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Family Weekend 2023, Oct. 6 to 8

The annual fall weekend event at the University of Mary Washington is back, and brings family members and friends to campus to experience a slice of student life. A variety of events are happening, and a complimentary trolley extends your visit to downtown Fredericksburg.Please visit our full schedule of events for information on everything happening […]

C-SPAN Airs ‘Great Lives’ Lecture on Joanne Freeman’s ‘Field of Blood’

Missing UMW’s celebrated Great Lives lecture series? Coronavirus cut this season short, but you can catch pre-recorded episodes on C-SPAN. Acclaimed author Joanne Freeman kicks off the three-part series by discussing her book, Field of Blood, which recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. View the C-SPAN coverage […]

C-Span’s American History TV to Air Great Lives Lecture

C-Span’s American History TV will air the Great Lives lecture from Tuesday, March 10, “Female Internet Inventors,” by Claire Evans, author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. Titled “Women and Computers,” the program will air at the following times: Saturday, March 28 at 10:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, March […]

Great Lives Continues with Frederick Douglass on Feb. 27

The 17th season of the William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series continues on Thursday, Feb. 27, with abolitionist, orator and author Frederick Douglass, with David W. Blight, author of The New York Times bestseller Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. This series is open to the public free of charge and no admission tickets are […]