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Something Great is Growing On: UMW Voted Tree Campus Nine Years in a Row
July 26, 2024 Leave a Comment
Twice a year, Holly Chichester-Morby peruses the University of Mary Washington’s Fredericksburg campus – from one end to the other – taking inventory of its more than 8,000 trees. She looks for broken branches, hanging limbs, climbing ivy, insect … [Read More...]
Professional Notes
![Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Davidson-Jason09-70x70.jpg)
Davidson Shares NATO Expertise With ‘The New York Times’
Professor of Political Science and International … [Read More...]
![Rappahannock Work and Learn Cooperative Director Antoinette Jenkins](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8920-70x70.jpg)
Jenkins Touts Internships, RWLC on ‘Town Talk’
Rappahannock Work and Learn Collaborative (RWLC) … [Read More...]
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Farnsworth Pens Piece on Nation’s Sentiments Toward Kamala Harris for ‘The Conversation’
Professor of Political Science and Director of the … [Read More...]
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Moon to Discuss Fairfax County Racial Covenants in Property Deeds
Professor of History and American Studies Krystyn … [Read More...]
![Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Science John Tippett](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-2.01.04 PM-70x70.png)
Tippett’s Work With Students Featured in ‘Chesapeake Bay Magazine’
Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental … [Read More...]
What’s New @ UMW
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UMW’s Summer Science Institute Inspires Grads, Faculty for 25 Years
For a quarter of a century, UMW’s Summer Science … [Read More...]
![Fredericksburg Academy sophomore Enoch Huffman partnered up with Towson High School junior Liam Hill to investigate the energy in biopolymers in carbohydrates and proteins by setting food on fire. The session, ‘Polymers, Plastics and Me,’ was one of several providing hands-on learning opportunities to high-schoolers during UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-1.11.51 PM-70x70.png)
UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program Mixes College-Level Learning With Fredericksburg Fun
From mixing paint pigments to mixing music, high … [Read More...]
![A group poses during the unveiling of two of five markers on the University of Mary Washington campus that are part of the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail. Pictured from left to right are: John White, Eunice Haigler, Frank White, Fredericksburg Mayor Kerry Devine, UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna, City of Fredericksburg Tourism Stadium and Sales Manager Victoria Matthews, UMW James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams, UMW Professor of Historic Preservation Christine Henry, UMW President Troy Paino, Sherman White and Kaye Savage, Mary Washington's first Black residential student. Photo by Karen Pearlman.](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-1.11.32 PM-70x70.png)
Newest Civil Rights Trail Markers Chronicle Mary Washington History
Five markers unveiled this week at the University … [Read More...]
![Ruth Ann Foiles Brunet ’62 and granddaughter Abby Tank ’24 at UMW’s Commencement in May. They attended Mary Washington more than six decades apart, but Abby’s beloved ‘Meena’ was a constant presence on campus during her four years at UMW. Photo courtesy of Abby Tank and Ruth Ann Foiles Brunet.](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-24-at-1.12.45 PM-70x70.png)
Surprise Connections Tie Together Recent UMW Grad’s College Success
When Abby Tank ’24 graduated from the University … [Read More...]
![Recent UMW graduate Jaylyn Long ’24 poses in Orlando after accepting the Undergraduate Rising Star Award she received from NASPA last month. The award recognizes Long’s contributions during her time at Mary Washington to the field of student engagement in higher education.](https://eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-11-at-10.30.53 AM-70x70.png)
Student Affairs ‘Rising Star’ Award Goes to Recent UMW Grad
Jaylyn Long ’24 thought she’d made it to her most … [Read More...]