UMW President Troy Paino wrote an op-ed, which ran in The Free Lance-Star as “Commentary: First check is no measure of a successful college education.” Paino wrote: Earlier this month, the University of Mary Washington welcomed back over 1,300 alumni during reunion weekend. It was a huge event—our largest reunion to date, and three times the […]
Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper entitled “All My Children – Assessing the Ego Documents of Bayezid II’s (d. 1512) Family” on Wednesday, June 15. Following a brief statement in Turkish, Prof. Al-Tikriti continued in English, surveying the available “Ego-Documents” covering the family of the Ottoman Empire’s 8th ruler, Bayezid II. […]
Department of Music Senior Lecturer Doug Gately performed in the musical Nunsense starring Sally Struthers, June 3 to 12, at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Stafford, Virginia. Alto sax, clarinet and flute were the required instruments.As an artist/clinician, Gately also adjudicated and rated band performances for Music in the Parks/Busch Gardens on June […]
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson penned an article in The National Interest entitled “European Strategic Autonomy Is Dead. The war has increased the stakes and made apparent the risk involved in forming an alternative to NATO.” Davidson wrote: “On the eve of NATO’s Madrid Summit, one fact of European security has become increasingly […]
Jack Bales, UMW reference and humanities librarian emeritus, hosted the Horatio Alger Society Convention in Fredericksburg for the second consecutive year, and Scott H. Harris, executive director of UMW Museums, spoke at the event. The conference included the presentation of an award to a local high school student. The event was featured in “Horatio Alger […]
