The Impact

Living With Epilepsy

Living With Epilepsy

Valerie Lopez, Impact Staff November 8, 2018

She is in tears after a long day of classes. Trying to control her sobbing as her friends comfort her by the balcony between Founders and Hudson Hall. Like most college students, she is struggling to juggle...

META Club Returns After Brief Hiatus

META Club Returns After Brief Hiatus

Ellis Joshua, Impact Staff November 7, 2018

After a brief hiatus, the META Club has finally returned this semester. META is a club that involves technology and is about teaching people how to use different types of technology including things such...

Chair Yoga , Yoga for All

Chair Yoga , Yoga for All

Valerie Lopez, Impact Staff November 7, 2018

"OK class, think about your commute here today. Did you use the stairs? Was there a ramp? Is there an elevator nearby? Did the doors automatically open? Are there "curb cuts" available? If  you have...

The Blessings of Blood Are For Both The Donor and Recipient

Mikayla Newham November 7, 2018

As I was striding toward the doors of the Rotunda to donate blood for the first time, I was nervous and I didn’t know what to expect. The only reference I had to donating blood was the experiences my...

Students at Manhattan Campus watched Ted Talk as part of Disability Awareness Month

Students at Manhattan Campus watched Ted Talk as part of Disability Awareness Month

Chevaughn Hurst, Impact Staff November 6, 2018

 As part of Disability Awareness month students at Mercy College’s Manhattan Campus watched a Ted Talk that Mindy Scheier conducted on Oct. 24.  Disability Awareness Month was created to...

Paranormal Activity In Yonkers and Westchester

Paranormal Activity In Yonkers and Westchester

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff November 6, 2018
The paranormal is much more real and terrifying. Especially when it is so close to home to many of us.
Mercy College Students Write Letters to Overseas U.S. Troops

Mercy College Students Write Letters to Overseas U.S. Troops

Andrea Loaiza, Staff writer October 12, 2018

 Mercy College students write letters to troops every year on Sept. 11 in order to honor them for their time and services. Many students showed up to express their gratitude to the men and women fighting...

Visiting Scholar Lectures Mercy About the Importance of Elie Wiesels Work

Visiting Scholar Lectures Mercy About the Importance of Elie Wiesel’s Work

Michael Dunnings, Associate Editor October 11, 2018

For David L. Phillips, "Night", published in English in 1960, was the beginning of Elie Wiesel's journey as an activist. Wiesel wrote the incredibly powerful, internationally acclaimed memoir, “Night”...

Mercy Athletics Joins First CODA Walk in Westchester

Mercy Athletics Joins First CODA Walk in Westchester

Mikayla Newham and Jessica Brandt October 11, 2018

Mercy College Athletics represented the Mavericks at the first ever CODA Walk in the nation on Sept. 30 to raise awareness and bring co-occurring disorders "out of the shadows and into the light." Over...

Mercy Near Completion On New Walk Path To Train Station

Mercy Near Completion On New Walk Path To Train Station

Chevaughn Hurst, Impact Staff October 10, 2018

The construction of a new pedestrian walkway to the Ardsley on Hudson train station is the latest improvement Mercy College has under taken to improve the campus. This project, which began this summer,...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
News