Building on the enthusiastic response to last year’s COVID-19 in Context course, the University of Mary Washington is offering another free, open-to-all series in June. Life After COVID, delivered to homes, backyards and porches via Zoom and YouTube, will run Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 1 to July 1.“We view opportunities such as the Life After COVID course as part of […]
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 […]
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