Sun Gazette: Marymount hires new athletic director

Jill McCabe

  Marymount University recently announced that Jill McCabe will be the Division III school’s new athletic director.  McCabe begins her duties April 7. She succeeds Michael Vienna, who held the position of interim athletic director since December. “I embrace the Division III philosophy, where the highest priority is on the quality of the student-athletes’ educational […]

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Partnering Leadership: Leading with a passion for education with Dr. Irma Becerra

Dr. Irma Becerra's podcast

  In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Dr. Irma Becerra, the seventh president of Marymount University, talks about her journey becoming a higher education leader, her research in knowledge management, how to see setbacks as opportunities for growth and her vision for the future of Marymount University. Some highlights: Irma Becerra shares how her upbringing […]

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MU junior honored as Newman Civic Fellow for gun violence prevention efforts

Kaylee Tyner

  Kaylee Tyner, a junior at Marymount University studying political science, has been announced as a member of Campus Compact’s 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. She joins 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico in the year-long program for campus leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities […]

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Jill McCabe appointed as MU’s new Athletics Director

Jill McCabe

  Marymount University has announced that Jill McCabe will become the Saints’ new Athletics Director and Assistant Vice President (AVP), overseeing 20 NCAA Division III sports teams and holding a position on the President’s cabinet. She will officially begin her duties at Marymount on Wednesday, April 7, and will replace Dr. Michael Vienna, who has […]

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Wellness manager uses personal story of overcoming adversity to help Marymount students

Yilret Yiljep in Marymount University's Lee Center.

  In 2013, Marymount University wellness case manager Yilret Yiljep was on top of the world. He had traveled far from his home country of Nigeria to chase his dream of becoming a college basketball player, and was now fulfilling those aspirations at the Division I level with American University. But the onset of frightening […]

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WDVM: D.C. universities open mobile lab to test faculty, students

  Starting this week, some universities in the Washington metropolitan area will test their students and faculty more robustly for COVID-19. American University and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area launched a saliva-based COVID testing system in a mobile lab. Although it’s on wheels, the lab is parked at Gallaudet University and […]

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