Dr. Matt Bakker, a sociologist at Marymount University, loves the idea that his new book can be downloaded by anyone anywhere for free. This raises a really important and interesting question: whether researchers like myself are in this game to make money or to try and generate knowledge with our findings, said Bakker. […]
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Physical Therapy Students Offering Free Fitness Assessments for First Responders Oct. 29
Rachel Collver and Jimmy McKay know what police, firefighters and other first responders have to deal with on the job. McKay comes from a family of New York firefighters and Collvers father served as a Louisiana state trooper for 25 years. Thats why the third-year classmates in Marymount Universitys doctor of physical therapy program have […]
Marymount Accepting Applications for Cybersecurity Scholarships
Marymount University is accepting applications for its CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, which provides full tuition and other benefits in exchange for a commitment to work in government-related cybersecurity for a period equal in length to the scholarship. Applications are being accepted until Oct. 31 for the Spring 2016 semester. The awards also cover academic […]
Marymount Students Help Create Urban Farm
Students and faculty members from Marymount Universitys Interior Design program spent a recent Saturday with their sleeves rolled up, working with hundreds of other volunteers to turn an underused plot of inner city land into whats now being called the largest urban farm in Washington, D.C. Students from the main and Reston campuses worked […]
Saints Enjoy Homecoming Weekend
Marymount University enjoyed its annual Homecoming and Reunion Weekend on Sept. 24-27, with Saints of all ages returning to the Arlington main campus for a wide range of events, including a golf tournament, happy hour at the Clarendon Ballroom and Festival Alley Barbecue event for families on campus. Overall, all attendance numbers were up this […]
Marymount Professor Receives Fulbright Specialist Award
Dr. Pramila Rao of Marymount University is constantly looking for ways to improve her teaching. Now, thanks to a Fulbright Specialist Award, the associate professor of human resource management will be traveling to other countries both to teach and learn. This is a wonderful opportunity to broaden my experience, Rao said. The five-year award will […]
Marymount Students Blessed by Pope Francis
Seeing Pope Francis for 10 seconds outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was worth the commitment of an entire day for Jimmy Carroll, a Marymount University junior from Alexandria. It was incredible, said Carroll, who was in a group of 45 Marymount students with tickets to the Mass on Wednesday […]
Marymount Campus Ministry Leads Beach Retreat
Knowing shes not alone in her faith is important and powerful to Erin Williams, a junior at Marymount University. That message was reinforced this past weekend (Sept. 18-20), as Williams and 44 other Marymount University students and 10 staffers went on a spiritual retreat to Sandbridge Beach. The junior from Lorton gave the first student […]
Wong to be Honored as Distinguished Alumna at Northeastern
Dr. Rita Wong will receive the Distinguished Alumna Award on Nov. 7 from her alma mater, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. Wong will be honored at a dinner as part of the centennial celebration of physical therapy education at Northeastern, where she received her bachelors degree in 1971. Known for her work in […]
Marymount Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Sept. 24-27
Marymount University is inviting its alumni back for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Sept. 24-27. Saints can participate in the Annual Blue White Golf Tournament, alumni lacrosse games and a wine tasting. Varsity soccer games, a concert and plenty of other activities are planned as well. Throughout the month, Marymount is hosting its Third Annual #MarymountHC […]
