Fill a box for this year’s annual Head Start Gift Box Drive, and help make sure every 3 to 5-year-old child in local Head Start programs has what they need to get through the winter with a smile on his or her face.Here’s what you can do:Pick up a box at the Nest, Underground, or […]
Mary Washington’s Young Women Leaders Program will be hosting a silent auction on Saturday, September 21 as part of Family Weekend. The event will take place on Ball Circle from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the rain location will be the 3rd floor of Lee Hall. Gift certificates to local restaurants, spa services, and […]
The night before graduation, Laura Allan got a life-changing phone call. Allan, a 2012 UMW graduate, had been accepted to the competitive DC Teaching Fellows program. Less than one month later, she arrived in Washington, D.C., to start an intensive eight-week training session. DC Teaching Fellows, a partnership between District of Columbia Public Schools and […]
Hundreds of children gathered on the Brompton lawn on Sunday, April 1 for COAR’s annual Spring Forward Festival. More than 100 families came to the event for crafts, games, food and a lively egg hunt. Sixty-one UMW volunteers from Psi Chi, the psychology honor society, Kappa Delta Pi, an education honor society, Chi Beta Phi, the science honor society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Circle K helped with the afternoon’s activities.
The University of Mary Washington has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the third consecutive year. UMW is one of 642 U.S. colleges and universities recognized for engaging students, faculty and staff in substantial, relevant and meaningful service to communities.
The honor, presented to UMW’s Community Outreach and Resources (COAR), was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education.
For information about COAR’s impact to the local community, read the full press release from Monday, March 19.
