Maria Gutierrez of Sarasota, a Saint Michael's College student, is studying abroad in Rome, Italy spring semester

2011 Dec 12

Saint Michael's College student, Maria Gutierrez, daughter of Uriel Gutierrez of Miami and Maria Buitrago of Sarasota, is studying abroad for the spring 2012 semester. Gutierrez, a junior sociology major, is studying at Academic Programs International, John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Gutierrez graduated from Riverview High School before coming to Saint Michael's.

More than a third of Saint Michael's students take advantage of the opportunity to spend a semester, academic year or summer abroad. The college offers programs in five categories: language programs, university liberal studies courses, international service programs, internship programs and field study programs.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu . Saint Michael's provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead successful, purposeful lives that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's College is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nations Best 376 Colleges, and included in the 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report rankings.