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KINGS POINT, New York, March 27, 2017 – CAPT Mikel Stroud, Acting, Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), has announced that Lieutenant General Michael G. Dana, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, will be the speaker at the 2017 Battle Standard Dinner, which will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., March 9, 2017 - The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Regimental Band, "George M. Cohan's Own", will march in New York City’s 256th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan.
The parade, which is the world’s oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, will be held on Thursday, March 17, starting at 11 a.m. This year’s Grand Marshall is Michael J. Dowling, President & CEO of Northwell Health.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 15, 2017 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) today announced that Sea Year training for USMMA Midshipmen will resume on three commercial carriers beginning in March 2017.
SOUTH HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (Feb. 4, 2017) – For the second straight week, the same exact USMMA relay squad that set an Academy record last week set a new one in a different event this week at the St. Joseph's Winter Invitational.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 13, 2017 – On Monday February 6th, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) faculty and staff filled the Crabtree Room to attend a presentation and discussion on John C. Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership, facilitated by MIDN LCDR Matthew Miller, 1/C.
Today, Midshipmen from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) attended New York City's Chinese New Year Parade. The parade in which is held in Chinatown each year, is one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations in the world.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 2, 2017 –Last Friday the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Department of Admissions welcomed Admissions Field Representatives for a day of training and interactive discussions regarding the USMMA admissions process. Field representatives, known as “field reps,” are alumni or parent volunteers who represent the Academy at various events in their local areas.
PURCHASE, N.Y. (Jan. 28 2017) – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) men's and women's swimming & diving teams both won the 2017 Skyline Conference Championship after the two-day event hosted by Purchase College concluded on Saturday. It marked the men's 19th-straight conference title (the last 16 under Head Coach Sean Tedesco) and the women's first since 2005, which was the last championship for any women's program at the Academy.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., January 4, 2017 - Today, the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) announced that it received a $4 million gift through the USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF) for major renovations to Lower Roosevelt Field. The project will create a state-of-the-art sports complex at the Academy not only for the baseball field, but soccer and lacrosse surfaces as well.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., December 22, 2016 – Just before leaving the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) for Winter Break, Plebe Glascock and Plebe Grabiak delivered 184 toys to the Toys for Tots program at the US Marine Corps, 1st Marine Corps District, Eastern Recruiting Region in Garden City, New York.