We are proud to announce our three-year commitment to expand healthier options on campus through its collaboration with Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) – a leading organization working with the private sector to ensure that all children and young adults have the opportunity to live healthy, active lives. Marymount is one of more than […]
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Prize-Winning Author Mary Karr Visits Marymount
On April 18, the first day of Easter Break, Marymount students were out in force to hear author Mary Karr talk about writing, trauma, memoir, and more. Spanish minor and Biology major Aya Raihanoune introduced the author. Karr’s first memoir, The Liar’s Club, was the shared text read this year by all first-year composition students at […]
Alumna helps curate MARVEL: UNIVERSE OF HEROES exhibit at The Franklin Institute
Ariel (McManus) Odinson (MU alumna and English minor, class of 2012) is working on the MARVEL: Universe of Heroes exhibit that will open April 13th at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. Ariel is a Curatorial Programs Assistant at The Franklin, and she is also a Museum Educator at the Mütter Museum. Congratulations, Ariel! While she was an […]
Four Marymount Students Present at the Virginia Humanities Conference
This April, four Marymount students attended the 2019 Virginia Humanities Conference, hosted by Virginia Wesleyan University in Virginia Beach, VA. The conference, focusing this year on the theme of “The Fluid Humanities,” asked scholars from a variety of perspectives to consider how the humanities respond to topics as diverse as rising seas, water scarcity, accelerated […]
Communication Students Visit Politico Headquarters
On Thursday, April 4, students enrolled in Dr. Kimberly Meltzer’s Communication Special Topics seminar in Journalism and Politics were given a special tour of Politico’s headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, by CEO Patrick Steel, himself! They met Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Matt Wuerker, saw an editorial meeting taking place, and had a private question and answer session […]
Emmy-Winner David Gelles To Give McLaughlin Lecture At Marymount On April 2
David Gelles, the five-time Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer of CNN’s Political Programming, will deliver the 2019 Marya McLaughlin Lecture in Media Communications at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, April 2 at Marymount University’s Reinsch Auditorium, 2807 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia 22207. All members of the Marymount community and the public are invited to attend. Gelles […]
MU Alum Carlos Benavides Appointed to Governor’s Specialty Courts Advisory Council
Marymount English alum Carlos Benavides (class of 2009) and current assistant district attorney for Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office was appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the Specialty Courts Advisory Council for a six-year term. Read more here. Congratulations, Carlos! […]
Nursing Students participate in Remote Area Medical clinic
This March, Marymount students and faculty partnered with Remote Area Medical (RAM) to provide care to underserved communities. Since its founding in 1985, RAM has provided free medical, dental, and vision care to hundreds of thousands of people through the operation of mobile medical clinics. RAM operates its mobile clinics in communities in the United […]
Marymount Announces New Provost
Marymount is pleased to announce that the search process for its new provost has drawn to a successful conclusion. From a distinguished national pool, the University has selected Hesham El-Rewini, Ph.D., P.E. as the newest member of the Marymount team. Dr. El-Rewini is an experienced leader with a proven track record of success at both […]
Recycle, Rinse, Repeat Exhibition at Barry Gallery
Marymount University’s Barry Gallery is pleased to present “Recycle, Rinse, Repeat,” a solo exhibition of Jenny Wu’s sculptural work, installation, video and participatory projects. The public is invited to a free reception with the artist on Friday, March 22, 6:00 -8:00 PM. The exhibit will be open March 1 – 30, 2019. Born in China, […]
