When courses moved abruptly from in person to online delivery due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Professor Angie Pitts and her students in Latn 358: Ovid, were disappointed. They had been looking forward to a visit from Dr. Bartolo Natoli of Randolph Macon College, author of Silenced … [Read More...] about Students and Faculty Come Together to Bring a Classic into the Digital Age
Beyond the Classroom
A College of Arts & Sciences blog
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Ten Years of WGST and Undergraduate Research
This 2019-2020 academic year we have been celebrating ten years of the Women's and Gender Studies program (see "Dynamic Decade: Women's and Gender Studies Turns 10") at Mary Washington. Every year this program hosts its own Undergraduate Research Forum in March as part of UMW … [Read More...] about Celebrating Women’s History Month, Ten Years of WGST and Undergraduate Research
Building Young Brains and a Career in Non-Profits at Stafford Junction
Hina Zafar is a 2019 UMW graduate with a major in Psychology and a minor in Business Spanish. In her last semester of school, she worked with Stafford Junction for a semester-long internship. Stafford Junction is a non-profit organization that provides educational resources to … [Read More...] about Building Young Brains and a Career in Non-Profits at Stafford Junction
Theatre Students Hit the Big Apple for Spring Break
UMW Theatre students are spending their spring break in New York City focusing on individual research projects exploring the contemporary theatre and theatre practitioners. They are experience professional theatre productions, interviewing industry professionals, and learning … [Read More...] about Theatre Students Hit the Big Apple for Spring Break
English Major Finds Her Path Through Downtown Greens
During the 2018-2019 academic year, English major Elisabeth DellaRova interned at Downtown Greens as a Marketing and Communications intern. Downtown Greens is a small nonprofit in Fredericksburg that provides open community greenspace, gardening workshops, and youth programming. … [Read More...] about English Major Finds Her Path Through Downtown Greens