Marymount College Spring Recital 2010

On Wednesday, April 28 at the Norris Center for the Performing Arts, Marymount College presented its annual Spring Recital.  Community members, faculty, staff and students attended the event and enjoyed an evening family-style entertainment.  The Recital is provided without charge to those attending and has become a much-anticipated event for many who reside in the community.  Performing that evening was Vox Marymount, a student “Glee” group who sang and danced to a variety of popular songs from the past few decades.  The Marymount Dance Ensembleshowcased their talent to All that Jazz, Mrs. Officer and Gravity.  Rounding out the evening was musical performances including a saxophone grouping, piano and flute and violin and keyboard performances.  The evening was emceed by student Joerelle Bennett.


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Dr. Brophy to Present Leadership Lecture

At 6 p.m. on Monday, April 5 at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Dr. Michael S. Brophy, president of Marymount College, Palos Verdes will present Critical Leadership Challenges at Two-Year Institutions: Reflections from the Perspective of the President.  This program is co-sponsored by the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and is open to the public and free of charge.

President Brophy will address the topics of academic change, innovation, governance and leadership within the context of his tenure at public and private institutions.  His remarks will be grounded in his research on leadership practices that contribute to positive change in higher education.

Marymount College Celebrates Founders Week 2010

Marymount celebrated its Founder’s Week 2010 with an alumni reunion on Saturday, March 20 that was sponsored by the newly formed Alumni Association.  Classmates and their families gathered for a BBQ lunch, catching up with old friends and a College update and tour.  On Monday, March 22, an ice cream social was held in Chapel Circle and students, staff and faculty gathered to celebrate, hear music and meet representatives from non-profit organizations where Marymount students currently volunteer.  On Tuesday, March 23 a gathering of faculty, staff and trustees heard a lecture presented by the Rev. James L. Heft, S.M., chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC. He presented “Mission and Margin:  A Distinctive Future for Marymount?”  That same evening the students presented awards to faculty and staff.  On Wednesday, March 24, a Mass was held by Bishop Joseph M. Satoris in commeration of Marymount College’s founding.  The Founder’s Award was presented to former trustee Dr. William Petak who received this honor in the presence of the sisters of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, trustees, faculty and staff in a reception following Mass.

Los Angles Food Bank - Volunteer Day

Marymount gets into the spirit of volunteering!

Marymount staff and faculty kicked off the new year by volunteering at The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Volunteers helped package, sort, and assemble food packages that feed needy individuals, families, seniors, and children in our community.

On behalf of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the network of 900 charitable agency sites in Los Angeles County, thank you for choosing the Food Bank for your volunteer service project. The fact is; without volunteers the Food Bank would not be able to accomplish its mission “…to mobilize the resources of our community to fight hunger.”

For more information on volunteer opportunities through Marymount please contact:

Susan Garman 
Coordinator of Service Learning Programs
sgarman@marymountpv.edu
Marymount College
30800 Palos Verdes Drive East
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
310-303-7290 (office)
310-377-6223 (fax)

Cheslea Heritage President of student club M.O.V.E.
cheritage@marymountpv.edu

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Marymount College Senior Accreditation Celebration

In Rancho Palos Verdes: 'New and exciting times'

Story and photos by Doris Benavides - The Tidings

For years Marymount College has been known as the only two-year higher education Catholic institution left in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. To celebrate the achievement, faculty, staff, students, the board of trustees, the president and the founders all gathered on a sunny March 12 at the Rancho Palos Verdes campus' Chapel Circle.That changed Feb. 24, however, when the college board of trustees and president Michael Brophy announced the accreditation of the Rancho Palos Verdes school as a four-year, co-educational Catholic college by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.

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Will Keim, Ph.D - "Welcome to the Time of Your Life"

On Thursday, February 18, Marymount College enjoyed an empowering and humorous presentation by Will Keim, Ph.D., who is the author of Keys to Success in College & Life.  Through inspirational stories, sound advice, and a genuine personality, Dr. Keim demonstrated to students how to make the right choices for success in both college and life.  This event was hosted by James Little’s family as a reminder of the goodwill of James R. Little.

Mike Grimshaw...With a Twist

A Woman with a Global Perspective

Celebrate the Season! Advent Readings and Carols Concert

Marymount College Dance Concert

Agatha Christie’s - The Mousetrap November 19th - 21st

Marymount Professor Sayers Named Educator of the Year

 English department faculty member Kari Sayers received the honor of Educator of the Year, an award presented by the Rotary Club of Palos Verdes Peninsula at its annual Educator of the Year awards ceremony on November 4 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club. Joining Professor Sayers in this honor were other Palos Verdes teachers from elementary and secondary education.

Professor Sayers was elected by her College peers for this honor.  “We are certainly very proud of all that Professor Sayers has accomplished at Marymount College as an instructor and academic leader,” said Dr. Michael Brophy, president of the College.  “She is a warm, sincere and genuine member of our community who goes ‘above and beyond’ every day on our campus” said Dr. Brophy.

Presenting the award that evening to Professor Sayers was Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Ariane Schauer, Ph.D.  In her remarks, Dr. Schauer said, “Professor Sayers is a very caring and dedicated member of our faculty. She brings a global perspective to the teaching of language and to her understanding of students.  It is a privilege to work with her, a wonderful teacher, mentor and colleague.”

The Educator of the Year Award was established 29 years ago and serves as a public acknowledgment of the contributions made by excellent teachers in providing educational growth and development for students in the Palos Verdes community.  All individual teachers from educational institutions on the Peninsula are eligible, and each participating educational institution uses their own method and criteria for selection.

Reading to Kids in LA

On Saturday October 10th MOVE and PTK members, as well as Faculty and Staff volunteered at Magnolia and Politi elementary schools. The morning started out with a light breakfast, and a small introduction to the program. After that, volunteers were paired-up and sent to meet with their reading groups. The children ranged from kinder garden to fifth grade and all were equally excited to read spooky stories in regards to the upcoming holiday. Along with the stories the volunteers presented craft time, this allowed the children to comprehensively take something from the story that they enjoyed and physically make it. Some children made goblin masks, while others painted pictures. When small group time had ended, all of the children and volunteers joined together in the auditorium for a Magic Show. The excitement from the children filled the room, this day was an obvious success.

After the volunteering, Marymount Volunteers headed to the Original Farmers Market, located next to the Grove in LA. While there, students were able to experience a variety of cultural foods for lunch.

Reading to Kids was a great success with over 45 volunteers and hundreds of smiling faces :)

Marymount's Family Weekend - Fall 2009

Dr. Ron McCurdy and company performed The Langston Hughes Project, Ask Your Mama: 12 Mood for Jazz at Marymount CollegeFriday, October 2^nd, 2009.   The Langston Hughes Project is a multimedia concert performance of Langston Hughes's kaleidoscopic jazz poem suite. Ask Your Mama is Hughes's homage in verse and music to the struggle for artistic and social freedom at home and abroad at the beginning of the 1960s. It is a twelve-part epic poem which Hughes scored with musical cues drawn from blues and Dixieland, gospel songs, boogie woogie, bebop and progressive jazz, Latin "cha cha" and Afro-Cuban mambo music, German lieder, Jewish liturgy, West Indian calypso, and African drumming -- a creative masterwork left unperformed at his death.

 

The Boy's & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor is the LARGEST daily provider of youth development programming in the entire South Bay - serving over 2200 youth DAILY!  Many of our members come from poverty level families and and are highly at-risk.  We are currently recruiting volunteers to assist in our Learning Centers at our 13th Street & Cabrillo Avenue site in San Pedro (10 minutes from Marymount).  Marymount students in the past have been great volunteers in our program.

We have three separate Learning Centers where we can use your assistance:  Elementary, Middle School and High School.  The elementary and middle school centers primarily provide homework assistance, computer assisted instruction and basic reading and math tutoring.  Our high school program is called "College Bound" as we dedicate ourselves to provide a college pathway for all of our teens.  Besides homework assistance, College Bound provides academic case management, SAT preparedness activities, assistance in applications for college acceptance, SAT exams and FAFSA; writing workshops, and mentoring.  We primarily are looking for volunteers to support children in all three centers with homework assistance - but volunteers have often assisted in the other center activities as well.

We have "flexible" hours which should be of benefit to Marymount College students.

In addition, we are recruiting volunteers who can work as assistants in our other program areas (fine arts, dance, music, sports, recording studio, etc), can assist at our entry desks and/or can provide data input.

If interested in volunteering, please contact Tony Tripp of the Boys & Girls Club at (310) 833-1322 ext 236.

We thank you for your time and consideration of the children we serve.

Mike Lansing
Executive Director

Marymount Contact:
Susan Garman
Coordinator of Service Learning Programs
310-303-7290  (office)