Category: What’s New @ UMW

UMW Honors Students Share Impressions Through City as Text Showcase

Fredericksburg neighborhoods can be welcoming and whimsical, contrasting history with a modern vibe, accessibility with obstacles, and well-tended spaces with wildscapes.Those are some of the perceptions UMW’s Honors Program students shared this week as a culminating activity in their City as Text (CaT) activities. Since late summer, they’ve explored sections of the city under the […]

Alumna’s Scholarship Supports Students Studying Abroad

Sally Brannan Hurt ’92 with a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands on a Mary Washington Alumni on the Road trip in 2011. The experience led her to establish the Sally Brannan Hurt ’92 Study Abroad Scholarship in Biology to support students going on faculty-led trips to the islands. Photo courtesy of Sally Brannan Hurt.Growing […]

Go-to Guide: Experts Peel Back the Layers of the College Application Process

UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left), and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa YakabouskiBetween them, University of Mary Washington’s Melissa Yakabouski and Sarah Lindberg hold a half-century of college admissions experience.Both recruited as admissions counselors upon earning their own bachelor’s degrees, they work together to break the often-perplexing college application […]

UMW SGA President Finds Passion in Student Engagement

University of Mary Washington SGA President Jaylyn Long. Photo by Chenin GuberA Google calendar app links to University of Mary Washington senior Jaylyn Long’s “booking page,” where free slots are hard to find.A biomedical sciences major with an African American studies minor, she’s Student Government Association (SGA) president and Class of 2024 vice president. She’s […]