The University Committee on Sabbaticals, Fellowships, and Faculty Awards (SFFA) is very pleased to solicit nominations for our annual faculty awards. We hope you will take the time to prepare and submit a nomination. The Committee has received strong slates of nominees in recent years, and we hope to continue this tradition.Award Descriptions The Grellet […]
All are invited to attend a special event in the Department of English and Linguistics — Thursday Poetry and Prose — as it marks Black History Month with guest speaker, Professor Brooks Hefner of James Madison University, giving a lecture on Claude McKay.Claude McKay’s Bars, Cafes, and Cabarets Thursday, Feb. 26 5 – 6 p.m. […]
UMW Professor of German Marcel Rotter and his students will present research next month into the area’s German influences at a local lecture series examining how each of Fredericksburg’s five sister city countries — France, Germany, Italy, Ghana, and Nepal — have influenced the cultural fabric of Virginia and the nation as a whole, as […]
In an interview with the Fredericksburg Free Press, Mary Washington President Troy Paino and Mary Washington Healthcare President and CEO Chris Newman discuss the possibility of a Fredericksburg medical school with host Bill Freehling The preliminary name is the Mary Washington College of Medicine, and the two institutions are working on building community support. Learn […]
Associate Professor of Communications Elizabeth Johnson-Young and Senior Lecturer of Biological Sciences Michael Stebar appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk recently to discuss the six-day slice of college coursework and campus life that’s available for high-schoolers through UMW’s Summer Enrichment Program. Running from July 12-18, 2026, the program is open to rising high […]
