A DISTINCTIVE LEARNING DYNAMIC
“ We will advance learning through the distinctive dynamic of our integration of liberal arts and professional disciplines throughout the College.”
20 | 2019–2020
G
oal three underscores the value
Assistant awards during the 2019-20
of the College’s combination of
academic year. Alvarez is currently
a large university’s curriculum
teaching English in Brazil. Both Flanigan
with the person-centered learning of a
and Hay are teaching English in Malaysia.
liberal arts college, which challenges
It was the first time that more than one
students to become educated both in depth
Manhattan College student has received a
and breadth.
Fulbright award during an academic year.
• Manhattan College announced the public
• During the last week in September 2019,
launch of its capital campaign, Invest in
58 students gave presentations on the
the Vision: The Campaign for Manhattan,
research they conducted during the
at the annual President’s Dinner in
summer in a variety of fields of study.
September 2019. Invest in the Vision is a
The Jasper Summer Research Scholars
historic $165 million campaign to secure
program is managed through the Center
and strengthen the College’s educational
for Graduate School and Fellowship
mission at a time of unprecedented
Advisement. Students are chosen based on
technological, social and economic change.
an evaluation of their proposed research
The top three priorities are: enhancing
or creative project, their academic and
facilities on the College’s north and
cocurricular achievements, and promise
south campuses; growing endowment for
for future contributions to knowledge
scholarships and faculty development;
and research in their discipline. As part
and securing unrestricted support for
of this program, the Center provides
academic programming and student
enhanced programs, advising and support
support services.
so that students develop intellectual, interpersonal and research skills to be
• Manhattan College made the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced
competitive applicants to graduate school, professional school and fellowships.
the most 2019-20 Fulbright U.S. students. Each year, the U.S. Department of State’s
• Last October, Manhattan College’s Center
Bureau of Educational and Cultural
for the Study of the Future of Education
Affairs announces the top-producing
hosted Marc Brackett, director of the Yale
institutions for the Fulbright Program, the
Center for Emotional Intelligence and
U.S. government’s flagship international
professor at the Child Study Center at Yale
educational exchange program. Natalia
University. Brackett is the lead developer
Alvarez ’19, Alia Flanigan ’19 and Emily
of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based
Hay ’19 earned Fulbright English Teaching
approach to social and emotional learning
