Posts Tagged ‘President Blake’

Honoring Sustainability in Word and Deed

Welcome to the annual President’s Report from Mount Mercy. This year we have chosen to build my annual report around a core issue of today, and one that lies at the heart of Mount Mercy’s mission: sustainability. When one says the word “sustainability,” environmental concerns frequently come...

Fall 2009 | | Read More

Charting a course to carbon neutrality

More than 30 years ago — long before sustainability, green technology and renewable resources were buzzwords — the Sisters of Mercy heralded an environmental movement on campus that is growing and thriving. In 1978 the Sisters planted more than 300 trees and shrubs on campus, followed by 290 more...

Fall 2009 | On Campus | Read More

Funding and Finding Possibilities on the Hill

Simply Google the word “scholarship” and more than 46 million hits pop up with web resources offering guidance for aspiring college students and their families to afford a college education. For many of today’s prospective college students, the word scholarship conjures images of dollar signs —...

Summer 2009 | | Read More

‘Purposeful Living’ Drives Campus Community

As we prepared and reviewed our feature stories for the Winter 2009 edition of the Mount Mercy Magazine, it was overwhelmingly apparent that the individuals profiled in the following pages are powerful, tangible, and living examples of how our campus community members carry out the mission of the College...

Winter 2009 | | Read More

When Mission Matters…A Year to Remember

When the Sisters of Mercy founded this institution, they could not have foreseen the great flooding that would occur nearly 80 years later, but the legacy they instilled in our character ensured that we would rise to the challenge. Never has it been more clear that we live in a time of profound change...

Fall 2008 | | Read More