• The President's (United States) Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
• Certificate of Congressional Recognition, Outstanding Mentoring Award to the City of Los Angeles
• County of Los Angeles, Outstanding Mentoring Award to the City of Los Angeles
• The Carnegie Foundation for Distinguished Service and Community Outreach
• Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles for Outstanding Mentoring to the Youth of the City
• The Archdiocesan Catholic Charities for Distinguished Mentoring to the Youth of the City of Los Angeles
• The Millennium Momentum Foundation, Millennium Momentum Ambassador of Education Award
• Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, Summer Night Lights, Glassell Recreation Center

The diversity of our student body and faculty is widely acknowledged and celebrated, fusing a wide range of religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

International students provide a welcome complement to our family, and are actively encouraged to consider attendance at the Mount just for this reason. Diversity enhances our students’ preparation for leadership, no matter what their course of study or country of origin.

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Mount Saint Mary’s University offers a dynamic learning experience in the liberal arts and sciences to a diverse student body.

As a Catholic college primarily for women, we are dedicated to providing a superior education enhanced by an emphasis on building leadership skills and fostering a spirit to serve others.

Our measure of success is graduates who are committed to using their knowledge and skills to better themselves, their environments, and the world.

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