All Things Alumni
Congratulations are in order for Class of 2010’s Kiley Reid whose debut novel was purchased in a ten-publisher auction by Bloomsbury and swiftly picked up by Emmy-award winner Lena Waithe’s production company, Hillman Grad Productions.
A research team led by Prof. Alessandra Leri has published a study entitled “Particulate organohalogens in edible brown seaweeds” in the journal Food Chemistry. Two Biology alumnae, Marisa Dunigan ’15 and Rosie Wenrich ’17, appear as authors on the paper.
Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Erin Greenwell, and alumna Christina Remley ’17 were part of the postproduction team for Yomeddine, a film which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film festival and nominated for the Palme D’Or award.
Art Alumna Margaret Roleke ’84, is exhibiting her installation “Seagreen Mist” as part of the project Island Universe.
On Friday, May 18, 2018, Marymount Manhattan College held its 69th Commencement Exercises at Lincoln Center’s iconic David Geffen Hall.
Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Erin Greenwell, and alumna Christina Remley ’17 were part of the postproduction team for Yomeddine, a film having its world premiere at the Cannes Film festival and nominated for the Palme D’Or award.
Class of 2017’s co-valedictorian Penny Pun discusses her childhood education in Hong Kong, cultural representation and inclusion in the theater community, and the challenges of accessibility and opportunity.
Alumni art major, ocikush, is having a one-man show, COME SEE, at Antonina Sanat Galerisi in Istanbul, Turkey. April 3 -May 5, 2018.
Deirdre Quinn ’17 has been offered a place at the prestigious UK school for Fall 2018 in the Masters of Gender, Development, and Globalization program.
Chris Pinnella will be accompanied by MMC alumna Jenna Ushkowitz ’07, an eight-piece orchestra, and a 12-person choir of MMC students on Wednesday, March 28, at Feinstein’s/54 Below in Manhattan.
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) strives for its students to be able to diagnose and treat a variety of hearing and speech disorders. Often, students go on to graduate school, careers in clinics, and for four alumnae, careers at MMC.
Nick Gereffi, a 2012 graduate in Communication Arts, was posthumously awarded the 2018 Associate Spotlight Award for the New York film and television market, one of the Casting Society of America’s (CSA) Artios Awards. Gereffi passed away late December 2017.
Lindsay Green, a 2016 alumna in Theatre Arts and currently the Coordinator of Disability Services at MMC, was featured in the Shawangunk Journal for her work on Addy & Uno.