On Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium, UMW Community Outreach and Resources is hosting its annual Spring Variety Show to benefit Habitat for Humanity and UMW Alternative Breaks. There will be lots of student talent including One Note Stand, Eagle Bhangra, Save the Arcadian, and more! We will also be auctioning and raffling […]
Andy Duncan, an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer, will be reading from his work on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 5 p.m., in Combs 139. A signing will follow the reading. The reading is free and open to the public.Duncan’s work frequently deals with Southern U.S. themes. He was born in Batesburg, S.C. and graduated […]
Learn about James Monroe’s involvement in the American Revolution in this video created by Scott Harris, director of the James Monroe Museum:
More than 50 years ago, a 19-year-old college student named Joan Trumpauer Mulholland bought a flight to Mississippi and joined the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. It was 1961, the year that dozens of sit-ins occurred in diners and drugstores and the same year that the Freedom Rides challenged segregated interstate bus travel […]
The University of Mary Washington’s Speaking Center recently received certification from the National Association of Communication Centers, making UMW one of only eight certified communication centers in the country. The certification is based on a review of the training program of the center’s tutors and consultants. At UMW, Speaking Center consultants are undergraduates who receive […]
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