Marymount College News Stories

Browse past news stories for Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.

• Margaret Mary Brodeur - Glens Falls Post-Star
  posted on March 31, 2013 at 02:52:48 am
  Margaret Mary BrodeurGlens Falls Post-StarShe graduated from Marymount College in 1940, with a bachelor's degree in economic studies. Margaret ...
• Governor announces nominees to Land Board, Water Commission - Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
  posted on March 30, 2013 at 01:08:12 pm
  Governor announces nominees to Land Board, Water CommissionHawaii 24/7 (press release)Beamer also earned an associate's degree from Marymount College and a First Nations ...
• Marymount College Gets New Name - Patch.com
  posted on March 25, 2013 at 10:22:49 pm
  Marymount College Gets New NamePatch.comMarymount College announced on Friday that it has renamed itself 45 years after its founding on the Palos ...
• Marymount College changes name to Marymount California University - Lake County News
  posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:29:26 am
  Marymount College changes name to Marymount California UniversityLake County NewsMarymount officials announced on Thursday that the institution of higher learning ...
• Death Row inmate faces additional death sentence
  posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:14:00 am
  LOS ANGELES - Sentencing is scheduled today for a man who killed a fellow jail inmate in 2005 while ...
• Marymount College announces 50-year plan for San Pedro campus
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 07:21:31 pm
  Development at Rancho Palos ...
• Marymount College charts new course in San Pedro
  posted on June 20, 2011 at 06:25:36 am
  Marymount turns attention south ...
• Marymount College pays Rancho Palos Verdes for Measure P election
  posted on June 9, 2011 at 02:36:59 am
  Marymount College has made good on its promise to Rancho Palos ...
• Measure P election reimbursement set
  posted on May 31, 2011 at 03:51:54 pm
  Marymount College sends a list of ...
• Marymount College arts students liven up downtown San Pedro
  posted on April 28, 2011 at 01:58:28 am
  Visit San Pedro's downtown Sixth Street on a Tuesday or a ...
• Peninsula campus receives record donation
  posted on April 4, 2011 at 06:52:16 pm
  Marymount College last week announced the ...
• Marymount gets final bill for Measure P election
  posted on March 31, 2011 at 06:27:22 pm
  RPV — Marymount College will soon receive the final bill for the cost of the special ...
• College offers arts program in San Pedro
  posted on March 14, 2011 at 09:03:54 pm
  Marymount College this year has been leasing a property on West Sixth Street in San Pedro, on the ...
• Driver to stand trial in crash that killed Marymount College professor
  posted on February 3, 2011 at 02:35:09 am
  An 18-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes resident was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a vehicular ...
• Passenger: Teen accused in crash that killed professor had been drinking
  posted on January 21, 2011 at 04:33:12 am
  The teenager accused of driving a vehicle that killed a popular Marymount College professor had been drinking beer and was speeding before the crash, one of his ...
• Marymount, Rancho Palos Verdes fight for power
  posted on December 26, 2010 at 05:32:24 am
  It was a whirlwind year for Rancho Palos Verdes' Marymount College, which sought and failed to get ...
• Marymount confirms it will pay for election
  posted on December 9, 2010 at 07:47:56 pm
  Council formally accepts while re-evaluating legal stance. RPV — Marymount College reaffirmed its commitment to pay Rancho Palos Verdes’ ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes reaffirms desire for Marymount election reimbursement
  posted on December 9, 2010 at 04:14:00 am
  The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council has "reaffirmed" its desire to accept an offer from Marymount College to reimburse the ...
• TONIGHT: RPV to weigh Grandview Park designs
  posted on December 7, 2010 at 04:29:11 pm
  Proposed changes include a "flex lawn," playground equipment, enhanced hiking and cycling trails, and a day camp area. Also on the ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes leaders fear Marymount may renege on ballot measure payment
  posted on December 4, 2010 at 03:16:00 am
  City leaders in Rancho Palos Verdes are worried that Marymount College will renege on an offer made last ...
• City awaits college’s payment
  posted on November 11, 2010 at 06:18:06 pm
  RPV — Now that the Nov. 2 election has ended, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes is expecting Marymount College to ...
• Measure P fails after hard-fought bid
  posted on November 4, 2010 at 05:37:21 pm
  RPV — Rancho Palos Verdes residents dismissed Marymount College’s well-financed initiative that ...
• Bitter feelings linger over Measure P defeat in Rancho Palos Verdes
  posted on November 4, 2010 at 02:55:43 am
  In the aftermath of electoral defeat that followed an initiative effort funded by more than $1.3 ...
• Politics: Rancho Palos Verdes Shoots Down Measure P, Marymount Expansion
  posted on November 3, 2010 at 05:44:41 pm
  The Daily Breeze reports that Marymount College's controversial bid to expand its campus in Rancho Palos Verdes was ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes rejects Measure P
  posted on November 3, 2010 at 01:52:23 pm
  Marymount College's $1.3 million investment in Measure P did not pay off Tuesday, with ...
• Two Measure P discussions to be held in Rancho Palos Verdes
  posted on October 27, 2010 at 12:26:52 am
  Two discussions on the November ballot measure to allow campus improvements ...
• Marymount College's Measure P proves deeply divisive in Rancho Palos Verdes
  posted on October 26, 2010 at 03:23:39 am
  When the owner of a prominent shopping center in Rancho Palos Verdes last week signaled - on a towering marquee - his ...
• TWO SIDES: Should Rancho Palos Verdes voters approve Measure P? Pro/con debate
  posted on October 20, 2010 at 05:18:40 pm
  Pro/con debate of Measure P in Rancho Palos Verdes. Yes: P would enhance Marymount College - and the city - while ...
• Marymount’s spending exceeds million-dollar mark
  posted on October 20, 2010 at 01:38:12 am
  RPV — Marymount College has spent more than $1 million in its ...
• Read both sides of the Marymount debate: Yes on Measure P
  posted on October 20, 2010 at 01:37:22 am
  Rancho Palos Verdes voters on Nov. 2 will decide the fate of Marymount College’s initiative, which would, if approved, ...
• Marymount College has spent more than $1 million on ballot measure
  posted on October 7, 2010 at 02:50:08 am
  Marymount College has spent more than $1 million - more than 60 times its opponents - in its campaign to gain ...
• Chamber endorses Measure P
  posted on September 30, 2010 at 05:22:45 pm
  RPV — Changing its previous neutral stance on Marymount College’s initiative, ...
• Measure P endorsements are questioned
  posted on September 27, 2010 at 09:52:21 pm
  RPV — At just 40 days away from Election Day, the political ...
• College ushers in changes with visit from cardinal
  posted on September 16, 2010 at 05:52:46 pm
  RPV — With a new academic year under way, a four-year status and ...
• Marymount College loses ballot initiative challenge
  posted on September 8, 2010 at 08:15:03 pm
  Marymount College was dealt a double defeat in court Wednesday, when a judge ruled against the school on two ...
• Teen to be tried as an adult for crash that cost professor’s life
  posted on September 2, 2010 at 06:08:01 pm
  RPV — A 17-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes boy who is being prosecuted as an adult pleaded not ...
• Second lawsuit filed over wording of Marymount College ballot arguments
  posted on August 31, 2010 at 03:46:07 am
  A second lawsuit was filed Monday challenging ballot arguments filed for an initiative that ...
• Student charged in death of Marymount professor to be tried as an adult
  posted on August 31, 2010 at 03:30:29 am
  A 17-year-old honors student charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of a Marymount College professor in Rancho Palos Verdes will now be prosecuted in ...
• Marymount sues Rancho Palos Verdes council over ballot statements
  posted on August 27, 2010 at 03:00:28 am
  In the increasingly fraught run-up to the November vote on Marymount College's expansion initiative, the school on Thursday sued ...
• League opposes Marymount initiative
  posted on August 23, 2010 at 06:07:21 pm
  RPV — Among the first organizations in the Rancho Palos Verdes community to take a formal stance concerning the Marymount ...
• Marymount spent $543,000 to get expansion initiative on ballot
  posted on August 6, 2010 at 02:29:21 am
  For a tiny private school in a fairly small suburban town, Marymount College has spent a ...
• Council defends accusation, adopts anti-initiative resolution
  posted on July 28, 2010 at 06:38:25 pm
  RPV — As if the past decade of the Marymount College expansion approval process wasn’t contentious enough, the ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes council rips Marymount expansion initiative
  posted on July 22, 2010 at 02:56:21 am
  Marymount College's effort to win voter approval for its controversial dormitories met ...
• Marymount gets election
  posted on June 17, 2010 at 08:37:23 pm
  Voters to decide on college’s plan in November. RPV — As if the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council’s opinion of the ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes agrees to Marymount expansion special election
  posted on June 17, 2010 at 01:29:16 am
  After years of wrangling between elected city officials and leaders at Marymount College, voters will ultimately ...
• Voters to decide fate of Marymount College expansion
  posted on June 16, 2010 at 05:59:16 pm
  SPECIAL ELECTION NOV. 2: After months of wrangling with city officials, voters will now decide ...
• Marymount College qualifies expansion initiative for November ballot
  posted on June 5, 2010 at 02:33:59 am
  Marymount College announced Friday that the Rancho Palos Verdes city clerk said a sufficient number of ...
• Council closes Marymount chapter — for now
  posted on June 3, 2010 at 06:22:19 pm
  RPV — By adopting a set of resolutions on Tuesday night, the Rancho Palos Verdes ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes approves $50M Marymount plan
  posted on June 3, 2010 at 03:40:11 am
  A decade after it began seeking approval for a major expansion, Marymount College ...
• Marymount College offers to foot bill for special election on expansion
  posted on May 26, 2010 at 02:30:39 am
  Marymount College told the city of Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday that the school would ...
• Final approval on Marymount College expansion delayed
  posted on May 20, 2010 at 01:13:14 am
  Marymount College will have to wait at least two more weeks to get final ...
• RPV agenda includes Marymount College expansion
  posted on May 18, 2010 at 04:58:23 pm
  Rancho Palos Verdes. The City Council has a packed agenda that ...
• Marymount College in RPV gets $25K grant
  posted on May 17, 2010 at 04:13:23 pm
  Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes last week was awarded ...
• Council compromises on college’s field
  posted on May 11, 2010 at 12:07:19 am
  RPV — Shifting from an alternative that the City Council previously suggested, Rancho Palos Verdes officials have ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes approves Marymount College athletic field
  posted on May 6, 2010 at 06:24:55 am
  Reversing a decision reached more than a month ago, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council has ...
• RPV reopens hearing on Marymount expansion
  posted on May 4, 2010 at 05:09:45 pm
  Rancho Palos Verdes. The City Council will reopen its ...
• Marymount College concludes petition effort
  posted on April 29, 2010 at 06:21:59 pm
  RPV — Marymount College on Tuesday wrapped up its drive to collect signatures from Rancho ...
• Marymount College submits signatures for expansion initiative
  posted on April 28, 2010 at 01:50:58 am
  Marymount College has submitted signatures to the city of Rancho Palos Verdes in pursuit ...
• Council seeks direction concerning initiative
  posted on April 22, 2010 at 07:20:40 pm
  RPV — As the signature drive for the Marymount College initiative nears a close, the Rancho Palos Verdes ...
• Marymount College joins NAIA sports organization
  posted on April 14, 2010 at 02:40:31 am
  Marymount College announced Tuesday that it has joined the National Association of ...
• Marymount offers study-abroad programs
  posted on April 12, 2010 at 02:33:15 pm
  Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes last week announced new study-abroad opportunities ...
• Marymount College seeks voter approval for campus remodel, new student housing
  posted on April 10, 2010 at 05:18:20 am
  Tired of waiting for city permission, the college is taking the unprecedented step in Rancho Palos Verdes of trying to get its development plan on the November ballot. It was about 10 years ago ...
• College’s project approved, soccer field verdict pending
  posted on April 9, 2010 at 05:58:08 pm
  RPV — Marymount College’s expansion plan received final approval from the Rancho Palos ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes council to reconsider Marymount soccer field
  posted on April 8, 2010 at 01:32:45 am
  Marymount College will get another chance to gain approval for a proposed ...
• Rancho Palos Verdes council to finalize Marymount vote on April 20
  posted on April 6, 2010 at 02:04:32 am
  Marymount College's expansion plans won't be finalized ...
• RPV OKs most of Marymount College's expansion plans
  posted on April 1, 2010 at 06:32:30 pm
  Marymount College has won approval for most of its much-delayed, divisive expansion plan, dealing a ...
• Marymount decision inches close to finality
  posted on April 1, 2010 at 05:18:39 pm
  RPV — An appeal of the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission’s decision to approve Marymount College’s expansion project — minus the ...
• RPV puts off Marymount College expansion decision until tonight
  posted on March 31, 2010 at 06:47:24 pm
  After nearly six hours of public comment and argument from Marymount College and a neighborhood group that opposes its ...

Recent Articles:

10 Ideas for Improving Community College Completion Rates

Published May 14, 2013

Community colleges do not traditionally boast high completion rates, but there are many ideas in the works at schools across the country to bring those rates up. We look at a few that are making headlines today.

New York College Gets Big Donation, New Name
We report on a large donation given to New Community College in New York – possibly one of the biggest donations to ever be given to a two-year school. Now, the school is changing its name and using the money to improve completion rates and provide grants to eligible students.

Pima Community College Placed on Probation
We explore the reasons behind the recent probation of Pima Community College, and what the Arizona school plans to do to bring their credentials back up to par once again.

More articles: Choosing a School, Financing, College Policies, Courses in College, Community College News

Note: Data has been gathered from the Dept. of Education, schools, and commercial data sources.