This summer thirty educators from Shenzhen, China arrived at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. For eight weeks they participated in the Shenzhen Teacher Training Program, a series of courses specially designed by the College for the visitors through the new Center for International Teacher Training.   (photo) A visiting teacher from Shenzhen performs a traditional Chinese dance at the program's farewell dinner.

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The Council of Independent Colleges awarded the Wal-Mart College Success Award to the College of Mount Saint Vincent. This $100,000 grant — awarded to only 20 colleges nationally from a pool of 217 applicants—will help the College to build upon its long history of successfully enrolling, retaining, and graduating first-generation college students. More...

In Doubt, a Sister of Charity who runs a Bronx school suspects a priest of improper behavior with a student. Armed with little more than the belief in her suspicions, she instigates a relentless campaign to remove the priest, soliciting the help of a subordinate nun and the child’s mother. In late December and early January of this year, Scott Rudin Productions shot much of the film version of John Patrick Shanley’s hit Broadway play Doubt at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. More...

The Watson Fellowship is a competitive program that offers paid summer internships, mentoring, and enhanced educational opportunities to New York City undergraduates who demonstrate exceptional promise, outstanding leadership and commitment to the common good, values echoed in the teachings of the Mount. More...

Brian Johnson is frustrated with the media’s coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or lack of coverage as he would be quick to tell you. Assistant Director of Residence Life and Mount graduate class of 2006, Johnson saw a need to combat this lack of media coverage. He, along with the Department of Residence Life, hosted a program with the USO entitled “United We Stand?” which offered students, faculty, and the general public a greater understanding of the effects of war on the American military, and provided a personal look at the men and women who courageously serve in war zones overseas. More...

Karen Boykin-Towns was a business major at the College of Mount Vincent, class of 1987, and graduated cum laude.  Raised by her mother in Harlem, Ms. Boykin-Towns came from a strong family of limited resources and big ideas.  She was always told she could be anything she dreamed of being...but only if she worked hard and went to school. More...

Addressing a room full of students, many of them history majors, Dr. Daniel Opler, history professor at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, appeared to hold court.  The students were gathered in the President’s Reception Room for a panel discussion of his recently published book, For All-White Collar Workers, The Possibilities of Radicalism in New York City's Department Store Unions, 1934-1953.  More...

This May, Kaitlin Christi Burud, ‘08 (B.S. Business Administration), was honored with the first of its kind, the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s Marketsmith, Inc. Award for Entrepreneurship. The award is given to the student who produces the best original business plan from among those submitted that year.  Ms. Burud was singled out for her in-depth proposal of a sports-themed day care center.  She completed her project while enrolled in the College’s course in Entrepreneurial Studies.  Along with the accolades she also received  a $5,000 prize.  More...

The design for Phase II of construction for the new chemistry laboratories in the Science Building includes a plan for going very small…and green.  Of the two planned laboratories, one will be a General Chemistry Teaching Lab and the other will be an Organic Chemistry Microscale Lab.  More...

Students are a prized voter demographic but are notoriously difficult to reach.  As a voting group, they face unique obstacles, and often find the process confusing and overwhelming.  In order to allay those issues, the College has created campus programming with local politicians, partnered with CICU, the Council on Independent Colleges and Universities, and has made forays into the world of online social networking, all in an attempt to make it easier for students to register and vote.  More...

College of Mount Saint Vincent students Elizabeth Athenas ’09 and Maricon Fernandez ’09 were awarded scholarships to be among 50 college students who participated in this summer’s third annual Path to Peace Foundation seminar on Catholic social thought for Catholic college students. More...

Starting this fall the College is expanding its academic scope by offering new programs that build on the strength of existing programs while enhancing opportunities for our students. French Studies and Accounting will be offered as majors, while International Studies and Women’s Studies will be offered as minors.  The Accounting program will include the option for students to earn a combined five-year MBA, a highly desirable option for students seeking to make their way in today’s competitive market. More...

The Mount is pleased to announce that on July 1, 2008, Brother Daniel Adams was appointed the Dean of the Undergraduate College. The new position was created as part of an ongoing restructuring process within the College’s administration.  More...