Manhattanville Advancement Program

What is the Manhattanville Advancement Program (MAP)?

The Manhattanville Advancement Program (MAP) is a scholarship program that provides educational opportunity and support to economically disadvantaged students. The MAP scholarship is a four-year commitment.

Students receive a broad range of services including academic, personal, and career counseling.  Beyond the traditional academic focus of most scholarship programs, MAP encourages the development of the student as a whole— intellectually, ethically and socially. Students are encouraged towards these aims by fostering community service, student leadership development, and goal-oriented self-management.

Eligibility

To qualify for admission into the Manhattanville Advancement Program, a student must:
 • Demonstrate potential for academic success at the College
 • Be economically disadvantaged in accordance with Manhattanville’s economic guidelines

Economic Eligibility Guidelines For students first entering college in July 2010
In general, students are determined to be economically eligible for MAP if they meet the following criteria:

1. The total income for the parent(s) or guardian(s)
 who support the student for the calendar year
 2009 does not exceed the amount listed below
 OR
2. The student’s family receives Public Assistance
 through Aid to Dependent Children, Family
 Assistance Program, Home Relief, or Safety
 Net Assistance through the Department of Social
 Services or the office of Temporary and Disability
 Assistance OR
3.  The student is living with foster parents who
 do not provide support for college OR
4.  The student is a ward of the State or county


Economic Eligibility Guidelines

Number in household (including head household)

Total annual income in preceding calendar year

1

$30,900

2

$33,400

3

$36,150

4

$41,600

5

$46,650

6

$52,350

7

$56,700 Plus $4,800 for each family member in excess of 7 people.


After you have reviewed the economic guidelines if you feel you may be eligible for MAP please download the interest form.


The Manhattanville Experience
Entering MAP students are required to attend a fully funded, pre-freshman summer program, which allows them to become acclimated to all aspects of college life.  The program provides an academic foundation for the next four years; students participate in preparatory seminars, workshops, social activities, study groups and individual tutoring.

Financial Aid
MAP students are supported with financial aid for the Pre-Freshman Summer Program and for each academic year of college. This aid consists of Manhattanville Grants, PELL, TAP, and SEOG.  Loans, student contribution, and work-study supplement students’ financial aid packages. 

Program Requirements
Students must comply with the following requirements in order to maintain their MAP status:
• Complete all courses and achieve a minimum 2.5 GPA during the residential  Pre-Freshman Summer Program.  Continuing at Manhattanville College is  contingent upon completion of the residential summer program.
• Attend and pass Freshman Enrichment Workshops during the Academic Year
• Meet with their MAP counselor on a regular basis
• Maintain full-time status (12 credits per semester)
• Complete 15 community service/social justice hours per semester
• Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5
• Attend two MAP sponsored events per semester
• Participate in individual or group tutoring through the ARC during first year
• Freshmen participate in the MAP Mentoring Program
• Adhere to the MAP Policies 

Students are strongly encouraged to:
• Participate in work-study
• Participate in a student club or organization

RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SUCCESS

Academic Resource Center (ARC) 
The ARC provides individual and small group tutoring, as well as supplemental instruction in a broad range of subjects.

Guidance
Sound academic guidance and mentoring with a MAP counselor are provided throughout the four years.  Career and graduate school counseling, including  Manhattanville’s comprehensive Internship Program, give students the opportunity to relate their studies to the “real” world of  employment.

Freshman Enrichment Program
The Freshman Enrichment Program consists of workshops designed to ease the transition to college life. Summer workshops (to be held during the Pre-Freshman Summer Program) cover topics such as an introduction to Manhattanville and campus living, finance management, classroom etiquette, time  management, and strategies for college success. Workshops held during the academic year span topics such as learning differences, library skills, career planning, writing papers, life on campus, and stress management. It is mandatory that students attend these workshops since it is our belief that the information presented is of the utmost value to first-year students.

MEET OUR STAFF

Sharlise Smith-Rodriguez
Director of MAP
smiths@mville.edu
(914) 323-5206

Marisa Sarlo-Passafiume
Assistant Director of MAP
sarlopassafiumem@mville.edu
(914) 323-5476

Tamberlyn Johnson
Administrative Assistant
johnsont@mville.eu
(914) 323-5463


Partnership with the Duchesne Center for Religion & Social Justice
MAP students and staff work closely with the Duchesne Center to help students coordinate and fulfill their required 15 community service hours per semester. This integral part of the Manhattanville Advancement Program is designed to help students benefit from Manhattanville’s mission of “Educating ethically and socially responsible leaders since 1841.”
The Duchesne Center organizes Community Service, Service-Learning, Leadership, Social Justice, and Interfaith activities both on and off the Manhattanville campus.
Community service and social justice activities include the following programs and activities:

  • All Souls’ Soup Kitchen
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Midnight Run
  • Breast Cancer Walk
  • Blood Drives
  • Yonkers Family Day 
  • Connections
  • Coachman Mentoring Project
  • Touch of Theater
    ...plus many more.