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USMMA Women's Track Breaks Academy Record Two Weeks In a Row

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. The team of freshman Alexa Vandermeer (Grove Heights, Minn.),...

Midshipman Matthew Miller Shares Lessons on Leadership

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.  

Miller...

USMMA Midshipmen Celebrate Chinese New Year

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. 

USMMA Hosts Admissions Field Representative Training

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...

Academy Announces $4 Million Gift For Lower Roosevelt Field Project

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...

USMMA Midshipmen Deliver Holiday Joy

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...

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