Category: Announcements

Internal announcements of interest to faculty and staff.

VRS Hybrid Seminar Schedule June 2021

SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING VIRTUAL EDUCATION MEETINGS Registration is required for all sessions and individual consultations. It’s easy to register online: visit www.varetire.org, click on the Defined Contribution Plans tab, select your plan’s website, then go to the Education page and click the View group seminars link or call VRS-DC-PLAN1 (877-327-5261), option 2.Visit your plan’s website […]

Sophomore Experience Working Group Seeking Feedback

The Sophomore Experience Working Group (charge below) is seeking feedback from students in the Class of 2024 about their needs going into their sophomore year, as well as from upperclassmen about their sophomore year experience. This feedback will help guide recommendations that will be presented to UMW leadership.Please share these links with students and encourage […]

A message from President Paino to the UMW community

Action Steps to Reform Policing at UMW:University Response to the UMW Community Advisory Panel (CAP) Final ReportWhen I joined the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in 2016, the Board of Visitors charged me with articulating a vision for the University. After a year of listening to all the University’s constituency groups, a few themes emerged. […]

QEP Update from the President

Dear Colleagues,Earlier this semester, we launched a call for concept papers for our next Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which is an important part of our 2023 reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Our QEP proposal will be submitted to our peer reviewers in January 2023 in […]

Campus infrastructure project begins next week

The following message comes from Capital Outlay at UMW.Athena Construction, UMW’s general contractor for the campus-wide underground utility project, has been mobilizing and will begin work next week, May 10, after our Commencement ceremonies. This project, which will run throughout the summer and into October, is for repair and replacement of Mary Washington’s aging steam and water system.Initial work will include the installation of fencing and detour pathways […]