Noted poet E. Ethelbert Miller will give the first of two free lectures on the African American Literary Tradition from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 in the Lee Reception Room of Reinsch Library at Marymount University, 2807 North Glebe Road. Miller will discuss poet Langston Hughes. He will lecture on The Black […]
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Department of Physical Therapy Provides Modified Toy Cars and Mobility to Special Needs Children
Marymount Universitys Department of Physical Therapy launched its Go Baby Go! Garage on Saturday, Sept. 17, an event that drew more than 200 people to the schools Fairfax Drive facility and provided 12 special needs children with modified toy cars that will make them more mobile. Its all part of a program, Go Baby Go!, […]
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Marymount 43rd in 2017 ‘Best Colleges, Regional Universities in the South’
Marymount University gained 10 spots from 53rd in 2016 to 43rd in the top tier ranking among Regional Universities in the South in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. The 2017 Best Colleges rankings were announced September 13 to help students worldwide compare the academic quality of […]
Marymount Collaborates to Debut First Graduate Level Special Education Training Program for Arlington Diocese Catholic Schools
The inaugural cohort of the Marymount University Graduate Special Education Program kicked off this semester with eleven K-8th grade teachers from Catholic schools in the Diocese of Arlington. The innovative training program, a collaboration between Marymount Universitys School of Education and Human Services and the Arlington Diocese Catholic Schools (ADCS), is the only one of its […]
First-Year Marymount Students Learn to Serve Others
First-year students not only heard about Marymount Universitys commitment to service during their week-long orientation to college life, they put it into action by assembling 2,000 care packages for teenagers transitioning from foster care to life on their own. The activity was part of the annual Saints Serve Day on Aug. 23. The care […]
Marymount Group Takes Student-Inspired Trip to Panama
After working with severely disabled children at a Costa Rican orphanage as part of a Marymount University service trip, Maria Paredes wanted her peers to do the same thing at a school where she volunteered in her native Panama. I knew it would mean a lot to that school, she said. I knew I […]
Marymount University Receives Federal Grant For Older Adult Falls Prevention Programs in Northern Virginia
Marymount University was one of eight organizations nationally that recently received a two-year $480,000 grant from the Administration on Aging, a program division within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), to embed evidence-based falls prevention programs across Northern Virginia. Both Inova Health Systems and Goodwin House are major partners with significant roles in the grant […]
Public Invited to Sept. 9 Opening Reception at Barry Gallery
Marymount University invites the public to a free opening reception for B+W, an art exhibit featuring the works of Karen Coleman, Dana Jeri Maier, Matthew McLaughlin and Wayne Paige from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Barry Gallery, 2807 North Glebe Road. The pieces in B+W are made without using […]
Marymount Participates in Hungarian Mass and Pilgrimage
Marymount University hosted a Hungarian Mass and was the starting point for the first Hungarian pilgrimage in the United States on Saturday, Aug. 20, part of a celebration of St. Stephen the Great, that countrys first king and patron saint. The events were particularly moving for Stefan Fedor, president of the American Hungarian Heritage […]
Staff Council Awards Announced
Two longtime Marymount University employees, Aline Orfali, director of International Student Services, and Hazel Sirett, an administrative assistant in the School of Arts & Sciences, were among six employees honored with Staff Council Awards at a luncheon on campus on Aug. 18. Orfali, who has been with Marymount for 20 years, earned a Common Ground Values […]
