Former University of Mary Washington All-American Caitlin Erickson has been named the new head women’s lacrosse coach at Randolph-Macon. Erickson arrives in Ashland after a two-year stint as an assistant coach with her alma mater. Erickson helped lead the Eagles to 28 wins over her two years on the sidelines in Fredericksburg. The 2009 squad won the Capital Athletic Conference Championship, advanced to the third-round of the NCAA Tournament and finished the season ranked 12th in the Nation.
The University of Mary Washington Galleries will hold the exhibition "Computer Pictures: The Contemporary Language of Digital Media" from Friday, October 29 to Friday, December 3 at the Ridderhof Martin and duPont galleries. The seven exhibiting artists are from Rhode Island, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Two of Theresa’s students have won a $500 undergraduate research competition from the Virginia Academy of Science. Erin Haynes and Browyn Wang were awarded for their proposal to study “Comparative Development and Evolutionary Studies of New Caenorhabitis Species in Virginia.”
Rosemary Huff Arneson has been selected as the librarian for the University of Mary Washington. Arneson, who will begin work at UMW in January, will administer all aspects of library operations, including the university archives. She succeeds University Librarian Emeritus LeRoy S. Strohl III, who retired in May after 25 years at Mary Washington.
University of Mary Washington student Jonathan Williams of Stuarts Draft, Va., was awarded second place for his scientific research at the Second Annual Undergraduate Research Competition at Florida State University in October. He was among 12 students chosen from a national pool of applicants for the selective event, sponsored by FSU’s chemistry and biochemistry department.