Today’s complex healthcare system is strained. Patients require more individualized care, healthcare costs continue to rise and the healthcare worker shortage grows larger with each passing year. To help resolve these pressing challenges, healthcare leaders and educational institutions are expanding nursing education pathways in order to attract new nurses to the profession — particularly those […]
If you are considering an MBA program, you are likely looking to improve your business acumen and explore specialty areas in business. However, one of the most overlooked MBA benefits is how this graduate degree program offers extensive networking opportunities. Understanding the importance of networking in an MBA can help you take an intentional approach […]
Today’s teachers assume a powerful responsibility: They not only help students develop academic or social skills but also ensure that they understand their worth (and see worth in others). This is an undertaking built into every classroom, lesson, and interaction. Culturally responsive pedagogy gives today’s passionate and empathetic teachers the tools, support, and inspiration needed to […]
Students in Marymount University’s School of Counseling built multicultural competencies last semester during an experiential learning trip to Poland. The group, composed of 15 students from the Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Pastoral Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s programs and three students from the Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral program, spent the week in Poznań, […]
Marymount University’s Board of Trustees has voted to extend the contract of President Irma Becerra through June 30, 2028, citing the University’s historic progress under her leadership and a shared commitment to continued growth in the years ahead. President Becerra, who became Marymount’s seventh president in 2018, has overseen a period of dynamic transformation for […]
Marymount University has appointed Dolly Garcia as its next Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees. In this role, she will serve as a strategic legal advisor to President Irma Becerra, the Board of Trustees and University leadership. She will officially begin her duties on July 28. Garcia brings significant legal […]
In late June, Marymount University announced the launch of its online Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program. Rooted in cultural humility, global perspective and a strong sense of service, the degree is designed to prepare graduates to address communication and swallowing disorders in individuals of all ages. This fully online and full-time program […]
The Potomac Health Foundation has awarded its Howard L. Greenhouse Grant to Marymount’s Center for Optimal Aging to assist in the expansion of the University’s new ALOHA (Arlington Longitudinal Optimal Healthy Aging) initiative. With $150,000 in grant funding, the Center will transform the traditional health screening model into a mobile, community-focused wellness program designed to […]
In a scene all too familiar to him, Leonardo Torres had a chance to sink the defining goal to keep Jynxzi FC alive in the second round of the Kings World Cup in Paris, mirroring a similar play in front of the Marymount University faithful a few years ago. Beating the goalkeeper and booting a […]
When Urooj Fatima walked across the stage at the 2025 College of Sciences and Humanities Commencement ceremony, she made history as Marymount’s first Biomedical Engineering graduate. She began her Marymount journey in 2020, choosing to stay close to her family home in Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally enrolled as a Biochemistry major, she switched […]
