News Archive

Working with ten MMC alumnae, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Melissa Tonning-Kollwitz, MFA, established Project: Human Better, a womxn-centric theatre group focused on empowering womxn through education, mentorship, and devised theatre.

Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) is saddened to learn of the passing of Sister Brigid Driscoll, a member for 62 years of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), MMC’s founding order. She was also an alumna of MMC (Class of 1954), a former MMC trustee, and a Math instructor at MMC’s Bedford Hills College Program, at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, NY. In addition to many other roles, Sister Brigid served for two decades as the President of Marymount College, Tarrytown, MMC’s parent college. She died at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the age of 84.

“What do meditation and writing have in common” you might ask? Professor Judith Benchimol’s class visited MNDFL meditation center to answer that question, find the connection, and - perhaps surprisingly - improve their writing skills.

Alumna Adrienne Brammer ’16, Outreach Director of the NYC Veterans Alliance, was interviewed on the PBS Thirteen news show MetroFocus as part of its “Frontline to Home Front” series.

The Marymount Manhattan College community mourns the loss of Msgr. Thomas P. Leonard, 90, a dynamic priest whose sister was a beloved faculty member at MMC.

On Tuesday, October 30, the Counseling and Wellness Center and the Office of Career Services launches its first Emotional Intelligence Symposium for first-year students to introduce them to key skills needed for success in college and in life.

On October 18, MMC’s PS 107 Introduction to Criminal Justice class got an inside look at the city’s criminal court system in action.

Professor Dan Hunt’s feature length documentary, Little Miss Westie, will have it’s World Premiere at DocNYC, the country’s largest documentary film festival.

Four students (Rita Castillo, Renee Royles, Abigail Hambidge, and Kali Wright) from the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Department were accompanied by the CSD Director for Clinical Education and Clinical Services, Denise Cruz, MA, CCC-SLP, to Washington D.C. to take part in the American Speech-Language Hearing Association ASHA’s Student Hill Day on Capitol Hill.

Philip Trevino, Technical Director of Dance, has been selected as the winner of the Rosco Gobo Design Contest.

On September 27th historian, activist, and educator Marcia M. Gallo spoke to students - many enrolled in Dr. Manolo Estavillo’s Radical Women of Color course - as part of the Conversations on Diversity & Social Justice series.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, MMC’s Student Activities Advisory Board and Office of Student Development and Activities co-hosted an event in honor of Latinx Heritage Month, welcoming New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera as the keynote speaker.

Elisee (Eli) Joseph, Adjunct Professor of Business Management at Marymount Manhattan College, was selected by Forbes and JPMorgan Chase to join the 2018 Forbes Under 30 Scholar Program.

MMC student leaders completed an overnight immersive leadership weekend program at YMCA Camp Mason in Hardwick, New Jersey.

In Karina Popp’s Video Game Storytelling, a new class in the Literature and Media concentration, students are both studying and playing as they navigate story design, player interaction, and the importance of collaboration.