program and Mount received the authority to issue teacher's certificates at the conclusion of the three-year program. 1950 - 1999 In January 1955, the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York granted the Mount a provisional charter to grant the degree of Associate in Arts upon the completion of the registered three-year curriculum. The Board of Regents voted to amend the college's charter on October 3, 1959. The Mount was now a four-year liberal arts college and opened its door to the first class of lay women in 1960. In June 1962, the Mount granted its first bachelor's degree, a Bachelor of Science in Education. In 1963, Aquinas Hall, named after Saint Thomas Aquinas, opened. This three-story building became the centerpiece of the college's academic life. Guzman Hall opened the same year. It was originally the residence hall for the young Dominican novices. The first graduating class in 1964 consisted of 32 graduates. In May 1968, the college received full accreditation from the Middle States Association and in the spring of that year the first and only male student began taking classes at the newly co-ed Mount Saint Mary College. In 1970, 58 male students were enrolled at the college. In 1984, the college's first master's degree program was introduced leading to a Master of Science in Special Education. 2000 - present In February 2016, faculty acted on "longstanding concerns about academic freedom and shared governance under its current administration" by voting no confidence in the chair of the college's board of trustees. Dr. Anne Carson Daly left the Mount due to family responsibilities in March 2016, and James Raimo, Vice President for Facilities and Operations, took the helm as Acting President until August. In August 2016, Dr. David A. Kennett, the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Professor of Economics at Vassar College, became interim president for a term of two years. During his time at the Mount, Kennett helped the college navigate accreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Following a nationwide search, Dr. Jason N. Adsit was appointed the college's seventh and current president and began his tenure at the Mount in June 2018. Presidents Mother Leo Vincent Short, O.P. - (1960-1964) Sr. Mary Francis McDonald, O.P. - (1964-1972) Dr. William T. O'Hara - (1972-1976) Sr. Anne Sakac, O.P - (1976-2008) Fr. Kevin Mackin, O.F.M. - (2008-2014) Dr. Anne Carson Daly - (2014-2016)