Author: Jill Laiacona

UMW Senior Uncovers ‘Mary Washington Mystery’ at Historic Preservation Internship

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Natalie Froustet ’27 was organizing a portrait collection during her summer internship with Preservation Virginia when she made an amazing discovery. Hidden inside a closet at the John Marshall House in Richmond was a centuries-old painting of Mary Ball Washington.

Or so she thought.

“I learned that Mary Washington was never painted during …

Scholarships Shape Recent UMW Alum’s Future in International Affairs

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When Savannah Sinor ’26 graduated from the University of Mary Washington in May, the international affairs major already had plans to put her UMW education into practice as a business immigration paralegal in her hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“My experience has been wonderful,” said Sinor, who oversees several dozen employment-based petitions at …