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Poverty Simulation Sparks Discussion at UMW; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
More than 50 University of Mary Washington participated in Two Dollar Challenge Week, living in makeshift shelters on Ball Circle to raise awareness of global poverty and microfinance.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/poverty-simulation-sparks-discussion-at-umw
Education news for Monday, April 4; Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mary Washington teacher
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Claudia Emerson, an English professor at the University of Mary Washington, will be inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers during the Conference on Southern Literature.
Emerson, a former Virginia poet laureate, will be inducted with 11 other writers, including “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee, during the April 14-16 conference in Chattanooga, Tenn.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/apr/04/TDMET02-education-news-for-monday-april-4-ar-947888/
JAZZ FESTIVAL COMES TO FREDERICKSBURG THIS SUNDAY WITH SOME TOP PLAYERS; The Free Lance-Star
It’s not often that world-renowned trombone players make their way to Fredericksburg.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04072011/618007/index_html?page=1
THE 21ST ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL FAIR AT UMW HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE; The Free Lance-Star
For more than two decades, the University of Mary Washington‘s annual Multicultural Fair has attracted crowds of up to 6,000 folks for a daylong celebration of entertainment, delicious delicacies and unique ethnic craftsmanship from cultures throughout the world.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04072011/617592
University of Mary Washington senior Charles S. Reed Jr. is the sole Virginia student—and one of only 40 U.S. college students—chosen through a nationwide competition to retrace the historic route of the original 1961 Freedom Rides that challenged segregated bus travel in the South.
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2011/04/07/umw-senior-chosen-for-freedom-ride/