April 25, 2019

UMW Students Mentor Area Teens Preparing for GED Test

April 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Kevin was quiet and withdrawn when he first came to GED class at James Monroe High School. The 17-year-old left his homeland behind last year to make a better life for himself in the United States. It was an arduous journey, and not speaking English and working full time without a high school diploma made […]
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UMW Finds Zen with First Study Abroad Program in Japan

April 2, 2019 by
Maybe it was the beautiful campus. Or that it was nestled in a small town rather than a huge metropolis. Perhaps it was because it was a public university with a strong emphasis on the liberal arts. Whatever the reason, the Japanese school reminded Kevin Hockmuth ’00 of his beloved alma mater, almost 7,000 miles […]
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UMW, Local Community Join Forces for Social Good Summit

March 27, 2019 by
The food bank needed help getting fresh produce to needy families. A literacy group sought tutors to help adults with reading, writing and basic math. A local high school wanted guest speakers to teach mindfulness and stress management techniques to teenagers. All of them congregated with more than 100 others in the Digital Auditorium of […]
Filed Under: Center for Community Engagement, College of Arts and Sciences, Leslie Martin, Shawn Humphrey, Social Good Summit, Top Stories

UMW Hits High Notes With New Pianos

March 22, 2019 by
Andrew Kraus was in the middle of a performance when he heard it. After playing the first of Brahms’s powerful and dramatic Rhapsodies, Op. 79, he began playing a softer piece. As his hands danced deftly and gracefully across the keys, he heard a distinctive “twang” that rang out through the hushed Dodd Auditorium. It […]
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Sharpless Receives Distinguished Research Award

March 21, 2019 by
Charlie Sharpless had a problem to solve. He was finishing his post-doctoral fellowship and wasn’t quite sure where to go next. He loved teaching and conducting research, but there were few positions at large research universities where he could mix these two elements. But with the University of Mary Washington, he found the perfect chemistry. As a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry, Sharpless combines equal parts teaching, advising and research to make new discoveries in environmental chemistry and educate the next generation of scientists and industry leaders. Now he is being honored with the Distinguished Research Award by the Virginia section of the American Chemical Society at its annual award ceremony in Richmond this evening, on Thursday, March 21. Read more.  
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UMW Hosts FRED – A Social Good Summit on March 22

March 11, 2019 by
University of Mary Washington’s Center for Community Engagement and IMAGINE Social Good join forces to host FRED – A Social Good Summit on Friday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Digital Auditorium of the Hurley Convergence Center on UMW’s Fredericksburg campus. The event is free and open to the public, but […]
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UMW Art Professor Receives Prestigious VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship

March 7, 2019 by
Jon McMillan was in high school when he took an after-hours tour of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond as part of a summer governor’s school program. Deep within the bowels of the museum, experiencing the vast expanse of work that was hidden from public view got McMillan fired up and ready […]
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No Brainer: UMW Biology Alum in Prestigious Neuroscience Program

December 3, 2018 by
Sarah Roche ’18 did not want to go to college at all. A high school chemistry class had left her feeling so discouraged and incapable that she’d given up on the idea altogether. She visited a litany of Virginia colleges at the urging of her parents anyway. None of them changed her mind. Until a […]
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STEM Students Probe World Problems

July 24, 2018 by
Weather patterns. Climate change. Cell death. These are among more than a dozen STEM-based topics tackled by University of Mary Washington students during this year’s Summer Science Institute, an intensive, fully funded 10-week research opportunity that culminates this week. Working with professors in their field of study, 20 undergraduates took the reins on projects that […]
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Research and Creativity Day Highlights Student Work

April 25, 2018 by
Art exhibitions. Music performances. An original play performed with puppets. Friday, April 27, marks the University of Mary Washington’s 12th annual Research and Creativity Day – a culmination of a year of work by UMW students. The day-long event includes short oral presentations, artwork, original compositions and research as far-ranging as the public’s perception of […]
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