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About College of Mount Saint Vincent

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The residential neighborhood of Riverdale is situated in the northwest portion of the Bronx and contains the northernmost point in New York City. According to the 2000 census, the neighborhood houses approximately 47,850 people, within its limits.

The college was established in 1847 and first started as a school for women, called the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent. It gets its name from Saint Vincent de Paul, the 17th Century French priest who worked with the poor and founded the original Sisters of Charity, and from the `mount`, which was a geographic high point along Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan.

Mount Saint Vincent currently offers its students professional undergraduate programs in nursing, business, communication, and education, including a strong liberal arts undergraduate curriculum in biology, biochemistry, English, psychology, and sociology, as well as graduate degree programs in nursing, business, TESOL and education.

Athletics

Mount Saint Vincent's athletic teams are known as the Dolphins and they compete in NCAA Division III. Their distinctive colors are blue and gold.

Notable Alumni

Miriam Naveira - first and only female Chief Justice on Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Aline Griffith - Countess of Romanones, author of The Spy Wore Red The Countess of Romanones Commands a Dazzling Cast in Her Second Memoir, Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino - President of the Philippines, 1986-1992, first female elected head of state in Asia, and Noreen Culhane - Executive Vice President, New York Stock Exchange, area among the noteworthy graduates from the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

Quick Facts

Address: 6301 Riverdale Avenue, Riverdale, Bronx, New York.

Campus: 70 acres.

Enrollment: (over) 1800 undergraduate and graduate students.

Motto: `Bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me` - `Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge`.