My first thought was to head for the door,” she said of the 1966 experience that ended up charting her course. Instead, “I said, ‘Good morning, I’m Mrs. Olsen,’ and my life began.”She shared her longtime relationship with service last week with students at the University of Mary Washington’s College of Education (COE) in Seacobeck […]
Sally Brannan Hurt ’92 with a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands on a Mary Washington Alumni on the Road trip in 2011. The experience led her to establish the Sally Brannan Hurt ’92 Study Abroad Scholarship in Biology to support students going on faculty-led trips to the islands. Photo courtesy of Sally Brannan Hurt.Growing […]
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left), and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa YakabouskiBetween them, University of Mary Washington’s Melissa Yakabouski and Sarah Lindberg hold a half-century of college admissions experience.Both recruited as admissions counselors upon earning their own bachelor’s degrees, they work together to break the often-perplexing college application […]
University of Mary Washington SGA President Jaylyn Long. Photo by Chenin GuberA Google calendar app links to University of Mary Washington senior Jaylyn Long’s “booking page,” where free slots are hard to find.A biomedical sciences major with an African American studies minor, she’s Student Government Association (SGA) president and Class of 2024 vice president. She’s […]
President Joe Biden (D) is tied in Virginia with former President Donald Trump (R) in a possible 2024 presidential election rematch, according to a new statewide survey from the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington.Each candidate received 37 percent in the 1,000-person poll of Virginia adults, which was conducted […]
