UMW Bike Study a Boon for Fredericksburg
December 9, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Most children learn how to ride a bike around the same time they lose their first tooth. For Olivia Mason-Lucas, the memory is more recent. She first got on two wheels at age 15, when her father taught her to ride so she could visit a friend. “I still remember feeling nervous because the parking […]
Filed Under: Fredericksburg Main Street, Shawn Humphrey, Social Good Lab, Top Stories
Alumnus Shelters in Honduras to Save UMW-Born Nonprofit
April 20, 2020 by Jill Laiacona
Phoning it in isn’t an option for Shin Fujiyama ’07. At UMW, he threw himself into every assignment, task and responsibility – from serving hungry students in Seacobeck to organizing a thousand-person walkathon. Now, living in Honduras in the midst of a global pandemic, Fujiyama is focused on rescuing the nonprofit he started at Mary […]
Filed Under: Campus Christian Community, Cosmo Fujiyama, Jeffrey McClurken, Office of Alumni Relations, Shawn Humphrey, Top Stories Tagged With: Shin Fujiyama, Students Helping Honduras
UMW, Local Community Join Forces for Social Good Summit
March 27, 2019 by Jill Laiacona
The food bank needed help getting fresh produce to needy families. A literacy group sought tutors to help adults with reading, writing and basic math. A local high school wanted guest speakers to teach mindfulness and stress management techniques to teenagers. All of them congregated with more than 100 others in the Digital Auditorium of […]
UMW Hosts FRED – A Social Good Summit on March 22
March 11, 2019 by Jill Laiacona
University of Mary Washington’s Center for Community Engagement and IMAGINE Social Good join forces to host FRED – A Social Good Summit on Friday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Digital Auditorium of the Hurley Convergence Center on UMW’s Fredericksburg campus. The event is free and open to the public, but […]
Filed Under: College of Arts and Sciences, Leslie Martin, Shawn Humphrey, Top Stories Tagged With: Events
