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Hey, new Griffins! Meet your 2023-24 Peer Leaders (light blue shirts), Intercultural Center Peer Mentors (yellow shirts), and the Resident Advisors at Found and 55th Street (dark blue shirts). They’re joined in that last pic by SDA and Res Life staff. They’re super psyched to meet you, and we are too! Follow @mmcsda, @mmc_ic, and @mmcreslife and check the links in our bio for more info about Welcome Week and Move-In. #MMCWelcomeWeek #GoGriffins

The summer’s almost over, Welcome Week is nearly here, and Fall ’23 is on its way. See you soon, Griffins!

If you care about world affairs, you’ll want to check out The Doorstep, an international news podcast co-hosted by MMC Journalism Professor Tatiana Serafin. The show, which is part of Carnegie Council's U.S. Global Engagement Initiative, will celebrate its third anniversary this fall—and just scored a top honor! This month, it won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award and Bronze Medallion for the episode "Can Putin be Prosecuted for War Crimes?" (Watch it at the link in our bio.) Congratulations, Professor Serafin! 👏👏 👏 📸 1: Professor Serafin 📸 2-4: Professor Serafin on outings last fall with her Climate Reporting Class and Political Reporting Class and on a class trip to Rolling Stone magazine. #MMCProud

Hi Barbie! MMC Psychology professor and director of the Center for Health, Human Development, and Creativity Nava Silton Ph.D. recently appeared on Good Day New York to explain the phenomenon behind Greta Gerwig’s hit movie. Click the link in our bio to watch the clip! In other Barbie-related news, MMC alum, dancer, choreographer, and artist @DancerDylan  (Dylan Smith ’03) showcased his mixed media artwork incorporating painted Barbie dolls at the 2023 Hamptons Fine Art Fair earlier this month. Check him out on IG and click the link in our bio to read a Q&A with him by the Hampton's guide @danspapers. #MMCPROUD #barbie

Hey accepted students, come see us! Join us for a campus visit this Wednesday, July 26, and you’ll score 3 free tickets for a TopView New York City bus tour and an MMC blanket to sit out in Central Park with. Go to mmm.edu/admissions-and-aid/visit-campus for more info!  #GoGriffins #NYCColleges #acceptedmmc

Even when Griffy’s a little late, they’re right on time! Accepted students: Join us for a campus visit on any Wednesday for the rest of the month—that’s July 19 or 26—and you’ll score three free tickets for a TopView New York City bus tour and an MMC blanket to sit out in Central Park with. Go to mmm.edu/admissions-and-aid/visit-campus for more info!  #GoGriffins #NYCColleges #acceptedmmc

It’s #AlumniTuesday and we’ve got more good news from MMC grads who are killing it in costume design! Matthew Neff ’02 is the tailor for Marvel’s new season of “Daredevil” on Disney+ and worked on seasons 2 and 3 of “The Other Two” on Max; he also has 18 Broadway shows under his belt and celebrity and fashion clients. Marissa McCullough Peck ’05 is entering her 10th year as director of the Dance Costume Shop at UNC School of the Arts. Last spring, she designed those new tutus for the dance department’s Spring Dance concert. Alums, you know what to do! DM us your career updates, and we’ll share them with the community. #MMCPROUD #Arts #NYCCollege

Hey accepted students, come check us out! We’ve got some sweet swag to give away and a whole lot of Griffy. Swing by for a campus visit on any Wednesday for the rest of the month—that’s July 12, 19, or 26—and you’ll score three free tickets for a TopView New York City bus tour and an MMC blanket to sit out in Central Park with. Go to mmm.edu/admissions-and-aid/visit-campus for more info!  #GoGriffins #NYCColleges #acceptedmmc

🏛 Let’s go to the museum! Check out these incredible exhibits in NYC and beyond featuring the work of MMC community members.   ▶️1. Art alum E. Jane ’12 is an artist in residence at the Massachusetts art museum @MFABoston. Their latest exhibit and first solo museum show “Drenched in Light" considers the figure of the Black diva in culture past and present. View it now through Sept. 24.     ▶️2-3. A ’90s video series created by a Black film collective cofounded by MMC Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts Cyrille Phipps is featured in the new MoMA exhibit “Signals: How Video Transformed the World.” The exhibit closes July 8; check it out! ▶️ 4-5. Shifting Sands, an interactive virtual reality viewer created by Associate Professor of Communication and Media Arts Sarah Nelson Wright and collaborator Edrex Fontanilla, is part of the Vulnerable Landscapes exhibit at the @StatenIslandMuseum. Vulnerable Landscapes centers the shorelines at the forefront of climate change in one of NYCs most vulnerable landscapes: Staten Island. The work will be on display through Dec. 30.   Tap the link in our bio for more info! #MMCProud

#MMCProud 💙🎓 Last month, MMC held commencement ceremonies for its two college programs at the Bedford Hills and Taconic correctional facilities for women. We congratulate the 27 graduates and welcome them to the College’s alumni community. MMC has been the sole degree-granting institution at Bedford Hills, a maximum-security facility, for over 20 years after fighting in the 90s to continue its college program amid federal funding cuts. In 2019, MMC began partnering with the nonprofit Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison to award degrees at the medium-security Taconic Correctional Facility.  For the full story, go to mmm.edu! #NYCColleges #prisoneducation @hudson_link 📸 1,3,4,5: Bedford Hills 📸 2,6,7,8: Taconic. (Taconic images: Angela James Photography for Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison)

An alum to watch? Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan ’13, who's currently serving his third term in the Connecticut General Assembly and was appointed Deputy Majority Leader for the 2023-24 legislative session. In May, he became the first recipient of MMC's Geraldine A. Ferraro Award for outstanding achievement in law or public service, which he was awarded at Alumni Reunion. Ferraro ’56 was the first woman nominated by a major party ticket for vice president of the United States; she passed away in 2011. "This award is especially meaningful to me because it comes from a place that was essential in inspiring my commitment to public service," Rep. Allie-Brennan said. "Marymount taught me the importance of being a global citizen, and that we all have a responsibility to each other and our broader community. I will continue to strive every day to live up to this honor." #MMCProud! #NYCCollege #changemakers For a full recap of Reunion and our distinguished alumni award recipients, check out our newsletter MMC Today, which comes out next week!