This Matters!Great brands create a culture, one in which people recognize themselves and gain a sense of belonging to something bigger. UMW BRAND CAMP University Relations will host brand orientation and training sessions throughout the month of June to introduce the campus community to the new UMW brand – “Matter.” These sessions are open to faculty, staff, […]
William “Henry” Mills was in his late 20s when he arrived at UMW. After community college and a lackluster job, he’d begun to get serious about making the most of his life. This wasn’t the time, Mills thought, for playing it safe.“I’d always been interested in physics,” he said. “I just never thought I was […]
Megan Weeks got her first glimpse of government through a high school advanced placement course she took during the 2016 election season.Watching how campaigns played out “translated the concepts we learned in the classroom into a concrete reality,” said Weeks, who spent her free time that year knocking on doors and calling voters on behalf […]
When AJ Gluchowski conducted his college search, he found a website listing East Coast schools that had bagpipe bands.The University of Mary Washington stood out. Once he was accepted, the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, native made plans to join UMW’s Eagle Pipe Band, eager to perform with other avid pipers at Mary Washington and in the Fredericksburg […]
Liliana Ramirez and Madelyn “Maddie” Lichter know that residence hall life can be a bit like living in a zoo. So these University of Mary Washington students felt prepared for all the wildlife sounds and smells they’ve experienced over the last several months.Both pursuing UMW’s new conservation biology major, Ramirez and Lichter are pioneer participants […]
