Former Peace Corps Director Urges Service for UMW Education Students
October 10, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
When she arrived in Tunisia to teach English to a roomful of teenagers, former Peace Corps director Jody Olsen, then in her 20s, worried she’d made a mistake. “My first thought was to head for the door,” she said of the 1966 experience that ended up charting her course. Instead, “I said, ‘Good morning, I’m […]
Filed Under: College of Education, pkelly3, Top Stories Tagged With: Peace Corps
Go-to Guide: Experts Peel Back the Layers of the College Application Process
October 2, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Between them, University of Mary Washington’s Melissa Yakabouski and Sarah Lindberg hold a half-century of college admissions experience. Both recruited as admissions counselors upon earning their own bachelor’s degrees, they work together to break the often-perplexing college application process into bite-size pieces prospective students and their parents can easily digest. Take, for example, their “pizza” […]
Filed Under: slindber, Top Stories, Virginia College Application Week Tagged With: myak
UMW SGA President Finds Passion in Student Engagement
September 29, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
A Google calendar app links to University of Mary Washington senior Jaylyn Long’s “booking page,” where free slots are hard to find. A biomedical sciences major with an African American studies minor, she’s Student Government Association (SGA) president and Class of 2024 vice president. She’s a diversity peer educator, R.I.S.E peer mentor and – perhaps […]
Filed Under: Jaylyn Long, Office of Student Activities and Engagement, SGA president, Top Stories Tagged With: mjones6
University of Mary Washington to Host Virginia Senate Debates
September 22, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
The last of two University of Mary Washington-hosted public debates between candidates for local elected office this fall will take place this week. Tara Durant (R), Monica Gary (I) and Joel Griffin (D) will vie for the District 27 Virginia State Senate seat on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m., in George Washington Hall’s Dodd […]
Filed Under: 65th district house of delegates, political debates, Steve Farnsworth, Top Stories
Former CNN Exec, Psychology Alumna to Share Lessons on Banishing Burnout
September 21, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
In lead human resources roles at corporate giants like CNN Worldwide and Warner Bros. Discovery, Mary Washington alumna Lisa Greene ’91 learned to anticipate crises and help teams of thousands maneuver through them. She also learned a thing or two about burnout. “We all experience stress; there’s no way you can avoid stress,” said Greene, […]
Filed Under: Lisa Greene, Psychology Graduate-in-Residence, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Psychological Sciences, human resources
UMW Welcomes New Year, New Students, New Offerings
September 6, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
The fall semester is underway – in a big way – at the University of Mary Washington, with lots of new students on campus and plenty of fresh opportunities on tap for the 2023-24 academic year. Of the more than 1,000 new students in the incoming class, 260 transferred to Mary Washington from other schools. […]
Filed Under: blue crew, Business Acumen Series, constructive dialogue, Keith Mellinger, law and philosophy minor, master of education for instructional improvement, Top Stories Tagged With: kyoung3, MBA, sshorter
UMW to Host Virginia Senate and House of Delegates Debates
September 1, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
The University of Mary Washington will host two public debates next month between candidates for local elected office. Joshua Cole (D) will face off against Lee Peters III (R) for Virginia’s 65th District House of Delegates seat on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Later in the month, Tara Durant (R), Monica Gary (I) and Joel Griffin (D) […]
Filed Under: Debate, house of delegates, Rosalyn Cooperman, senate, Steve Farnsworth, Top Stories
Student Research Heats Up at UMW Summer Science Symposium
July 17, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Harrison Miles fills six plastic cylinders with pieces of leaves from a soybean plant. He slips them inside a machine that resembles a kitchen blender and sets it awhirl. The vials spin so quickly they need time to cool before he begins his next task – extracting the RNA he’ll use for further investigation. “We […]
Filed Under: Davis Oldham, Josephine Antwi, Randall Helmstutler, Top Stories Tagged With: Summer Science Institute
Summer Enrichment Program Serves High-Schoolers a Slice of College Life
July 14, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Students turned an unusual array of objects – a puffy pink pony, a giant nose, one wooden hoop – into charcoal sketches at the University of Mary Washington earlier this week. “Awesome stuff, guys,” Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing Ashe Laughlin said of the rising 10th- through 12th-graders’ still-life creations. “Really terrific!” More than […]
Filed Under: llaughli, mstebar, Top Stories Tagged With: ejohnso6, mbratt, sblevin2, summer enrichment program, xwu
Governor Appoints Three New Members to UMW Board of Visitors
July 5, 2023 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
The Virginia Governor’s Office announced last week the appointment of three new members of the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors. John Anstey of Roanoke, Virginia, a 1993 Mary Washington alumnus; Nicole Neily of Arlington, Virginia; and Rev. Dean Nelson of Montgomery Village, Maryland, will serve four-year terms as members of the University’s governing […]
Filed Under: BOV, Top Stories Tagged With: Board of Visitors
