Saint Anselm College Alumni

06/13/2026

Check out the sweet soccer moves of Boston Police Sgt. Connor Hardy ‘04, who played soccer at Saint Anselm College!

06/12/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 1976 – the newest members of the Order of Golden Anselmians! They gathered during Reunion 2026 to celebrate this milestone and remember their classmates who weren’t able to attend.

News Story: https://www.anselm.edu/about/anselmian-hub/news/class-1976-inducted-order-golden-anselmians
Photo Gallery: https://anselm.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000H36K_ZObZb0/G0000Le3d4usSxw8/20260606-GOLDEN-MASS-KH

06/11/2026

Reunited and it felt so good!

Last weekend, we welcomed more than 800 alumni, family, and friends back to Saint Anselm College for Reunion 2026. Members of classes ending with 1 and 6 got to connect, relax, and explore campus.

News Story: https://www.anselm.edu/about/anselmian-hub/news/alumni-return-hilltop-reunion-2026
Friday Night Photos: https://anselm.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000H36K_ZObZb0/G0000WiTM0DxNwXs/20260605-FRI-REUNION-DLF
Saturday Night Photos: https://anselm.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000H36K_ZObZb0/G0000.JtPj4CK8G8/20260606-REUNION-SATURDAY-DLF

06/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Reunion 2026!

We’ll be sharing more photos in the coming days, but enjoy a quick glimpse into this fun weekend.

06/05/2026

Welcome Home!

We cannot wait to welcome everyone back for Reunion 2026.

For more information make sure to sure to follow our stories. You can access all of the Reunion 2026 information on our site:

https://alumni.anselm.edu/reunion

Make sure to tag in your photos.

We look forward to welcoming you back to the Hilltop. Whether it’s been decades since you last stepped foot on campus or you feel like you were a student just yesterday, Saint Anselm will always be a place you can call home. Join us to reminisce, reconnect, and engage.

06/03/2026

It's hard to root for New York teams here in New England, but we make exceptions when it’s one of our own…

Congratulations & Good Luck to Brendan O'Connor '94 in the NBA Finals!

https://www.wmur.com/article/brendan-oconnor-helps-knicks-reach-nba-finals/71414450

Brendan O'Connor, a New Hampshire native and Saint Anselm graduate, is headed to the NBA Finals as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks.

06/02/2026

From campus to climate action: Anselmian Katharine Cusack ’21 turns passion for clean energy into policy.

Katharine Cusack’s ’21 interest in clean energy and sustainability began while growing up enjoying New Hampshire’s natural resources and flourished as a communications major with a politics minor at Saint Anselm.

During her undergraduate studies on the Hilltop, Cusack was interested in the landscape in her home state and volunteered for campus groups that supported that ethos, including the Center for Ethics in Society and Access Academy’s Meelia Center for Community Engagement.

Pursuing that passion, she recently worked on an important piece of legislation—the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (CPACER). It is the financing program that allows commercial property owners to finance upgrades for energy efficiency through a tax assessment.

“That is the tie between what I did at the Center for Ethics in housing and zoning, and energy and resiliency, upgrading water for sanitation, resiliency for storms, solar array or efficiency projects,” she says.

Outside of work, Cusack remains passionate about the outdoors, from running and hiking to biking, skiing, and climbing, and much of her free time is spent outdoors. This dovetails with her volunteer work as a U.S. Forest Service backcountry steward. She adopted an .8-mile stretch of trail in the White Mountain National Forest where she trims branches, saws fallen limbs, and cleans out drainage ditches in the spring and fall.

It seems all her interests in the environment, communications, and politics are converging on this precise time and place, and she is grateful for the opportunity to make an impact.

Read more in the current edition of Portraits Magazine:
https://www.anselm.edu/about/anselmian-hub/news/alumni-news-fallwinter-2026

05/25/2026

Join us in remembering an outstanding member of the Saint Anselm Community:

It is with great pride and deep reverence that we honored the late Captain Mary Jo (O’Dwyer) Majors ’69, NC, USNR ’69, HD ’24 with the John A. Houghton ’46 Alumni Council Award at the 2025 Alumni Awards Brunch.

Along with her dedicated service in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, Captain Majors was a proud and devoted Anselmian. As a member of the Alumni Council and longtime co-chair of the Recognition Committee, Captain Majors worked diligently to honor the achievements of her fellow alumni at the annual Alumni Awards, ensuring that their stories of faith, service, and excellence were recognized with the dignity and commemoration they deserved. Captain Major’s passionate and kind contributions to Saint Anselm throughout her life will never be forgotten, and she will always be remembered as a profound light in our community.

Alumnus Robert Elliott ’95 accepted the John A. Houghton Alumni Council Award on Captain Major’s behalf at the ceremony. “Let us honor Mary Jo by continuing to serve—in small acts and large ones—with the same steady, generous spirit she gave to her country, her college, and her community,” said Elliott.

05/22/2026

A week ago, we welcomed members of the Class of 2026 to the Alumni Community. Here are a few more pictures to enjoy!

05/21/2026

Like mother, like daughter: Caroline (Sheeran) McDermod, ’99 and Ayla McDermod ’28 both earned the Rookie of the Year Honor at Saint Anselm College.

It’s been more than 30 years since Caroline (Sheeran) McDermod ’99 first arrived on the Hilltop, but with every return to campus, she remembers grass-stained uniforms, sweaty cleats, and the beginning of lifelong friendships. The soccer standout was drawn to Saint Anselm’s academic reputation and charm, and she knew it was a place where she could study history while shining on the field. “It was a special four years,” Caroline says.
After attending countless alumni events and cheering on women’s soccer with former teammates, Caroline never could have guessed her daughter would become NE-10 Rookie of the Year, just like her.

Ayla McDermod ’28, a member of the women’s lacrosse team, insists her journey to the Hilltop was her own. She had heard many stories of the college from her parents, but what attracted her to Saint Anselm was a desire to study nursing while playing lacrosse.

During Ayla’s rookie season at Saint Anselm, she started the first game with a hat trick, and led the season in goals scored. Her speed and composure helped the team reach the NCAA Tournament. Soon enough, a new award debuted in the McDermod home: 2025 NE-10 Rookie of the Year.

Both Caroline and Ayla attribute their athletic accomplishments to their teammates’ thoughtful encouragement. While Caroline and Ayla may have chosen different sports on the Hilltop, they arrived at the same conclusion: Being Anselmian changes you. “It’s not just four years; it really is forever,” Caroline says. “You [can] be part of this community at any chapter in your life.”

Read more in the most recent edition of Portraits Magazine: https://www.anselm.edu/about/anselmian-hub/news/alumni-news-fallwinter-2026