MIU Achievements
Daniela Hillman Robles—Creative Writing and Community Building
Daniela Hillman Robles grew up in Mexico and attended Maharishi School for a year as an exchange student. She enjoyed the supportive environment and fell in love with creative writing. When it was time to choose a college, she decided to return to...
Art Students Win Scholarships to Top Graduate Schools
The three December graduates of MUM’s MA in Studio Art are all starting highly ranked MFA programs this fall. They all received full tuition assistance and two of them have living expenses covered.The goal of the MA is to give artists who are hoping to...
Courtney Thomas—From Prisoner to MUM Student
In 2012 Courtney Thomas was released from prison for the third time and decided to change his life for the better. Now he is studying Maharishi AyurVedaSM at MUM and wants to become a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation®technique.Courtney, who grew up in...
Savannah Boothe–Being Fully Engaged with Life
Savannah Boothe came to MUM from Virginia two years ago, drawn by the Regenerative Organic Agriculture Program. After seeing an ad on Instagram, she came to a Visitors Weekend and enrolled right away.Two months after arriving on campus, Savannah signed...
Dr. Tony Nader Visits MUM
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, leader of the worldwide Transcendental Meditation® organization, visited MUM last month, meeting with students, faculty, staff, and community members. Dr. Nader has been connecting with students and young people around the world through...
Professor Shrosbree Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
The many achievements of art professor Jim Shrosbree were recognized this April by the Guggenheim Foundation, which honored him with a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship. This award is not only a highly prestigious honor, but also comes with a substantial...
Lauren LeBritton Creates 30-Minute Narrative Film
Lauren LeBritton has accomplished a feat few other undergraduate students have: she has written, directed, and co-edited a 30-minute film that was nominated for the Iowa Motion Picture Association’s 2019 awards.Lauren created The Playhouse during a...
Jesse Holubeck—Living a Life of Purpose and Service
Jesse Holubeck was running a successful house-painting business in St. Louis, Missouri, when in 2006 he saw Dr. John Hagelin in a movie discussing consciousness. His curiosity led him to discover MUM, and he says he “dropped everything and moved to...
Dylan Hanneman—Independence Through Agriculture and Sustainable Building
Student Dylan Hanneman grew up in the small town of Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Although not from a family of farmers, Dylan spent several years studying organic agriculture and sustainable building techniques through internships around the country. Driven...
Peter Farrelly and Joanna Plafsky, Academy Awards
MUM guest lecturer Peter Farrelly won two Oscars at the 2019 Academy Awards. He took home the statues for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for his film Green Book.Joanna Plafsky, a founder of MUM’s David Lynch Graduate School of...
MBA Students Earn High Scores in Global Simulation
Two teams of students in the accounting MBA program recently continued an extraordinary streak of accomplishments in the CAPSIM Capstone business simulations, earning scores that placed them in the 98th and 94th percentiles, compared to 1,450 participating...
New Study Shows Students Find Relief from PTSD
A new study conducted at MUM’s partner school, Maharishi Institute in South Africa, found that the Transcendental Meditation® technique reduced students’ symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).“A high percentage of young people in South...
