President Troy Paino addressed faculty and staff Tuesday afternoon — the first official day of the spring semester – describing 2019 as his “most ambitious year” as UMW’s president.Paino reminded the gathering of UMW’s distinct role in the commonwealth and the importance of its response to challenges in a world where student debt exceeds 1.5 […]
Nearly 100 people registered for the University of Mary Washington’s “Day of Learning” for furloughed federal workers, held today at the Stafford Campus.The daylong event featured a series of workshops taught by Mary Washington faculty and administrators. Topics included everything from professional development and leadership philosophies to art and poetry, with refreshments and a “brown […]
“Institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence.” These are the orders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bestowed on Bernard LaFayette Jr. in 1968. Still devoted more than 50 years later to carrying out the edict for nonviolent social change, LaFayette will deliver the University of Mary Washington’s MLK Jr. Celebration keynote address Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m., […]
BookstoreUMW Book ClubThe UMW Book Club will discuss The Mothers by Brit Bennett on Wednesday, January 23, at 12 p.m. in the University Bookstore in Lee Hall. UMW faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information contact Margaret Mock, mmock@umw.edu.Book SigningOn Wednesday, January 23, the University Bookstore will offer books at the […]
Please join us on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. for the latest installment of Mary Talks.Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich, Assistant Professor of German, will present “Rituals of Remembrance: How (and Why) We Remember the Holocaust the Way We Do.”Her lecture will explore how Holocaust museums use aesthetic, spatial, and ritual techniques to create remembrance within specific […]
