Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University. By this point in the coronavirus pandemic, it’s understood that African American and Hispanic communities have been the ones hardest hit, and its members disproportionately affected from health and economic standpoints. And because of the pandemic’s impact on higher education, its effects could be felt for years to come. […]
Marymount University will require faculty, students, and vendors to be inoculated against COVID-19. The decision was announced Friday, less than a week ahead of the university’s second vaccine clinic, in which over 1,000 people are expected to receive their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. University President Irma Becerra says students and faculty who […]
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As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools are also mandating that staff members be vaccinated. “Our goal is simple and twofold: to provide a COVID-safe environment in which our students, faculty and staff […]
Nearly 1,200 students, faculty, staff and members of the community received their first Pfizer COVID vaccinations on April 21 at Marymount University, part of a collaborative effort between the university and state and local officials. The university transformed one of its gyms into a mass-inoculation site, and turnout exceeded expectations. “We are planning a full […]
Mario Keller lives in Arlington and came to Marymount University in Arlington for a long awaited COVID-19 vaccine. Twenty-one-year-old Dylan Mintzer majors in Information Technology at the school. As an asthmatic, he’s concerned about how contracting COVID could affect his body. “It’s been pretty frightening. I actually had it last year but luckily, I […]
A recent Marymount University poll found 80 to 90% of students and faculty are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. On Wednesday, 1,100 students, faculty, and even family and community members were vaccinated at a clinic with the help of the National Guard. They’ll be back in three weeks for their second dose of […]
Marymount University will open its campus this fall for the “full student experience.” The announcement was made during a spring semester with a COVID-19 positivity rate of less than 1% with more than 90% of students on campus. (The fall semester’s positivity rate was 2% with 80% of students on campus.) University President Dr. […]
Marymount University, in Arlington, Virginia, will return to full in-person learning for the fall semester. The university said in a statement Wednesday that it would also offer “a return to a more ‘normal’ college experience for students in regards to resident life, athletics, campus activities and more.” The Catholic university added that there hadn’t […]
Marymount University plans fully in-person instruction in the fall, university officials say, along with a return to a more “normal” college experience for students in regard to resident life, athletics and campus activities. For both the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, Marymount has been operating through a hybrid model that has allowed students […]
