What began with a gift from an anonymous donor has now been actualized with the naming of the first recipient of the Donald E. Glover Faculty Award. The award criteria specify the recipient be a full Professor of English who has demonstrated dedication and excellence in teaching, energizes and inspires their students, and encourages creative thinking. […]
The Office of Gift Planning recently released its fall 2020 newsletter, Planning Matters, which includes features on a scholarship recipient from Puerto Rico who has found his niche in theatre and peer mentoring; a new scholarship funded by the son of alumna Dorothy Carmel Balser ’37; and the “COVID-19 in Context” course offered last summer.PLANNING […]
The Office of Gift Planning recently released its spring 2020 newsletter, Planning Matters, which includes features on Sue Tillery ’81, whose planned gift will create the third Tillery family scholarship, as well as Lillian Lester ’20, a first-generation college student who was the recipient of the Franklin E. Tillery scholarship for three years. 16http://giving.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/April-20-final-UMW-Planning-Matters-3.pdf
A Mary Washington alumna recently sent a very special thank you message to one of her former professors. It wasn’t a Hallmark card, nor did it have photos of flowers or cute little puppies. The expression of appreciation to her beloved professor was in the form of resolutions establishing two endowments in the name of […]
