Category: What’s New @ UMW

UMW Senior Named Top Honors Scholar in Two States

In its 10 years’ existence, the University of Mary Washington’s Honors Program has frequently been recognized for excellence. But one accolade was elusive: having a student earn the Virginias Collegiate Honors Council Scholar of the Year award.That milestone is now achieved. Hannah Harris ’23 is this year’s winner of the top award for collegiate honors […]

Mary Wash Goldwater Scholar Showcases Perfect Symmetry

In our everyday language, symmetry refers to things that are rightly balanced. For Abigail “Abby” Swanson, a University of Mary Washington junior, majoring in physics and mathematics, the combination of the two subjects she studies couldn’t be “more balanced.”Except, Swanson, who hails from Farmville, Virginia, studies the breaking of symmetry in fundamental theories with Assistant Professor of […]

Top Dahlgren Technology Official, Alumna to Deliver UMW Commencement Address

A University of Mary Washington alumna and top technology official at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) will deliver UMW’s Commencement speech next month.Jennifer E. Clift, senior scientific technical manager and chief technology officer for NSWCDD, Virginia’s largest federal research and development employer, will address the University’s graduating class at the 112th Commencement […]

New Lab School Director Rebecca Towery Leading the Way for UMW and Stafford County Public Schools

The University of Mary Washington and Stafford County Public Schools’ proposed lab school has named a director to lead the next steps of the planning process and begin the implementation proposal to launch. Local educator and administrator Rebecca Towery has been appointed to the leadership role, continuing as an employee of Stafford County Public Schools, […]

Geography Knowledge Vaults UMW Students to National Recognition

In the World Geography Bowl competition held recently in Denver, Colorado, UMW geography students Kaleb Dunlap and Ricky Muñoz displayed a solid strategy: Don’t buzz in on a question till you’re sure what’s being asked.Long, roundabout questions threw some contestants for a loop, but Dunlap and Muñoz dodged those pitfalls en route to an excellent […]