Kaylee Tyner, a junior at Marymount University studying political science, has been announced as a member of Campus Compact’s 2021-2022 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. She joins 212 students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico in the year-long program for campus leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities […]
Marymount University has announced that Jill McCabe will become the Saints’ new Athletics Director and Assistant Vice President (AVP), overseeing 20 NCAA Division III sports teams and holding a position on the President’s cabinet. She will officially begin her duties at Marymount on Wednesday, April 7, and will replace Dr. Michael Vienna, who has […]
In 2013, Marymount University wellness case manager Yilret Yiljep was on top of the world. He had traveled far from his home country of Nigeria to chase his dream of becoming a college basketball player, and was now fulfilling those aspirations at the Division I level with American University. But the onset of frightening […]
Brooke Berry, the Dean of Students, Equity and Inclusion at Marymount University, has been named as an impactful leader in the 2021 Northern Virginia “40 Under 40” list by the Leadership Center for Excellence and Leadership Fairfax. Since 1992, the Leadership Center for Excellence has been the region’s trusted resource for leadership development and […]
Marymount University will recognize alumni, faculty, community members and organizations for their achievements and service to others through the inaugural 2021 HALO Awards. Recipients will be celebrated at the HALO Awards dinner during Marymount’s Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, October 16. The call for nominations is currently open, with a deadline of Monday, March 29 […]
Photos courtesy of Jeff Watts/American University Marymount University has joined other institutions in the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area in the rollout of an innovative saliva-based COVID-19 testing system with a mobile laboratory at Gallaudet University in Northeast Washington. Expanded testing is a critical component of reducing the spread of COVID-19 […]
Student learning suffered a significant blow during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March of 2020. That impact continues to reverberate across the country for students of all educational levels. According to an Education Week article, the pandemic has greatly impacted low-income high school seniors as they’ve become twice as likely than their […]
During the first week of Black History Month, two Marymount University students achieved national recognition for video stories they created to illustrate how the resurgent civil rights activism of 2020 and the ongoing movement for racial equality has personally impacted them. Charles Walker, a junior Digital Writing & Narrative Design major, won the top […]
In mid-May, approximately 975 students will receive their degrees over the course of three days during Marymount University’s 70th annual commencement ceremonies. The newest graduates of the mission-based Catholic university will hear from three distinguished commencement speakers – influential Virginian James Dyke, Jr., entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Johnson and business leader Donald Graham. Both […]
The origin story of National Black History Month dates back to 1915, and has strengthened from that time to the present day. Historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded what is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and in 1926, launched the first Negro History […]
