News Archive

As the end of the Spring 2020 semester rapidly approaches, our students have been busy with a wide variety of final presentations, projects, and productions, which have kept the College’s virtual campus abuzz. Across each academic department, the end of the semester highlights the very best in student achievement at MMC.

Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue #4 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here  for info on upcoming events, celebrating the Class of 2020, federal CARES Act funds for students, and more.

On Sunday, May 17, members of the faculty, staff, and graduating Class of 2020 gathered virtually to celebrate and honor academic excellence, leadership, and service.

Pop/Rock Performance, advanced theatre course taught by adjunct instructor and alumna MaryAnne Piccolo ’05 with Music Director Elliot Roth, is celebrating its fifth year this spring in a very different way.

Congratulations, Class of 2020! We are so incredibly proud of the work, dedication, and passion you have put into your studies while at MMC, and we can’t WAIT to see what is in store for you next. Please enjoy a message from our faculty, staff, and administration who wanted to wish you well as you start your next adventure. Despite the circumstances, we are all celebrating with YOU in spirit. Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Students in Ethical Issues Concerning the Developing Child, taught by Nava Silton, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Psychology, spend the semester exploring the moral, social, biological, and cognitive aspects of development in order to facilitate an understanding and analysis of ethical dilemmas. Last week, they had the exciting opportunity to hear from two expert guest speakers during their class discussions on Zoom.

During the last several weeks, Nava Silton, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Psychology , has appeared as a psychology expert on Fox5 News broadcasts, providing insight on a variety of topics related to the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ima Otto-During ’20, a BFA Acting major, was chosen through a competitive selection process as the Class Speaker for the Class of 2020. Although the May 2020 ceremony had to be postponed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Otto-During will address her classmates during the rescheduled ceremony in the fall.

MMC President Kerry Walk, Ph.D., was featured on the panel of special guest speakers during a Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19 Response and Higher Education, hosted by Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright.

Marymount Manhattan College has launched MMC Engage , the College’s first inclusive community engagement platform and mobile app. With MMC Engage, all members of the community can access helpful College resources, learn about programming and virtual events, chat with other members of the community, and more, all with the touch of a button.

Congratulations to Tracey Brooks ’20, a Communication Arts  and Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media double major, who is the Class of 2020 valedictorian.

Playwright David Auburn, whose 2000 play Proof earned the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, spoke with students in Professor Ellen Orenstein’s Beginning Scene Study course.

Tatiana Serafin, MFA, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, hosted a discussion with Nick Gvosdev, Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

The Marymount Manhattan College Dance department is hosting a Live Facebook Watch Party to celebrate the work of our Student Choreographers and their Dancers as they made the necessary transition to digital format for their pieces in this time of pandemic and remote learning.

Diller, a graduating Art major with concentrations in Photography and Graphic Design , has earned a coveted Fulbright English Teaching
Assistantship to serve as a language-learning assistant in the Czech Republic for the 2020-21 academic year.

Each year, the Office of Student Development and Activities at MMC hosts an awards ceremony celebrating the work and achievements of the campus community’s most engaged students. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the College’s remote operations, the annual festivities were moved online in a pre-recorded IGTV ceremony.

Alaina Messineo ’21, a Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Directing and Writing for the Stage , was selected as a finalist for the second round of Quarantine Bake Off , a monthly playwriting competition organized by college students and spurred by the social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Richard Niles, Ph.D., Professor of Theatre Arts, who portrayed Rico Bellini in long-running television soap, The Doctors, discusses his experience on set as a young actor in a recent video for Retro TV .

Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue 3 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here .

Associate Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Corey J. Liberman, Ph.D. , has been awarded a 2020 Teaching Fellowship through the Eastern Communication Association , a professional organization of scholars, teachers, and students of Communication Studies. 

MMC Alum (Digital Journalism and CTEM, 2019) and Buzzfeed Junior Staff Writer , Lauren Garafano, zoomed into Professor Serafin’s COMM 328 Digital Journal of Ideas and Culture.

Members of the Marymount Manhattan College family are dedicating time and resources to their own communities in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Read some of their stories below.

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