News Archive

Johnston, a double major in Cinema Television and Emerging Media and Public Relations , has been awarded a $2,500 Gilman Scholarship  and will spend the Spring 2020 semester at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea.

Corridoni, who graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2013 with a degree in Political Science , has joined Pete for America’s 2020 Presidential campaign team as Deputy Rapid Response Communications Director.

Patrick Riley ’20, Psychology and Public Health double major, and Amanda Anzovino ’19, a recent Psychology alumna, participated in the Greater New York Behavioral Conference hosted by Fordham University on November 24.

To celebrate Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary, Nava Silton, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Psychology, brought 38 students from her Psychology and NYC Seminar classes for a tour and discussion at Sesame Workshop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

It’s International Education Week and MMC has planned a packed week of exciting and informative events, sponsored by Student Development and Activities, Study Abroad, Cultural Peer Mentors, Campus Activities Board, and Student Government Association.

A recent Broadway World article examines the ways in which the country’s most prestigious theatre programs prepare students for life after graduation.

On Friday, November 15, Jenny Dixon, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Arts, presented US Presidential Debates 1948-2016: An Issue of Formality and Respect in the Top Paper panel in the Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

On Tuesday, November 12, members from across the Marymount Manhattan College community gathered to honor the students and staff who have served in the United States armed forces.

Students in Public Affairs and Political Reporting with Tatiana Serafin, MFA, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts and Coordinator of Journalism at MMC, canvassed parade-goers at New York City’s 100^th annual Veterans Day Parade to find out what veterans and families are thinking ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

On Friday, November 8, the four students of the Office of Student Development and Activities’ newest initiative spoke to faculty, staff, and peers on their experience becoming Social Justice Ambassadors.

The College’s Counseling and Wellness Center and Office of Career Services joined efforts for the second year in a row to hold the Emotional Intelligence: The Foundation of Success Symposium for the first year class of 2023 on Tuesday, October 29.

Class of 2016’s Treneé McGee has been elected to the city of West Haven, Connecticut’s District 7 council, making her the youngest African American ever elected to the board.

Each year, the team at OnStage Blog announces the best performing arts schools for the coming year. To generate this ranking, OnStage creates a committee of theatre educators, students, alumni, and parents—the people who really know what’s important in theatre education—to research the country’s top programs.

On Tuesday, October 23 Dan Hunt, MFA, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, brought his fall Storytelling Across Media class on a field trip to Good Morning America (GMA).

The wait is over! We’re excited to finally reveal the newest venue for Marymount Manhattan College Commencement ceremonies. On May 22, the Class of 2020 will celebrate their achievements at United Palace, a stunning landmark theater in Washington Heights.

Adrienne Warren ’09, Theatre Arts alumna and star of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, was featured in an article in The New York Times in advance of the show’s Broadway debut on November 7.

November 1 marks the official beginning to Native American Heritage Month, observed each year to honor the legacies of indigenous peoples across the country. MMC’s Office of Student Development and Activities (SDA), Chartwells, and the Student Activities Advisory Board (SAAB) have organized a lineup of events for the College community to celebrate and commemorate First Nation cultures and history.

The Division of Academic Affairs, which oversees all of the College’s academic programs and resources, has released the first edition of a newsletter aimed to help generate continued collaboration among College staff.

Speech-Language Pathologists Christina Castronovo ’13 and Kelly Ann Peña ’13 presented important lessons for working with college students on the autism spectrum, as well as those with visual disabilities, at the Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence October Pedagogy luncheon.

The fall 2019 seminar, NYC: United Nations, seeks to embed first year students into the complexity of the United Nations, and begin to prepare them for MMC’s UN Professional Immersion opportunities later in their undergraduate careers.

The spring semester course, Brazil: Sustainability, Diversity and Worldview, will deeply investigate meanings and practices of sustainability through experiences in the “living laboratories” of social movements and communities.

A graduate of MMC’s Art History program, Michael Quituisaca ’17 is now working toward his master’s in Art History at American University, where he and his peers have opened Moves Like Walter , the first exclusive exhibition from the Corcoran Legacy Collection.

Distinguished Chair and Professor of Art History at MMC, Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D. , has curated the latest exhibition at Hollis Taggart Gallery in Chelsea, celebrating the work of artist Leon Berkowitz.