Holy Family University Honors Students Enjoy Afternoon at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Nearly a dozen Holy Family University students, enrolled in the Honor’s Program, along with the program’s director Dr. Mary Carroll Johansen, travelled by train to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 20.  The students spent the day exploring the museum’s vast collection of art from around the work and across the millennia.

Participating honors students included: Kamila Azizova, Alyssa Duaime, Yamalitzy Encarnacion, Nadirah Felder, Daniella Gerard, Emily Manion, Hannah Maurer, Killeen McCloskey, Nitaliya Schaeber, Patrick Sherry, and Dyanara Vazquez.

“I loved the famous painting as it showcased a major stepping stone for America and its outstanding resolve,” said junior Patrick Sherry, after viewing Emanuel Leutze’s painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Hannah Maurer, a freshman in the Honors Program, added, “I really enjoyed the variety and uniqueness of the museum. There was so much to see and the art was captivating.”

After visiting the museum, the group walked around the city to see some of the Big Apple’s landmarks, including Central Park, the Frick Museum, Trump Tower, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, and Times Square. Everyone also had some quintessentially New York experiences such as riding an overcrowded subway, getting lunch from a hot dog cart, running for a commuter train, and hearing an announcement cancelling that train just as the group arrived at Penn Station. Despite the setback, everyone was able to take the next, standing-room-only, train back to Trenton, and just make it onto a waiting SEPTA train back to Torresdale, ending a long but enjoyable day.