If you’ve seen me present to any of the faculty, staff, or administrative groups on campus you’ve probably seen the graphic below depicting broken links and spelling errors throughout the UMW website.This image is from an August 2013 demo of a tool called SiteImprove.I’m happy to announce that as of April 1, UMW has the […]
Three University of Mary Washington political science students presented research papers at the Virginia Social Science Association Annual Meeting at Richmond on Saturday, April 19.The students and their papers are:Mariah Young, “Social Construction of Target Populations: Testing the Media’s Framing during Disasters;”Amber Reeves, “I Think This Is From the Onion: A Study in Media Credibility […]
The University of Mary Washington women’s rugby team will soon cap off a highly successful 2013-2014 season by competing in the USA Rugby National Championship at Penn State University on April 26 and 27. The Eagles received an automatic bid to nationals after their Division II Women’s Capital Collegiate Rugby Conference win in November. Under […]
Giving blood at the Stafford campus is becoming second nature for the UMW community.Since 2011, Kevin Caffrey, senior associate registrar, has worked with the American Red Cross to plan and host six blood drives at the Stafford campus, collecting a total of 108 pints of blood.During the most recent drive on April 10, the Red […]
After what can only be described as a brutal, brutal winter, it’s nice to finally find ourselves walking into work on warm sunny mornings. With this lovely change of weather comes an opportunity to practice some sustainability at work. Namely—packing your lunch for work. How does packing your lunch help with sustainability? Well, I’m glad […]
