Earned media coverage and press releases that were not more suitable for What’s Up @ UMW
Steve Griffin, professor emeritus of art at the University of Mary Washington, has been awarded a prestigious Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) professional fellowship.
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2011/03/24/umw-emeritus-professor-awarded-fellowship/
http://www.topix.com/city/colonial-beach-va/2011/03/umw-emeritus-professor-awarded-fellowship
Workman’s cottage rescue is labor of love; The Free Lance-Star
Fannie Roots would probably be surprised at what’s going on at her home.
After Roots’ death, because of her home’s condition, demolition was considered until Jensen persuaded University of Mary Washington administrators to let the building stay as an example of the region’s post-Civil War African-American heritage.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03222011/612839/index_html?page=1
Jason Kilby has been named as the new Head Men’s Soccer Coach at the University of Mary Washington, according to Director of Athletics Dr. Ed Hegmann. Kilby has led North Carolina Wesleyan College as one of the top programs in the region for the past nine years. He is a native of nearby Culpeper, Va., and returns to the Fredericksburg area as the coach of the Eagles, replacing Roy Gordon, who will retire after 34 seasons as the only head coach in program history.
Republican political operative Karl Rove will be the featured speaker at the next Fredericksburg Forum, a lecture series organized by the University of Mary Washington.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03202011/614344
Technology allows citizens to be part of redistricting process; USA Today
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Political science professor Chad Murphy often sees senior Mike Kappert wandering around the University of Mary Washington campus with his laptop open and a map of Virginia state Senate districts up in his Web browser.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-03-21-redistricting21_ST_N.htm?csp=34news