Category: What’s New @ UMW

Multicultural Fair’s Return Brings Fun and Funnel Cakes to Campus

The Multicultural Fair is back! After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the colorful, festive, crowd-pleasing event returned to the University of Mary Washington’s Fredericksburg campus Saturday. The nexus may have shifted from Ball Circle – sacred site of Commencement, and current incubator to baby grasses – to Jefferson Square, but the familiar sounds and […]

College of Education Countdown is Complete: Six Things About Seacobeck

Future educators began filling its classrooms and meeting spaces this semester, but a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday made it official: Seacobeck Hall is the new home of the University of Mary Washington’s College of Education and Office of Disability Resources. A years-long renovation transformed the building – which served as a dining hall for decades – […]

UMW’s ‘Bee’ Leaves Audiences Spellbound – Closes This Weekend!

U-n-e-x-p-e-c-t-e-d. Unexpected.Definition: unforeseen; surprising. Used in a sentence: University of Mary Washington Theatre’s season-closer, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, is filled with UNEXPECTED and fun twists.In a battle of spelling prowess, this musical spells out what it’s like to be kids uncomfortable in their own skin and conveys the challenges of growing up.Be p-r-e-p-a-r-e-d! Audience volunteers […]

UMW Philharmonic 50th Anniversary Concert, April 16

The UMW Philharmonic will present its season finale concert on Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m., with special guest pianist and Steinway Artist Thomas Pandolfi, performing George Gershwin’s timeless Rhapsody in Blue. The Philharmonic will also present the world premiere of Brian Balmages’s Through Waterless Places, commissioned by the Friends of the UMW Philharmonic to commemorate […]