Category: What’s New @ UMW

Social Event for LGBTQ+ Identified Faculty and Staff

Safe Zone is excited to announce that we will hold our first ever social gathering for LGBTQ+ identified faculty and staff. Come out to Spencer Devon (106 George St) on Thursday, December 12th at 4pm to make new friends and spend time with wonderful people you already know! This will be an informal gathering so […]

Get Involved in COAR’s Head Start Gift Box Drive

It’s time for COAR’s annual Head Start Gift Box Drive! Each year we ask students, faculty and staff to fill boxes full of necessities and toys for children 3 to 5 years old in the Head Start programs in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania schools.Boxes can be checked out now through Nov. 22 in the University Center Lobby from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

Call for Programs: Women’s History Month, March 2020

The Women’s History Month Planning Committee invites members of the University of Mary Washington community to submit program proposals for the annual Women’s History Month Celebration!This year’s theme is “Valiant Women of the Vote: Victories and Untold Stories.”Visit students.umw.edu/multicultural/programs/womens-history-month/ or contact JoAnna Raucci (jraucci@umw.edu) for more information.

24 Hours Climate Reality – Truth in Action

Please join us tonight, 11/21, at 7 p.m. for an event titled “24 Hours Climate Reality – Truth in Action” where a Climate Reality speaker, Julie Kay, trained by Al Gore himself, will give a short presentation, followed by a panel with an elementary, high school and UMW students for an interactive Q&A with the […]

Study Abroad Carves Career Path for Alumna

Emily Rothstein ’18 chose the University of Mary Washington for its study abroad opportunities. When she wasn’t trotting across Campus Walk – sometimes on horseback as a UMW equestrian – she was trekking across countries and continents. The voyages this globetrotter made as a student have led her to an international nonprofit job and now […]