US News & World Report recognizes CSM for racial diversity & unique single-mother residential option

In addition to climbing in the ranks from #38 to #33 among baccalaureate colleges in the Midwest region, College of Saint Mary has been recognized by US News & World Report in the category of racial diversity - coming in at number five among baccalaureate colleges in the Midwest region. This academic year, CSM expects more than 20% of its student body to be women of color.

Additionally, CSM's innovative residential option for single mothers and their children, the Mothers Living & Learning program, is featured in an article in the September 2009 issue of US News & World Report. The program is for women who have up to two children (under the age of 10 by the mother's graduation year), are dedicated to continuing their education, and are seeking community living opportunities that recognize they are parents as well as college students.  

Student comes from Japan to attend classes at CSM 

One new student at CSM this fall has travelled halfway around the world to attend classes on campus in Omaha. Megumi Terai is a transfer student from Nanzan Junior College in Aichi, Japan. Nanzan is a sister school with CSM, and when Terai heard about the programs CSM had to offer in early childhood education - she decided to finish her bachelor's degree at the University. Currently, there are students from 10 countries taking classes at CSM.

CSM only institution in Nebraska using "Tegrity" classroom technology

College of Saint Mary is the only university in Nebraska currently using the "Tegrity Campus 2.0 Student Achievement System."  This innovative technology automatically captures, stores, and indexes class presentations - making them available for students to access at any time during the semester via downloads to their computer or iPod.