San Pedro Chamber and College Engage in 2020 Planning Process

The San Pedro Chamber of Commerce announced the formation of a visioning group tasked with the development of San Pedro 2020 plan for the future. The 2020 Task Force is co-chaired by Dr. Michael Brophy, president, Marymount College and Arley Baker, deputy executive director of communications, Port of Los Angeles and includes community leaders in the non-profit, government, education, retail and property development sectors. This task force’s work will build upon recent positive developments and will make recommendations for the future. Assisting the 2020 Task Force with research are Marymount students and faculty.

To date, the 2020 Task Force is planning to build on significant developments that are already underway such as the Downtown Harbor and Visitor Plaza, the redevelopment of the Ports O’ Call property and the debut of the Marine Research Center at City Dock One.

During the past 15 years the downtown district has seen significant development in community programs, facilities, sustainability “green” initiatives, arts programming, and business innovation.

More information on the San Pedro 2020 vision, will be presented to the Chamber and the community in May 2013.

Marymount Students Plan Beach Cleanup

Members of the Enactus Club of Marymount College invite students, staff, faculty and the community to join them at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 2 for a Native Garden Workday and Beach Cleanup event. Open to all ages, the volunteers will meet at the steps in front Cabrillo Marine Aquarium auditorium at 3720 Stephen White Drive, San Pedro.

To RSVP, email Hannah Zimmerman at hzimmerman@marymountpv.edu.

This project is spearheaded by the Marymount College Enactus Club. Enactus is an international non-profit organization that brings together student, academic and business leaders who are committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to improve the quality of life and standard of living for people in need. Guided by academic advisors and business experts, the student leaders of Enactus create and implement community empowerment projects around the globe. Their experience not only transforms lives, it helps students develop the kind of talent and perspective that are essential to leadership in an ever-more complicated and challenging world.

Human Resources: How to Empower Your Organization and Increase Job Satisfaction

Hiring, training, and retaining are essential but are they enough to ensure top productivity? How can we produce a thriving team? Empowering organizations can prevent work related issues, promote health and well-being and maintain a thriving workforce. Are you ready to empower your workforce? Bring your lunch and learn from the experts.

Tuesday, January 22, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, 707 Silver Spur Road, Suite 100 - Rolling Hills Estates (Park in the lot behind the building or on the street)

This is a free event. Please RSVP to office@palosverdeschamber.com

Ito/Matsuura Film Series: In MacArthur Park

The film features the plight of a Mojave Indian who gets into trouble when he comes to Los Angeles to seek work to support his wife and young son who are back on an Arizona reservation. This indie feature was funded by the American Film Institute and received the International Critics Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. Re-released nationally in 2006, it was chosen as one of LA Weekly’s DVD picks of the week.

Q & A with writer and director Bruce Schwartz and costar, James Espinoza.

October 3rd 7 p.m. Warner Grand Theatre 478 W. Sixth Street, San Pedro - Free Event.

For more upcoming films from the Ito/Matsuura Series and Fall Cultural Arts events visit:

http://www.marymountpv.edu/cultural-arts

Earth Day Recognition on Campus

Miguel Lozano, a Marymount College staff member conducts a photo shoot of a student dressed in all recycled materials in honor of Earth Day, April 22nd 2011. All materials consist of paper or recycled plastic! Check it out..

Persist: In Praise of the Creative Spirit in a World Gone Mad with Commerce

Peter Clothier, PH.D is an internationally-known writer who specializes in writing about art and artists. He is a former Dean of the Otis Art Institute and the College of Fine and Communication Arts at Loyola Marymount University.

Dr. Clothier's discussion will focus on his most recent book Persist: In Praise of the Creative Spirit in a World Gone Mad with Commerce, which addresses the predicament of creative people, even the most talented, who find it increasingly difficult to get a hearing in a cultural environment in which success is more often measured in commercial terms.

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 7p.m.

Marymount College Auditorium, FREE admission

Marymount College Spring 2011 - Theater Production

Marymount College students present their springtime dramatic production, You Can't Take It With You. A comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater in 1936. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

$15 general; $10 students & over age 65

Thursday-Saturday - April 28 - 30 - 8pm

Warner Grand Theater

478 W. Sixth Street, San Pedro

Alumni Reunion Roundup

Saturday, March 19, 2011

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Marymount College would like to welcome you and your family back to campus for our Alumni Round–Up Reunion! This event is open to all who attended Marymount – whether as a college student or a high school student – and is a great opportunity to renew friendships, relive memories and see the Marymount campus again. The fun starts at 11 a.m. and features a Western barbeque lunch, campus tours, family–friendly activities and live musical entertainment provided by the Marymount Jazz Ensemble. We look forward to seeing you and your family back on campus for a fun and relaxing afternoon of catching up and reminiscing! Click here to RSVP

Red Cross Blood Drive

Marymount and MOVE continue their support by holding an annual blood drive as an opportunity for students to stop in and donate blood. Upon donating, they are given a cool shirt that shows their dedication to the cause. We collected 54 pints and we would like to thank the many staff and students for stopping by and donating.

Warner Grand Theatre Embarks on New Venture with Marymount

On January 26, a five-month lease went into effect between Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes and Jerico Development, the property owners of 434 W. 6th Street, San Pedro, where the Grand Vision Foundation is located.

Marymount College is offering its students classes in music theory, jazz ensemble, drama and set design at the Grand Annex, a space for live music entertainment and other performances. A portion of Marymount’s lease payment is designated to further the work of the Grand Vision Foundation, whose mission is to "preserve and promote the historic Warner Grand Theatre and foster arts, cultural and educational activities in San Pedro and the Harbor/Peninsula area of Los Angeles.”

In addition, Marymount is renting the Warner Grand Theatre from the City of Los Angeles for three weeks in the spring for rehearsals and performances of its theater production, You Can’t Take It With You. The play will run April 28–30th.  read more...

Photos courtesy of Joanne Carbone

Founders Week 2011

Saturday, March 19-Alumni "Round-Up" Reunion 11am-2pm
Saturday, March 19- Friday, March 25 Student Art Show on display in pool room

Monday, March 21 Cultural Arts Program 6pm-7pm

English adjunct publishes a novel

Regina O’Melveny, who has been a long-time adjunct in our English program, has had a novel accepted for publication by Little, Brown and Company.

The novel is a work of historical literary fiction entitled, The Book of Madness and Cures.

It’s the story of a Renaissance woman doctor who compiles a Book of Cures as she, along with two companions, search for her father who has disappeared somewhere in Europe while compiling his own medica material.

The book is due out April 2012. As of right now foreign rights have been sold to Russia, Italy, Holland and Brazil.

Global Connections Talk

Jenny Goldstein  is our March Global Connections speaker.  Ms. Goldstein is a Geographer, completing her dissertation at UCLA.  She is interested in food and agricultural systems and their impact on trade globalization, economic development, the environment and social justice. She has conducted research on coffee tasters in Rwanda and is currently researching produce distributors in downtown Los Angeles.

Her talk, “Who Decides What Tastes Good? The Invisible Middlemen in Global Food Commodity Networks”  will be held on Thursday, March 31^st at 4:00pm in CEC-116.  All are welcome! 

Meid Mentor - The Future of Peace in the Middle East

Professor Yossi Mekelberg presents the 2011 Meid Visiting Mentor Lecture. Prof. Mekelberg leads the International Relations department at Webster University, Regent's College in London. He is also the associate fellow of the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London. Prof. Mekelberg is a regular contributor to the international media on issues including international politics in the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli peace process and the implications of the war in Iraq for the region. 

Spring Recital 2011

Join Marymount College on April 19th for its annual Spring performance. 

Held at the Norris Theatre: 27570 Norris Center Drive (Formerly Crossfield Drive), Rolling Hills Estates

Experience the talent our students and faculty have to show!

Walk in Application Day

Walk-In Application Day on March 18, 2011 from 9:00am, - 6:00pm is your opportunity to have your $40 application fee waived, meet with an Admission counselor and leave with an admission decision that day. During your visit, you can also tour the campus, meet with a financial aid counselor and speak with current Marymount students. Appointments are encouraged but not needed.


What should you bring?
For an admisson decision, you must provide the following credentials:

• Completed application for admission
• Official high school transcript
• Official college transcripts (if applicable)

Marymount helps restore and preserve natural habitat!

A big thanks to all those who volunteered yesterday at the White Point Nature Preserve!  Weeding and sorting seeds may not seem like world-changing tasks, but just as delivering a college education requires all sorts of different efforts in combination, so does restoring habitat.  The faculty and staff combined efforts in supporting our students at Marymount and results in significant benefits for the students, and our work. In restoring habitat at White Point benefits both the creatures that can now inhabit the site, and the many people who enjoy it.

In a world becoming increasingly homogenized, it's important for us to value what is unique in each or our students, and in ourselves.  By the same token, we should value what is unique in the world around us.  For those who are interested, the attached document provides a brief overview of the factors that have made White Point and the Palos Verdes Peninsula a special place.

Marymount Student Competing in Miss California USA 2012

Marymount Junior Jennifer Hercules was born in Huntington Park and now resides in South Gate, California.  She is very proud to have the opportunity to represent the City of South Gate for Miss California USA 2012.  She has had the opportunity to volunteer all around the Los Angeles County for the Los Angeles Food Bank, Reading to Kids, several campus-sponsored blood drives and various other charitable organizations.  She is excited to start this new year by volunteering with both new non-profit organizations and organizations she has worked with in the past.  One of her main passions in her life is school; Jennifer graduated from Huntington Park High School and attended Marymount College. She earned an Associate Degree in Psychology and is now pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Business at Marymount College.  Her long-term goal is to open her own psychiatric office and an American/Salvadorian Restaurant....Read More..

Vote for Jennifer as the contestant with the best style by visiting the Notre Mode website at  www.notre-mode.com where on the bottom left you will see a link for Miss California.  After that find Jennifer on the right and click on her photo to vote.


*Update* - Jennifer has won the Notre Mode poll and has an upcoming interview and photo shoot for her accomplishment! View her photos 

Founders Week! Student Art Show

Accepting Student Art Submissions! 

Art to be displayed in both original format and in digital versions at:
The Founders Week Student Art from March 19–26 and in digital format (photographs, scans) on The Marymount Website Student Art
webpages for the entire spring semester.

Artist credit will be given to all artwork

All artistic media are welcome: poetry, short prose, photography, film, music, painting, drawing, video)

Theme for Art Show

Founders Week is an opportunity to celebrate the rich history of Marymount College and the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

Theme for Art on Website – all themes considered.

To be considered for the show, art work is due by Friday March 4^th and submitted to the registrars’ office. 

Digital versions should be submitted to Terika Kons in OS 212 (please contact Alex Rose at arose1@marymountpv.com for help photographing or scanning your artwork – 300 dpi)

We hope this idea inspires you to further reflect upon the beautiful setting we are privileged to enjoy at Marymount.

Spring Preview Day 2011

Join us for our Spring Preview Day on February 18, 2011 and discover a Marymount Education. Learn how you can succeed academically and fulfill your dreams - in a small college setting.


During Spring Preview Day, you will:

• Have the opportunity to meet with students and faculty
• Tour campus
• Visit the student residences
• Ask questions of current students about their experiences
• Learn about options for financing your education
• Check out the Advisement & Career Center, Learning Center and various departments 
• Enjoy a terrific lunch - on us!

Read more  for an in depth schedule of the day and correspondence information