Category: UMW in the News

Dickens at 200: Still relevant after all these years; http://www.bellinghamherald.com; http://www.bradenton.com; http://www.mcclatchydc.com; http://www.timescolonist.com; http://www.thewiiproject.com; http://news.techwacky.net; http://www.nola.com; http://www.thespec.com; http://www.shreveporttimes.com; http://www.onlinesentinel.com; http://www.kjonline.com; http://newsbriefus.info; http://www.silobreaker.com; http://annistonstar.newspaperdirect.com; http://www.pressdisplay.com; http://www.tulsaworld.com

As we mark the bicentennial of Charles Dickens’ birth (Feb. 7), the most fitting tribute we can offer to the man, who first wrote and became famous under the pen name “Boz,” is to examine the ways in which his work still speaks to our lives.

UMW makes list of best values in college; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

The University of Mary Washington has been named to the Princeton Review’s 150 “Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition.”

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2012/02/07/umw-makes-list-of-best-values-in-college/

Several Local Colleges Make Best Value List ; http://www.nbcwashington.com

If you are looking for a college or university that provides great value for your education, you don’t have to look far.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Several-Local-Colleges-Make-Best-Value-List-138851269.html

(Eric G. Lorentzen)

Dickens at 200: Still relevant after all these years; The Free Lance-Star

AS WE approach the bicentennial of Charles Dickens’ birth on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the most fitting tribute we can offer to the man, who first wrote and became famous under the pen name “Boz,” is to examine the ways in which his work still speaks to our lives.

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/022012/02052012/679779/index_html?page=1

(Stephen Farnsworth)

Republicans in Virginia push conservative agenda, with bills on guns, gays’; http://www.washingtonpost.com

And there is a special drawback in an election year in which many Republican candidates for president and the U.S. Senate will need to court independent voters in the swing state, said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/republicans-in-virginia-push-conservative-agenda-with-bills-on-guns-gays/2012/02/03/gIQAsP3BoQ_story.html?hpid=z4