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Tuition Reimbursement Program Enrollment

Dear Colleagues:Open Enrollment for Tuition Reimbursement (courses outside of UMW)  for courses starting January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022, has begun and will end on Thursday, October 28, 2021. The complete policy and procedures are posted online but some important and key provisions are listed below. You may contact Denise Frye at dfrye2@umw.edu with any questions.Program […]

Notice of publication of UMW’s annual security report: CORRECTION

The following message is from UMW Public Safety.A correction has been made to the 2021 Annual Security Report. In the Fredericksburg crime statistics section, the 2020 hate crimes section was inadvertently left blank when the report was updated for 2021. It has been corrected to read “Zero hate crimes reported.”If you have any questions regarding this […]

Death of a faculty member

It is with great sadness we report that Writing Center Director Gwen Hale died this morning in southwest Virginia. She had been there since summer in hospice care near her family. Diagnosed at age 20 with cancer, Dr. Hale fought valiantly and overcame many hurdles. She accepted a position at UMW in 2011, serving as […]

Construction update on Virginia Hall

The following message is from Facilities Services:Work has begun at Virginia Hall to install the roof balustrade. There will likely be some disruption to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the vicinity of Lee Hall Circle and Virginia Hall while material is offloaded and moved to the site.Work hours at Virginia Hall will be from […]

Sellers Attends Virginia Tribal Nations Inaugural Sovereignty Conference

Associate Professor of History Jason Sellers was mentioned in The Free Lance-Star article entitled, “Virginia’s federally recognized tribes begin drafting a sovereignty accord.” Dr. Sellers was present at the inaugural Sovereignty Conference for federally recognized tribal nations in Virginia, along with scholars from Virginia Tech and the University of Richmond, who were there to make […]