Maria Paula Gutierrez of Sarasota Earned a Bachelor's Degree from Saint Michael's College in December

2013 Jan 31

Maria Gutierrez, daughter of Maria Buitrago of Sarasota earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & Anthropology in December 2012 from Saint Michael's College, a liberal arts residential Catholic college located in Burlington Vermont. Gutierrez was honored at a celebratory Mass held in December on the college campus in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel.

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 college towns. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, 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 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.