CMSV student Veronica Matta Presents Original Research at Student Research & Service Symposium May 17, 2012

RIVERDALE, NY (04/27/2012)(readMedia)-- College of Mount Saint Vincent senior Veronica Matta will present her original Honors Thesis, "Soaring Above th' Aonian Mount': Milton's Relationship with Pagan Sources," at the College of Mount Saint Vincent Student Research and Service Symposium at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 17th in Smith Hall, Founders Hall, on the College's Riverdale campus.

Ms. Matta, an English major from East Hartford, Conn., has been on the Dean's List for eight semesters and is co-editor of the college's literary magazine, The Underground.

The College of Mount Saint Vincent Student Research and Service Symposium is held to recognize students who have engaged in significant research and service initiatives, as well as the faculty and staff who serve as their mentors. Students will have the opportunity to present and highlight their recent research and service accomplishments to the campus community along with College benefactors, peers, parents, and local guidance counselors and principals.

About the College of Mount Saint Vincent

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, Catholic and ecumenical liberal arts college. It combines a strong core curriculum with a full array of majors in the liberal arts and selected professional fields of study, including accounting, business administration, education, and nursing. Through its School of Professional and Continuing Studies, the College extends its primary undergraduate mission by offering high quality graduate studies in business, education and nursing and an array of undergraduate and certificate programs serving non-traditional students. Mount Saint Vincent is located on a pastoral campus in New York City, with easy access to all the educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities that the City affords.