Category: What’s New @ UMW

This weekend, August 7-9, is Virginia tax-free back to school weekend.  Please take advantage of this and pick up a few extra items to be placed in our collection boxes for the back-to-school drive.Nominations are still being accepted for the Larry Atkins “We Couldn’t Do It Without You” award. Follow this link to get to […]

Spread the news! Students now can rent textbooks through the UMW Bookstore, both in-store and online, saving both money and time. Visit www.umw.edu/bookstore to learn more.

All campus departments are invited to participate in the fall 2015 Club Carnival Fair! The event will be on Wednesday, Aug. 26 from 5-7 p.m. on Ball Circle. Set up for department tables will begin at 3:30 p.m., but all tables must be set by 5 p.m. for the start of the event. If you wish […]

Melina Downs Makes a Move From public relations to public schoolAre you smarter than a fifth grader? Probably not, if the fifth graders are the ones in Melina Downs’ classroom at Locust Grove Elementary School!Melina, who has worked for her alma mater eight years, will be writing lesson plans instead of press releases and posting on […]