Your peers at Monroe are people of all ages and from all corners of the world. They’re recent high school graduates, transfer students, adult learners, and professionals studying for their MBA. They’re student-athletes and nurses-in-training, budding chefs and future cops. All determined to excel and give back.
Monroe’s Diversity
Our students come from 93 countries and speak 43 languages, but share one dream — a future for themselves and each other.
We Lift Those Around Us
Students in the Honors program run annual service weekends to help people and organizations in our communities.
We Fight Injustice
From hosting anti-violence workshops to volunteering at shelters, students strive to improve the lives of others.
We Mean Business
Student entrepreneurs pitch ideas and attend panel discussions at Monroe’s annual Business and Innovation Conference.
We Win Competition Medals
Students in the Culinary Institute of New York programs have racked up nearly 1,000 awards at culinary competitions.
We Compete on the Playing Field
With 30+ sports teams across our Bronx and New Rochelle campuses, student-athletes participate in two NJCAA conferences.
We Honor Our Individual Heritages
Students from all backgrounds share their cultures through groups like the Caribbean Student Association.
Pay It Forward
Monroe Medical Missions
Nursing and allied health students have traveled to under-served communities in West Virginia and hurricane ravaged Caribbean islands like Haiti and Jamaica to aid in relief efforts. Students saw how they could help those who had lost so much.
Carrying my country's flag at graduation was a dream come true.
