Partners in learning: The Oxley Program We’re in this together. You’ll develop one-on-one relationships with professors who learn what you need to thrive, and make sure you get it, whether that means an added challenge, a push in a new direction, a little help getting acclimated to college life, or some extra support with coursework.
First Year Experience The First Year Experience (FYE) helps make the transition to college a little bit smoother. You’ll take an FYE course during your first semester and participate in informal social gatherings throughout the year to develop positive work habits, study skills, and strong relationships.
Academic Advisement At the Mount, Academic Advisement is an interactive collaboration between you and your advisor—one of your department’s professors—who will be a source of guidance as you consider how to apply your interests, values, and abilities towards your educational and professional goals.
The Academic Resource Center (ARC)
BRIDGE Program Applicants to the Mount show what they’re made of in a number of ways. High test scores and GPAs are just a couple of them. BRIDGE provides additional support to students with standardized testing scores or grade point averages below our normal admission standards, but who demonstrate great potential and motivation to succeed. We select BRIDGE students based on what unique contributions they can bring to our community.
Think of it as the on-campus headquarters for academic support. The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is your go-to place for tutoring, study groups, stress relief, and more.
Graduates of the program have gone on to pursue graduate-level studies at distinguished colleges and universities, and have achieved professional success in fields such as accounting, education, law, and medicine.
ARC is also home to the College’s Writing Center, which covers just about anything related to writing, from workshops on grammar and sentence structure, to assistance with essay writing and thesis development.
Mount Mentors Program
The Honors Program The Honors Program gives some of our most successful and motivated students additional opportunities for intellectual development, interdisciplinary study, and original research. The rigorous curriculum, which integrates the College’s mission and values, challenges students throughout their undergraduate experience.
TRIO Maybe you’re the first member of your family to attend college. Or maybe you just need additional guidance adjusting to college life. We welcome students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, and, as a community, we’re stronger for it. 8
The TRIO Student Support Services program assists low-income and first-generation college students with academic and professional growth through academic support, leadership development, and mentoring.
Mount Mentors pairs Mount students with successful alumni and friends of the College. Through strong relationships with their mentors, undergraduates broaden their cultural horizons and gain valuable professional development experience that is relevant to any field.
Scholars on Track We’re nationally recognized for our strength in the sciences—in fact, a 2010 National Science Foundation study ranked the Mount number one in the U.S. for Latino success in science fields. We were recently awarded another highly competitive grant of nearly $600,000 from the NSF to expand the Mount’s science scholarship programs. The funding will also support Scholars on Track, a program that furthers student success in the sciences through scholarships, academic enrichment and research opportunities, mentoring, and peer tutoring.