Nearly 100 special needs athletes from Arlington and Fairfax counties will participate in the 22nd Annual Northern Virginia Special Olympics Basketball Invitational Tournament from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 18 at Marymount Universitys Rose Bente Lee Center, 2807 North Glebe Road. Sponsored by Marymounts Student Government Association and the Athletics Department, close […]
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Marymount Vice President Serves on Panel of African American Women Psychologists
Marymount University Vice President for Student Affairs Linda McMurdock was one of five participants in a panel discussion on Feb. 21 that helped kick off the annual national tour of I am Psyched, a multimedia pop-up exhibit that explores the history of contemporary contributions of women of color in psychology. The panel discussed What Psychology […]
Henenberg Honored by National Trial Advocacy College
The Honorable Karen A. Henenberg received the 2017 William J. Brennan Jr. Award from the National Trial Advocacy College on Feb. 1. Henenberg retired in 2013 as an Arlington County General District Court judge. She is now an adjunct professor at Marymount University. It was an absolute thrill and totally unexpected, said Henenberg, who has […]
Meaningful Dialogue Encouraged at Founders Day
Dialogue is mainly listening with the goal of understanding and generating new ideas to make the world a better place, Sister Kathleen Kanet told an audience at Marymount University. Every one of us is different, Kanet said. I believe that God created us unique and wonderful and blessed, and we have within us the thing […]
Dr. Marianne Ward-Peradoza Named Dean of Marymounts School of Business
Dr. Marianne Ward-Peradoza, a longtime faculty member and administrator at Loyola University Maryland, has been named dean of Marymount Universitys School of Business Administration. She will begin her duties July 1. I am honored to have been selected, Ward-Peradoza said. Over the course of my career I have developed a deep commitment to the mission […]
Denson Recognized for Work with Design-athons
Assistant Professor Moira Denson has been recognized by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) for bringing a unique series of workshops to the Marymount University campus and into its curriculum. The Universal Design-athons let students and design professionals engage with individuals with varying disabilities in order to develop design solutions to help them. Denson […]
Poet Sarah Browning to Read at Marymount March 14
The public is invited to a free reading by poet Sarah Browning from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14 in Reinsch Library Auditorium on the campus of Marymount University, 2807 North Glebe Road. Browning is co-founder and executive director of Split This Rock, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that calls poets to a greater […]
Holly Karapetkova to Read Feb. 27 at Kramerbooks
Poet Holly Karapetkova, chair of Marymount Universitys Literature & Languages Department, will give a preview reading of her second collection, Towline, at 6:30 p.m on Monday, Feb. 27. at Kramerbooks in Washington, D.C. The book won the 2016 Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize from Cloudbank Books. This is the first year the prize, named after a beloved […]
Staged Reading of Play on Salvadoran Civil War Feb. 17
Marymount University taught Leora Lihach that true empathy surpasses cultural boundaries and national borders. Its a lesson she took to heart. As a result, the 2016 graduate, along with the Teatro de la Luna Theatre Company, will bring a staged reading of Lihachs play Madres de la Revolucion (Mothers of the Revolution) from 7 to […]
Professor of Education to Speak in South Korea
Dr. Ana Lado will be the keynote speaker for the Applied Linguistics Association of Koreas International Conference on Sept. 9 in Seoul, South Korea. The Marymount University professor of education will discuss Primary English Education and Literacy Through Childrens Literature. I absolutely love this topic, said Lado, who has spoken at conferences in Korea and […]
