Category: What’s New @ UMW

COAR’s Annual Head Start Gift Box Drive

The holidays are coming which means it’s time for COAR’s Annual Head Start Gift Box Drive! Each year we ask students, faculty, and staff to fill boxes for children in local Head Start Programs. If you are interested in filling a box this holiday season, COAR will be in the faculty and staff dining room […]

Alumna Presents Financial Literacy Series, Nov. 13

Join College of Business Alumna Debrah Farnell for the second installment of her Financial Literacy series. This seminar will focus on how to plan for having money in retirement.There is a difference between saving for retirement and having a plan so we can match our saving to the amount of income for not only the things we […]

Thanksgiving Lunch for Faculty & Staff, Nov. 21

Campus Dining invites you to join us for our annual Thanksgiving Lunch for faculty and staff, which will be served on Thursday, Nov.  21 in the Historic Dining Room at Seacobeck (faculty and staff dining room).The menu will include carved roast turkey, turkey gravy, herbed bread stuffing, glazed baked ham, mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie […]

UMW to Commemorate Veterans Day, Nov. 11

On Monday, Nov. 11, UMW’s Association of Student Veterans (ASV) and the Army ROTC will observe Veterans Day.  The Army ROTC, under the command of cadet Jeremy Hillberry, will raise the flag at George Washington Hall at 8 a.m. and at Mary Washington Hospital at 5 p.m. The ASV will hold a remembrance event on […]

COAR Gift Box Drive Benefits HeadStart

Every year, COAR holds a gift box drive to benefit children in the HeadStart Program. Students, faculty, staff and community members can fill a shoebox with the following items: a toothbrush or toothpaste hat, scarf, mittens/gloves books, coloring books small toys and crayons/markers The boxes should not include any food, religious items, or any items […]