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 Tristate area who recruit students and alumni on campus and by posting jobs and internship opportunities on our online Career platform, Handshake.
Campus Employment Program
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAM
Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a financial award which allows an undergraduate student with demonstrated financial need to earn a portion of his/her educational expenses by working in a position on or off campus.
Off-Campus Federal Work-Study (OFWS): Students who are awarded FWS may be employed at approved off-campus sites with not-for-profit organizations or public agencies, and the work performed must be in the public interest. Positions may include elementary school tutors, recreation leaders and library assistants.
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.
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 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 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. For further information, consult the Biology Department description, below.
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.
Safety in the laboratories is a serious concern. The science departments have procedures in place for their respective labs. Students should consult the Director of Laboratory Management and Safety or the appropriate department for these procedures.