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Ciara Rosa ’15 was one of 10 inaugural re-cipients of the Independent Sector Com-munity Service Awards presented by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU). Ms. Rosa, along with the other winners—all of whom are New York Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) recipients—college and university presidents, and New York State Senators and Assembly members, gathered for the reception and awards ceremony in Albany, N.Y. in March 2015.

The recipients were recognized for their leadership in community service, and each received a $500 scholarship from the H.D. Paley Memorial Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the CICU’s third president. CICU established this new award to demonstrate how volunteer-ism and community engagement are emblematic of an independent and well-rounded education.

CICU is a statewide association repre-senting the public policy interests of more than 100 independent colleges and universities in New York State.

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The College of Mount Saint Vincent is lead-ing an exploration of human trafficking and modern-day slavery, to raise awareness for all who are victimized by what Pope Fran-cis has called a “crime against humanity.” In April, the College hosted, “Trafficking, Mi-gration, and Freedom: We Are All Migrant Peoples,” a successful one-day conference, and will host a second symposium on the issue on Friday, September 25, 2015.

The Mount’s activism began in the months leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, when stu-dents engaged in advocacy to prevent trafficking. These efforts contribute to a greater national awareness of the issue. Since the beginning of 2015 the House of Representatives passed 12 bills to prevent trafficking, and in his World Day of Peace message, Pope Francis urged all nations to combat modern forms of slavery.

The U.S. Department of State says that 2.5 million people worldwide are victims of hu-man trafficking at any given time. The esti-mate is conservative: Other sources claim that as many as 36 million people in the world are trafficked or enslaved. The State

Mount students who engaged in anti-trafficking efforts in conjunction with Super Bowl XLVIII.

Department also cites a May 2014 report from the International Labor Organization, which found that worldwide, illegal prof-its in the private economy from the use of forced labor amount to some $150 billion per year. Two-thirds of these profits stem from commercial sexual exploitation, and more than one-third from domestic work, construction, manufacturing, and other in-dustries, the report says.

NEW MAJORS EXPAND ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND THE COLLEGE’S SOCIAL IMPACT

Combatting the GLOBAL EPIDEMIC of Modern-Day Slavery

The College has received approval from the New York State Education Depart-ment to launch two new undergraduate degree programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy, and a Bachelor of Science in Market Data Analytics. The interdisci-plinary programs are supported by the College’s new Fishlinger Center for Public

Policy Research. Established through the generosity of William J. and Joan Fish-linger, the Center will explore public opin-ion on key public policy concerns through independent and objective research, in order to inform meaningful dialog and advocacy on carefully selected topics.

MOUNT STUDENT RECOGNIZED AS STATE LEADER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

Chair of the CICU Board of Trustees Todd S. Hutton and CICU President Laura Anglin congratulate Ciara

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From Hanoi to Thailand, Mount students engage in research and service Before the start of her final semester at the College, Karen Cantor ’15 spent three weeks in Vietnam, conducting research and performing community service. Ms. Cantor, a nursing graduate, interviewed doctors and traditional healers about how they treat pain and she learned about herbal remedies that figure significantly in Vietnamese medicine. She gained insights into Vietnamese values about illness and health, especially the emphasis on holistic living.

“As a future psychiatric nurse in New York, I’m going to meet patients with different customs, so it’s important to know how to provide culturally competent care,” said Ms. Cantor, whose honors thesis compares American and Vietnamese approaches to pain management. “I’m more aware that patients are not just illnesses and symp-toms, but people with emotional, social, and family backgrounds.”

Todd Gable ’15 had a similar life-chang-ing experience during his time abroad. He knew that he wanted to be an Eng-lish teacher and work with economically and socially underserved teenagers, but student teaching was disheartening, es-pecially his experience at a Bronx high school where test preparation trumped learning about literature. “It was not what I thought being a teacher should be about,” he recalled.

Mr. Gable enrolled in a service project that

sent him to Thailand to teach English to Burmese refugees. He spent seven weeks at a school that housed students and teachers alike. It was more than a school, he said—it was a community seeking a bet-ter life through education. “It revitalized my ambitions for teaching and what that can mean. It shared the qualities that make me love the Mount.” He will build on these experiences through a two-year service period with the Peace Corps, beginning in August 2015.

Ms. Cantor and Mr. Gable’s experiences were made possible through the College’s partnership with IPSL, a 30-year-old ser-vice learning organization. The partnership allows students to participate in interna-tional service learning projects in 14 differ-ent countries, and the alliance supports the Mount’s graduate program in International Development and Service.

For more information about IPSL and the master’s degree program in International Development and Service, visit mountsain-tivencent.edu/ipsl.

Mission in action—connecting the classroom to the worldMount Saint Vincent students annually vol-unteer more than 10,000 hours of service to those in need. During College breaks and between semesters, students seek ad-ditional outreach opportunities on campus, stateside, and abroad. This year, more than 60 students participated in mission trips or-ganized by the Office of Campus Ministry.

“Participants in mission trips always gain more than they give,” said Kathryn

O’Loughlin, Assistant Director of Campus Ministry. “We framed these trips to let stu-dents know that they were only a link in a chain—and that with the knowledge they have gained from such projects conducted outside the classroom, they can put into practical use everything they have learned in class that aligns with the mission of the College.”

In early January, Mount students Neph-thalie Charlestin ’16 and Olivia O’Neill ’18, were among 120 female college students from across the country to travel to Loui-siana to work with the Sisters of Charity Federation and House of Charity. Volun-teers traveled to locations within the St. Bernard Parish in Southeast Louisiana to rebuild homes that are still destroyed from Hurricane Katrina.

“Through this experience I was able to bet-ter understand the Sisters of Charity,” said Ms. O’Neill. “I learned more about who the Sisters are and what their mission is about.”

Also in January, and for the fifth consecu-tive year, a group of Mount nursing stu-dents participated in a mission trip to ru-ral areas of Guatemala to work in health clinics run by the Sisters of Charity. Chel-sea Faughnan, Marisa Rosario, Angeline Malave, Jessica Gonzalez, and Marjorie Abreu—each of whom graduated in May—served in four clinics, checking vitals and preparing individuals for examination,

LEADING AND LEARNING The Mount’s Culture of Service and Outreach Creates Unique Educational Opportunities

Karen Cantor experiencing traditional healing practices in Vietnam.

Angeline Malave caring for an infant during her mission trip in Guatemala.

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mission and ministry trips with six organi-zations throughout New York City, includ-ing the Midnight Run, the Mexican Ameri-can Students’ Alliance (MASA), POTS soup kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, Dance for PD, and the Life Experience and Faith Shar-ing Association (LEFSA).

Another group of students traveled to Ken-tucky during spring break to volunteer with the Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) WorkFest. Owen Smith ’18, Sirinda Arturi ’18, Emilie Swartvagher ’18, Mikey Stephens-Emerson ’18, Sheila Buenaseda ’15, Brandon Rutishauser ’15, Jaymee Wilson ’15, Steven

Quinones ’15, and Jon Salamak, Graduate Assistant for the Office of Student Ac-tivities, Leadership, and Commuter Life, worked in teams to repair substandard housing and build new homes for low-in-come families. The students, accompanied by Kathryn O’Loughlin, were able to inter-act with homeowners and families strug-gling with poverty, further emphasizing the importance of service-learning, commu-nity, and spirituality. “They clearly under-stood they were not only repairing homes, but also rebuilding a community,” said Ms. O’Loughlin.

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NEWSEditor Leah Munch, Associate Director for College Relations

Contributing Ana Barbu, Michael Doughty, Andrea Kott,Writers Donna Moriarty, Daniel Regan

Photography Ben Asen, Brandon Charlton ’18, Roy Groething, Kathryn O’Loughlin, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), IPSL

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ON THE WEBThe College of Mount Saint Vincent has a brand new responsive website, which reflects its vibrant campus community of students and faculty. The website is your virtual window into the Mount’s rich academic programs and student opportunities outside the classroom, including, service programs, competitive athletics, intramurals, and countless clubs and activities.

MOUNTSAINTVINCENT.EDUis the best way to stay informed about all of our student and faculty achievements. Visit now and learn about:

• Sociology Students Pursue Joint Degrees in Social Work at Fordham University

• Mount Saint Vincent Chaplain Honored as FDNY Holy Name Society Man of the Year

• Business Students Gain Industry Knowledge Outside the Classroom

• Leaders in Service Provide Resources and Comfort to Manhattan’s Homeless Community

some of which were the only health care facilities for many miles. Resources for pa-tients are slim, as only one doctor serves all four clinics. The trip challenged this group of students to provide effective care, exposing them to health care dispar-ities that affect individuals in rural areas and with limited economic means.

During spring break in late March, working with the theme “Charity Begins at Home,” more than 30 Mount students served on

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“By enabling students, faculty, and staff to become trained, involved, and en-gaged in public policy, opinion, and re-search, the Fishlinger Center will provide a forum for discourse that can open new opportunities,” said Charles L. Flynn, Jr., President. “We hope the Center will posi-tion the College as a premier source for current public opinion research and anal-ysis. What we know is that it will enhance the reciprocal relationship between the College community—the students, fac-ulty, administration, and alumni—and the needs of the broader community.”

The B.A. in Public Policy program will stimulate and encourage students to en-

ter careers in the public sector devoted to the pursuit of effectively fighting peren-nial socio-economic problems in the U.S. and globally. Grounded in the principles of human dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, and the common good, this program ex-amines public policy and service in areas of government agencies and non-profit organizations “By offering a major in pub-lic policy, we are responding to students’ expressed interest in exploring the human experience in the world through the anal-ysis of data and information,” said Guy E. Lometti, Provost and Dean of Faculty and Chair of the Fishlinger Center’s Advisory Board. “Students will gain professional expertise and confidence, and will be en-couraged to develop a strong work ethic, as well as the ethic of treating self, others,

and society with dignity and respect.”

The B.S. in Market Data Analytics program will encourage students to delve deep into the study and application of marketplace data and to develop a host of skills in-cluding advanced statistics, digital media marketing, and data mining. The program strives to educate students in the under-standing, examination, and utilization of marketplace data using analytical proce-dures, quantitative reasoning, and rigor-ous deduction and will establish the Col-lege as a leader in the area of “Big Data” and digital marketing and media analysis.

To learn more about the Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research, visit mountsaintvincent.edu/fishlingercenter.

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MOUNT STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Ideline Gomez ’16 and Danica Luc ’16 have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

Ms. Gomez, a psychology and Spanish major, was awarded the scholarship as an early applicant, and will study abroad with IPSL in Cusco, Peru in Summer 2015. Ms. Luc, a biology major and member of the Honors Program, will also study abroad with IPSL, visiting Greece in Fall 2015. Af-ter completing their travels, they will lead efforts to promote international education

to their classmates.

The scholarship—sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educa-tional and Cultural Affairs—is awarded to undergraduates with the desire to study and intern abroad, who might otherwise not participate due to financial con-straints. More than 9,000 students apply to the Gilman Scholarship program each year. Recipients are selected based on an essay describing their education goals and through an interview process.

Gilman scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply toward their study abroad or intern-ship program costs. The program—aims to diversify the students who study and in-tern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. Scholarship recipients have the opportunity to gain a better un-derstanding of other cultures, countries, languages, and economies—making them better prepared to assume leadership roles within government and the private sector.

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The April conference included a keynote address by world-renowned activist Fa-ther Leonir Chiarello, Executive Director of Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN). The keynote was followed by break-out sessions conducted by representatives from the New York Foundling, Covenant House, Lifeway Network, the New York City Police Department, the IPSL service-learn-ing program, and Gabriela Isler—Miss Uni-verse 2013 and founder of the Universe of Blessings Fund, a humanitarian foundation dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls globally, especially those victim-

ized by human trafficking.

The conference allowed students to hear from peers who have worked with traf-ficked individuals, and how they can get involved with the Mount’s commitment to promote the sacred dignity and worth of all people, especially those who are most in need. “We want to create students who become global citizens by working with them on issues where they can have an impact,” said Heather Alumbaugh, Asso-ciate Professor of English, Director of the Honors Program, and Co-director of the Women’s Studies Program.

At the Mount, first-generation college stu-dents—many from families that immigrat-ed to the United States—make up 50 per-

cent of the student population. “Students are connected to the issue of trafficking because they are intimately connected to issues of migration, as first- or second-generation Americans,” Dr. Alumbaugh said. “They want to understand how to be part of the solution.”

“We work with students at the grassroots level to raise their awareness of human suffering,” said Matthew Shields, Director for Campus Ministry. “It was the perfect time to host this vitally important confer-ence.” The success of the symposia rein-forced the Mount’s conviction that greater public awareness of the issue will have a decisive impact on its eradication.

Art students across the country will use the Mount as a gateway to a rich and en-during engagement with the visual arts through the new ART | NYC Program.

ART | NYC is an intensive new program for motivated and creative undergraduate art majors who want to experience the visual arts in the cultural capital of the world. Of-fered annually during the spring semester, students from other institutions will come to the Mount to learn and grow intellectual-ly, creatively, professionally, and personally in the College’s supportive and welcoming academic environment.

“For many studio and art history majors around the country, a great deal of learn-

ART | NYC Experience Art in New York City

ing depends on viewing reproductions, whether of a celebrated masterpiece from the past or the latest, game-chang-ing work of public art,” said Marcia Vet-rocq, Director of the ART | NYC Program. “ART | NYC is an opportunity to experi-ence art first-hand—on a visit to the Met-ropolitan Museum, in the landscape of the Hudson Valley, or during a downtown open studio event.”

Part of the unique allure of the ART | NYC program is the students’ opportunity to pursue individual creative, academic, and career interests through directed study with mentors and through an internship with a museum, arts organization, gallery, or professional artist’s studio in New York.

“In the [internship] process, you come to understand how things work ‘on the ground,’” Dr. Vetrocq said. “How a project is conceived, how an exhibition comes to-gether…or how an artist builds a career.”

To learn more about the ART | NYC experi-ence, visit mountsaintvincent.edu/artnyc.

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Katherine Alexander (Assistant Profes-sor of Psychology) along with a student research assistant, Alaysia Carrington ’16, presented the poster, “Attachment Anxiety Leads to Fear of Becoming Fat Due to In-creased Binge Eating,” at the Annual Meet-ing of the Eastern Psychological Association in March 2015.

Daniel Amarante (Assistant Professor of Chemistry) presented, “Synthesis and Characterization of Late Transition Metal Complexes as Models for the Active Site of Hydrogenases,” as part of the Chemistry Seminar Series at Lehman College in Octo-ber 2014.

Richard Barnet’s (Associate Professor of Fine Arts) work was featured at the Art Students League of New York, the “Art From the Boros II” exhibition, and the Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn. He had two sculptures on exhibit at the Sculptors Guild at Gover-nors Island from May through September 2014, and will have two more exhibited from May through July 2015. His sculpture, Seat-ed Figure, was on display from July through September 2014 at the Greenhut Gallery in Portland, Maine. Additionally, his work was featured in LINEA: The Journal of The Art Students League of New York.

Stephanie Berger (Associate Professor of Psychology) presented at three conferences this year, with help from student research assistants, Emily Forsyth ’15, Kelly Bloom ’15, and Jaymee Wilson ’15. She presented the poster, “Achievement Goals as a Predic-tor of Academic Satisfaction,” along with her research assistants at the Annual Meet-ing of the Eastern Psychological Association in March 2015, and she presented the poster, “Goal Strength and Recall of Autobiographi-cal Memory,” at the Psychonomic Society’s 55th Annual Meeting in November 2014. She will present, “Identifying Qualities that Predict Accurate Recall of Autobiographical Memory,” at the 11th meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cogni-tion in June 2015.

Seonhee Cho (Associate Professor of Teacher Education) reviewed, “Crafting Critical Stories: Toward Pedagogies and Methodologies of Collaboration, Inclu-sion, and Voice by J. F. Carmona and K. V. Luschen,” from the Journal of Latinos and Education. She presented, “Perceptions on Accents: Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover,” at the New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Confer-ence in November 2014, and she presented, “Content-area Teachers’ Compulsory ESL Practicum Experiences: Perils and Prom-ises,” at the International Convention and English Language Expo in March 2015. She, along with Chair and Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Mary Ellen Sullivan, re-ceived an Independent Sector Faculty and Staff Development Project grant from the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.

Brad Crownover (Assistant Professor of Communication) had the chapter, “Me and My Shadow(s): Narratives on Self and Identity,” featured in Critical Articulations of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation.

Margaret Egan S.C. (Professor of Teacher Education) received the R. Neal Appleby Outstanding Teacher Educator Award from the New York State Association for Teacher Educators at their annual conference with the New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in October 2014.

James Fabrizio (Associate Professor of Biology) has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study late-stage maturation of spermatozoa in fruit flies, or Drosophila melanogaster.

David Gallo (Associate Professor of His-tory) presented his paper, “A Provincial No-ble at Versailles: Jean Plantavit de la Pause, Marquis de Margon, at the Reception of the Doge of Genoa, 15 May 1685,” for the panel, “Center and Margins/Centre et Marges,” at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies in October 2014.

Enrico Giordano (Associate Professor of Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition of over 30 mixed media paintings and works on pa-per at the Cartus Corporation Headquar-ters from January through February 2015. He also had an exhibit at the Art Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve running from September through October 2014.

Rob Jacklosky (Director of Writing and Professor of English) has been appointed as the new Director of the Core Curriculum at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

Pamela Kerrigan (Associate Professor of Chemistry) has been re-elected to a second term on the Board of Directors of Sigma Xi as the Northeast Regional Director. She is also serving on the editorial board as the bi-ochemistry ediotor of the American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR).

Deborah Kramer’s (Associate Professor of Nursing) column was featured on the American Holistic Nursing Association’s website in January 2015. She was featured in an American Holistic Nursing Association webinar, “Preparing A Holistic Research Ab-stract: Think Success!” and she will present, “Helping the Helpers: Burnout in Pediatric Hematology Oncology,” at the Israel Soci-ety of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Rambam Medical Center in June 2015.

Guy Lometti (Provost and Dean of Fac-ulty and Professor of Communication) an-nounced his retirement at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Cynthia Meyers (Associate Professor of Communication) was chosen to serve as a judge on the faculty screening committee for the 57th Annual Peabody Awards. She was also invited to serve as a panelist for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant program for media archives in November 2014, and chaired, “Branded En-tertainment”: Digital Advertising and New TV Business Models,” a roundtable at the Flow Conference in September 2014. Ad-ditionally, she was named a Regional Direc-tor, Eastern Division, for Radio Preservation Task Force, a Library of Congress project of the National Recording Preservation Board.

Victor Miroshnikov (Assistant Profe-sor of Mathematics) published the papers, “Nonlinear Interaction of N Conservative Waves in Two Dimensions,” “Interaction of Two Pulsatory Waves of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation in a Zigzag Hyperbolic Struc-ture,” “Deterministic Chaos of N Stochastic Waves in Two Dimensions,” and “Conserva-tive Interaction of Ninternal waves in Three Dimensions,” in the American Journal of Computational Mathematics. Additionally, he presented, “New Exact Solution for Non-linear Interaction of Two Pulsatory Waves of the Korteweg – De Vries Equation in An In-variant Zigzag Structure,” at the SIAM Con-ference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures.

Joseph Molinatti (Assistant Director of the Nursing Program and Associate Profes-sor of Nursing) had the chapter, “Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care De-livery,” featured in Nursing Now! Today’s Is-sues, Tomorrow’s Trends.

Sumi Raghavan (Assistant Professor of Psychology) presented, “Using Participatory Methods to Develop an Asset-Building De-pression Intervention for Immigrant Wom-en,” at the 14th Annual Diversity Challenge Conference at Boston College. The paper is currently in press as, “Using Participa-tory Methods to Develop an Asset-Building Mental Health Intervention for Bangladeshi Immigrant Women,” to be published in Pro-gress in Community Health Partnerships.

Jonathan Rosenberg (Visiting Instructor of Business and Economics) presented, “The Business of Sport: Profiting from Human Rights Violations at Global Athletic Events,” at “Migration, Trafficking, and Freedom: We Are All Migrant Peoples,” in April 2015.

LinDa Saphan (Assistant Professor of So-ciology) is an associate producer and prin-cipal researcher for the documentary film, Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll.

Ron Scapp (Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education) presented the lecture, “The Assault on Ethnic Studies: An Assault on Democracy?” at Stony Brook University in March 2015.

Joseph Skelly (Chair and Professor of His-tory) published a review article of Michael F. Cairo’s book, The Gulf: The Bush Presiden-cies and the Middle East in the Israel Jour-nal of Foreign Affairs. He presented, “Who Lost Iraq? The American Ruling Class,” at the Annual Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Conference. He was also named as one of the top 100 Irish Americans in the field of education by the Irish Voice newspaper. Additionally, he was appointed logistics and movement officer for the 405th Combat Support Hospital, a battalion of over 500 soldiers, after serving for three years as a company commander in the United States Army Reserve.

Sarah Stevenson (Dean of the Under-graduate College and Associate Professor of English) has been appointed as the new Provost and Dean of Faculty at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

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This past year was one of the best in the Department of Athletics and Recreation’s history. On its way to posting the College’s best ever finish in the Skyline Conference President’s Cup, the Mount saw seven pro-grams qualify for their respective confer-ence tournaments. Men’s basketball and women’s volleyball advanced to the semifi-nal round and women’s basketball claimed its first conference championship, earning the program’s first berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The successful academic year started in the Fall with women’s soccer posting a pro-gram best 13 victories and making its sec-ond ever appearance in the Skyline Confer-ence Tournament, hosting St. Joseph’s-L.I. in the opening round. Men’s soccer made its first ever appearance in the Skyline Con-ference Tournament in 2014, also hosting St. Joseph’s-L.I. in the opening round of the event. Women’s soccer featured three All-Skyline Conference selections, while the men’s team featured Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year Dennis Reyes ’18.

Women’s volleyball advanced to the semi-final round of its conference tournament in 2014 under first year head coach Alyssa

Kaufman. The Dolphins earned two All-Skyline Conference nods following the season, with Ashleigh Scozzari ’16 being named First Team All-League and Nicole Henderson ’18 earning Second Team All-Skyline Conference recognition.

In cross country, Patrick Goldberg ’17 was named First Team All-Skyline Conference after placing third at the conference cham-pionships and attended the NCAA Atlan-tic Regional meet for the second straight season. On the women’s side, Daisy Pogyo ’17 earned Second Team All-Conference recognition with a 10th place finish at the conference championships and ran at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet for the first time in her collegiate career.

The men’s basketball team—under the di-rection of Brian Nigro ’00—had its first win-ning season since the 2010-2011 campaign, posting an 18-9 overall record and finishing tied for second in the Skyline Conference standings. The Dolphins advanced to the semifinal round of the Skyline Conference Tournament and featured three players who received postseason honors from the conference. James Zuccaro ’15 was made a First Team selection, Antonio Johnson ’15

earned Second Team honors, and Ammad Alkhulaidi ’18 garnered league Rookie of the Year accolades.

The spring season saw Softball make its second straight appearance in the Skyline Conference Tournament, featuring First Team All-Skyline Conference selections Mackenzie Heizer ’17 and Rachel Heizer ’18. Rachel Heizer was the league’s Rookie of the Year, clubbing six home runs and hit-ting .410 in her first collegiate season.

Overall, Mount Saint Vincent placed fifth in the Skyline Conference President’s Cup standings, posting its best ever point total (67.00) and rating (.567) in the standings since in inception for the 2007-2008 aca-demic year.

The Dolphins featured 20 All-Skyline Con-ference selections during the 2014-2015 ac-ademic year and four major award winners, including three Rookie of the Years and a Defensive Player of the Year. The Dolphins received Four ECAC All-Star selections and two Regional honors, with Dennis Reyes being named Third Team NSCAA/Conti-nental Tire Third Team All-East Region and Kelly Fraser earning D3Hoops.Com Third Team All-Atlantic recognition.

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TEAM WORK MAKES DREAMS WORK

Student athlete Andrew Curiel and TeamWork Makers Dreams

Work participant.

The annual Scholarship Tribute Dinner on May 6, 2015 at Cipriani Wall Street raised over $508,565 toward scholarship funds for tal-ented and deserving students. This year’s honorees were William M. O’Connor, a partner in the New York office of Thompson & Knight LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the Real Estate Capital Markets Practice Group, and Sgt. Cheryl C. Shea, of the New York City Police Department’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Training.

Honoree William M. O’Connor, Honoree Cheryl C. Shea, Board of Trustees Chair Noreen M. Culhane, Scholarship Tribute Dinner Co-chair and Trustee Stephen A. Manzi, and President Charles L. Flynn, Jr.

SCHOLARSHIP TRIBUTE DINNER

Members of the Mount’s men’s and women’s basketball teams held a bas-ketball clinic for some 50 special needs teenagers from nearby Leake & Watts and the Hawthorne County Day School on Thursday, May 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the College’s Peter Jay Sharp Athletic and Recreation Center.

Spencer Bode ’18, a freshman student athlete who developed the idea with the help of some of his basketball team-mates and student volunteers, dubbed the program “TeamWork Makes Dreams Work.” The goal was to bring together college athletes and special needs stu-dents for a day of friendly competition

and skill practice at the basketball clin-ic, along with pizza, team tee-shirts and all-around fun.

“We feel there’s a tremendous opportu-nity to give back to young people in our community who are living with disabili-ties,” said Mr. Bode. “By offering the use of the Mount’s beautiful, newly renovat-ed athletic center, and the support and friendship of our students, we felt we could make a really special outing for these special athletes, and bring them into our campus family. It’s important to strengthen Mount students’ connection to the community in which it thrives.”

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The women’s basketball team had a his-toric season in 2014-2015—the most wins on record in program history, the pro-gram’s first ever conference champion-ship, and a resulting berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The Dolphins finished the 2014-2015 sea-son with a 22-6 overall record and an 11-1 mark at the Peter Jay Sharp Athletic and Recreation Center. As the second seed in the conference tournament, the Mount downed Sage in the opening round, be-fore posting a convincing 76-50 win at top-seeded Farmingdale State to secure the conference crown. Kelly Fraser ’15 was named the tournament’s Most Outstand-ing Player after averaging 21 points and 13 rebounds in the event.

Following its championship game win, Mount Saint Vincent traveled to Brunswick, Maine to take on Ithaca in the National Tournament, falling to the Bombers 82-72. Ms. Fraser finished off her career with a 27 point, 11 rebound performance and round-ed out a stellar four year career with 1,433 points and an even 1,000 rebounds.

Individually, the Mount saw Ms. Fraser earn First Team All-Skyline Conference honors

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and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the second straight season. She went on to be named an ECAC Metro Division All-Star, a D3Hoops.com Third Team All-Atlantic Region pick, and a Sec-ond Team All-Met Writers selection. Chris-tina Barone ’17 was named First Team All-Skyline Conference and Brittany Carroll

’17 was made a Second Team All-League selection for the Dolphins.

Additionally, head coach Kevin Clifford was recognized as Co-Coach of the Year by the Metropolitan Writers Association for the 2014-2015 season, his third leading the program.

The 2015 Skyline Women’s Basketball Conference Champions.

President Charles L. Flynn, Jr. introduces honoree Deryck A. Palmer.

The College conferred 374 bachelor’s degrees and 64 master’s degrees at its 103rd annual Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 23. Graduates of the Class of 2015 were challenged to use their talents and the benefits of their education in ser-vice of others by President Charles L. Flynn, Jr., who said, “please remember to care about those you know and those you do not—remember goodness, discipline, and knowledge.”

An honorary doctorate of laws was award-ed to Deryck A. Palmer, a trustee of the Col-lege and a partner in the Insolvency and Re-structuring practice of the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Mr. Palmer is

a member of the American Bar Associa-tion’s Business Bankruptcy Committee and the New York State Bar Association Com-mittee on Bankruptcy and Committee on Courts and the Community. For more than a decade, Mr. Palmer served as a foreign advisor on U.S. bankruptcy law to the Chi-nese government and was instrumental in drafting the PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, adopted in 2006. Mr. Palmer is a co-author of multiple articles and three books, The PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: The People’s Work in Progress, History of Bank-ruptcy Law in the Second Circuit, and Re-structuring: The Search for Value in a Trou-bled Enterprise.

In his Commencement address, Mr. Palmer told the graduates they will find success by building on their experiences at the Col-lege. “The values and the ethics you learned here will be your guides,” he said. “Never lose faith; never lose sight of what those values are.” Mr. Palmer also instructed the graduates to be unafraid of challenges tell-ing them, “Our inner strength and our po-tential are only known to us—hold on to it, it will allow you to achieve every dream you have.”

Commencement Exercises began on Fri-day, May 22, with a Baccalaureate Awards

and Hooding Ceremony—when medals were bestowed for excellence in each aca-demic discipline, and 250 students were recognized for their induction into nation-al honor societies—and a Baccalaureate Mass, celebrated by the College’s Chap-lain, Christopher Keenan, OFM. Exercises continued Saturday morning, as degree candidates from the School of Profession-al and Graduate Studies participated in a hooding ceremony immediately preced-ing Commencement.

Mount graduates of the Class of 2015 process down the Centennial Stairs.

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