Category: Announcements

Internal announcements of interest to faculty and staff.

Funeral Arrangements for Griffin Burke

The following message is from the Office for Student Affairs:Funeral services for Griffin C. Burke will be held at noon on Saturday, Dec. 13 at St. Jude’s Catholic Church, 10725 Courthouse Road, Spotsylvania, Va.  A reception will follow at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center at 1119 Hanover St., located across from the Battleground Athletic Complex.Griffin […]

Virginia Council of Presidents Statement on Sexual Violence

The following message about sexual violence has been issued today by the Virginia Council of Presidents:  Recent news stories in the Commonwealth and around the country regarding the issue of sexual violence and its impact on students at colleges and universities have continued to shine a spotlight on this critical issue in higher education and our nation.  As […]

Announcement Re: College of Education

Colleagues,I write to inform the campus community that Dean Gendernalik-Cooper has resigned from the deanship of the College of Education, effective June 30, 2015.  She plans to continue service after that time as Professor in the Educational Leadership program in the College of Education.I want to thank Mary for her service as founding dean of […]

Death of a Former Professor

To the campus community:It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the death of Claudia Emerson, a longtime and beloved faculty member at UMW. As many of you know, Claudia left the University last year to take a teaching job at Virginia Commonwealth University. She died in Richmond from complications associated with […]