaped by dramatic year

  BY STEPHEN BEALE They were supposed to be the last graduating class of the Villa Augustina. Instead, the 19 eighth-graders who received their diplomas on Sunday, June 15, seemed destined for a less historic yet far happier honor – they are graduates Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:14 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, graduation, Villa Augustina, education

• African trip proves challenging and rewarding

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Overwhelmed from the moment he stepped off the airplane, Ben Prieur was reduced to monosyllables. “Wow,” he wrote in his journal, summarizing his initial reaction to being in Uganda. “Despite of all of the preparations Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:02 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, volunteering, Africa

• College plans major construction

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Saint Anselm College is launching a $14 million expansion and renovation of its campus this spring that will include a new residence hall, fitness center and educational space. It is the most significant construction project Saint Anselm Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:33 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, construction, Manchester, renovations

• Saint Anselm backs Villa Augustina

  BY STEPHEN BEALE GOFFSTOWN – Saint Anselm College has offered its expertise and resources to parents of the Villa Augustina, who have voted in favor of raising $400,000 to buy the elementary/ middle school. The informal partnership between the two Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:24 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Saint Anselm, Villa Augustina

• Small increase for school sought

  By Michelle Kim GOFFSTOWN – Residents can expect a school operating budget of $34.8 million and only a few other articles to be on the table for this year’s upcoming Feb. 4 deliberative session of the school district meeting. The 2008-09 proposed Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:10 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Arts, Merrimack Valley, Saint Anselm, prisons, women prison

• Uneven St. A effort troubles coach

  By Chris Quartarone GOFFSTOWN – The Saint Anselm men’s basketball team has neither won nor lost more than two games in a row this season. Even within a single game, consistency has eluded the Hawks. St. A, down 17 points in the second half, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:53 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, basketball, Saint Anselm, college sports

• Local events generate national interest

  By Michelle Kim GOFFSTOWN – For one night on the weekend before the New Hampshire primary, the normally tranquil campus of Saint Anselm College was transformed into the nerve center of the great American pageant known as a candidates’ debate. Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:00 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, Saint Anselm, elections

• St. A coach’s energetic style a breath of fresh air

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR After the team finished last season with a 7-20 record, far removed from the school’s last conference title in 1992, athletics director Ed Cannon decided to shake up the Saint Anselm College women’s basketball program. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:20 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, basketball, Saint Anselm

• Plato in prison

  Saint Anselm students study with inmates BY ROD HANSEN A group of young women gather to discuss a classic philosophy text, books open and pens at the ready. They ponder the words of an ancient thinker, their professor challenging them toward deeper understanding. Read More... Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:14 AM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Plato in prison, Saint Anselm