A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Three academic deans — Keith Mellinger (College of Arts and Sciences), Pete Kelly (College of Education), and Filiz Tabak (College of Business) — appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to discuss new majors, academic programs, and strategic initiatives taking shape across campus. The conversation also highlights standout faculty, growing community and industry partnerships, and […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was recently featured on the Chamber Talks podcast, produced by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. In the episode titled “Beyond the Classroom: Honoring Our Region’s Teachers,” Kelly is joined by Fredericksburg City Public Schools Superintendent Marci Catlett to discuss the current landscape of education. Together, they shared insights […]
The University of Mary Washington received a $14,200 planning grant from the Virginia Department of Education to work with local school divisions to develop a teacher apprenticeship program. The VDOE on Monday announced that it awarded a total of $143,000 to nine universities across the state to develop the programs, which would allow school divisions […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly contributed to a Fredericksburg Today article titled “An ‘enormous hat rack’: Here’s everything educators want you to know about the local teacher shortage. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, there were 1,000 vacant teaching positions across the state, an already untenable situation according to the University of Mary […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was recently named an Impact Academy fellow through national non-profit organization Deans for Impact. Dr. Kelly joins a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation rooted in equity. Educator-preparation programs today face complex challenges as they prepare teachers and K-12 leaders who are well-equipped to identify […]
College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was featured by City of Fredericksburg Director of Economic Development and Tourism Bill Freehling in the YouTube video series Freehling Finds. In the segment, Kelly discusses the renovation of Seacobeck Hall and the building’s purpose as a space for educating and inspiring future teachers. View the video.
Barbara Bishop Mann ’66 remembers making peanut butter and jelly crackers on linen-clad tables. Gayle Petro ’79 pumped pink frozen yogurt from a newfangled machine. Susan Doig ’91, M.Ed. ’06, and friends got creative, making potato skins by topping tubers with salad bar staples and cranking them through a grill-type toaster.“A lot of bonding happened […]
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently announced that the University of Mary Washington was awarded accreditation for its College of Education (COE), one of the first institutions to undergo a virtual site visit through this accrediting body.In 2010, the same year UMW’s education program became the College of Education, the Virginia […]
A position Princess Moss won last week with the National Education Association (NEA) will give her a larger voice for teachers and students throughout the country. A 1983 Mary Washington graduate, Moss will trade her current post as secretary-treasurer of the nation’s largest professional organization, representing three million educators, to become vice president.She was a Mary Washington […]
