News releases.
They could have been soaking up rays on sunny beaches. Instead, nearly four dozen University of Mary Washington students on spring break headed south to help build homes and schools in places like the Carolinas and Honduras.
U.S. Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) will deliver the address at the University of Mary Washington’s 2011 graduate commencement ceremony to be held Friday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall, Dodd Auditorium. The university’s undergraduate commencement will be held Saturday, May 7, with U.S. Rep. John Lewis as guest speaker.
The University of Mary Washington will host a panel of Freedom Riders for a Great Lives Lecture Series discussion on Thursday, March 31 as part of three days of events honoring the 1961 Freedom Rides that challenged segregated interstate bus travel in the Deep South.
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.
University of Mary Washington student Benjamin Richard Saunders of Blacksburg, Va., was recognized with the Julia Burke Award for Character and Excellence in American Debate Association Policy Debate at the association’s national championship tournament in March.