Category: What’s New @ UMW

Great Lives Continues with The Beach Boys, Dr. Seuss

The 17th season of the William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series continues this evening, Feb. 6, with a look at the quintessential American band, The Beach Boys, as well as the artistic genius and downward spiral of its leader, Brian Wilson. Biographer Peter Ames Carlin will talk about his book, Catch a Wave: The […]

Coffee with President Paino, Feb. 13

Dear UMW Faculty and Staff,President Paino invites you to join him for coffee and conversation as we continue the series of coffee talks this semester.  Please plan to attend one of the following: Thursday, February 13 3:30-4:30 p.m., Trinkle Hall, Room 140 Tuesday, March 17 9:30-10:30 a.m., Lee Hall, Room 412 Wednesday, April 1 4-5 […]

One Note Stand Single Makes A Cappella Album

Out of hundreds of national submissions, Mary Washington’s One Note Stand stood out.The co-ed a cappella group started its year on a high note, with its most recent single, See Her Out, among 20 songs chosen for 2020’s Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) album. One Note Stand also made its fourth consecutive appearance at the International Championship […]

UMW Theatre Presents ‘Ordinary Days,’ Feb. 13-23

UMW Theatre presents ‘Ordinary Days,’ running in Klein Theatre from Feb. 13-23. Pay-What-You-Can Preview on Feb. 12.Four young New Yorkers navigate the chaos of being alive in the city that never sleeps, in a world that is eternally shifting. While seemingly unconnected, their paths become entwined in the most unexpected of ways and at the […]

Teacher of the Year: ‘It’s About Touching Their Hearts’

Children need to feel safe, understood and loved in order to find success in the classroom. That’s the message 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson delivered last night in UMW’s Dodd Auditorium.“It’s about relationships,” said Robinson, who teaches history at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center’s Virgie Binford Education Center. “It’s about touching their […]