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Water outage tomorrow

There will be a brief water outage July 2 beginning from 9 a.m. to noon. The following buildings will be affected: George Washington Hall Brent House Marye House Bushnell Hall Mason, Randolph and The Link Marshall Hall Russell Hall Westmoreland Hall This outage is required as part of the water line improvements for the campus […]

PELP is looking for facilitators!

The Presidential Emerging Leaders Program is looking for facilitators! PELP is a new program dedicated to assisting first-year participants in developing their leadership skills. Facilitators will help lead discussions with PELP participants on the topics of different leadership aspects. If you are interested in participating, or would like to suggest a facilitator, please fill out […]

A message from Finance

Fiscal year end is approaching! That means fiscal year end processing and system downtime. Please mark your calendars for the following: Banner will be down from 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, until noon Thursday, July 1. This downtime will impact the Banner production environment, including SSB functionality and Report Central. ​Systems exchanging data with Banner […]

Reducing plastic pollution at UMW

Earlier this year, Governor Northam issued Executive Order #77 as a means of “reducing plastic pollution and eliminating the need for new solid waste disposal facilities in Virginia.” What does this Executive Order mean for UMW? Effective July 21, 2021, all state institutions of higher education and contractors who operate on their campuses will discontinue buying, selling, […]

UMW Linguistics Alum Sylvia Sierra ’09 to Release ‘Millennials Talking Media’

From Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Linguistics Gary Richards: Congratulations to alumna Sylvia Sierra ’09! She has written the book Millennials Talking Media: Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation, scheduled for release from Oxford University Press in September 2021. Sierra is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and […]