Alum, Sports Exec, Scores Spot in Top ‘Forty Under 40’
July 27, 2021 by Jill Laiacona
Just like it was yesterday, Mike Shane ’04 remembers the Washington Nationals making the playoffs nearly a decade ago. “An hour after the game ended, stands were still packed. Everyone was cheering as the players took a lap around the field, high-fiving their fans,” said Shane, who spent 13 years moving up through the organization. […]
Filed Under: College of Business, Top Stories, UMW athletics Tagged With: coften
‘J-term’ Helps Students Engage, Gain Credits
January 13, 2021 by Jill Laiacona
College students often spend the final weeks of winter break watching movies, playing video games and writing résumés for jobs and internships. Now, a University of Mary Washington offering called the January-term, or “J-term,” allows them to earn college credits for these and other types of activities. Before UMW’s spring semester begins – remotely on […]
Filed Under: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, January-term, Keith Mellinger Tagged With: adunn4, agoldma3, ecrosby
‘J-term’ Helps Students Engage, Gain Credits
January 13, 2021 by Jill Laiacona
College students often spend the final weeks of winter break watching movies, playing video games and writing résumés for jobs and internships. Now, a University of Mary Washington offering called the January-term, or “J-term,” allows them to earn college credits for these and other types of activities. Before UMW’s spring semester begins – remotely on […]
Filed Under: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, January-term, Keith Mellinger Tagged With: adunn4, agoldma3, ecrosby
Marketing Class Partners with Students Across the Globe
November 18, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Studying abroad is as much a part of University of Mary Washington culture as bench-sitting or playing Frisbee on Ball Circle. One-third of each graduating class – about 300 students – spends time learning overseas. Not this year. As COVID-19 continues to sweep the globe, international travel – like commencements, reunions and all large gatherings […]
Filed Under: College of Business, Jose Sainz, Kashef Majid, Top Stories Tagged With: Center for International Education, International Education Week 2020
Free UMW Course Turns COVID-19 Inside Out
June 10, 2020 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Political leaders and health experts who communicate the impact of COVID-19 to the public are just like anyone else. Some hit the mark. Some don’t. Understandable terms, relatable ideas and the confident presentation of useful information are key to delivering a successful message, said UMW Professor of Communication Anand Rao. And competent public discourse during […]
Filed Under: Anand Rao, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, Keith Mellinger, pkelly3, Steve Farnsworth, Top Stories Tagged With: COVID-19 in Context, ejohnso6, rcooperma
Visualizing a Virus: Alum’s Art Captures Emotions of a Pandemic
May 5, 2020 by Laura Moyer
Hadrian Mendoza isn’t glorifying the novel coronavirus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in images of the tiny particle, he sees more than fear, suffering, loss and grief. To Mendoza, a 1996 Mary Washington graduate and internationally known fine-arts potter, viruses have long represented a fascinating intersection of danger and beauty. Starting in […]
Filed Under: College of Business, Hadrian Mendoza, Top Stories Tagged With: Department of Art and Art History, Ridderhof Martin Gallery
Alumnus Cooks Up Initiative to Feed Families
May 4, 2020 by Neva Trenis
Acclaimed chef and restaurant owner Erik Bruner-Yang and his wife welcomed their third child and bought their first home in January. Just eight weeks later, the same weekend they moved into their new house in Washington, D.C., the mayor ordered all city restaurants to close because of COVID-19. The 2007 UMW graduate felt fortunate that […]
Filed Under: College of Business, Erik Bruner-Yang, Office of Alumni Relations, Top Stories
UMW Professors Find Creative Ways to Teach Through COVID-19
April 29, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Teaching at Mary Washington looks a bit different lately. Andi Smith films YouTube videos with her children to demonstrate architectural principles. Zach Whalen uses cartoons to teach a digital studies lesson. Smita Jain Oxford holds Zoom office hours for business majors on her daily jog. When the University moved to virtual classes last month due […]
Filed Under: Carole Garmon, Center for Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, Digital Learning Center, Elizabeth Lewis, jburrow, Kashef Majid, Mara Scanlon, mwells, Top Stories, Zach Whalen Tagged With: alsmith, jbroome, jdavis7, jslezak, lmcmi6lq, mbenson4, soxford, tgrana, vrussel3
Cabot Creamery Executive Shares How to Dance Among Giants
October 23, 2017 by
Alumna Roberta MacDonald credits the University of Mary Washington with giving her the tools it took to help launch her extraordinary 40-year marketing career. She’s served as Vermont’s first marketing director and worked for such heavy-hitters as the San Francisco Opera, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, American Express and the Vietnam […]
Filed Under: Archived Newsletter Top Stories, College of Business, Current Newsletter Top Stories, Top Stories Tagged With: Executive in Residence
Sports Marketer Urges Students to Make Passion a Goal
October 23, 2016 by Lisa Chinn Marvashti
Kyle Ragsdale was on his honeymoon when – as if his life weren’t about to change enough already – he had an “a-ha” moment. Gazing out at the beautiful French Riviera with his new wife, he made another pledge to his future. “I decided I would never do a job again unless I loved it,” […]
