Category: What’s New @ UMW

White House Photo Archivist to Speak

White House Photo Archivist Janet Philips ’77 will give the lecture “Documenting the White House from the Wings” on Monday, March 28 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Chandler Hall, Room 102. Her talk will include a slideshow presentation about personal experiences over the past 23 years at the White House.  The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, call (540) 654-1341 or maminraz@umw.edu.

A religion major at Mary Washington, Philips worked as photo librarian at the Washington Post from 1978 to 1987 and later at U.S. News and World Report. She earned a Master of Science in library science from Catholic University in 1988. That year, she joined the White House staff as photo archivist and has worked there since.

Following her lecture, Philips will participate in a Career Afternoon event in the Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion in Trinkle Hall.  Other participants will be P.G. Katsourakis, ’07, analyst with GeoData Corp., and Patrick Shepherd, ’04, who works in the public sector in ethics, compliance and continuing education.

The Philips lecture and the Career Afternoon are sponsored by the Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion.

“Spelling Bee” to Open March 31

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will open at Klein Theatre on Thursday, March 31 and will run through Sunday, April 17. Shows will be performed at 8 p.m. on March 31 through April 2, April 7 through April 9 and April 14 through April 16 and at 2 p.m. on April 3, 10 and 17. An AfterWords post-performance discussion will be held on April 3. Tickets cost $20 for general admission, $16 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call (540) 654-1111.

Read more at http://www.umw.edu/cas/theatre/current_season/spelling_bee1.php.

Bookstore Announces Winner of T-Shirt Design Contest

Congratulations to Lauren G., a senior from Poquoson, VA. Her entry was the winning design in the University Bookstore T-shirt Design Contest. She won a $50 University Bookstore gift card and a free t-shirt featuring her design! Visit the UMW Bookstore to purchase your very own,  limited edition,  student designed UMW T-shirt.

Visited the James Monroe Museum shop lately?

We’re excited to introduce merchandise bearing the James Monroe Museum’s new logo (created for us last year by UMW’s wonderful design staff).

These handsome, sturdy canvas tote bags are the perfect size for carrying lunches, books, groceries, school supplies or anything else you might need to carry. At only $14.95, buy several to keep in your car, and one to give to mom for Mother’s Day …

Coming to the shop later this spring: JMM mugs!

 

The museum shop is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Visit us at 908 Charles Street. UMW faculty and staff receive free admission to the museum.