Judith C. Lenane

Mercy College is a four-year, private institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy as a junior college in 1950. Mercy College became a four-year college offering programs leading to the baccalaureate degree in 1961. Mercy College is Middle States accredited, an Hispanic-serving institution, and is designated as a Department of Veteran Affairs “Yellow-Ribbon” school. Mercy College blends keen academic minds and professional experts to ensure all teachers are current and the best in their respective fields. One hundred ninety-three full-time faculty include Fulbright Scholars, published and national best-selling authors. At Mercy College, faculty members know students. Ninety-five percent of all undergraduate classes have fewer than 30 students and 70 percent have fewer than 20 students. Class sizes are small, with an average student/faculty ratio of 20:1. Nearly 10,000 students study in more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs. Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts and professional education within its five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The main campus is located in scenic Dobbs Ferry, New York, and is just minutes from Manhattan. Other campuses are located in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Yorktown Heights. All campus locations are easily accessible by mass transportation.

The University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland, and the original 1862 land-grant institution in the State. The University of Maryland is committed to achieving excellence as the State’s primary center of research and graduate education and the institution of choice for undergraduate students of exceptional ability and promise. The University creates and applies knowledge for the benefit of the economy and culture of the State, the region, the nation, and beyond. As the flagship of the University System of Maryland, the University shares its research, educational, cultural, and technological strengths with businesses, government, and other educational institutions. The University counts among its greatest strengths -- and a major component of its excellence -- the diversity of its faculty, students, and staff. The University of Maryland, College Park is committed to equal educational opportunity and strives to hire a diverse faculty and staff of exceptional achievement through affirmative actions, to celebrate diversity in all of its programs and activities, and to recruit and retain qualified graduate and undergraduate minority students.