All UMW veterans – faculty, staff and students – are invited to join us for the Veteran Appreciation Luncheon on Monday, November 11, 2019 to be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Chandler Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the Veterans Resource Center, The Office of Transfer and Off-Campus Student Services, and the Wounded Warrior […]
A message from the Office of Admissions: To the UMW Community: On Saturday, October 26, 2019, the University of Mary Washington will host its UMW Admissions Open House. Approximately 250 prospective students (typically transfers and high school seniors, juniors, and sophomores) and their families will visit campus between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The estimated guest count is […]
Dan Hirshberg, assistant professor of religious studies and director of the contemplative studies program, offered a lecture and a workshop for Brown University’s Contemplative Studies Initiative.His lecture focused on “Secular Rhetoric in Contemplative Pedagogy,” which concurred with recent critiques and advocated for pluralist discourse as representative of the field’s objectives and practices. The interactive workshop […]
Zach Whalen, Associate Professor of English, has just published an article in a special issue of The Journal of Creative Writing Studies on “Creative Making as Creative Writing.” His article, “The Many Authors of The Several Houses of Brian, Spencer, Liam, Victoria, Brayden, Vincent, and Alex: Authorship, Agency, and Appropriation,” is an artist’s statement reflecting […]
The following message is from the Office of Emergency Management & Safety. Later today, a Halloween storm is expected to bring an enhanced risk of severe weather for the Greater Fredericksburg area. The main hazards associated with this storm will be heavy rain and damaging wind gusts. An isolated tornado is also possible. There may also […]