Earned media coverage and press releases that were not more suitable for What’s Up @ UMW
Play Lab makes learning fun for kids with autism; The Free Lance-Star
Children at the University of Mary Washington‘s Play Lab don’t know they’re learning social skills.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04132011/619665
UMW Study Abroad Bequeathed $1 Million; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
A 1972 alumna of the University of Mary Washington has made a $1 million bequest to encourage and support UMW students seeking to study abroad. The donor, who asked to remain anonymous, wishes to enhance opportunities and resources for international education, while increasing the percentage of undergraduate students who study abroad or participate in international learning experiences.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/umw-study-abroad-bequeathed-1-million
Great Lives promo (please use logo): James Bond, Cornelius Vanderbilt; The Free Lance-Star
The University of Mary Washington‘s “Great Lives” lecture series continues this week with discussions of a popular fictional hero and one of America’s great business tycoons.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04102011/616769
Viewfinder: UMW Multi-Cultural Festival; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
Thousands of visitors descended upon the campus of the University of Mary Washington yesterday for the 21st annual Multicultural Festival. The fair featured performances representing 15 international cultures, along with crafts, food and educational entertainment for the kiddies. It was the first time the Cobblestone Children’s Museum organization unveiled their traveling magnet exhibit. Fredericksburg Patch was on hand and returned with a few photographs from the festivities.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/viewfinder-umw-multi-cultural-festival#photo-5592096
(Claudia Emerson)
UMW Poet Wins Guggenhiem Fellowship; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and English professor at the University of Mary Washington, has been selected to receive a prestigious fellowship awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/umw-poet-wins-guggenhiem-fellowship