The Saints’ Center for Service awards two $5,000 community engagement grants each year. Dr. Margaret Tseng won this year’s grant on behalf of the Blue Ribbon Project, a non-profit organization that serves foster children in the state of Maryland. In 2017, there were over 380,000 children in the foster care system in the United States. […]
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The Saints’ Center for Service Further Expands Service at MU
The Saints’ Center for Service officially opened in fall 2018. Born out of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), the Saints Center for Service is a central resource for information, relationships, and community partners for service. “The real purpose for this center is to increase the number of students participating in meaningful service,” said Kelly Dalton, […]
Cody Gallery Presents Negar Ahkami: The Taking
Cody Gallery at Marymount University is pleased to present “The Taking,” a solo exhibition by Negar Ahkami November 1 – December 15, 2018 with an opening reception Thursday, November 1, 6-8 PM. “The Taking” consists of conceptually linked paintings covering a range of themes, and a monumental installation of fragmented pieces made to appear as […]
Department of Interior Design’s 2018 Play By Design-athon
During Marymount’s 2018 Play for All Design-athon, teams will work on creating usable and accessible products for children of all ages and abilities. With keynote addresses and team empathy exercise to spark ideas, participants will use design thinking, a systematic design methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. Participants will collaborate to improve […]
MU Wins Gold for Mental Health
Marymount University’s Student Counseling Services (SCS) won the Gold Award for health programs at the Maryland conference “SHARING OUR VOICE: What Students Think About School Mental Health.” Sponsored by the Adolescent Peer Support League, the conference brought together local high school and college students, staff, faculty, and administration for a discussion of student mental health; […]
Marymount Education Students Gain Global Experience in South Africa
A Marymount University education class traveled to South Africa for 10 intense days this summer, visiting local schools, working with peers from the University of San Diego and attending a conference in Cape Town. At the conference, they presented research papers and posters. They even found time to fit in a safari at a national […]
Marymount’s Judy Green recognized by the Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) recently announced the 2nd Class of AWM Fellows, including researchers, mentors, and educators who are committed to creating a more inclusive mathematics community. Judy Green of Marymount University was selected among 23 others as a fellow “For her role as a founding member of the Association for Women […]
Marymount and Accenture Facilitate One Journey Festival
On Monday, October 8, Marymount University partnered with Accenture in a facilitated brainstorming and strategy session to design One Journey Festival 2019. This important festival is a large-scale celebration of refugee talents and contributions and will take place on the grounds of the National Cathedral in late June 2019. Marymount sponsored the inaugural One Journey […]
History Class Visits Alexandria Historic Site
Marymount students enrolled in Professor Cassandra Good’s history course “Virginia and the Old South” visited Alexandria’s Freedom House Museum on October 17, 2018. The museum’s building was once the site of the nation’s largest slave trading firm, Franklin and Armfield. Students heard about recent archaeological work on the site from a member of the city’s […]
Dr. Holly Karapetkova attends literary arts conference in Florida
Dr. Holly Karapetkova gave a poetry reading and presentation at The Other Words Conference last week in Tampa, Florida. The Other Words Conference, sponsored by the Florida Literary Arts Coalition, brings together educators, writers, editors, publishers, grant administrators, directors of writers’ retreats, and other interested groups and individuals with the goal of advancing the literary […]