High Schoolers Make Summer Count Earning College Credits at Marymount D.C. Institutes

High school juniors and seniors go behind the scenes, meet D.C. decision makers, get in-the-field experience and an insider’s perspective on careers that interest them while earning college credits during Marymount’s D.C. Summer Institutes. Session 1: July 7-14, The Criminal Justice System (three college credits);  Session 2: July 19-26, Frontiers in STEM (three college credits). […]

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Two Honored as Northern Virginia Hispanic Teachers of the Year

Claudia Delgadillo, a first grade teacher at Claremont Immersion School, and Lilliana Maldonado-Mendez, a Spanish teacher at Washington-Lee High School, were honored Thursday night with the Victoria D. de Sanchez Hispanic Teacher of the Year Award from the Hispanic Youth Foundation of Northern Virginia. Each received a check for $2,000 and a commemorative plaque at […]

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Marymount Invites Students to Campus

High school juniors, seniors and their families – as well as college students interested in transferring – are invited to visit Marymount University as part of Virginia Private College week from July 25 through 30. Tours and information sessions about academic programs, financial aid and the admission process will be held at 9 a.m. and […]

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Marymount Takes Portable Planetarium on the Road

We’re not quite ready to take students into space, but thanks to a portable planetarium, Marymount University has been taking space to elementary and middle school students. It’s a great way to get them excited about science, said Dr. Eric Bubar, the assistant professor who is in charge of MU’s Myhill Portable Planetarium.     “It’s […]

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Marymount Receives Additional Grant for GenCyber Camps

Marymount University has again received a $92,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency for an annual summer camp series that provides middle and high school students experience working in cybersecurity and some basic knowledge that can help keep them stay safe online.     “Technology is a big part of their […]

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Students Honored at English Night

Amanda Bourne was named outstanding undergraduate and Elizabeth Rickets was honored as outstanding graduate student during English Night at Marymount University, which celebrates the achievements of students pursuing an English major or minor as well as the writers and editors of Marymount’s student publications.      Bourne, of Owings, Maryland, is an English media and performance […]

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Marymount Professor Makes Case for Women in STEM in the U.A.E.

Marymount University’s Dr. Diane Murphy believes so strongly that women are needed in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines that she’s willing to travel halfway around the globe to make the case. The professor of information management was recently part of an international Security Forum in the United Arab Emirates. “Bridging the Cybersecurity Talent Gap” […]

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