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Sea Year training on board commercial ships will resume in March. Three companies have met the Maritime Administration’s criteria to train USMMA Midshipmen on their vessels. The companies are Crowley, Maersk and APL. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is also reviewing the packages of five...
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point graduated 229 new Merchant Marine and Military Officers as part of its Class of 2016 commencement ceremony today.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., June 12, 2018 – The schedule of events for the 82th Commencement at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point is available online at this link.
The Commencement ceremony will be streamed live on Maritime TV on Saturday, June 16, at 10:00 a.m. EDT,...
Student involvement in campus organizations allows students the opportunity to develop organizational and leadership skills. In addition, students have the opportunity to expand their knowledge in a related field of interest. In support of these objectives...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., June 10, 2016 - Dr. Paul Devlin has received national attention for his new book, ">Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues, published by the University of Minnesota Press in May.
The book is a collection of Albert Murray’s unpublished and uncollected...
Leaders of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point answered stakeholders’ questions at the fourth USMMA call-in town hall, conducted from the Patterson Room at the Academy’s Wiley Hall, May 26. The call-in recording is online under...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., June 7, 2016 – Dr. Michael Melcer, a Professor in the Department of Math and Science, took nine Fourth Classmen to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL), the nation’s only tri-service joint base, in Lakehurst New Jersey on May 25, 2016.
The group was hosted by U...
The American Merchant Marine Museum at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point honored its founder, Capt. Charles M. Renick ’47, with a formal presentation of a portrait on the evening of May 20.
Nick is a Marine Engineering Systems major all the way from Des Moines, Iowa. As well as serving on the Campus Activities Board, Nick also is a member of the Academy’s swim team. Nick has swam all his life and managed to be able to swim...
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Superintendent Rear Adm. James A. Helis, USMS, served as Grand Marshal as the Regimental Band, "George M. Cohan's Own,” Color Guard and Regiment of Midshipmen led the 92nd annual Great Neck Memorial Day Parade, Monday.