Author: Brynn Boyer

On Saturday, October 16, 2010 the Office of Admissions will be holding the first Discovery Day of the fall semester. The latest registration numbers indicate that over 300 prospective students and about 1000 total visitors will join us on campus on Saturday!
The Discovery Day schedule includes events and activities for our visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., although we expect our guests to begin arriving on campus earlier in the morning. Expect to see increased foot traffic on campus and a large amount of visitors in the campus dining facilities. Our visitors have been instructed to park in the parking garage, but with the amount of people we expect to attend they will most likely need to seek other parking options throughout campus and on neighboring side streets. Hopefully this information will allow you to plan accordingly for Saturday. Please welcome visitors to the University of Mary Washington.
The Office of Admissions

This year’s lecture, presented by Richard John, Professor in Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, is entitled: “James Monroe and the Communications Revolution in the Early Republic.” Professor John will speak on the epochal communications revolution that originated in the 1790s and accelerated during the presidential administration of James Monroe (1817-1825). He will analyze the main features of this revolution, with a focus on the newspaper press, the postal system, and the stagecoach business. The communications revolution in the early republic led to the creation of large inter-state associations, the mass party, and the nationwide market – three of most important institutions of the age.

Professor John’s lecture will be illustrated with contemporary images; it draws on his own extensive research on the history of communications in the United States.

The lecture – which will be held in the Great Hall in Woodard Campus Center – is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Call x1043 with any questions.

University of Mary Washington students enrolled in a philanthropy class are seeking applicants for $10,000 in grant money to be awarded to local nonprofit organizations.

Professor of History and American Studies Allyson Poska is participating in a panel discussion of Spanish history at the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, Montreal, Canada, on October 14. The panel topic is “Honor and Shame in the Early Modern Mediterranean. “

Belmont’s trees are spectacular for their beauty and the stories they tell.  Our new online Tree Tour will be joined in a few weeks by a printed tour available at our Front Desk.

http://www.umw.edu/gari_melchers/belmont/documents/TreeToursmallfile.pdf