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9 Months Later: Mercy College Students during Quarantine

9 Months Later: Mercy College Students during Quarantine

Gino Alva, Impact Staff December 17, 2020

Mercy Students  are still being affected by COVID-19 Pandemic nine months later. The world is living in an age where face masks and being away from people has become the normal. It has been officially...

Mercys Food Pantry Is Helping Students during COVID-19

Mercy’s Food Pantry Is Helping Students during COVID-19

Gino Alva, Impact Staff December 17, 2020

The Mercy Mav Market has been an essential food pantry for the community during COVID-19 The Mav Market is a food pantry for Mercy students, faculty, and staff to get food and personal items for no...

Small Businesses Battle Uncertain Future

Small Businesses Battle Uncertain Future

Nicole Alarcon December 16, 2020

With the looming threat of expiration dates closing in, millions are going to lose their unemployment benefits right after Christmas. The clock is ticking on Congress and the administration to extend...

Student and Entrepreneur; Balancing it all

Student and Entrepreneur; Balancing it all

Jadeen Mercado, Staff Writer December 16, 2020

A young New York college student already has a job as an entrepreneur, and couldn’t be happier. Elijah Hunter, a 19-year-old student at Mercy College, has been working hard on his lip gloss company this...

Biden Plans Student Loan Forgiveness

Biden Plans Student Loan Forgiveness

Renae Morgan, Staff Writer December 16, 2020

It is no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has dealt many blows to student finances over the past few months. However, student loan borrowers may soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to support...

Exercise and Science Club Spreads love During the Holidays

Exercise and Science Club Spreads love During the Holidays

Alex Wendling, Impact Staff December 13, 2020

As Thanksgiving passes and the holiday season is well underway, Mercy College's exercise and science club has been doing food drives all throughout the semester. During this time of the year, some people...

Mercy Vet Techs Perform Dentistry at Local Shelter

Mercy Vet Techs Perform Dentistry at Local Shelter

James Tiedemann, Staff Writer December 11, 2020

Veterinary tech students from Mercy College’s Veterinary Technology Program provided free dental cleanings for local shelter animals over two days as part of their required pre-clinical training last...

Welcome to Game Worlds: The Innovative New Class for the Spring Semester

Welcome to Game Worlds: The Innovative New Class for the Spring Semester

Daniela Baptista Haros, Impact Staff December 11, 2020

Ralph “Woody” Sullender, an assistant professor at Mercy College, along with the Design and Animation Program are excited to submerge students into the world of gaming with the introduction of a newly...

Dye Dobbs Ferry with Love

Dye Dobbs Ferry with Love

Alexis Lynch, Associate Editor December 10, 2020

Dobbs Ferry native, Isabel Cruz-Bai, has taken the tie-dyed world by storm with her new company, DyedwithLove. DyedwithLove is a company for all shapes, sexes, and sizes. Cruz-Bai made this company...

Murray Seeks Out the Past To Understand The Present

Murray Seeks Out the Past To Understand The Present

Amber Perez, Impact Staff December 10, 2020

Historians don’t just study history, they construct it. They puzzle pieces into meanings. They make sense of other times, other nations, other people. In this case, African-American history in the 19th...

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