In May, Marymount University’s board of trustees unanimously voted in Dr. Irma Becerra as its seventh president. Becerra is a Cuban-American higher education leader who previously served as provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University in Florida. She succeeds president emeritus Matthew Shank, who recently left academia to join the World Affairs Council-Washington, D.C., as interim president. We checked […]
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Inside NOVA: Marymount welcomes incoming president to campus
Having spent most of her professional career in the sometimes steamy confines of South Florida, the incoming president of Marymount University probably was right at home during a welcome reception held on the hazy, hot and humid early evening of June 18. Im ready to hit the ground running, Irma Becerra said from cooler conditions […]
Washington Business Journal: Marymount University names new president
Irma Becerra will be the seventh president of Marymount University, replacing Matthew Shank after he announced in November he would step down. Becerra, who will assume the role July 1 at the Arlington university, has been provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University, a Catholic university in Miami. Before that, she was a tenured professor […]
