MSMC Magazine

Jenifer Lee-Gonyea, associate professor of Criminology, was recently selected as a Rockefeller Institute Fellow for 2020-2021. The mission of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government is to improve communities, local and state governments, and…

It’s a great honor to greet you in this manner, as I begin my tenure at the Mount and together we navigate through this academic year that is like no other. If one is going to experience a year like no other, it might as well be at a college like no other…

The need for social distancing has challenged the Mount community to think outside the box when it comes to traditional classroom instruction. Here, Douglas Robinson, associate professor of Biology, teaches one of his biology classes outside of Aquinas…

A family story intertwined with the Mount's history When James Ruggiero was 14 years old, he worked with his father, a mason supervisor at a new building in Newburgh: a Motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters.  Impressed with the piety of the nuns, he…

Two earn service awards at Alumni Weekend Two outstanding Mount alumni were given awards for their service to the college and the community as part of Alumni Weekend 2019. Hundreds of successful grads, spanning 60 years of Mount history, journeyed back…

Since the start, Mount Saint Mary College has been steeped in the four pillars of Dominican life: study, spirituality, service, and community.  It’s taken the work of many dedicated individuals to get us to this 60th anniversary milestone, including these…

Mount honors Derrik R. Wynkoop and David Potack at Tenth Annual Gala  Mount Saint Mary College was proud to celebrate two distinguished members of the local community at the Tenth Annual Gala Reception on Friday, December 6. Derrik R. Wynkoop, President…

The James Finn Cotter Villa Library was packed with familiar faces as the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at Mount Saint Mary College celebrated its 50th anniversary. Held during the college’s 2019 Alumni Weekend, more than…

Charting the Course  Dr. Jason N. Adsit inaugurated as the Mount's seventh president  The Mount Saint Mary College community, distinguished local leaders, and friends of the college celebrated the inauguration of Dr. Jason N. Adsit, the Mount’s seventh…

When Mount Saint Mary College became a four-year institution in October of 1959, the Villa served as the college’s main building with classrooms, a library, and living quarters.  From this humble start, the Mount blossomed over the next 60 years. 1960…