The press and public are invited to attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Festival of Lights, an interfaith holiday celebration.  The Festival of Lights has been an annual celebration for the past 37 years. The celebration of the Festival of Lights is a reminder to bring the light to the dark places within ourselves and in our world.

Place:  U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, New York: Mariners’ Memorial Chapel

KINGS POINT, N.Y., November 26, 2013 - On Monday evening, the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) administration, faculty, staff and alumni joined the Regiment of Midshipmen to celebrate Thanksgiving.  The Regimental Thanksgiving Dinner held in Delano Hall is one of USMMA’s most cherished annual traditions.

KINGS POINT, N.Y., November 21,2014 – On Friday, November 7, 2014 the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) training vessel, T/V Kings Pointer, completed her Fall Break Training Cruise to Philadelphia.  The vessel was fully crewed by licensed and unlicensed professional mariners plus a group of cadets earning sea days toward their United States Coast Guard licenses.

KINGS POINT, N.Y., October 22, 2014 - On Monday, United States Merchant Marine Academy Alum, Mike Rodriguez, Class of 1979, was sworn in as the Deputy Administrator of the Maritime Administration (MARAD).

KINGS POINT, N.Y., October 8, 2014 - USMMA Homecoming is sponsored by the USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation will be held over the upcoming long weekend.

KINGS POINT, N.Y. , October 3, 2014 - The National Park Service has announced that the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point and the Barstow Mansion, home to the American Merchant Marine Museum on USMMA’s McNulty Campus, have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. This designation recognizes USMMA’s  historical significance to the nation, and acknowledges the architectural importance of the buildings.

KINGS POINT, N.Y., September 30, 2014 - Today, Midshipmen, faculty, staff and alumni of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) took time to celebrate the Academy’s 71^st birthday by sharing a birthday cake.

KINGS POINT, NEW YORK, September 11, 2014 – Today the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) hosted a brief ceremony to remember and honor the first responders and victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.