Marymount University is offering two all-day baseball camps for high school players from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 18-19 at Bishop OConnell High School, 6600 Little Falls Road. Run by the Marymount Saints staff and other area college coaches, the camps provide the opportunity to showcase a players talent and offer instruction and […]
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Marymount Hosting Boys Lacrosse Camps
Marymount University is hosting a series of lacrosse camps for boys ages 6 to 15 this summer. They include: An evening camp from 5:30 to 8 p.m. from Monday, June 22 to Thursday, June 15. Cost is $150. A day camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17. […]
Marymount Offering Summer Running Camps
Marymount University will hold a pair of day camps for youth runners this month at the schools main campus and on nearby trails: A youth development running camp for girls and boys age 8-13 will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day from June 22-26. It will focus on skill development and […]
Marymount President Discusses Lifelong Education
Marymount University President Matthew D. Shank participated in a panel discussion at the Canadian Embassy on lifelong education and training for the global economy. The discussion was part of the Canadian American Business Councils North American Skills & Labor Mobility Summit on June 10, which focused on cross-border skills shortages and featured participants from the […]
Marymount Student Wins National Design Competition
Christina Tuong, a rising senior in Marymount Universitys Interior Design program, never expected to win a national design contest. I was just blown away, especially since I knew how amazing the designs of my classmates were, said the winner of the 2015 I Like Design competition. Those other designs were so strong that six of […]
Marymount University Swim Coach Rescues Drowning Woman
Mike Clark knew it would be cold when he jumped into the 40-degree water at Tall Timbers Marina in St. Marys County, Maryland. But the longtime Marymount University varsity swim coach didnt hesitate. A womans life was on the line, and the last the thing he cared about was his own discomfort. My adrenaline was […]
Marymount, Georgetown Co-Host International Conference on Vatican II
Dr. Brian Flanagan thought a unique way to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council would be to look at the watershed moment in church history from a different perspective. No one had done a conference on how the council was received and continues to be received outside the church, said Flanagan, an […]
Shank Named to NCAA Advisory Group
Marymount University President Matthew D. Shank has been appointed to the NCAA Division III Chancellors/Presidents Advisory Group. In this role, Dr. Shank will advise and provide input to the 15-member Division III Presidents Council and facilitate communication from the council to the other presidents in the Capital Athletic Conference. His appointment runs through January 2017. […]
Marymount University Graduates Encouraged to Take the Opportunity to Become Servant Leaders
During Marymount Universitys commencement exercises, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Tony P. Hall encouraged Marymount University undergraduate degree candidates to take the opportunity that is always around to serve by doing the thing that is in front of you, as Mother Teresa advised him when he visited her […]
Lavanty Honored by American College of Radiation
Donald F. Lavanty, chair of Marymount Universitys Department of Health Care Management and Legal Administration, received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American College of Radiation at its convocation on May 17. The award, presented for the first time, honors notable service to the college and the radiology profession. Lavanty, who has served as ACRs […]
