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Undocumented, first-generation Marymount student receives Newman Civic Fellowship

Posted on April 13, 2023 (April 13, 2023) by nmunson

Karla Mercado Dorado, a junior at Marymount University, has been selected to receive Campus Compact’s 2023-2024 Newman Civic Fellowship. She is one of 154 civic leaders from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico who form this year’s cohort and are recognized for their outstanding commitment to creating positive change in communities locally and around […]

MU alumna lobbies for death penalty abolishment in Virginia

Posted on March 31, 2021 (August 3, 2021) by nmunson

Stephanie Niedringhaus, a Marymount University alumna, holding a sign that reads, "All Faiths Believe in Justice."

As she attended Catholic school growing up, Stephanie Niedringhaus remembers one of the earliest religious lessons that she learned – that we are all made in the image of God, and that every life is sacred. Years later, she looks back and sees how that simple precept has guided her work in Catholic social […]