{"id":9345,"date":"2021-05-17T14:55:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:55:10","slug":"sun-gazette-new-marymount-grads-lauded-for-their-resiliency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/sun-gazette-new-marymount-grads-lauded-for-their-resiliency\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Gazette: New Marymount grads lauded for their resiliency<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is said there is no rest for the wicked. Turns out there isn\u2019t much, either, for the saints \u2013 Marymount University Saints, that is.<\/p>\n

Mario Wilson on May 15 received a master of arts degree in forensic and legal psychology during one of three Marymount commencement ceremonies held over the weekend, and was already preparing to begin a job with the International Association of Police Chiefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI start on Monday,\u201d he said, with the goal of \u201cshaping the future of law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like institutions of higher education everywhere, Marymount\u2019s last year has been disrupted by the pandemic. The commencement ceremonies were an indication both of progress that had been made, and challenges that remained.<\/p>\n

Traditionally held at D.A.R. Constitution Hall (with one ceremony for undergraduates and another for graduates), this year\u2019s events were moved to the outdoor Converse Family Sports Complex on the university\u2019s main campus in Arlington. Perhaps not ideal, but most would agree a significant improvement from the prospect of a Zoom commencement.<\/p>\n

Because both of the small size of the venue and social-distancing requirements still in force, the ceremonies were limited to graduates, faculty and speakers. Families and other invitees of the graduates were nearby, however, watching the proceedings livestreamed to the university\u2019s Lee Center.<\/p>\n

(The May 15 ceremony was for students in the Colleges of Sciences & Humanities. Students in the College of Health and Education graduated on May 14, those in the College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology received degrees on May 16.)<\/p>\n

Graduates at the May 15 ceremony listened as entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Johnson Newman reminded them that despite the challenges of \u201ca year of living cautiously,\u201d the pandemic made them stronger \u2013 and, coincidentally, more marketable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing you can\u2019t handle, nothing you can\u2019t adapt to. It\u2019s your edge,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThat\u2019s now a huge competitive advantage for you. People my age and even younger will be trying to play catch-up. We\u2019ll be trying hard to learn what is second nature to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson told the graduates that previous generations of Americans, too, had their crosses to bear. She pointed to young people of the 1917-18 period, who were sent off to war and had to deal with a worldwide pandemic even more devastating than the current one. And then there were those of the 1930s and early 1940s, who lived through the Depression only to find themselves dispatched to another war in a struggle against tyranny.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose kids were your age,\u201d she told students. \u201cLike you, their days of innocence had been forever changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with Johnson, Marymount president Irma Becerra told students they have been made stronger and more resilient by recent events.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be ready for whatever life throws at you,\u201d she said, calling the Class of 2021 the \u201canti-fragile\u201d brigade \u2013 a group that does not simply roll with the punches, but is prepared to benefit from future shocks and stresses and faces up to adventure and adversity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour new journey begins today,\u201d Becerra said, reminding students that \u201cskills are nothing without values.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university\u2019s provost, Hesham El-Rewini, urged graduates to \u201cstop, reflect and think of your role in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow will be better, brighter and full of possibilities,\u201d he said. \u201cMake this planet a better place for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Almost lost in the chaos of the year was the fact that the 2021 commencement was the university\u2019s 70th. Marymount was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary order of Roman Catholic nuns in 1950, beginning as a two-year women\u2019s college and evolving into a co-educational university granting degrees up to the doctoral level.<\/p>\n

The pandemic\u2019s impact forced Marymount to shift to online education in the spring of 2020, but it rebounded with a hybrid format for the current academic year and aims to come back fully in-person, with all students and staff vaccinated, in the fall.<\/p>\n

To honor members of the Class of 2020 who saw their own graduations lost in the pandemic pandemonium of last spring and summer, Marymount on May 15 celebrated their achievements with an event at the Lee Center.<\/p>\n

Read the original article on the Sun Gazette’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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