Salvatore Pirrone, a tenured associate professor of Interior Architecture and Design at Marymount University, has been selected to commemorate a COVID-19 art memorial in Fairfax County. Pirrone will collaborate with Miriam Gusevich, a Cuban-American environmental artist, architect, scholar and educator based in Washington, D.C. She was a tenured professor at Catholic University from 2000-2020, […]
Month: August 2023
Record-setting Class of 2027 arrives at MU on Week of Welcome
Following a groundbreaking admissions cycle leading up to the 2023-2024 academic year, Marymount University’s campus in Arlington is alive once again with students moved in, classes in session and activities underway. The institution set record numbers for inquiries received (12,752), campus visits from prospective students (1,146) and submitted applications (3,610) ahead of the Fall […]
Marymount hosts Northern Virginia Elected Leaders Summit
On Tuesday, more than 200 business, government and community leaders from across the region gathered at Marymount University’s Ballston Center for the sold-out Northern Virginia Elected Leaders Summit. With a keynote speech from U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the event offered the opportunity for elected leaders at various levels in Northern Virginia to discuss important […]
Arlington Magazine: The Dreamers next door
Christmas was just around the corner in 2015 when Bryan Viera stood in the morning sun, gazing at a hole in a wall along the Texas border. He was 15. His journey had begun 27 days earlier in El Salvador, but somewhere around Chihuahua, in Mexico, he’d gotten separated from his stepmother and stepbrother. […]
4 tips for drafting a résumé admissions counselors want to read
Most college students are able to look back on the application process and recognize how it was a rather stressful part of their senior year in high school. On top of the sometimes confusing web searches, plans to take the SAT/ACT and campus visits, there are countless forms and documents that college applicants must […]
Forbes: Three ways to differentiate yourself as a thought leader
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. For many years I researched the topic of knowledge management, how organizations manage their intellectual assets via processes and technologies that support the discovery, capture, sharing and application of knowledge. The field of study was spurred […]
Marymount’s Donald Lavanty retires after 45 years of service
After a prolific 45-year career of impactful service at Marymount University, Professor Donald Lavanty retired this past spring. Originally specializing in health care policy and legislation in Washington, D.C., Lavanty arrived on campus in the fall of 1979 through a mutual friend’s recommendation to guest lecture on health policy to Marymount Nursing students. Despite […]
Why transferring to a school in D.C. is good for your future career
If you’re thinking of transferring colleges, you may have a list of possible places or ideas of where you’d like to go. A bustling city, or a small college town? A large student population, or a small campus? Whatever your preferences, you should strongly consider putting D.C. at the top of your list. There’s […]