Emilia<\/span> worked at Northeastern University’s Global Experience Office as their mobility coordinator and has served as a staff assistant on a Marymount University Honors Program study abroad program to Girona, Spain. She is currently a full time academic advisor at EducationUSA in Barcelona, Spain. She enjoys supporting young people and their families during periods of transition, and serving as a resource as they pursue their goals and navigate new environments abroad. <\/span><\/p>\n\u200bChelsea Ritter, Class of 2014<\/h2>\n <\/h2>\n Chelsea earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. In her first year at UC, Chelsea implemented academic and behavioral interventions to Kindergarteners in urban schools and engaged in five different research projects with faculty and peers, working towards her goal to conduct research and teach psychology at a Research I university. While at Marymount, Chelsea started as a communications major, but changed to Psychology after taking PSY 101. Chelsea was a member of the Honors program and worked with Dr. Stacy Lopresti-Goodman as a research assistant. Her work with Dr. Lopresti-Goodman led to a publication and a desire to pursue research as a career choice. Chelsea’s advice for current MU students is to be open to all opportunities and experiences. In Chelsea\u2019s own words: \u201cI love what I am doing. I know that I am doing the right thing with my life and the experiences I am getting are incredible. All of these experiences and skills that I have are because of professors at Marymount who took the time to talk to me inside and outside of class and write detailed feedback on all of my assignments. I cannot stress enough that Marymount prepared me so much for this Ph.D. program.\u201d Chelsea is currently a School Psychologist and an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n
Regina Ball, Class of 2012<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
Marymount Graphic Design and Honors Program alumna Regina Ball recently had her work for Phone2Action, a grassroots advocacy software, showcased on the Capital One Arena in DC. She was hired as Phone2Action\u2019s first Graphic Designer in September 2016 and was recently promoted to Creative Manager. In this role she not only designs the creative for the company, but also creates and orders client gifts, branded swag, manages social media and website content, and provides photography and videography for internal and external events. Ball said. \u201cFew companies actually live their mission of making the world a better place, but at Phone2Action I can see tangible differences our clients are making by using our tools.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned so much at Marymount in a variety of areas, but one of the most important things I learned from my Art & Design classes was being able to accept critiques gracefully,\u201d Ball said. \u201cMany people do not have experience working with designers and providing constructive feedback, so having a thick skin to accept the feedback and being able to work with that person to really draw out their reasoning and reactions has been invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maia Pappadakis, Class of 2022 Maia was a Biochemistry major, with Mathematics and Quantitative Sciences minors. While in Marymount’s Honors Program, she conducted research with a number of faculty members, which she presented during her freshman, junior, and senior years at the Virginia Collegiate Honors Council Conferences. She served on the Honors Student Organization Board […]<\/p>\n
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