Marymount Student Lauded for her Volunteerism

Peggy Wall, Marymount College freshman, was a finalist in the Daily Breeze People of Distinction awards. She is one of 20 remarkable people from a field of nominees who was heralded at a November 14 event sponsored by the South Bay newspaper. Peggy has been volunteering routinely for as long as she can remember. In her biography, presented by the Daily Breeze in their November 14 special section devoted to the finalists, said Peggy and her family have been volunteering through the Optimist Club and have worked in Chinatown helping out with the neighborhood carnival and other ways during the Christmas holiday. In 2006 and 2008, Peggy received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her years of service.

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Marymount opens San Pedro campus

San Pedro leaders on Wednesday called the port-side, working-class community something it has never before been called - a "college town."

Marymount College celebrated the opening of its Waterfront Campus with tours of its new classrooms, conference rooms and offices on the first floor of the 11-story Pacific Place office building. The floor was most recently occupied by Northrop Grumman offices.

San Pedro leaders heralded the campus arrival as evidence that the city is on the upswing.
"It doesn't get any better than being a college town," said San Pedro Chamber of Commerce President Betsy Cheek.

Peter Rothe, cofounder of San Pedro Arts & Academic Alliance, acknowledged the community's blue-collar roots and its struggle to enhance the downtown area. read full Daily Breeze article

By Sandy Mazza, Staff Writer

Marymount sees bigger as better - The Daily Breeze

Every few months for the past couple of years, Marymount College has unveiled a surprising new aspect of its changing expansion plans. Last week, that pattern continued.


There was a shocker in mid-2009 when the private Rancho Palos Verdes Catholic college said it would not seek to build long-desired but controversial dormitories on its 25-acre, ocean-view campus.


Then, a few months later, just as it was undergoing a contentious city review of proposed new facilities, the then two-year institution said it planned to become a full-fledged four-year college. read full article


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By Melissa Pamer Staff Writer

Marymount Daily Breeze

Less than a year after facing ballot-box defeat in its bid for dormitories in Rancho Palos Verdes, Marymount College is turning its expansion-oriented eye down the hill toward San Pedro.

The private Catholic college last week announced a 50-year master plan that would overhaul its 11-acre San Pedro property, erecting new housing for hundreds of students and large new classroom buildings. At the same time, the school is increasing its footprint and revving up its cultural programming in the harbor community's downtown area. read more