Academic Computing Services
Computing services at Manhattanville are state-of-the-art and readily accessible to students in many locations on the campus. There are eight multimedia enabled state-of-the-art Windows XP based computer labs available for student use. These labs are used for computer-oriented and assisted course instruction and they are also available to students for use during non-class hours. Housed in the computer lab facilities are 137 Dual Core Pentium computers, which are all connected to the campus Intranet and the global Internet. All of the computer labs have at least one ADA compatible workstation for use as needed.
Students may also take advantage of more than 150 high-speed computers in the College Library for quick access to the Internet, and to research the on-line catalog, databases, journals and books of the College as well as the holdings of libraries all over the world. All of the computers in the computing labs and in the library are enabled with audio connections for students to connect headphones to listen to audio based media (CD’s, mp3’s etc.) and USB ports to connect flash memory sticks to store and transfer their personal papers and files.
Students have access to the Center for Computing Resources (CCR) that is housed in the basement of the College Library. In the CCR facility, there are twelve additional state-of-the-art Dual Core Pentium computers, two Macintosh G5 computers, and a high-speed laser printer. The CCR is an area where students may go if they require a quiet area to concentrate, write papers and complete research while using computing facilities. The CCR also serves as the eighth multimedia enabled computer lab when needed.
The College also provides students with access to outstanding Macintosh computer facilities in several academic departments and areas of study. For example, the Music Department has twelve i-MAC networked systems for music instruction and composition. In addition, there is a Smart Music computing lab that enables students to enhance their accompaniment skills by playing along with a computer generated orchestra or music group. The Music Department also has a state of the art computer enabled music studio that aids students in learning how to make professional recorded music. The Studio Art Department has fourteen state-of-the-art Intel quad processor G5 MAC systems in the Studio Art MAC Lab with scanners, color lasers, large format printing, and digital video editing capabilities. There are also another 12 state-of-the-art G5 MAC systems located in the new student center available for student and faculty use. Computing facilities are also available for student use in a range of academic departments, such as, for example: Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, Psychology and Art History.
Manhattanville also provides on-line instruction to enhance learning by making course material available through the College’s Internet based course delivery system, Blackboard: http://blackboard.mville.edu/. Classroom materials for over 260 College courses can be accessed remotely.
The Manhattanville campus has a network infrastructure that equals that of many major universities and exceeds that of many colleges of comparable size. The campus network is copper and fiber optics based and has a 1-gigabit per second backbone, which allows access to campus information and computing resources at extremely high speeds. Additionally, Manhattanville College’s connections to the global Internet is a 100 megabit per second redundant fiber optics line and is equivalent in capacity to 71 individual T-1 lines, which allows students, faculty and administrators access to the Internet and World Wide Web at very high speeds. Manhattanville’s campus networking facilities are in the top tier of universities and colleges nationwide.
Art Studio
The art facilities include studios for painting, design, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, and digital media/graphic design. The ceramics studio is equipped with two automatic kilns, eleven electric wheels, and a pug mill. The print shop has two Brand printing presses and a Vandercook letter press. There is a digital media/graphic design facility equipped with Macintosh computers and large format printers. The photo facility includes 35mm and 4 x 5 capacities and a large format color processor
The Arthur M. Berger Gallery of Art, located in the new Students’ Center, and Brownson Gallery in Brownson Hall, provide exhibition space. Past shows at Brownson Gallery have included Christo, printmakers from Egypt, emerging artists from India, British printmakers, and William Gropper. An integral part of the art student’s experience at Manhattanville revolves around these exhibits. In conjunction with exhibitions at The Arthur M. Berger Gallery of Art, many guest artists give lectures and workshops for the students. Brownson Gallery provides exhibition space for art classes, student shows, and visiting artists throughout the school year.
Benziger Student Center
The Benziger Building adjoins the Chapel and Reid Hall. Here are housed the Sandra P. Rose Pavilion, student and faculty dining facilities, rooms for public functions, the College bookstore and the post office. The College’s cafe and pub, open throughout the week and on weekends, is located on the ground floor. Benziger is the location of diverse activities such as art shows, movies, midnight breakfasts, and dances.
Center for Career Development
The Center for Career Development (CCD) supports and empowers students and alumni to make important decisions that integrate academic studies and life experiences with career planning. Students and alumni are provided with individualized counseling, on-line resources and experiential opportunities to explore all aspects of their career development. In addition to administering the College’s Internship and Student Employment Programs, the Center for Career Development provides a wide range of services that include self-assessment, career exploration, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing skills training, and job search strategies. Career Fairs, Workshops, In class presentations, Networking and Employer Events are offered throughout the year to assist students and alumni as they explore career options and prepare for the job search process. The Center for Career Development maintains an ongoing relationship with over 350 employer partners throughout the Tri-state area who recruit students and alumni on campus and by posting jobs and internship opportunities on our online Career platform, Handshake.
Key services provided include:
- Individualized conversations with a professional career counselor to assist with selecting a major and researching careers, industries and jobs.
- Assistance with writing resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, internship/job search, professional correspondence and other career-related strategies.
- Career exploration through online resources, networking events, and job shadowing.
- Resources to assist in all aspects of career development.
- Professional development events for networking, interview preparation, and job search strategies.
- Internship and full-time job opportunities at job fairs and through online postings.
- Student employment opportunities including Federal Work Study and campus employment.
- Post-graduation planning for graduate school or employment.
- Online resources, job and internship opportunities and event information can be found on our online job platform, Handshake, at https://mville.joinhandshake.com/
The office is located in Reid Castle, Ground Floor. Visit the office, call at 914-323-5484 or e-mail careers@mville.edu for more information or to make an appointment with a counselor.
Campus Employment Program
Many students have an academic year work component as part of their financial aid package, referred to as Federal Work-Study or Campus Employment. We offer two types of programs for students to work during their tenure at Manhattanville College: Federal Work-Study and campus Employment. Students are not placed into a job; rather, they must apply for a job based on their interests, skills and schedule.
If you have any questions about Federal Work-Study or Campus Employment, please contact the Center for Career Development at careers@mville.edu or call 914-323-5484.
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM
The Federal Work Study Program (FWSP) is a federally-funded financial aid program for students with financial need to assist with the cost of their college education by providing a subsidy to employers for part-time student employment. The program is dependent on the student applying for financial aid through the FAFSA and qualifying based on their financial need. Eligibility for Federal Work -Study (FWS) is determined from the information students provide on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To apply for FWS for the Fall and Spring semesters, you must complete the current year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online at http://www.fafsa.gov and submit it electronically. The Manhattanville school code is 002760.
Students who are awarded Work-Study are responsible for obtaining their own employment by applying through the Center for Career Development’s online job board, Handshake, located at https://mville.joinhandshake.com/. Once hired, students will be required to complete employment paperwork for each position obtained. Jobs are available for the fall and spring semesters.
If a student does not find suitable employment and cannot earn the awarded FWS amount, the student will not receive the money allotted. Any questions regarding the Federal Work-Study Program or its policies should be directed to the Student Employment Coordinator in the Career Development office.
CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Students who do not have Federal Work-Study may apply for a campus job under the Campus Employment Program at the beginning of each semester. Limited non-Federal Work-Study positions are available during the fall, spring, and summer semesters. To be eligible, a student must be a current Manhattanville student.
Once hired, students in both programs are paid hourly according to the pay scales of the Manhattanville College Student Employment Job Classification System. Work schedules for campus positions are arranged by the student and the supervisor, normally ranging from 6-12 hours per week.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All hired student employees may not begin working until all required paperwork is received by the Center for Career Development. All potential student employees are advised to have acceptable documents readily available to establish identity and employment eligibility. Some common documents are the U.S. Passport, Social Security Card or U.S. Birth Certificate.
Chapel
The O’Byrne College Chapel was completed in 1963 due to the generosity of Manhattanville’s alumnae and friends. The Chapel, which seats a thousand persons, provides a focus for the religious life of the campus as well as a dramatic setting for convocations, concerts, and lectures.
Performing Arts Facilities
The Berman Student Center contains a 200 seat performance space, a dedicated music rehearsal room for large ensembles, with a recording console, and a percussion practice studio. The Center also houses a modern dance studio with mirrored walls and dressing facilities with showers. The performance space has professional lighting and sound facilities and a digital projection system. The space is used for lectures, performances, and concerts by campus performing groups, including the Manhattanville Wind and Jazz Ensembles, Dance & Theatre performers, faculty artists, and Musical Theatre performance groups, as well as visiting artists.
Brownson Hall includes facilities for staging productions of the Music and the Dance & Theatre Departments, as well. The Little Theatre, a 125 – seat performing space is equipped with modern lighting and sound equipment. Costume and scene shops and storage areas are adjacent. The Experimental Theatre, a flexible black box space is located in the basement of Founders Hall.
The Music Building, adjacent to Brownson Hall, includes: two “smart” classrooms; a music theory studio classroom; Pius X Hall, an acoustically superior 160 – seat auditorium; ample music studios and practice rooms; an electronic music laboratory with computer workstations and class piano laboratory; and a sound-proofed audio recording studio for chamber ensembles. Pius X Hall has a high quality projection system and is wired to the studio control room for recording of larger groups. The Hall is the venue for solo and chamber recitals by the Music Department and serves as a rehearsal space. The annual Holiday Concert by the College Chorus is presented in the O’Byrne Chapel, which also houses a high quality pipe organ.
A modern dance studio with mirrored walls is located in the Kennedy Building. Dressing facilities with showers are adjacent to the studios. An annual Shakespeare production takes place in the West Room, the great hall of Reid Castle. Departmental productions, as well as productions by student organizations, such as the Dance Ensemble, Minds in Motion and Player’s Guild, perform in these spaces, as well as in various site-specific areas around the campus. The West Room also is the venue for the Manhattanville College-Community Orchestra, Cabaret shows and the College Chorus Spring Concert. Participation in performing arts events on campus is open to all students.
Residence Facilities
Most students are housed in one of our on-campus housing facilities. In the residence halls, in addition to student rooms, each building has:; vending machines; kitchens (with the exception of Dammann Hall) (for light cooking);; and for a nominal fee, washers and dryers. Cable TV services are provided in each student room. All student rooms have phone jacks that provide local and long distance service which may be activated through the Department of Information Technology. (Details are available when students check into the residence halls.) Although the majority of rooms on campus are doubles, there are also single, triple, and quad (four-person) room options.. Each student is provided with a bed, mattress, desk, desk chair, closet, and dresser and/or closet organizer in their room. All rooms have internet connections. Smoking is not permitted in the residence halls.
Science Laboratories
The departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics maintain laboratory facilities adjacent to classrooms in Brownson Hall.
The Department of Biology has laboratories for principles of biology, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, environmental biology, and senior research. The Electron Microscopy Center of the Biology Department has scanning and transmission electron microscopes, ultramicrotomes, and a dark room for the development of photomicrographs. Recent renovations have provided several new laboratory spaces for research and teaching, including: a cold storage room and waste management facility, a “smart classroom” which makes possible technology-enhanced instruction of biology classes, seminars and research presentations, and a state-of-the-art research Tissue Culture Facility. This facility supports the long-term maintenance and experimentation of suspension and adherent cell lines and explant cultures for both classroom and research endeavors. In addition, a recently renovated rooftop greenhouse allows for additional plant biology related coursework and experimentation. There is also a comparative biology laboratory that houses reptiles and amphibians.
The Chemistry Department laboratory equipment includes an Agilent Technologies 7820A Gas Chromatograph, an Agilent Technologies 5975 series Mass Spectrometer, a Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 FT-IR spectrometer, a Varian 920 Liquid Chromatograph, a Varian Cary 100 Bio UV-VIS spectrophotometer, two Barnstead / Turner SP-830 spectrophotometers, a PicoSpin-45 NMR spectrometer, and an Anasazi 60 MHz NMR spectrometer. The Department has computers available for computational chemistry and molecular modeling.
The newly renovated Physics Studio is outfitted with a 3-D printer for rapid prototyping in physics experiments and physics-based design projects. There is also a Computer Aided Design station along with other tools and equipment to enable physics students to create electronic devices of their own designs.
The college has an Environmental Studies Classroom that is situated within an environmental research park on the campus. This sustainable classroom is associated with an Eco Machine that filters water from the nearby Holladay stream that runs through the campus. Combined with the environmental park, this area provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate research in stream ecology, forestry, and ecosystem studies.
Safety in the laboratories is a serious concern. The science departments have procedures in place for their respective labs. All students are required to abide by these rules, as they ensure a safe and supportive learning environmental for all. Students should consult the Director of Laboratory Management and Safety or the appropriate department for these procedures.
Foreign Language Laboratory Resources
Many foreign language courses taught at Manhattanville have out-of-class assignments for aural-oral practice. In most cases this involves accessing the selected language from the desktops of the Colleges computer labs, which are connected to the College's Language Lab server. The computer labs are in multiple locations across the campus, where students can readily access the language server. All of the computer labs include multiple, state-of-the art computer workstations, equipped with audio and storage usb connections. The main language resource facilities are located in: Brownson 115; Brownson Wing 2; Library G7- electronic classroom, the Library Center for Computing Resources - CCR; and the MECC Facility in the English Language Institute.
Student Media Facilities
The campus newspaper, Touchstone, reports on campus events and offers student views on current issues. Tower, the Manhattanville yearbook, is written, edited and produced by students. A campus radio station, WMVL, offers news, music and occasional talk shows. The College also has a video and digital media production studio with editing and sound equipment; students produce a regular news and entertainment program streamed on the Web.