A message from the University Staff Council: To all staff and administrative faculty members:The University Staff Council (USC) – formerly, the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) – is now accepting nominations to fill a number of positions for representation on three committees: University Staff Council– seven openings (two administrative/professional faculty, five classified). The USC is an important communication resource, reference and […]
To all faculty and staff:At its meeting today, April 16, the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors endorsed President Troy Paino’s recommendation that tuition be held at current rates for the third consecutive year. The President acknowledged the difficult financial impact of COVID and rising costs on the University, but noted that the University […]
UMW Chief of Staff and Professor of History and American Studies Jeff McClurken, one of the University’s COVID co-coordinators, was interviewed on WJLA ABC-7 news about how the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine pause will impact efforts to get college students vaccinated before they return home for the summer.“One of the things J&J offered as […]
Gary Richards, Professor of English, recently led the Books and Beignets discussion of Tennessee Williams’s The Rose Tattoo at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, held virtually March 24-28, 2021. The discussion marked the seventieth anniversary of The Rose Tattoo‘s Broadway opening as well as Richards’s fifteenth year of leading this annual event.
To the campus community:As many of you know, UMW will be abuzz May 6-9 as nine different Commencement ceremonies will take place for the classes of 2020 and 2021. The ceremonies are limited in size and scope in order to abide by COVID-19 protocols and the governor’s directives regarding crowd size.So that you aware, the following […]