We know it’s been on your bucket list. You finally have a chance to deliver a commencement address! (Well, at least part of one.)We are asking all faculty and staff to step up during this unprecedented time and share your wisdom with UMW’s Class of 2020. It could be practical, such as in the valedictory […]
“I’m in the right place” is a phrase Miles McCrimmon would like to hear from as many students as possible. Those were five key words in a text message McCrimmon, dean of dual enrollment and community outreach at Rappahannock Community College, received recently from his son Pablo.For Pablo, expressing to his dad excitement about his […]
Take a mousetrap, build a vehicle around it, and develop a means by which activation of the trap propels the vehicle forward to reach a designated target.Oh – and work with 14 other students all focusing on and fiddling with one mousetrap.Mousetrap Vehicle was just one of dozens of challenges facing 44 teams of Northern Virginia […]
Individuals who work at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) contribute toward a lofty goal: develop technology that improves the U.S. military’s ability to fight, win and bring troops home safely.The institution of higher education located in closest proximity to Dahlgren – University of Mary Washington (UMW) – wants to contribute toward NSWCDD’s […]
Happy birthday, Dr. James Farmer!Two decades after his death and on the day after he would have turned 100, the late Mary Washington professor and U.S. civil rights pioneer Dr. James L. Farmer Jr. is being lauded by the community in which he spent his final years.Monday, January 13, 2020, not only will serve as […]
