Check out stories, photos, and quotes from the MMC Community as we navigate this new environment of remote academic and business operations.
August 19, 2020 Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue #6 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here for info on the College’s fall Health and Safety guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions.
July 20, 2020 Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue #5 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here for info on the College’s fall Restart Plan and Virtual Classes/Open Campus model.
May 29, 2020 Students in the spring 2020 course, Fundraising and Marketing for the Arts, taught by adjunct instructor Jaynie Saunders Tiller, had the unique opportunity to “attend” the popular annual fundraiser for the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
May 18, 2020 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.
May 18, 2020 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.
May 15, 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.
May 7, 2020 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.
May 4, 2020 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.
May 1, 2020 Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue 3 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here.
April 29, 2020 Maya Georgi ’20, a graduating senior in the English and World Literatures program with minors in Digital Journalism and Law and Ethics, discusses her quarantine experiences with complex family dynamics in a stunning piece, What It’s Like To Quarantine With My Old-School Abuela.
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April 16, 2020 This semester, students in MMC’s Biology Senior Seminar are presenting the latest scientific research on COVID-19 through remote sessions that are open to all.
April 15, 2020 Reed, who co-directed the documentary film Little Miss Westie with MMC’s Dan Hunt, MFA, Associate Professor of Communication and Media Arts, led students through a virtual workshop on assistant editing as part of this spring’s COMM 405: Production and Distribution courses.
April 14, 2020 Barbara Adrian, Professor of Theatre Arts, discusses the various methods used in her remote Acting classes, after on-campus courses have been suspended for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester.
April 13, 2020 Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Check out Issue 2 of MMC’s biweekly newsletter. Read the full newsletter here.
April 8, 2020 Sue Behrens, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), and her student research team will present their research virtually at the 9th Annual Westchester Undergraduate Conference.
April 8, 2020 Students in THTR 356: Pop/Rock Performance, taught by adjunct instructor and alumna MaryAnne Piccolo ’05 with Music Director Elliot Roth, submitted self-tape videos of singing auditions for their midterm projects. They were then joined via Zoom by a panel of industry professionals for feedback on their virtual auditions and an industry Q&A.
April 3, 2020 Students, faculty, and administrators of Marymount Manhattan College’s Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) and Taconic College Program (TCP) have worked to maintain academic operations, despite the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus in New York State and the resulting limitations on outside visitors to the correctional facilities.
April 1, 2020 As the world grapples with COVID-19, institutions of learning across the country have had to develop, institute, and adapt to methods of remote and virtual instruction. Marymount Manhattan College is no exception, and faculty—from Theatre to Biology and everything in between—have worked tirelessly to provide a new normal for Griffins through the end of the semester.
March 30, 2020 Stay connected, even while we’re apart! Introducing MMC’s new biweekly community newsletter. Read the full newsletter here.