Picture robots navigating a maze as sonar sounds echo through the room. The High School Innovation Challenge @ Dahlgren Robotics Competition has students assembling robots and using skills in command and control, detection, navigation and sensoring to compete for cash prizes and a year’s worth of bragging rights. And it’s back for its second year!Naval […]
The Women’s Leadership Colloquium at the University of Mary Washington is back! After a virtual event in 2020 and a brief break last year, the empowering session for professional women in the Fredericksburg area returns in-person next month.Now in its 28th year, the colloquium provides an opportunity for career-minded women to connect with peers, hear […]
The University of Mary Washington activated UMW Alerts and tested its emergency notification system as part of the Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 10:20 a.m. EST. The test included text messages, emails, desktop alerts, phone calls and sirens and messages from the area warning system on campus.Students, faculty and staff are […]
Join UMW Dining and SAE for a farmers market, crafts fair, pumpkin-carving contest and costume contest! Pumpkin carving, 3 to 5 p.m. Costume contest 5:15 to 6 p.m. Events take place on Ball Circle and Campus Walk.
The 38th Annual Ghostwalk takes place Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22, from 5 to 10 p.m. James Monroe Museum, 908 Charles Street, Fredericksburg. Join the Historic Preservation Club for a hauntingly good time in downtown Fredericksburg for haunted ghost tours on October 21st and 22nd! Tours leave from the James Monroe Museum every fifteen minutes from 5-10pm both […]
