Mount students take top prize at national food product development competition
Posted: 29 June 2017
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A team of students from Mount Saint Vincent University has won this year’s national Mission ImPULSEible competition. Mission: ImPULSEible was launched in 2009 by Pulse Canada as a way to encourage post-secondary students in food…
A farewell message from Mount President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ramona Lumpkin, CM
Posted: 28 June 2017
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To the Mount community I first learned of the Mount’s magic many years ago from my sister Linda, when she came here from Tennessee to attend a summer institute for teachers. What has struck me…
Nova Scotia Centre on Aging at the Mount wins international award for research excellence
Posted: 26 June 2017
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Centre celebrating 25 years The Global Ageing Network, an international network of leaders in aging, has announced that the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging (NSCA), based at Mount Saint Vincent University, is one of two…
Researchers at Mount Saint Vincent and Dalhousie universities awarded $1.5 million to help advance Alzheimer’s disease research
Posted: 22 June 2017
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“The Mount lab is home to the synthesis, characterization and biochemical investigations of this puzzle.” A Halifax based research team has received close to $1.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) that…
New $700,000 investment in graduate scholarship in honour of retiring President Dr. Ramona Lumpkin and husband Dr. William Blackburn
Posted: 19 June 2017
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A significant fundraising campaign undertaken by Mount Saint Vincent University in honour of retiring President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ramona Lumpkin, CM and her husband Dr. William Blackburn, has resulted in the establishment of a new…
Mount Research Award winner’s work in chemistry recognized as “monumental” by colleagues
Posted: 14 June 2017
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Dr. Chérif F. Matta, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at the Mount, was recently announced as the 2017 recipient of the Mount Saint Vincent University Research Excellence Award. The award…
Wikuom (wigwam) to be raised on campus
Posted: 12 June 2017
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MEDIA ADVISORY (Halifax, NS) June 12, 2017 – On June 12 and 13, a wikuom (wigwam) will be installed on the Mount Saint Vincent University campus as a new space for Indigenous gathering and education.…
Passion plus education leads to dream job
Posted: 30 May 2017
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Applied Human Nutrition grad now nutrition counsellor for elite athletes If someone had told Luke Corey five years ago that he would be working as a performance dietitian for EXOS, a world-leader in human performance,…
First-ever Teaching Excellence Awards presented to three faculty members at spring convocation
Posted: 25 May 2017
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Celebrating outstanding teaching At the Mount’s 2017 spring convocation, the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning (SCOTL) announced the recipients of the first-ever Mount Saint Vincent University Teaching Excellence Awards. The President and Vice-Presidents’ Advanced…
Catherine Woodman receives award for Exceptional Volunteer Service from the Mount’s Board of Governors
Posted: 24 May 2017
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“Catherine Woodman is a passionate advocate, a fierce leader, and a remarkable ambassador, mentor, and friend – to name but a few. It gives me great, great pleasure to see her recognized for her volunteer…