Category: Newsletter On Campus

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts New Members

The University of Mary Washington chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Virginia, recently inducted 46 students into the chapter.  Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776 and has since upheld the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought […]

Fourteen Students Inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon

Fourteen students have been inducted into the University of Mary Washington chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honorary society:Jonathan R. Blauvelt Samuel G. Carolus-Hager Michelle F. Craft Christopher A. Dingus William A. Etcho Mattson C. Fields Kimberly D. Hildebrand Christopher A. Hunt George A. Marché Jerome M. Mueller Emily P. Nykorchuk Christina I. […]

Student to Spend 10 Months in Germany

University of Mary Washington senior Michael Crawford will travel to Leipzig, Germany later this year thanks to a competitive scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Services, known as DAAD. Crawford will work alongside scientists to study how cow grazing affects plant biodiversity of grasslands.Crawford will work from October 2014 until July 2015 at the Helmholtz […]

Web Updates and Changes

The UMW Digital Communications team has been hard at work over the past year to bring the UMW website up to speed and to foster an effective and engaging web presence. Although a large number of the changes have been behind the scenes, several updates are immediately noticeable to users.Most recently, the office unveiled a […]