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Our Mission

The Center supports learner-centered design for curricular and co-curricular development in our traditional undergraduate program, Graduate Division and Weekend/Evening & Online College. The Center partners with a wide range of offices and initiatives throughout the University community, including the Office of Instructional Design, the Mount Makerspace and the First-Year Seminar program.

In collaboration with both faculty and students, the Center also promotes unique learning experiences that enhance Mount Saint Mary’s signature general education curriculum known as LACE: Liberal Arts Core Education. LACE provides students with a foundation in fundamental skills necessary in the 21st century and pairs those skills with a transformative sensibility that defines Mount graduates — a sensibility committed to global awareness, Inclusive Excellence, the advancement of women, and a lifelong love of learning.

Meet the Director

Andrée Leighton, PhD

Andrée Leighton, PhD, serves as the director of the Center for Academic Innovation and Creativity at Mount Saint Mary’s University. Leighton has over 30 years’ experience as an educator and facilitator and has received awards for excellence in teaching. She holds a PhD in political science from Temple University in Philadelphia and teaches in ¹ú²ú´«Ã½â€™s political science department and First-Year Seminar program.

aleighton@msmu.edu