Category: What’s New @ UMW

Volunteers Needed for Bike Race Week Employee Zone

Calling all volunteers! As you have heard, state employees will have their own Fan Zone on the Madison building plaza in downtown Richmond during the UCI Road World Championships, from Monday, September 21- Friday, September 25.There are plenty of volunteer opportunities at the Employee Zone from Monday- Friday, from helping with entertainment, to setting up […]

Faculty/Staff Mixer, Sept. 23

For All Faculty and Staff, please stop by The Home Team Grill in Eagle Village between 4:30 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23rd and take advantage of happy hour prices.  This is just another chance for all of us to gather and  network with each other and get to know new and old friends.  Radar has […]

Excellent Eagle Nominations Needed

We need nominations for the Excellent Eagle Employees.  The awardee will get a month-long guaranteed parking spot and their name up in lights on Orca TV and the EagleEye Newsletter.  Please send an email to  EEnominations@umw.edu with your nomination providing the nominee’s name, organization, and preferred parking lot.  Please help recognize those in your organization […]

UMW Hosts Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition

For the first time, the artwork of ceramics faculty from nearly every college and university in Virginia will be brought together for one exhibition at the University of Mary Washington. This show represents the broad diversity of contemporary ceramics, with excellent makers working in many facets of the medium, from object sculpture and figurative work […]

UMW Galleries Present “Contemporary Craft”

The UMW Galleries are pleased to present “Contemporary Craft.” This exhibition aims to share with the viewer artworks that utilize traditional materials in new ways, yet maintain the hand and craftsmanship of the artist. The works presented represent classic mediums of craft: clay, glass, metal, paper, textile, and wood. On Show from October 29 – […]