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Tuition Reimbursement Enrollment, Oct. 24 Deadline

Enrollment is currently open for Tuition Reimbursement (courses outside of UMW) for courses starting January 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026.  All applications must be submitted by Friday, October 24, 2025. Please note: the Cabinet agreed to expand the Tuition Reimbursement Program to include certificate programs.  However, any and all courses associated with the certificate program must be credit-bearing. The complete policy and […]

DeLancey Featured in Free Lance-Star for Upcoming Lecture on Piazza San Marco

Professor of Art History Julia DeLancey was featured in The Free Lance-Star in an article titled “Lecture set on Piazza San Marco.” The piece highlights her upcoming public talk, “Piazza San Marco, Venice’s Stage: Building Power, Facing Peril,” hosted by the Fredericksburg-Este Association.DeLancey will explore how Renaissance Venetians – both those in power and those […]

Harris Discusses ‘Bringing Eliza Home’ on WFVA Town Talk

UMW Museums Director Scott Harris joined News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to discuss “Bringing Eliza Home,” the remarkable story of the repatriation of Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of President James Monroe. Harris spoke with local historian Kathryn Willis about the years-long effort to recover Hay’s remains from Paris and return them to Virginia. On October […]

Blevins Presents at Corridors: Blue Ridge Writing & Rhetoric Conference

Associate Professor of English Brenta Blevins recently presented at the Corridors: Blue Ridge Writing & Rhetoric Conference at Radford University. The presentation, titled “Whose Words Are These? Voice in the Age of Generative AI,” explored how generative AI is reshaping the way we understand authorship and expression in academic writing. Blevins’ talk examined the relationship […]