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OXLEY CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM

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THE OXLEY CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM is getting national attention.

“Innovative, cutting edge, far beyond what most colleges and universities offer…a leader in career education.”

Mount grads don’t just get jobs.

THEY LAUNCH CAREERS. Most people will have more than one profession. The average is six.

The nurse becomes a hospital administrator and then an insurance executive. The teacher becomes an IBM executive and then a vice president of the New York Stock Exchange–with plenty of steps in between. The English major becomes an attorney, then becomes an in-house counsel for an investment firm, then an executive, then the president of a bank. The history major becomes a physician, then the managing director of a surgical intensive care unit, then a pharmaceutical company executive.

These aren’t hypotheticals, they are the career paths of just a few Mount graduates.

Many colleges ask students, what do you want to be? Now, come up with your plan. There are two problems with this approach. First, if you’re not positive about what you want

to be, do you know what your best options are? Second, how do you make an effective plan?

The Oxley Career Education Program is unique. Whether you know what you want to be or not, it helps you to build the skills—and the plan—to discover your best options and launch your career.

The Oxley Career Education Program will begin on your first day at the Mount and continue through graduation. You’ll identify your strengths and interests, and you’ll come to understand both the value of those strengths and the range of opportunities associated with them. Your Oxley advisor will help you strategize how to translate what you love into a career.

The Oxley Career Education Program is named for Geraldine Oxley ’51, an insurance industry pioneer and generous benefactor of the College.

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ADVISING At the Mount, advising is different from most colleges and universities. It’s teamwork: you, your faculty advisor, and your professional advisor.

At many other institutions, students have a faculty advisor to help with registration, Course selection, and other academic questions. At the College of Mount Saint Vincent, your faculty advisor is your instructor in First Year Experience, a stimulating and informational course required for all freshmen students. You get to know your advisor personally. They’ll help you understand major and core curriculum requirements, advise you about graduate programs, and connect you to the College community.

In addition to a faculty advisor, you’ll have a professional advisor for four years.

Your professional advisor works with you and your faculty advisor to guide you to all sorts of opportunities available at the Mount: • Internships • Study Abroad

• Center for Undergraduate Research

• IPSL @ Mount Saint Vincent

• Honors Program

• Academic Resource Center

• Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research

• Mount Mentors • National Fellowships and Awards 2

• and many more...

FRESHMAN YEAR EXPLORE • Begin: Take First Year Experience (FYE) with your faculty advisor and be introduced to college life, academic expectations, and support systems, which will help boost critical thinking and information literacy. You’ll be encouraged to get involved with student activities and you’ll also coordinate a service project with campus ministry, helping to give back to those in need.

• Discover: Assess your values, interests, skills, and motivations.

• Participate: Activities that you enjoy and excel at can also help you build skills and distinguish yourself in the marketplace.

• Identify: Explore work and experiential learning options that you enjoy.

• Prepare: Build your resume, boost networking skills, practice interviewing, and learn about available internship opportunities.

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CHOOSING YOUR MAJOR In some fields of work, your major is an essential credential: accounting, nursing, and teacher education in particular. However, more than 80% of college graduates in the U.S. are employed in positions that have no singular connection to their undergraduate major.

WHY? In most fields, the things the Mount emphasizes are the ultimate credential: a repertoire of analytical skills; clear, critical thinking; the ability to express yourself convincingly both orally and in writing; and the ability to weigh moral and ethical questions seriously.

The challenges are the same whatever your major: How do I identify my opportunities?

How do I prepare? How do I get chosen?

Beginning your first semester and over your four years at the Mount, the Oxley Career Education Program will help you to answer those questions and build the skills you need to launch your career.

MAJORS • Accounting • Art History • Biochemistry • Biology • Business Administration • Chemistry • Communication • Economics • English • French Studies • History • Interdisciplinary Studies 4

• Market Data Analytics • Mathematics • Nursing • Philosophy • Psychology • Public Policy • Religious Studies • Sociology • Spanish • Studio Art • Teacher Education* • Visual Arts and Experimental Media

* Teacher Education, leading to initial New York State Certification, is an academic concentration that can be coupled with nearly every major.

INTERNSHIPS It’s a big world and Mount students are ready for it.

The Mount’s location in New York City ensures you’ll have ready access to internship opportunities at top businesses, entertainment companies, health care facilities, government agencies, and more.

Internships connect the classroom to the world.

You’ll explore interests and transfer theory to application. While doing so, you’ll gain invaluable professional experience, build your resume (and your confidence, too), and connect with the people who will become mentors, job references, and perhaps even future employers.

You’ll be able to complete an internship for academic credit anytime after your freshman year—either to explore options or to obtain advance preparation.

Oxley Discovery Internships are designed for students to explore their career goals, linking academic studies to the world of work—leveraging the finest opportunities of New York City.

Capstone Internships allow students to gain additional experience while testing their skills in a real world professional context.

Thousands of internship possibilities await in

NYC

RECENT INTERNSHIPS • ABC • Atlantic Records • Bronx Zoo • CBS • Cosmopolitan Magazine • Deutsche Bank • Ermenegildo Zegna • ESPN • Factory PR • Food Network • Fox News • General Electric • Hudson River Park Trust • Lord and Taylor • Marie Claire Magazine • Martha Stewart Living/Omnimedia • Merrill Lynch • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Michael Kors • Mount Sinai Hospital • NBC • New Amsterdam Partners LLC • News 12—Westchester • New Line Cinema • New York Mets • New York Stock Exchange • NYC Comptroller’s Office • NYU Langone Medical Center • OK! Magazine • Pfizer • Rockwell Financial Group • SportsNet New York • Sony BMG • The Legal Aid Society • Univision • VH1 • and many others…

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SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEARS EXPAND AND EXTEND • Translate: Learn how to fuse your major, interests, strengths, and skills into a career path.

• Participate: Make sure your activities outside the classroom develop your communication, teamwork, time management, problem solving, and leadership skills. What you love to do will help you identify what you can offer employers.

• Prepare: Consider additional career and professional advancements through Oxley Discovery Internships.

• Learn: Refine your skills in resume writing, identify career exploration opportunities, and gain tips to conduct successful interviews.

• Connect: Find internships and prospective employers through Mount alumnae/i, networking events, job shadowing, career fairs, information sessions, and the ParaMount Perspectives Speakers Series.

• Build: Establish well-grounded confidence and turn experiences into accomplishments.

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SENIOR YEAR EXCEL • Meet: Finalize your graduate school search strategy and timeline with your professional advisor.

• Prepare: Refine test-taking skills at the Academic Resource Center for national graduate/professional school examinations, such as the GRE, GMAT, MCAT, or LSAT. • Attend: Plan to drop in on a variety of career-targeted workshops, which are made available exclusively for seniors.

• Create: Assemble a portfolio with materials illustrating talents and achievements.

• Refine: Enhance skills that you need and develop your action plan.

• Share: Post your resume on Dolphinlink, the Mount’s internship and career database.

• Network: Connect with Mount graduates to establish professional networks and identify employment opportunities.

• Complete: Finish your capstone internship, practicum placement, or career-related work experience.

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LAUNCH YOUR CAREER “We assist students in making decisions that match their passions,” says Cheretta Robson, Director for the Oxley Career Education Program. “We direct them to the resources needed to succeed in their field.”

Michael Jimenez fully explored his options through the Oxley Career Education Program. With help from his advisor, Michael was able to revamp his resume, discovering what internship was right for him based on his area of study in communication.

Michael Jimenez ’16 B.A. COMMUNICATION

INTERNSHIP | ABC Television FIRST JOB | NBCUniversal

He conducted his internship at ABC Television during the fall semester of his senior year.

As an intern for operations, productions, and specials, Michael submitted information to the Federal Communications Commission, transcribed audio for programs and specials, and assisted on live broadcasts such as the TCS New York City Marathon. Michael even had the opportunity to work on the studio floor and control room for Live with Kelly and Michael.

Now, Michael is working full-time at NBCUniversal as a master control operator, where he monitors live and pre-recorded content for NBC.

“My internship at ABC left no doubt in my mind that I would like to continue on this career path.”

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Through the Oxley Career Education Program, you’ll explore and define your career interests and learn how to market yourself, while building and growing relationships that matter.

Our nursing students complete their clinical placements, externships, and preceptorships (one-on-one training with a nurse) at the nation’s finest hospitals, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, NYU Langone Medical Center, and New York–Presbyterian University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell.

Students seeking further enrichment may apply for an Oxley Grant. This fund provides financial assistance to individual students engaging in specialized research or creative projects.

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The College is home to IPSL @ Mount Saint Vincent, among the finest study abroad programs in the United States. With over 17 international sites, students enroll in rigorous academics, live with a host family, and benefit from placements with leading service organizations—further enriching participants’ cultural immersion. Few programs are designed to ensure students experience nationally recognized academics with renowned service learning. Through IPSL @ Mount Saint Vincent, you’ll find study abroad at its best and most enticing—all that it should be.

Thinking graduate school?

Maximize your score on graduate and professional admissions tests like the GRE, GMAT, MCAT, or LSAT through test preparation at the Academic Resource Center.

First Year Experience provides a survival skills package for college life and beyond. The goals of the course derive from the College’s motto: “Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge.”

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Talented students receive coaching and assistance in applying for scholarships and national fellowships, such as the Fulbright Program and the Goldwater Scholarship.

JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS Offered on campus and at other institutions

Business B.S./M.B.A. College of Mount Saint Vincent

Occupational Therapy B.S./M.S. Columbia University

Criminology and Justice B.A./M.A. St. John’s University

Pharmacy B.S./Pharm.D. University of Saint Joseph

Education B.A./M.S. College of Mount Saint Vincent History B.A./M.A. St. John’s University Library and Information Sciences B.A./M.S. St. John’s University Nursing B.S./M.S. College of Mount Saint Vincent

Physical Therapy B.S./D.P.T. New York Medical College Podiatric Medicine B.S./D.P.M. New York College of Podiatric Medicine Social Work B.A./M.S.W. Fordham University Sociology B.A./M.A. St. John’s University

Through the Center for Undergraduate Research, students produce original work to present at national and international conferences. Research experience allows students to develop methodological skills, encourages them to develop an expertise in a given area of study, and prepares them for graduate programs and future employment.

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Need help with composition, statistics, or physics? The Academic Resource Center expands the classroom with tutoring and supplemental instruction.

Our vibrant campus life offers holistic preparation for a lifetime of meaningful achievement. Students foster skills and qualities such as leadership, time management, and team building through participation in student activities, service opportunities, and athletics.

The ParaMount Perspectives Speaker Series features prominent executives, artists, scientific researchers, doctors, and leaders who bring their profession into the classroom, sharing industry knowledge and career insights with students.

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Our intensive job interview preparation will hone your interviewing skills. You will master the art of an exceptional first impression, essential for landing that first job—and beyond.

Mount Mentors pairs dedicated and promising students with successful alumnae/i, trustees, and friends of the College. Through the guidance and example of their mentors, students discover vital connections between their academic studies and the professional world.

Mount graduates go on to study at some of the nation’s finest institutions: • Albert Einstein College of Medicine • Brown University • Columbia University • City University of New York • Fordham University • Georgetown University • Harvard University • Kings College London • McGill University • New York Medical College

• New York University • NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine • Pennsylvania State University • Rutgers University • St. John’s University • State University of New York at Albany • Stony Brook University • Teachers College, Columbia University • University of Chicago • University of Nebraska • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 13

A rigorous and inclusive liberal arts college committed to the Catholic tradition and ecumenism, the College of Mount Saint Vincent boasts nationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs. We combine a strong core curriculum with a full array of majors. Small class sizes and personalized attention provide our talented students with an exceptional academic experience. Education here goes beyond knowledge, skills, and preparation for work: At the Mount, we seek to develop the whole person—the heart as well as the mind.

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For more information about the Oxley Career Education Program, or to speak with an advisor, contact our Admission staff.

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