The Marymount Facilities Plan for its Main Campus is a comprehensive vision that preserves and modernizes the campus and brings its facilities into the 21st century.
The Marymount Facilities Plan consists of:
- New parking facilities to take student, faculty and visitor parking off residential streets
- New state-of-the-art library and lecture hall in the William H. Hannon Library
- New Wellness Center featuring gym, pool and indoor basketball and volleyball
- Relocation of athletic field and tennis courts
- Enhancements of the Student Center and Bookstore
- New art studio
- New faculty dining area
- New maintenance building
- Improved administration building
- Upgrades of existing academic buildings
This privately funded investment in Marymount College will yield important public benefits and it will create a revitalized campus that the entire community can enjoy.
Marymount College remains committed to welcoming the residents of Rancho Palos Verdes to its facilities, including the new library, lecture hall and new athletic facilities and working with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to create programs for our entire community.
William H. Hannon Library
Marymount College expects to begin construction on the William H. Hannon Library in the near future. A 26,000-square-foot addition to Cecelia Hall, state-of-the-art facility, will assist students, faculty and staff in navigating the information superhighway and showcase many of the latest “green” building techniques.
Marymount College President Dr. Michael Brophy said. “Critical to the success of this mission is providing the necessary facilities to support multiple modes of technology-enhanced instruction. We are thrilled to be able to move forward with plans to enlarge and upgrade our campus library.”
The William H. Hannon Library will be the first and most prominent step in proposed changes to the layout of the campus. In keeping with the pristine quality of its surroundings, many environmentally sound building practices and architectural elements will be incorporated into the library’s design.
The library is slated to include a beautiful entrance plaza and an art gallery. The nexus of the interior space will be the Learning Center—a hands-on tutoring and mentoring center—which will occupy 4,000 square feet and include special equipment and adaptations for those with physical disabilities. A lecture hall and a computer classroom also occupy the interior, along with a traditional library and individual and group study spaces. A lounge will offer students a place to relax, as will the Catalina Plaza fountain and landscaped outdoor areas.
“The William H. Hannon Library will make many positive contributions to the campus, not the least of which is serving as the intellectual core of academic life at Marymount College,” Dr. Brophy said. “As a place of learning, the building itself will connect the campus to the larger world beyond its walls through media, technology and interaction. Yet, within its walls, scholars will be shaped and future leaders will be nurtured; gaining knowledge of the past and present, as well as critical tools for the future.”
