Category: What’s New @ UMW

Rick Ware Named Excellent Eagle Employee for November

Staff Advisory Council is pleased to recognize Rick Ware as the Excellent Eagle Employee for November. The award for this honor is a designated parking space for the month, but Rick doesn’t drive to work!In nominating Rick, his champion Laura Needham wrote:I believe Rick Ware is deserving of recognition as an Excellent Eagle. Rick has […]

New Distribution for the SAE Weekly Update

Hello Faculty and Staff,Many of you over the years have opted in to receive a weekly newsletter from the Office of Student Activities and Engagement. This digital newsletter comes once a week on Monday and is a quick way to see everything that’s happening on campus. It’s also open for you to make announcements about any speakers […]

Stop Hunger Food Drive Launch

On Friday, Nov. 6, Campus Dining and the UMW Athletic Department will launch Sodexo’s annual “Stop Hunger” food drive on our campus.  This is the 10th year that Campus Dining and our UMW athletes have worked together to coordinate a campus and community food drive to benefit local food charities.   Last year’s drive resulted in nearly 5,000 […]

Surprise Campaign Gift Benefits Chemistry Department

The UMW Foundation recently received a surprise bequest from the estate of Erminia Ubaldi Daspit ’49. The gift was designated to the chemistry department in recognition of the alumna’s undergraduate major.A note from Erminia’s brother, Carmel J. Ubaldi, read: “My sister died in April of last year. She always attributed her success in life to […]