Category: Professional Notes

Kahn Featured by ESPN, The New York Times, The Free Lance-Star & More

Men’s Basketball Head Coach Marcus Kahn received the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year award, which is presented annually to the top head coach in NCAA Division III college basketball. He was featured in several media outlets for this accolade, including The Free Lance-Star in an article titled “UMW Men’s Basketball Marcus Kahn […]

Rose Named Executive Director of Washington Heritage Museums

Adjunct Instructor of Historic Preservation Michelle Arcari Rose was appointed Executive Director of Washington Heritage Museums (WHM). Rose was featured by FXBG Economic Development in an article titled “Washington Heritage Museums Welcomes New Executive Director.” Rose teaches historic preservation law at the University of Mary Washington and has played a key role in preserving Historic Pleasant […]

Barrenechea Receives Research Award from Penn State University Libraries

Professor of English Antonio Barrenechea received a Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Award from Penn State University Libraries for the project “Luis Alberto Sánchez and the Literary Historiography of the Americas.”  The project forms part of a book-in-progress “One Hemisphere, Many Nations: A Historiography of Literature of the Americas,” a first disciplinary history of its kind.

Bonds Selected for Virginia Open Government Award

Professor of Sociology Eric Bonds was selected by the Virginia Coalition for Open Government’s 2026 Laurence E. Richardson Citizen Award in recognition of his work to promote greater transparency in data center development and his efforts to include undergraduate students in research using the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.