Fall 2024 | News Briefs
Direct Entry - Master of Science in Nursing Program Approved
Saint Vincent College received approval from the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing to offer a new Direct Entry - Master of Science in Nursing (DE-MSN) program starting in summer 2025. The DE-MSN program will prepare students who did not study nursing in college for clinical careers.
DP Harris Named Director of Athletics
DP Harris, C’13, was named director of athletics for Saint Vincent College after filling the role in an interim capacity the past twelve months. Harris is a Saint Vincent College Athletic Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s basketball coach of the year.
Cyber Security
Program Ranking
Saint Vincent College ranks No. 3 on Cybersecurity Guide’s 2024 list of the top twenty-five cybersecurity bachelor’s degree programs in the United States. Cybersecurity Guide evaluates only programs that are rated as Centers for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, a status SVC’s program received in 2020 from the NSA.
Dr. Yount Appointed to Endowed Chair
After completing a national search, Saint Vincent College has selected Dr. Mary Beth Yount to fill the Irene S. Taylor Endowed Chair for Catholic and Family Studies. Dr. Yount holds a PhD in Catholic systematic theology from Duquesne University, with specialization in ethics and practical theology.
Rogers Fellowship
Rev. Dr. Clarence E. Wright will serve as the inaugural Fred Rogers Fellow in Theology and Ministry, effective July 1. The Fellowship is offered in partnership between the Fred Rogers Institute and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and honors the ministry and legacy of Rogers.
Steelers Youth Camp
Two hundred campers worked up a sweat during annual Steelers Youth Football Camp at Saint Vincent College. The annual event, held June 17-18, was the second in a series of four non-contact camps offered by the Steelers this summer in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The camps are open to girls and boys ages 6 to 14.
SVC Ranked in
Money Magazine
For the second year in a row, Saint Vincent College has earned high marks on Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America list. Saint Vincent is among only twenty-three private colleges in Pennsylvania that received at least a four-star rating for 2024.
San Beda University
As part of a recently established partnership between SVC and San Beda University (Manila, Philippines), thirty-one students and faculty members from San Beda visited Saint Vincent College in early September. Thanks to this growing relationship, students and faculty from Saint Vincent may visit San Beda in the future.
2024 Alumni
of Distinction Announced
This year’s honorees are Marianne Reid Anderson, C’87, of Pittsburgh; Adrienne M. Geis, C’89, of Alexandria, Virginia; Joe Hoffman, C’78, of Dallas; W. Jeffrey Hoover, C’79, of Wexford; Daniel P. Lynch, C’89, of Fombell; William A. Ramos, C’64, of Nesconset, New York; and Ronald G. Rosemeier, P’70, C’74, of Monkton, Maryland.
