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Students looking at table screen at RHIC

The Value of a BSN

Blog | 01.29.2020
Health care needs executives, educators and researchers. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is the pathway to career advancement and graduate study.
Painted rock with "The Woods Rocks" inscribed on it

Creating place

Blog | 11.18.2019
Place is so important. Just the idea of it lends students, alumni and others to mention how this place makes them feel.
Kristin and her Ring Presenter hugs after receiving her ring

Ring Day reflections: Kristin Foster

Blog | 03.21.2019
By Kristin Foster As a senior music therapy major, The Woods has officially been my home since August of 2015. Like many students before me, I eagerly awai…
student speaking at Ring Day

Ring Day reflections: Callan Taylor

Blog | 03.21.2019
By Callan Taylor  I heard about the beloved tradition of the Woods Ring my first day on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. I had my “Ave…
three students celebrate Ring Day around a cake

Ring Day reflections: Timothy Foster

Blog | 03.21.2019
By Timothy Foster I arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in the Spring of 2016 with a plan to keep my head down and just get through the next three y…
Mikayla Thomas

Ring day reflections: Mikayla Thomas

Blog | 03.19.2019
By Mikayla Thomas As a young girl, I grew up seeing my cousin wear the ring, and talk about it and her desire for another family member to wear their own s…