Dear Colleagues, I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. My family and I arrived in Fredericksburg a couple of weeks ago and have been busy getting settled into Brompton (much work still to do) and our new lives in Virginia. We are all very excited to be members of the University of […]
To the UMW Community:As you have probably seen in the news, our neighbors in West Virginia have been affected in horrific ways by devastating floods<http://www.wearewvproud.com/category/315538/pray-for-west-virginia-flood-disaster-2016> over the past week. For at least one of our UMW colleagues, the impact has been personal. Angela Lilly, director of Training, Evaluation and System Support (TESS), is from the affected […]
Cancer may be up against some of the brightest minds in the University of Mary Washington’s physics department. That, and a collection of nanoparticles smaller than the human eye can see.Physics Chair Hai Nguyen and rising senior physics and mathematics double major Pengcheng Zhang are crafting a project that could lead to groundbreaking cancer research.This cutting-edge […]
UMW alumna Jenny Fey ’07 was named to the USA USA Ultimate Women’s Team and competed this June to help the team sweep the World Ultimate Championships. Read the full story at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/25/usa-ultimate-shows-how-great-america-already-is-by-sweeping-frisbee-world-titles/.
STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWSEXCELLENT EAGLE EMPLOYEE Congratulations to Kate Wheeler, SAC’s Excellent Eagle Employee for the month of July. Kate was nominated by Mary Beth Conrad. Here’s what Mary Beth had to say about Kate.Kate is the Director of Advancement Services and in that role she is the key person responsible for all donations received […]
