After a comprehensive search of candidates, Marymount University has appointed William (Bill) Bisset as its new Vice President of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs. He will start his duties at Marymount on Monday, Jan. 6, and will be a member of the Universitys senior staff. In his role, Bisset will provide leadership for enrollment […]
Month: December 2019
Marymount University STEAMing in Uganda with the Mosquito! Module
This article was originally featured on the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s STEMvisions Blog, and was written by Dr. Rajdev, Rachel Cotton and Sarah Roegner. In July of 2019, Dr. Usha Rajdev embarked on a journey to provide STEM education to teachers and institutions in Uganda. Over the course of two weeks, she met with one university and […]
Graduate student will study Arabic in Jordan through Boren Fellowship
Marymount University graduate student Lexie Stuivenvolt Allen has been awarded a prestigious Boren Fellowship to travel to Jordan, where she will begin studying Modern Standard Arabic in January 2020. Allen, who is currently enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, will be living in the capital city of Amman for close to seven months […]
Dr. Diane Murphy receives 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. Diane Murphy, the Chair of Information Technology, Data Science and Cybersecurity at Marymount University, has been announced as one of the recipients of the 2020 Outstanding Faculty Awards by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and Dominion Energy. Since 1987, these awards from the states coordinating agency for higher education have […]
WDVM: Marymount University fundraises for DREAMers scholarship
In its first year of partnering with The Dream.US, an organization that provides scholarships for immigrant DREAMers, Marymount University is fundraising for its own scholarship for DREAMers, who are ineligible for federal funding. The scholarship is open to all 50 of Marymounts DREAMers. This fall, six students received The Dream.US scholarships, worth up to $29,000 […]
In first-ever Marymount Day of Giving, donors exceed universitys target fundraising goals
Marymount University participated in the national Giving Tuesday initiative for the first time this week, and it resulted in great success thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors whose support will make a difference in the lives of students and everyone connected to the Marymount community. Final statistics for Tuesdays fundraising efforts show that […]
Marymount sociology class campaigns for Paralympics to win Nobel Peace Prize
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn. Inspired by those words, Marymount professor Dr. Leszek Sibilski has taken them to heart in his Sociology 131 class. The 59 students enrolled in the course, who come from all walks of life, have become active participants in their […]
Marymount celebrates announcement of new scholarship program for DREAMer students
Taking another step to increase the affordability of higher education for underserved students, Marymount University has announced the creation of a new scholarship opportunity for DREAMers. The scholarship programs launch was celebrated Tuesday night with a kickoff event on campus in the Main House, hosted by Marymounts President, Dr. Irma Becerra. Making special guest appearances […]
ARLnow: Marymount launches Dreamers scholarship program
Marymount University has launched a new scholarship program for its Dreamer students, starting in the 2020-21 school year. The school officially announced its Dreamers Scholarship Program last night at a kick-off party in the universitys Main House, where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va) and university president Irma Becerra gave remarks. Marymount is a special place, it is a recognized […]
