The last year has been a vivid reminder – not that any was needed – of the role nurses play in the health-care system and in the lives of those they come into contact with. “Our patients are depending on us to be their voices in their most vulnerable moments,” said Aidan Phillips, one […]
Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Arlington, best known for its innovative curriculum. My life is an example of my belief in the power of higher education. As a Cuban-born immigrant, my grandmother taught me that “No matter what happens, no one can take away your education.” Higher education […]
It is said there is no rest for the wicked. Turns out there isn’t much, either, for the saints – Marymount University Saints, that is. Mario Wilson on May 15 received a master of arts degree in forensic and legal psychology during one of three Marymount commencement ceremonies held over the weekend, and was […]
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 […]
