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Mount Saint Mary College senior Brillyd Lopez-Vidal of Newburgh, N.Y., a first-generation Accounting major and President of the Latino Student Union, will graduate on Saturday, May 16.   For Brillyd Lopez-Vidal of Newburgh, N.Y., a senior Accounting…

Alumni from Mount Saint Mary College’s Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) recently returned to their alma mater to mentor the next generation of HEOP students.  The event highlighted the program’s ongoing mission to provide comprehensive…

Community spirit was in full bloom as volunteers from Mount Saint Mary College joined forces with the Downing Park Planning Committee and the Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties for a concentrated clean-up effort. Dozens of volunteers, including…

At the Scholarship Appreciation Brunch, Patricia Sanchez of Newburgh, N.Y., recipient of the Anne F. Bourne Memorial Scholarship, discussed how a Mount Saint Mary College education has changed her life for the better.   Nursing major and first-generation…

Incoming freshmen enrolled in Mount Saint Mary College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) recently got a head start on their college career through the Mount’s Summer Academic Institute.   Accepted Mount HEOP students are required to complete…

Mount Saint Mary College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) held an alumni panel recently, to discuss a wide range of graduates who have made a difference in the communities they serve. Left to right: Torrance Harvey ’03, City of Newburgh mayor…

Mount Saint Mary College HEOP students present their summer research projects.    Mount Saint Mary College has been awarded a $1.6 million Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) grant to be used over the course of the next five years. The Mount…

Mount Saint Mary College honored its first-generation students with First Generation Celebration Day on November 8. “First year students are serving as pioneers for their family and are paving the way to academic success for not only themselves, but…

Grace Vazquez, interim assistant director of the Mount Saint Mary College’s HEOP and CSTEP, speaks to the students of NFA West about college life and opportunity programs.   Mount Saint Mary College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and…

Mount Saint Mary College’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) recently hosted their College Boot Camp for students at Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) West. In addition to HEOP and CSTEP…