Interior Design alumna named 2023 ‘Ones to Watch’ award winner

Interior Design alumna named 2023 ‘Ones to Watch’ award winner

  Cathleen Gruver, an award-winning interior designer and 2015 graduate of Marymount University’s Interior Design master’s program, has been named a 2023 ‘Ones to Watch’ award winner by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). ASID’s ‘Ones to Watch’ program identifies and recognizes rising leaders in the interior design industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential […]

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Marymount’s Future100 Interior Design winner inspired to create ‘unique spaces that change a person’s life’

Marymount’s Future100 Interior Design winner inspired to create ‘unique spaces that change a person’s life’

  For the third year in a row, an Interior Design student at Marymount University has been named as a Future100 Interior Design winner by Metropolis Magazine, which honors the most talented students at the best interior design and architecture schools in the U.S. and Canada each year. Natalia Laykov, a senior at Marymount, was […]

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Interior Design alumna launches first book, “Design for Identity”

Interior Design alumna launches first book, “Design for Identity”

  This month, Marymount University Interior Design alumna Jessica Bantom launched her first book, ‘Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World,’ with the aim of offering leaders a change management roadmap. “Design is expression, a service, an act of creativity,” Bantom argues. “But if designers design for everyone, how can there […]

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Designers speak to MU students for Global Entrepreneurship Week

Designers speak to MU students for Global Entrepreneurship Week

  Last week, Marymount University’s College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology (BILT) joined over 20,000 organizations worldwide in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, which through various lectures and seminars is utilized to help entrepreneurs transform their ideas into tangible action. To mark this occasion, the College of BILT hosted two renowned design entrepreneurs, Jomo Tariku […]

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MU Interior Design student awarded $10,000 scholarship

Interior Design student Emma Naing

  When Marymount University senior Emma Naing was selected in July to receive a $10,000 scholarship from the Network of Executive Women In Hospitality’s (NEWH) Washington, D.C., Metropolitan chapter, she felt both excitement and relief. After an application process that required a personal essay, recommendation letters and an in-person interview with the scholarship committee, Naing […]

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New curriculum agreement between MU, Florence University of the Arts

New curriculum agreement between MU, Florence University of the Arts

  Earlier this month, Marymount University signed an agreement with Florence University of the Arts – The American University of Florence (FUA-AUF) that will result in new, exceptional educational opportunities for students in Marymount’s School of Design and Art to study in Florence, Italy. Haute Couture was born in Florence, and the city is home […]

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Marymount Interior Design student named to Metropolis Future100 List

Viviane Pedruco

  For 18 years, Viviane Pedruco was a professional helicopter pilot in her native country of Brazil, following in her family’s footsteps through a career in aviation. But with a determined career change to pursue her longtime dream, she moved to the U.S. and enrolled in Marymount University’s Interior Design M.A. program – and is […]

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Interior Design student wins Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship

Interior Design student Sidnia Garcia was awarded the IES District of Columbia Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship

  “Ever since I was little, I was captivated by design.” This is how Marymount University Interior Design student Sidnia Garcia began her winning essay as part of the application process for the Illuminating Engineering Society District of Columbia Section (IESDC) Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The merit-based scholarship recognizes future leaders in the fields of […]

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Interior Design student wins WindowsWear, Michael Kors mentorship competition for second consecutive year

Tran Truong, winner of the 2021 WindowsWear, Michael Kors mentorship competition

  For a second consecutive year, Marymount University Interior Design student Tran Truong has been recognized for her stand-out interior design concepts as part of the 2021 WindowsWear Mentorship Program.  This year’s competition challenged students from across the nation to reimagine the store of designer Michael Kors as the world renowned company celebrates its 40th […]

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Interior Design student at MU selected in Metropolis Future 100 List

Metropolis Future 100

  Nicolas Swaner, a graduate student in Marymount University’s master’s program in Interior Design, has been included in Metropolis Magazine’s Future 100 List of the most talented students from the Class of 2021 in the best interior design and architecture schools in the United States and Canada. The Future 100 List, which is in its […]

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