Renowned violinist Joshua Bell will be appearing with the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Dodd Auditorium. Accompanied by the orchestra, he will perform the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Tickets are available at umwphilharmonic.com or by phone at 540-654-2016.
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Joshua Bell Comes to Mary Washington
Harris Presents Paper at University of Pennsylvania
Steven E. Harris, Associate Professor of History, presented his chapter, “Cold War Friendly Skies: Pan Am, Aeroflot and the Political Economy of Détente,” at the Russian History and Culture Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania on March 18. Harris was invited to present this chapter, which is part of his current monograph project, “Wings of the Motherland: Soviet and Russian Cultures of Aviation from Khrushchev to Putin.”
Admissions Hosts Open House, March 25
Admissions Open House March 25
On Friday, March 25, the University of Mary Washington will host its final Admissions Open House this spring semester. About 250 prospective students (typically transfers and high school seniors, juniors and sophomores) and their families will visit campus between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. for this event. Estimated guest count is 800 visitors.
Visitor parking has been reserved in the parking deck off of Route 1 and on Double Drive. Primary event locations are the Anderson Center, Lee Hall, the Hurley Convergence Center, the University Center, and campus/residence hall tours in Mason. Expect to see increased foot traffic on campus (especially between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.) and curious newcomers in the dining facilities. Help them know their presence is a pleasure by anticipating the crowds and responding warmly, especially in the dining hall where crowds will be heavy between noon and 2 p.m.
A special note to University Center diners: please help! Ask visitors if they need assistance locating anything. Help them find a place to sit. Welcome them at your table if there’s room and talk to them about UMW. A kind word or deed shows the heart of our community. Faculty and staff will be involved in an Academic Showcase (9 a.m., Anderson Center), Special Interest and Academic Spotlight sessions (11 a.m. – 2 p.m., various locations), and Facility Tours (2 p.m., various locations). Thank you to all UMW partners who will spend part of their day highlighting our community! An agenda is posted here: March 25th Open House Agenda.
If you’d like to be involved in Open Houses or have ideas, please contact Admissions at 540.654.2000 or email admit@umw.edu.
While the Office of Admissions sponsors these events, the entire campus assumes the role of host. You represent our brand, our mission and our sense of the UMW family. One way to show your support is to tweet to @UMWAdmissions and/or post to Instagram and tag @UMWAdmissions. We would like to see #UMWOpenHouse trending throughout the day.
Thank you for your partnership in showcasing all that is great about UMW!
Office of Admissions
540/654-2000
Johnson Places a Range of Poems
Luke Johnson, adjunct professor of English, has had his poem “Sally Takes an Art Class” featured as Poem of the Week at The Missouri Review (http://www.missourireview.com/archives/luke-johnson-sally-takes-an-art-class/). He also has two poems included in the new issue of Painted Bride Quarterly and two poems in the new issue of Image.
Call for Nominations: Citizenship Award for Diversity Leadership
The Citizenship Award for Diversity Leadership is awarded annually to a rising senior enrolled as a full-time student in an undergraduate degree program at UMW. The student must possess characteristics of leadership and a personal commitment to advocating an appreciation for diversity and inclusion on campus.
As the recipient of the Citizenship Award for Diversity Leadership, the student will be asked to serve in various capacities throughout the 2016 – 2017 academic year. The ongoing service agenda will be mutually beneficial. Service will be provided to the campus community and the student will continue to develop academically and socially.
For more information, contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center and Multicultural Student Affairs at 540-654-1044 or umwjfmc@gmail.com
March is Procurement Month!
Procurement Services supports the University and the community! During FY15, UMW “local” spending within the city and four county regions had an impact of $34 million.
As a personal tribute, in honor of Procurement Month, the Procurement Services team has made a monetary contribution to the UMW Founders Day Challenge, helping the University meet its goal of $108,000.
2016 Global Two Dollar Challenge at UMW
We need to move from: Sympathy to Empathy, Hubris to Humility, and Conviction to Doubt.
The 2016 Global Two Dollar Challenge is a more mindful movement to end global poverty. Finding solutions that work will require radical new ways of thinking about the problem. By asking participants to live on $2 a day, we hope to push them outside their comfort zone to critically engage with and empathetically reevaluate global poverty and their role in its end. We are not heroes. We can only be sidekicks. We will not end global poverty by living on $2 a day. But, we may end our hero complex.
The 2016 Global Two Dollar Challenge will take place from April 4 – 8 at the UMW campus and all across the globe. Participants are asked to live on $2 a day for 5 days and 4 nights.
Learn more or sign up: twodollarchallenge.org
Founders Day Challenge Met
University of Mary Washington alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends came together during this year’s Founders Day Challenge to make $108,334 in gifts and gift commitments to the Fund for Mary Washington.
President Richard V. Hurley set a goal of raising $108,000 in two weeks (March 1 through 14) in honor of the University’s 108th founding anniversary.
“Private support provides essential funding for the programs that define each student’s UMW experience,” President Hurley said. “During the Founders Day Challenge and throughout the year, our donors demonstrate their commitment to the University’s mission through their giving. I am grateful for each and every gift and thrilled to be able to announce that we exceeded the goal.”
The challenge supported the Fund for Mary Washington, the University’s single largest source of unrestricted private support. Gifts to the Fund enable UMW to support students, programs and other needs not covered by the state’s operating budget. The Fund provides critical dollars for unexpected student needs, scholarship support, career services, alumni events, faculty retention programs and more.
The Fund for Mary Washington is just one of seven areas of priority within UMW’s $50 million Mary Washington First Campaign. The campaign, which will close June 30, 2016, has garnered generous support from more than 16,000 donors since it was launched in 2011.
UMW was established as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Fredericksburg on March 14, 1908, with the assistance of Virginia State Sen. C. O’Conor Goolrick. It was the second institution in the state devoted exclusively to the training of teachers for public schools, after the Normal School for Women at Farmville, now Longwood University. More on the University’s founding and the celebration of Founders Day is posted here.