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Bales Joins Panel at Mississippi Book Festival

Reference and Humanities Librarian Emeritus Jack Bales joined a panel discussion at the Mississippi Book Festival. The appearance drew on Bales’ acclaim as a literary scholar of late author Willie Morris. The appearance was mentioned in an article titled “Remembering Morris, Hannah and other friends at the Mississippi Book Festival”, which ran in The Daily […]

UMW Welcomes More Than 1,000 New Students

The University of Mary Washington welcomes new and returning students back to campus this week for the fall 2022 semester, starting with move-in for new students on Wednesday, Aug. 17, and culminating in the campus tradition of Eagle Gathering on Sunday, Aug. 21. Fall classes start Monday, Aug. 22.Enrollment of both first-year and transfer students […]

UMW Awarded $250,000 for Fredericksburg Region Internships

 The University of Mary Washington has received a $250,000 grant from SCHEV – the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia – to expand paid and credit-bearing student internships in collaboration with Virginia employers. The grant is part of the Fund for Excellence and Innovation, also known as the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership.The grant […]

Dahlgren Campus Will Be Site of College Tech Challenge

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) will host an artificial intelligence and machine learning development challenge next spring at the University of Mary Washington’s Dahlgren Campus. The Naval Sea Systems Command issued a release: Calling all creative game-savvy software innovators at colleges and universities across the nation! NSWCDD is looking for students to compete […]

Larus Presents Research on U.S.-Taiwan Sister City Relations

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs and Pew Davis Fellow at Middlebury College, offered a research presentation 台美姐妹城市的合作 [Taiwan-U.S. Sister City Cooperation] in Chinese at Middlebury College on July 21, 2022. Professor Larus indicated that beyond facilitating cultural exchanges and understanding, sister city cooperation is a useful tool for expanding […]