Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the First-Year Experience April Wynn was quoted by Inside Higher Ed in an article titled “First-Year Program Teaches Students Executive Functioning Skills.” The article features the UMW program LaunchPad, which aims to help ease students’ transition into higher education, providing them with life-management skills and connect them […]
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences April Wynn was installed as the treasurer of the Virginia Academy of Science during the VAS meeting, held earlier this month at the University of Mary Washington.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the First-Year Experience April Wynn spoke with U.S. News and World Report for an article titled “7 Guidelines for College Student-Professor Interactions.” In the article, Wynn said, “We talk a lot with students about self-advocacy because that is something that we find folks develop over time at […]
Bridget Zagrobelny has heard that first impressions matter. But the University of Mary Washington freshman decided on a different strategy for making friends in college.“We’re prone to judging others too quickly,” she said, “so it’s important to tap the brakes in our brains when we meet new people.”She gained that insight after watching Living on Autopilot, […]
Eliza Vegas marched in her first protest this summer for Black Lives Matter. The University of Mary Washington is inspiring her to do more.“An overwhelming sense of home and community brought me here,” said Vegas, a Mary Washington first-year student who learned of the University’s long history of student activism when she listened to a […]
