Messina College

Messina College
Private constituent college
Boston College
LocationChestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.
MottoAymez Loyaute
(Old French for "Love Loyalty") (1911-2020)
FounderHelen Temple Cooke
EstablishedOriginal institution:
1911 (1911)
Current form:
July 2024 (July 2024)
Named forJesuit College, Messina
Previous names
List
  • Post-Graduate Department of Dana Hall (1911–1917)
  • Pine Manor (1917–1930)
  • Pine Manor Junior College (1930–1977)
  • Pine Manor Institute for Student Success (2020-2024)
ColorsCurrent:
Maroon and gold
   
Former:
    Green & white
GenderCo-educational
DeanErick Berrelleza
Undergraduates100
Websitebc.edu/messina

Messina College is an undergraduate constituent college of Boston College. Until 2020 the school was an independent private college in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts referred to as "Pine Manor College" (PMC).

The school was founded in 1911 as a post-graduate program of Dana Hall School, an all-girls preparatory high school. Later becoming independent, it was historically a women's college. In 2014, it became a co-ed college serving primarily students of color. In May 2020, with Pine Manor College's long-term financial instability exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston College stepped in, integrating PMC into its institutional structure. After at first being called the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success, the former PMC campus is now known as Messina College.