Welcome to Day 2 of the 2026 Social Justice Teach-In! We hope you will join us throughout the week for events and classes connected to our theme, "Hope in Action: Discovery for the Common Good." Watch this space every day this week to keep up with what's happening in the Teach-In.
Today at 5 pm in Laughlin Auditorium: Faculty Panel - Research Formed in Hope. Join us as faculty members discuss how their research relates to our theme. Come and listen to professors Thomas Jockin, Zikun Li, Sarah Krueger, Jack Trammell, and Andrew Vink share their insights.
Students: this event is worth 3 points towards the 8 total required to enter the prize raffle.
Join us at the PAC Pub for St. Patrick’s Day Trivia on Tuesday, March 17 from 7-10 p.m. Test your knowledge with a fun round of trivia featuring questions about Irish culture, St. Patrick’s Day traditions, pop culture and more. Participants will compete individually, and prizes will be available for those who score the highest. Come enjoy a relaxed and festive evening at the PAC Pub, and see how lucky your trivia knowledge is. The bar will also be open for alcohol purchases during the event.
How are your finances looking? Do you need help building a budget, planning for the future, or understanding basic financial literacy? Join Dr. Alejandro Cañadas at the next Tools for Academic Success session on "Personal Finance 101" to learn all of this and more! This session is TODAY in Phillips Library Classroom 102!
You may have noticed a refreshed look and a few new tools on your Workday homepage. Workday releases updates twice a year—typically in March and September—to introduce new features, enhancements, and fixes. Most of this spring’s updates focus on minor usability improvements, but here are the changes most users will notice:
If you have questions, please submit a ticket to itsc@msmary.edu or contact humanresources@msmary.edu.
The Mount Bookstore is now accepting Fall 2026 course material submissions to the Adoption and Insights Portal/AIP. The deadline for Fall 2026 information is Wednesday, April 15, 2026. If you have questions, please reach out to Michael Kotlinski (m.j.kotlinski@msmary.edu). For those using digital content for your course, please view the Instructor Kickoff Guide for Canvas (.pdf).
Come support our Mountaineers at this week's home games:
Check out this month's ARCC and pool schedule!
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