college of mount saint vincent
NEWS ALUMNAE/I, STUDENTS, & FRIENDS
EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY:
THE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE by Belle Hann
The College of Mount Saint Vincent and New York Law School are preparing to open the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice in 2015. The Charter High School is the product of a unique partnership between two institutions of higher learning, which combined their resources to design the School. In December 2013, the New York State Board of Regents approved the application to establish and operate the high school in the southern Bronx, issuing a fiveyear, renewable charter. This project began last year when the College and the Law School, which were separately pursuing the possibility of charter schools, decided to cooperate. Professor Richard Marsico from New York Law School was interested in opening a charter high school in the Bronx with a theme of law and social justice. President Charles Flynn of the College of Mount Saint Vincent was interested in opening a charter school that would serve as a laboratory of good practice in teacher preparation and become home to a new “clinically rich” teacher education program. When the Teacher Education department, including Chair and Associate Professor Dr. Mary Ellen Sullivan, met the law professor, they saw great potential
SPRING 2014
FACULTY FOCUS
A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR by Adam Wiesniski
Dr. Cynthia B. Meyers, Associate Professor of Communication has been studying advertising for two decades—from radio jingles and product placements to the future of branded entertainment—but only recently did she finally get the chance to write her very own ad. “Read the fascinating tale of how ad agencies helped invent broadcast entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s! Thrill to stories of admen boldly combining jokes with Jell-O, dramas with soap, celebrities with cheese! Enjoy 27 illustrations: Hollywood stars! Vintage trade ads!” reads the ad she wrote for her book, A Word From Our Sponsor: Admen, Advertising, and the Golden Age of Radio, published this year by Fordham University Press.
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WORLD-CLASS INTERNSHIPS AT THE UN by Belle Hann
“I MAY NEVER GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN” Carolyn Sepulveda ’14
Like many Mount students, Carolyn Sepulveda ’14 wants to make a difference in the world. A psychology major with a strong interest in international affairs, she has gained first-hand experience in international diplomacy at the United Nations. Carolyn is one of four Mount students interning at a NonGovernmental Organization (NGO) office, advocating for social justice at the United Nations. She is joined by Erika Pichardo ’16, Katherine Moreira ’15, and Amanda Soliman ’14. Carolyn and Erika serve at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary NGO, while Amanda and Katherine serve the UNANIMA NGO. continued on page 7
When asked about writing her first ad, she laughed. “I’ve never worked in the ad industry,” said Meyers, who has been teaching in the Mount’s Department of Communication since 2004. “In one of my previous lives, I was a modern dancer. I had to work several jobs as a dancer and I didn’t get paid very much.” continued on page 6
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