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Poet, author, and professor James Finn Cotter of Newburgh, N.Y., the longest-serving faculty member Mount Saint Mary College has ever known, passed away on Saturday, January 8. He leaves behind two sons, a daughter, and many other family members. He…

Mount Saint Mary College was recently recognized as a top 100 school in the 2022 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. On U.S. News and World Report’s comprehensive lists of top-tier regional universities, the Mount was ranked number 94 in Regional Universities…

Susana Briscoe-Alba, dean of Admissions at Mount Saint Mary College, will receive a Forty Under 40 Mover and Shaker Award from the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, September 23. Each year, the chamber bestows the honor upon 40…

Beginning in the Fall 2021 semester, Mount Saint Mary College will offer a new Master of Science in Nursing and Post-Master's Certificate Nursing track: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. The Mount's Nursing program is a highly competitive…

Thanks to the combined efforts of Mount Saint Mary College, Staples in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and the Beekman Soccer Club, dozens of local children are receiving much-needed school supplies. The operation was the brainchild of Chris Lyn, Women’s Soccer coach…

As Mount Saint Mary College students graduated with their second family of peers and professors, some had the unique opportunity of walking the Commencement stage alongside their relatives as well. Jenna Park of Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. graduated in…

Mount Saint Mary College has received a grant for $425,000 from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to be used in the creation of a multipurpose community wellness center.   The Mount Saint Mary College Community Engagement and Wellness Center will…

Like many professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanna Sheppard of Brookhaven, N.Y. wakes up each morning and goes to work virtually – in her case, as a Client Services associate for Morgan Stanley.   But Sheppard, a 2016 graduate of Mount Saint…

Students will soon be able to get a $6,500 per year humanities-based education at Mount Saint Mary College: Beginning in the Fall 2021 semester, the college will offer Humanities@Work, a new Interdisciplinary bachelor’s program that fuses coursework with…

Mount Saint Mary College is proud to unveil a new concentration: Human Computer Interaction, for Information Technology students. Existing IT students at the Mount may begin taking this concentration immediately. Incoming IT students may sign up for…