Elizabeth Murray

As the Artemis II spacecraft Orion made its way safely around the moon and back down to Earth, Jared Peick ’13 took it all in from a unique vantage point — from behind a console in the back room of Mission Control. “It was 10 days, but it felt like a month,” Peick said of the 10-day NASA mission in April that returned astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. “I was living and breathing this thing.

Congratulations to students named to Saint Michael’s College Dean’s List for the Spring 2026 semester! View the full list below, which was last updated in July 2026 A student who has completed a minimum of twelve credits of classes with grades, not including classes with a grade “P,” and achieves a grade point average of at least 3.5 in a particular semester is cited on the Dean’s List for that semester.

Saint Michael’s College places an emphasis on global engagement and international education, encouraging students to take part in experiences both on campus and abroad. Studying abroad has been an option to students for decades, allowing them to expand their learning in a new country through classes, internships, service, and other experiences. However, it’s not always easy for returning students to share how their experiences affected them.