During these past several months, many first-year students embarked on their first semester of college while also navigating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a semester consisting of hybrid classes and socially-distanced events, it’s easy to see how these unusual circumstances may add additional stress and anxiety for first-year students. Marymount University’s Discover Course Program, […]
It’s estimated that more than one million children are reported missing every year, as the world faces a crisis in its efforts to preserve the rights of children and protect them from abuse and sexual exploitation. But a Marymount University graduate student is working hard each day to change that. Martha Bowman, in her […]
Every year, the Cancer Resource Center (CRC) at Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) in Arlington, Va., sponsors a free cervical cancer screening event that aims to target women who are uninsured or underinsured in the local community. The CRC partners with the VHC’s Clinic and Pathology departments to provide pap smears and follow-up care as […]
Jimmy McKay, a graduate of Marymount Universitys Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, has been named a member of the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR), a national nonprofit that funds physical therapy research and researchers. He will hold a three-year term on the board, which includes 13 other […]
Regardless of what your future career or life throws at you, dont give up on your education and dont give up on your dreams. Marymount Universitys President, Dr. Irma Becerra, urged graduates of the Academy of the Holy Cross to follow that advice during her keynote address at the Class of 2020s socially distant […]
The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service has announced that Carroll S. Rich, a Cybersecurity graduate student from Marymount University, will participate in the inaugural unit of the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative. This initiative is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership that works to recruit and provide participants with experience in a world-class cybersecurity force. Richs program placement […]
To assist with mental health and stress management during the COVID-19 pandemic, Marymount Universitys Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo spearheaded an initiative to provide biweekly, nationwide virtual De-Stress Sessions to public health professionals. These sessions, sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA), were held between early May and late July in a virtual format via […]
The National Catholic Educational Association Board of Directors has unanimously chosen Sister Patricia Earl to receive the 2020 C. Albert Koob Merit Award. This award is given to an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to Catholic education at any level or educational setting, in one or more of these areas […]
Every year, large numbers of U.S. college students decide to attend a higher education institution far away from home in the hopes of getting a fresh start and gaining more independence, and maybe even finding a new home for their post-graduation lives as well. But for Carla Clavell, her four years spent at Marymount University […]
As the need for more nurses and frontline health care providers continues to soar nationally and internationally during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Marymount student who hopes to join the nursing workforce now has a financial pathway to make that dream come true. Marymount University freshman Britany Morales is a recipient of the Goodwin […]
