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Submit Your Events to the Eagle Takeoff Schedule

Eagle Takeoff is the new “Welcome Week,” but instead of just one week, it’s the full schedule of everything going on around campus the first seven weeks of the fall semester. From the Student Resource & Wellness Fair on Move-in Day, to Family Weekend the first weekend in October, we want to include all events […]

10th Annual Seersucker Thursday

Join your colleagues for Seersucker Thursday at the University of Mary Washington! Thursday, July 18th marks the 10th anniversary of this quirky, yet lovable, event. The “official” photo will be taken at 2 p.m. on Campus Walk in front of Lee Hall. Wear your seersucker and join us!

Durrant Organizes VIVA Collections Forum

Summer Durrant, Collection Services Librarian, chaired the planning committee for the VIVA Collections Forum, held at the VCCS System Office in Richmond on June 7, 2019.The Collections Forum is an annual event sponsored by the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA), Virginia’s academic library consortium. This year’s theme, “Building Diverse Collections,” featured a keynote presentation by […]

Gately Performs with National Symphony Orchestra

Doug Gately, senior lecturer in the Department of Music, performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Reineke on June 28 and 29 in a concert recreating the 1961 concert, Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall. Featured artists were Tony® nominee Laura Osnes, Broadway diva Capathia Jenkins, and Pink Martini’s Jimmie Herrod.Gately also performed with […]

Larus Comments on U.S.-China Relations to Vietnamese Press

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on the upcoming G20 meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in VnExpress, the most read newspaper in Vietnam. Professor Larus projected that there would be no major breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war at the G20 meeting. She indicated […]