The 2018 Willy-Nilly Chili Cook-Off was a huge success. Thirteen participants, including several repeat cooks, served up chili both spicy and mild. There was chicken chili and beef chili and chili with beans and without.Thank you to everyone who had a hand in putting this event together. To those who planned the event, helped set […]
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 […]
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