Come on out to Ball Circle on Nov. 30 to celebrate the 308th birthday of UMW’s namesake, Mary Ball Washington. Relay For Life is hosting a birthday celebration for the mother of George Washington on Ball Circle from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be games, food and party favors!
We can’t do it without you. Alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff, and students are being asked to support the Fund for Mary Washington on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.Established in 2012, Giving Tuesday is a global day of philanthropy fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture titled “How Gerrymandering is Changing Virginia – and How it is Not” at the One Virginia 2021 Forum in Manassas, VA.
On Nov. 4 and 5, 2016, Patricia Orozco, lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures, chaired the panel Spanish II Peninsular Literature: from 1700 to the Present at the 88 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, this year titled Utopia/Dystopia: Whose Paradise Is It?, celebrated in Jacksonville, Florida. On this occasion, the panel consisted of four […]
Antonio Barrenechea, Associate Professor of English, has won the award for “Best Essay in Inter-American Studies” from the International Association of Inter-American Studies for his essay “Hemispheric Studies Beyond Suspicion: Comparative Literature and the Summa Americana.” The essay is a critique of U.S.-led Hemispheric Studies as currently practiced in favor of a comparative global paradigm that is invested in the languages and literatures of the […]
