Martha Abbott ’72 believes that teachers are leaders who make an impact in the world. “[Leaders] take people to a place where they couldn’t have gone without them…and that’s exactly what teachers do,” said Abbott, executive director for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. She spoke at the fourth annual Educator-in-Residence event […]
Associate Professor of Psychology Mindy Erchull is the recipient of the 2014 Waple Faculty Professional Achievement Award. The award, which was announced during the General Faculty Meeting on April 23, was established in honor of Shirly van Epps Waple and is in its second year.Based on faculty nominations, this award recognizes Erchull’s scholarly, creative and […]
The following message is from the Office of News and Public Information:Former adjunct instructor in Modern Foreign Languages, Margaret Rose, died last week after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer (http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2014/042014/04192014/832026). Margaret most recently taught beginning and intermediate French at Mary Washington; before that, she served as Coordinator of Foreign Language Instruction for Stafford County. Her family has […]
Hallie Feingold ’13, Lindsay Biddinger Herndon ’05 and Kevin Perry ’00 were each named as Teacher of the Year at their respective schools for 2013-14.Each of the recipients majored in Latin at the University of Mary Washington and all three won the Outstanding Graduate in Classics Award their graduation year.“We could not be prouder of […]
The following message is from the Office of Student Affairs:Friday, April 25, 2014, 11 a.m. Funeral, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, 6304 Lee Chapel Rd, Burke, VirginiaBuses for students have been arranged, leaving from the Anderson Center parking lot at 9:30 a.m. with loading at 9 a.m. Students who wish to attend the funeral need make appropriate arrangements […]