The Common Read Committee would like to extend a big thank you to this year’s Common Read discussion facilitators! The Common Read couldn’t have happened without your time, effort, and willingness to engage over 900 incoming Eagles! Sixty-four freshman seminar sections discussed Tara Westover’s Educated: A Memoir, facilitated by approximately 140 upper-class students, faculty, staff, […]
The University of Mary Washington will host four debates in the coming weeks between candidates running this November for Fredericksburg-area seats in the Senate of Virginia and the Commonwealth’s House of Delegates.The first, the 28th District Senate Debate, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 5, inside University Hall at UMW’s Stafford Campus, 121 University Boulevard.Two […]
The University of Mary Washington kicked off the Fall 2019 semester by racking up a ranking based on one of its core principles – service.As students hurried across campus on the first official day of classes, Washington Monthly today released its 2019 College Rankings, placing UMW among the nation’s elite by including it in not one but […]
The University of Mary Washington Foundation announced today that the Eagle Village space that formerly housed Blackstone Coffee will become home to a different type of brew. Adventure Brewing Company, based in Stafford, will open a second location in the section of Eagle Village that fronts Jefferson Davis Highway.Adventure Brewing’s owners, Tim Bornholtz, Stan Johnson […]
The University of Mary Washington announced the hire of Kelly Swiney as the new baseball coach. He is only the third man to lead the program in its three-decade history. He previously spent two seasons at Westminster College, and spent nine years at his alma mater, Allegheny College, before that. Read more.
