For the first time ever, Marymount Universitys Center for Global Education held an induction ceremony to welcome incoming students into its Global Scholars Program. The inaugural ceremony, which took place last Thursday in the Main House, was celebrated due to the large cohort of first-year students. The group of Global Scholars, which now has […]
The Marymount Global Scholars, along with their academic director Dr. Delario Lindsey, visited the embassies of Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & The Grenadines on November 28th. They received tours and presentations from the ambassadors, coordinated by Marymount alum Bernise Springer (11), who is a program assistant at the Saint Lucia […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university best known for its innovative curriculum. Last summer, university leaders across the country worked tirelessly to ensure all students could continue their studies during the global pandemic. Unfortunately, at the same time, a newly enacted national policy worked to accomplish […]
Two weeks ago, this semester’s cohort of new TheDream.US scholars were welcomed to Marymount University virtually via Zoom by President Irma Becerra, Provost Hesham El-Rewini and Scholar Advisor Jennifer Crystle from the Center for Global Education. Marymount’s inaugural cohort in Fall 2019 was composed of six students. This year, however, there are 19 new […]
After signing agreements with Marymount University this summer, officials from Marymount high schools in Barranquilla and Medellin, Colombia, visited Marymounts campus in Arlington last month as part of the newly-established Marymount Continuum. This groundbreaking international partnership will open new doors for students who seek to earn post-secondary academic credits while still in high school and […]
Stephanie Harangozo, a junior at Marymount University studying psychology and theology, spent four weeks this past summer in Europe focusing on her faith through the Catholic Worldview Fellowship. The program is a month-long educational, cultural, leadership and spiritual encounter that allows participants to discover what their Catholic worldview is and how it can be applied […]
Students taking “Topics in Human Rights” during the Spring 2019 semester experienced a global perspective, one of the hallmarks of a Marymount education. Building on a partnership between their two universities, Marymount’s sociology professor Matt Bakker and professor Terry Graham from ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico, brought their students together for a semester of innovative, […]
The Caruthers family and Virginia Hospital Center Foundation have teamed up to provide $400,000 in scholarships for students in Marymount University’s nursing program. “We have long recognized the valuable contributions made possible in our community by Marymount University’s nursing program, in collaboration with Virginia Hospital Center,” said Steve Caruthers on behalf of his family, a […]
Marymount University and Saint Johns Catholic Preparatory High School in Frederick County, Maryland, have signed an agreement that guarantees Saint Johns graduates admission to MU, along with four-year renewable scholarships. The first Catholic university in Virginia, Marymount is the commonwealths only college or university to have a guaranteed admission agreement with Saint Johns Catholic […]
Marymount University graduate students Danielle Stewart and Aubrey Beachy Martin have earned $3,000 scholarships from HR Leadership Awards of Greater Washington (HRLA). The scholarships are part of HRLAs effort to promote and advance excellence in the human resource profession in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the HRLA Gala Awards […]
