College of Mount Saint Vincent Appoints Dr. Rachel Fester Executive Director of Assessment and Planning

6/19/2012

Riverdale, N.Y.  – The University of Mount Saint Vincent is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Rachel Fester as Executive Director of Assessment and Planning. Dr. Fester completed her bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Harvard University; her master’s degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago; an additional master’s in Higher Education Administration at Baruch College; and her Ph.D. in Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Fester brings a wealth of experience to this position. She has served as Associate Research Scholar at the Center for Institutional and Social Change at the Columbia University Law School, and as Director of Institutional Research and to the Vice Chancellor at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The faculty and administration welcomes Dr. Rachel Fester to the University of Mount Saint Vincent community.

About the University of Mount Saint Vincent
The University 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.