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UMW, Germanna, Mary Washington Healthcare Partner to Improve Nursing Education

A unique partnership in nursing education among the University of Mary Washington, Germanna Community College and Mary Washington Healthcare will bolster healthcare services in the region. As an integral step, UMW’s President Richard V. Hurley and Germanna’s President David A. Sam signed three transfer and co-enrollment agreements for nursing education. The articulation agreements were signed […]

Founder, President and CEO Rebecca Rubin Addresses UMW Graduates, May 10

Founder, president and CEO of environmental consulting firm Marstel-Day Rebecca Rubin challenged graduates to be good stewards of the environment during the University of Mary Washington’s 2014 commencement address. “We have a fierce dependence on nature and an equally intense reliance on certain economic forces that crush it and imperil us,” she said. “And whether […]

UMW Launches $50 Million Fundraising Campaign

The University of Mary Washington has publicly launched its $50 million Mary Washington First fundraising campaign. The announcement was made at a news conference on Friday, April 25, in the Jepson Alumni Executive Center. The goal of the comprehensive campaign is to raise funds to advance President Richard V. Hurley’s vision: for University of Mary […]

Climate, Environment and Readiness Plan Strengthens the Region

Regional cooperation is essential to protecting the natural environment, quality of life and economic health of the city of Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George and Caroline. A draft plan released today by a group led by the University of Mary Washington outlines specific tasks necessary to achieve those goals. The Climate, […]

UMW Names Associate Provost for Enrollment Management

Kimberley Buster-Williams has been named to the position of associate provost for enrollment management at the University of Mary Washington. Buster-Williams has spent nearly 20 years in higher education admissions, most recently as acting associate vice president for enrollment management at Northern Illinois University. Buster-Williams, who will begin work at UMW on May 25, will […]