Category: What’s New @ UMW

Henry Mills Named as 2021 Goldwater Scholar

William “Henry” Mills was recently selected as a 2021 Barry Goldwater Scholar. Henry transferred to UMW in Fall 2018. The Goldwater Scholarship Foundation awarded 410 scholarships from a pool of 1256 students nominated by 438 institutions. Henry’s application highlights his research with Dr. Varun Makhija and their collaborators at Stanford Linear Accelerator National Laboratory and […]

Mary Talks: “Preservation of an American Theme Park”

Join us ONLINE for the final Mary Talk of the 2020-21 academic year!Amusement parks have held a special allure for Americans as places to gather, relax, and have fun. During the baby boom, more family-oriented theme parks were developed. But besides Disneyland, few of these fairy-tale playlands survived into the 21st Century.Dr. Christine Henry, assistant […]

Denim Day 2021

Greetings Faculty and Staff,The Center for Prevention and Education (CPE) will close out Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) on Wednesday, April 28th, with Denim Day. The UMW Community is encouraged to wear denim to promote a discussion about myths and stereotypes surrounding sexual assault. Although we cannot gather on the steps of GW for our […]

Come See Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski on April 22nd!

Please join CPB, Class Council, and PRISM for the 2021 Big Spring Event featuring Antoni Porowski from Netflix’s Queer Eye! Antoni will be hosting a cooking demonstration from his cookbook followed by a Q&A. Register here to spend the evening cooking with Antoni!The ingredients list will be published soon so you can cook along! Follow […]