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Campus infrastructure project begins next week

The following message comes from Capital Outlay at UMW.Athena Construction, UMW’s general contractor for the campus-wide underground utility project, has been mobilizing and will begin work next week, May 10, after our Commencement ceremonies. This project, which will run throughout the summer and into October, is for repair and replacement of Mary Washington’s aging steam and water system.Initial work will include the installation of fencing and detour pathways […]

Williams, Devlin, Henry Work to Bring Freedom Rides Historic Marker to Fredericksburg

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams, Associate Professor of History Erin Devlin and Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Christine Henry have worked with City of Fredericksburg officials to erect a historic marker at the site of the old bus station on Princess Anne and Wolfe streets, where the Freedom Riders first stopped 60 […]

Business Services eUpdate–Spring 2021

BookstoreCommencement & Summer HoursThe Bookstore will be open May 6-9 the following hours during Commencement ceremonies: Thursday, May 6: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, May 7: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.  Saturday May 8: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday May 9: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Please keep in mind that the store is still limited to a capacity of […]

Center for Historic Preservation Awards Annual Book Prize

The 2021 University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation Book Prize Committee is proud to announce that this year, they could not choose just one winner. There were two books that approached the discipline of historic preservation in new and groundbreaking ways: Thomas C. Hubka’s How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940 and Emily […]