Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. Leaders around the globe faced a relentless onslaught of difficult decisions when the world came apart at the seams in the spring of 2020. Those who were grounded in solid values were able to assess the […]
Defying recent national higher education trends, Marymount University has recorded significant increases from last year in both applications and enrollment deposits for the 2022-23 academic year, university officials said. Leading up to the fall 2022 semester, a total of 3,551 applications were submitted from prospective students, a 44 percent jump compared to applications that […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. In my previous Forbes article, I discussed essential factors employers and employees should consider when deciding whether to work remotely or at the office. While the assumption is employees prefer remote work and employers prefer on-site, this decision may […]
Twenty years ago, John Shooshan’s life was saved by a doctor at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Now he’s giving back to the health care profession to help it address a chronic shortage of trained nurses. Shooshan, the chairman of Arlington real estate developer Shooshan Company, and his wife, Marcia, a retired teacher, are giving nearly $1.1 […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. In my previous Forbes article, I discussed how leaders could improve the cognitive diversity of their teams to innovate while adapting to new and complex circumstances. I put these ideas into practice during the pandemic when […]
“Prepare, prepare, prepare. Persist, persist, persist.” That mantra has carried Becerra, whose family fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba for Puerto Rico when she was an infant, to the presidency of Marymount University. “From immigrant to university president in a lifetime” is an extraordinary story, but one that she credits in part to the opportunities the […]
To quote the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” In Year Two of our Virginia Business Women in Leadership Awards, we received more than 300 nominations — exceeding last year’s nominations by more than […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. Every day, we hear new announcements about which organizations are opting to work remotely and which ones are requiring their employees to return to the office. Airbnb, for example, told employees “they can work remotely forever,” according […]
Marymount University has been accepted to join the research consortium of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), an elite group of more than 150 major colleges and universities that collaborate to provide innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance national priorities in science, education, security and health. As an associate member, Marymount will actively work […]
The Catholic University of America Cardinals in Washington beat out Arlington’s Marymount Saints in the inaugural Pope’s Cup, receiving a trophy from Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at a ceremony hosted by the diocese last month. “We are grateful to Bishop Burbidge for his support and for hosting the inaugural ceremony of the Pope’s Cup,” […]
