Last year, nearly 80 faculty and staff members gave back over $10,000 on Mary Wash Giving Day. They supported programs all across the University, and helped make Giving Day the largest day in our fundraising history. This year, on March 20, we’re asking for your support again. We hope you’ll join us in giving back […]
A UMW Athletics story is the winner of the February NCAA Division III Special Olympics Spotlight Poll.The poll is a story-telling initiative that features three new stories per month, each highlighting a Division III and Special Olympics joint activity or event.The winning story — UMW Athletics Welcomes Special Olympics Virginia Athletes to Basketball Doubleheader — got 49 […]
Crews plan to finish pruning Double Drive holly trees on Friday.The major overhaul of the iconic trees began Monday. The university had not undertaken such extensive pruning in more than a decade, said Richard Blair, director of landscape and grounds, and the trees fared better than he’d hoped.The work can leave plants looking stick-like and […]
The James Monroe Museum was honored to welcome Dr. Lynne Cheney, historian and former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and her husband, the 46th Vice President of the United States, Mr. Richard B. Cheney, to the museum on Saturday, February 24.Dr. Cheney spent the day at various historic sites in Virginia conducting […]
We’re just a few days away from the 4th Annual Willy Nilly Chili Cook Off! Be sure to stop by Tuesday, March 6 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Chandler Ballroom of the University Center. If you’d like to enter, just go to http://sac.umwblogs.org/2018-chili-cook-off-entry-form to complete an Entry Form. Support your colleagues by arriving early […]
