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Women’s History Month Program Proposals Needed

The Women’s History Month Planning Committee invites members of the University of Mary Washington community to submit program proposals for the annual Women’s History Month Celebration in March!This year’s theme is “Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced.”Visit students.umw.edu/multicultural/programs/womens-history-month/ or contact JoAnna Raucci (jraucci@umw.edu) for more information. Please submit your program proposals by Monday, December […]

Commendation for UMW Police Officer Michael Jackson

I’d like to thank Officer Michael Jackson for being so sweet, kind and helpful on 11/09/20. I sprained my ankle and was on crutches so my whole morning had been a struggle to gather my things and ambulate. When I arrived on campus for my scheduled shift with BetterMed, Officer Michael so kindly helped me […]

Open and Affordable Textbooks

The impact of COVID-19 demonstrated the importance of having consistent, online access to course materials. As faculty select course materials for the Spring semester, please consider searching the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal to identify no-cost, online alternatives to print textbooks.  The Portal contains over 200,000 titles from the Virtual Library of Virginia’s (VIVA’s) shared library […]

Important Campus Information

A message from the COVID Implementation Team:Dear Colleagues:With the majority of students moving off campus for the next two months, the COVID Implementation Team has recommended that the campus resume several of the practices that were in place during the spring and summer before students returned.  The Cabinet has approved this recommendation, which includes the […]

Eagle Scholar – Faculty Making a Difference

Eagle Scholar is the open access institutional repository of UMW. Since it was launched in February 2018, 43 faculty have contributed their OER and open access books and articles.  As a result, their work has been viewed in 119 countries at over 700 unique institutions.  If you would like to share your professional work in […]