CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ENDOWMENTS
NURSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SCHOLARSHIP AND ASSISTANCE FUNDING
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
THE INSTITUTE OF IMMIGRANT CONCERNS

IMPROVING THE MOUNT’S ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Exciting news for sports enthusiasts at the Mount: The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation has awarded the College a $1.75 million partial challenge/matching capital grant commitment for renovation and expansion of athletic and recreational facilities. The entire project, to be carried out in two phases, will provide competitive upgrades to serve recreational, intramural, and intercollegiate needs. Indoor facilities will include an arena with a regulation-size basketball court, lined also for two regulation-size volleyball courts and two regulation-size cross courts. Among many planned improvements, an all-weather multi-sport athletic field will provide regulation-size fields for soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and football.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ENDOWMENTS
In FY 2006-2007 Mount Saint Vincent was awarded and received $2 million in new and continued grants from a variety of corporate, foundation and government sources.  We are proud to list some of these funders and to highlight their awards.

George I. Alden Trust
Gladys Brooks Foundation
Marketsmith, Inc.
Charles A. Mastronardi Foundation
Mutual of America
The Santa Maria Foundation
Henry E. Niles Foundation
Learn more about these grants...

NURSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The Gladys Brooks Foundation has awarded the College a grant of $100,000 which will be used to renovate and upgrade a suite of nursing arts labs. The project will provide two integrated, state-of-the art laboratories in two connected rooms in the College’s Administration Building. They will be dedicated to nursing clinical education and will be part of a contained suite with a lavatory and doctor’s office separate from other academic facilities. One room will serve as a Basic Concepts lab. It will contain hospital beds with privacy curtains, an instruction area with blackboards and Internet access, and storage facilities. The second room will become a Physical Assessments lab with examination tables, including OB/GYN tables. The handicapped-accessible lavatory will contain multiple sinks and a shower. The new space will address the growing needs of our expanding nursing program, serving 400 undergraduate and 75 graduate students this year alone. It will expand student capacity by a third and allow for future growth. It will simulate a hospital environment to reinforce students’ hygienic and patient-privacy practices. It will also integrate the latest instructional technology into nursing education.

Overall, the College received over $400,000 in 2006-2007 for its nationally-recognized nursing program, with funds to be used for the promotion of Nursing Workforce Diversity ($344,000 in 2006-2007), for the development of an Advanced Education Nursing Program ($73,110 in 2006-2007), and for other educational initiatives. These grants came from the US Department of Health and Human Services HRSA.

New multi-purpose equipment is soon to find a home in our nursing facilities. The Hugoton Foundation awarded the College a $50,000 grant for purchase and installation of a state-of-the-art training environment featuring a patient simulator.  The simulator and supporting computer equipment will provide a closely supervised environment for the practice of essential skills that will improve nurses’ readiness for the field.

SCHOLARSHIP AND ASSISTANCE FUNDING 

The Ann Selinger Henegan Endowed Scholarship was established with a generous gift of $100,000 to the College’s endowment from alumna Ann Selinger Henegan. The gift was provided as part of a $250,000 commitment. It will provide scholarships to nursing students of outstanding academic ability and financial need.

The Arthur Williams Charitable Trust generously awarded the College a grant of $20,000 to provide scholarships for three talented high-need students enrolled in the College’s undergraduate Nursing program. 

The Jarx Foundation awarded the College a generous grant of $10,000 to be used for a scholarship for a student majoring in the sciences.  This is the third year of a five-year renewable grant.

The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities provided a grant of $15,000 for student scholarships. This annual grant was first given in 1948 by the founders of the Raskob Foundation, John J. Raskob and Helena G. Raskob, in memory of their daughter Yvonne, who attended the College.

The Louis and Rachel Rudin Foundation awarded the College a grant of $20,000 to be used for scholarships for undergraduate Nursing students. Three Nursing students received this award in 2006-2007.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Last year, the US Department of Education awarded the College a major four-year TRIO Student Support Services grant of $1 million under which the College received $267,986 in 2006-2007, the second year of the grant. The grant will provide academic supportive services to 160 students to promote their retention and graduation. This grant, which will expand the number of students previously served over the College’s prior TRIO Student Support Services grant, will enable the College to provide counseling, academic support, mentoring, career guidance, financial guidance, and stipends to eligible low-income, first-generation college students and disabled students qualifying for and needing assistance over the next four years. 

THE INSTITUTE OF IMMIGRANT CONCERNS
The Institute for Immigrant Concerns, launched in May 1997, became part of the College in March 2005.  Its mission is to help immigrants, refugees and asylees achieve social and economic independence. Toward that end, the Institute annually provides more than 500 participants with English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, job preparation and placement, and educational counseling. In the past fiscal year, the Institute received $448,000 from state and city agencies for ESL and job placement programs.