Category: What’s New @ UMW

Don’t forget to save the dates for the upcoming spring fairs and events through the Office of Academic and Career Services. Please encourage your students to participate in these valuable events:

Spring Career Day

Thursday, March 21 — 3 to 6 p.m., Anderson Center

Career Day attracts local and regional employers who will be searching to fill full-time and internship positions. Organizations attending include representatives from corporations, federal and state government, and non-profit organizations. All students and alumni are welcome and are encouraged to arrive with resumes and dressed in business professional attire. To see a list of registered employees, please visit the Career Services website. Pre-registration for students is not required.

Tweets, Text, and Other Table Taboos: Why Manners Matter (Etiquette Dinner)

Thursday, March 28 — 6 p.m., Jepson Alumni Executive Center’s Rappahannock Grand Ballroom

Would you like to know how to conduct yourself professionally at a dinner?  Do you have questions such as:  Is small talk important? How do I interview over dinner? What should I order? Which fork do I use?

Spend an entertaining and informative dinner with President and Mrs. Hurley learning or honing your dinner and professional social skills.  You will enjoy a six-course meal and have a chance to ask experts your etiquette questions and take away skills that will serve you well for a lifetime.

Registration is required and space is limited for this event. Business attire is required. The cost will be one swipe of your meal card. Students without a meal plan please contact the Office of Academic and Career Services 540-654-1022. To register, please visit our website and complete the online registration form. The deadline to register is March 22, 2013.

Graduate School Fair

Thursday, April 4 — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Anderson Center

Interested in graduate programs in law, business, or health professions? Stop by the Anderson Center where more than 40 graduate and professional schools will be represented. For more information, please visit our website.

The UMW Entrepreneurs Club, EagleWorks, and the University of Mary Washington Small Business Development Center present…

Eagle StartUp Challenge

“Growing the World Through New Business Creation”

Draft Your Business Concept

Craft Your Pitch

Network with Other Entrepreneurs

Earn a Business Assistance Package

The goal of this competition is to encourage startups among the members of the University of Mary Washington student community.

Business Concept Deadline: April 4, 2013

Finalist Announcement:  April 11, 2013

Oral Presentations and Awards Ceremony – April 24, 2013

 For more information, please contact ced@umw.edu

Doug Dolton ’78, founder, chairman, and CEO of San Francisco Motorsports will be on campus March 20 and 21. During his two days at the University of Mary Washington, he will speak to regional business leaders and meet with students in the College of Business. Classes on the Stafford and Fredericksburg campuses are open to all UMW faculty and students. See the complete EIR schedule, and contact Kimberley Kinsley (kkinsley@umw.edu) for more information about topics or EIR class schedules.

A new video gives President Hurley, along with some of the University of Mary Washington’s master teachers and talented students, a chance to tell the world about their school. The University’s first-ever promotional film is designed to advance UMW’s mission by enticing prospective students, touching alumni, and inspiring potential donors. It is getting rave reviews on President Hurley’s road trips. See it for yourself:

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University Relations staff crafted the six-minute script, then worked with four-time Emmy-winning producer Jim Brown to coordinate production and direct narration. Brown and his New York crew spent three autumn days in Fredericksburg, recording interviews; collecting footage from science labs, art classes, club activities, and athletic practices; and capturing the qualities that put the University of Mary Washington in a class of its own.

If you are interested in showing the video at upcoming events, please contact the University Relations staff at (540) 654-1055.

Legendary Irish flutist Sir James Galway will perform a special concert with the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, March 16. The concert, part of Galway’s international Legacy Tour, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium.

Sir James Galway will perform with the UMW Philharmonic Orchestra on March 16.

Galway’s appearance marks the 10th anniversary of the Philharmonic’s popular William M. Anderson Celebrity Series, which began with Broadway maestro Marvin Hamlisch and has included such luminaries as Judy Collins, Kenny Rogers and the Canadian Brass.

“The orchestra is honored to have shared the stage with some of the greatest musicians in the world over the past decade,” said Kevin Bartram, director of the Philharmonic. “This year, we are excited to bring Sir James to Fredericksburg, and we had ‘the luck of the Irish’ in his schedule to land him on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.”

Galway, known as “The Man with the Golden Flute,” will perform the Mozart Flute Concerto in D Major, and then will be joined with his wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, in the duet “The Magic Flutes.” The concert also will include Sergei Prokofiev’s “Lt. Kije’ Suite,” Ron Nelson’s “Rocky Point Holiday” and Leroy Anderson’s “Irish Suite.”

In his more than 35-year career, Galway has performed for such dignitaries as Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, President George W. Bush, President H.W. Bush, Princess Diana, and most recently President Shimon Peres. He was knighted in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II and has received the Recording Academy’s President’s Merit Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and received the Classic Brits Lifetime Achievement Award. His albums have sold more than 30 million copies.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://philharmonic.umw.edu, call (540) 654-1324 or visit the Fredericksburg Visitor’s Center.