Author: Emily Hollingsworth

UMW Unveils First-Ever TV Commercial

The University of Mary Washington’s great minds are everywhere – online, in newspaper ads, and on mall displays, billboards and bus wraps.Now, UMW’s first-ever TV commercial is here!Catch us through the end of the year in two of our top target areas, Richmond and Hampton Roads. The 26-second production airs on ABC Family, AMC, Comedy […]

Student Success Coordinator to Star in Independent Film

Brian Strecker, student success coordinator for Academic and Career Services, will play a role in an independent film set to hit theaters this fall called “The North Star.”The film describes two slaves who escape from a Virginia plantation in the mid 1800s. Strecker plays a store owner named Jeremiah Daniels who is involved in two […]

Unused Medication Disposal, Sept. 26

The UMW Police Department will organize a drop-off for unused drugs, called “Operation Medicine Cabinet,” at the Bell Tower on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event allows anyone to dispose of unused medicine in a way that is environmentally safe. For additional information, contact Brad Sullivan, 1st Sergeant for University […]

Volunteers Needed for Phone-a-thons

The University of Mary Washington’s Office of Admissions will need 30 to 50 volunteers for several phone-a-thons this fall. The phone-a-thons will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the first event taking place Tuesday, Sept. 29.Volunteers will make calls to  students who have inquired about UMW and/or to confirm receipt of their UMW […]

McClurken’s Interview with “Good Reason” to Re-Air Sept. 12

Professor of History Jeffrey McClurken’s interview with radio program “With Good Reason” will be featured a second time from Saturday, Sept. 12 to Friday, Sept. 18. The interview, called  “Gone With the Wind, The Patriot, Born on the Fourth of July,” discusses what viewers can learn about history through how popular historical films are produced, even when the films themselves are often historically inaccurate. The interview […]