March 29, 2024

UMW Awards Historic Preservation Book Prize

The University of Mary Washington’s Center for Historic Preservation has awarded the 2017 Historic Preservation Book Prize to Catherine Fleming Bruce for The Sustainers. The Center annually awards a prize to an author whose book has the most potential for having a positive impact on historic preservation in the United States. This year’s book prize jury focused […]

UMW Student Wins Prestigious Essay Award

UMW senior Corey Bolyard won a prestigious award for her research paper presented at the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference this month in Annapolis, Maryland. Titled “Rising in the Storm: India’s Bid for Global Power in a Multipolar System During Development,” the paper was presented during the “Crouching Tiger, Rising Power” roundtable on India. The […]

UMW Students Win Art Awards

The University of Mary Washington Department of Art and Art History announced its student awards at the opening reception of the Annual Student Art Exhibition at the duPont Gallery on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Emily Dabbs received the Melchers Gray Purchase Award for “Trophy Nights.” The work will become part of the university’s permanent collection. […]

UMW Galleries to Host Student-Curated Exhibit of Alumna’s Work

The University of Mary Washington Galleries will host Margaret Sutton: Life + Work, a student-curated exhibition of the work of alumna Margaret Sutton ’26 in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery from April 19 through June 29. The opening reception will take place Wednesday, April 19 from 5-7 p.m. A closet artist during her lifetime, Sutton’s work was […]

UMW Names Director of Continuing and Professional Studies

Kimberly C. Young has been named executive director of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Mary Washington. In this position,Young will be responsible for expanding the University’s credit and non-credit programs for adults, including new certificate and other professional development opportunities. She will start work at UMW on July 25. Currently, Young is […]

UMW ‘Hacks’ Up Against Competition

The University of Mary Washington’s longstanding Devil-Goat rivalry extended to a recent hack-a-thon. UMW students broke into two groups – Devils and Goats – at the HackU 5 competition in Norfolk, Virginia. The fifth annual sprint-like event, hosted by Norfolk-based media and information services company Dominion Enterprises, pitted 12 teams of Virginia college students against […]

Business Journal Ranks UMW Among the Best

Once again, the University of Mary Washington has been recognized among the nation’s best colleges. In its 2017 edition, Business First ranked the University as No. 118 on its list of the 499 best public colleges in America. The business journal analyzed a range of data for 499 public colleges and universities across the country, […]

Belmont Hosts Beeping Egg Hunt

Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will host its sixth annual Beeping Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 9. The egg hunt provides an opportunity for visually impaired and blind children, along with their families, to participate in an audible egg hunt. The event will run from 2-4 p.m. and is free and open to […]

Kristin Chenoweth Charms UMW Audience

A sold-out crowd at the University of Mary Washington couldn’t get enough of Kristin Chenoweth, who performed with the UMW Philharmonic on Saturday, March 18, in Dodd Auditorium. The Tony and Emmy award-winning actress wowed the 1,200-plus audience at the UMW Philharmonic’s Celebrity Series concert with her rendition of “Popular” from the smash Broadway hit […]

UMW Religion Professor to Discuss New Book

Mary Beth Mathews, associate professor of religion at the University of Mary Washington, will discuss her new book, Doctrine and Race: African American Evangelicals and Fundamentalism between the Wars, on Wednesday, March 22, at 4 p.m. in Trinkle Hall, Room 242. The event is open to students, faculty, staff and the public. By presenting African American […]