Internal announcements of interest to faculty and staff.
The President’s Council on Wellness would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Let’s remember to take time to relax and enjoy each moment. And as we celebrate the season of Thanksgiving, let’s also reflect on the many wonderful blessings in our lives.Reminder: Social media challenge for the month of November: “Savor […]
The following message is from the Office of Student Affairs.Panera is coming! You will see signs of it next week when reconstruction of the designated space in the University Center finally begins.Taking into consideration the various delays encountered while developing the project, we have scheduled the opening to coincide with students’ return after winter break.Due to the construction, […]
This week, in finishing up our articles on the President’s Council on Wellness Physical dimension of our Wellness Wheel, we sat down with Dr. Jeremy Larochelle, Professor of Spanish, who is in his 14th year at UMW. He tries to incorporate biking or walking into his day and many times he is seen biking to […]
Gari Melchers Home and Studio has loaned two paintings by Gari Melchers for display in the residence of the ambassador to the U.S. Mission in Vienna, Austria. James Gilmore, former governor of Virginia, has been named the new U.S. ambassador. He has expressly asked officials of the Art in Embassies program of the U.S. Department […]
A painting by renowned local artist Gari Melchers has been seized by the FBI where it has hung in the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, New York, since 1934. The painting has been declared as property illegally and forcibly obtained by the Nazis, according to a report by the Washington Examiner, Oct. 18, 2019. The courts […]
