Category: Announcements

Internal announcements of interest to faculty and staff.

Office of Sustainability Weigh the Waste Week

UMW’s Office of Sustainability partnered with Dining Services for Weigh the Waste Week recently to help students see how everyday food choices add up. Throughout the week, they were weighing post-consumer food waste in the dining hall and engaging students in conversations about practical ways to reduce waste. The Weigh the Waste activity helped make […]

Reminder: Strategic Action Plan Feedback Due Jan. 30

We hope you have had time to review and reflect upon the January 2026 release of the initial complete draft of UMW’s Strategic Action Plan for 2026-2031, which is again attached to this email (see employee email from Jan. 8). As we continue this work this semester to refine ideas, assess resources and map out […]

Guest Lecture on AI, Feb. 2

In the Company of Strangers: AI and the Value of Estrangement Dr. Alexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English at George Washington UniversityMonday, Feb. 2, weather permitting 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Combs 139 Reception to followAbout the talk: AI makes us strangers to ourselves in a productive manner. AI can produce uncertainties, but AI also […]

Center for AI and the Liberal Arts Public Debate, Feb. 4

The Center for AI and the Liberal Arts invites you to a Public Debate on the question: Should the University of Mary Washington be an AI University? Wednesday, Feb. 4  at 3:30 p.m. Weatherly Wing, Seacobeck HallArguing for the resolution: Anand Rao (CDS) Arguing against the resolution: Stefan Bauschard (Adjunct CDS; Berkeley Prep Debate Coach) […]