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Posted: 2 May 2011
In 1979, co-operative education became an option for students at the Mount. Now 32 years later, program administrators and faculty continue to work with students to provide real-world work experiences to accompany their formal classroom…
Posted: 20 April 2011
(Halifax, NS) – Mount Saint Vincent University (the Mount) is pleased to announce Ms. Phyllis Yaffe and Dr. Samantha Nutt will be honorary degree recipients at its 2011 Spring Convocation ceremonies. Established women leaders, Ms.…
Posted: 12 April 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halifax, NS – Mount Saint Vincent University (the Mount) has recently appointed Dr. Jamie Metsala as the first Gail and Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Learning Disabilities. This endowed Chair is the first…
Posted: 8 April 2011
Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell, Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at the Mount, was recently appointed as a mentor for recipients of the Trudeau Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship is an initiative of the Trudeau Foundation in…
Posted: 6 April 2011
St. Helena, a remote island of volcanic origin, is located in the South Atlantic Ocean between West Africa and Brazil. The historic Island welcomes a small number of tourists annually, but none perhaps more motivated…
Posted: 4 April 2011
Many people have had the pleasure of experiencing their first year of university at the Mount. Most people’s experiences, however, do not start at the age of 64. Yet for Eileen LeBlanc, a Client Service…
Posted: 31 March 2011
On January 4, 2011, Dr. Ardra Cole joined the Mount community as Associate Vice-President, Academic and Research. Dr. Cole completed a Bachelor of Education at the Mount, and was brought back by many shared values and…
Posted: 29 March 2011
Mount Saint Vincent University honoured A. Garnet Brown at the 2011 student awards dinner on Thursday, March 24. Brown was a distinguished businessman, Liberal cabinet minister and one of the strongest advocates for sport in…
Posted: 29 March 2011
On March 24, the Rosaria boardroom hosted 35 local businesswomen and members of the Mount community for a business-focused Roundtable on Women’s Enterprise. The event, organized by the Department of Business Administration and the Centre…
Posted: 21 March 2011
Mount Saint Vincent University regrets to inform members of the Mount community, friends and neighbors that former MSVU Art Gallery Director, Mary Sparling, passed away in a Halifax nursing home on March 16. Mary was active…