While COVID made research difficult last academic year, students and faculty started the 2021-2022 academic year with a renewed commitment to undergraduate research. Sixteen students were awarded Undergraduate Student Research Grants for supplies or travel expenses related to their research. These included students in biology, environmental science, art, English, political science, mathematics … [Read more...] about UMW Eagles Soar Beyond the Classroom in Undergraduate Research Projects and Presentations
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Work with the City of Fredericksburg Gives Historic Preservation Students Real-World Experience
The Preservation Planning Lab (HISP 469) was contacted by the City of Fredericksburg Planning Office to redesign the brochure for the Historic District. The old brochure was at least twenty years old, didn’t reflect current rules, and had no graphics or colors. The City asked the class to create two new brochures - one for residential owners and one for business owners - and to incorporate newly … [Read more...] about Work with the City of Fredericksburg Gives Historic Preservation Students Real-World Experience
Connecting Humanities, Community, and Job Skills: Faculty Mentor Establishes Internship for Humanities Majors
Dr. Joseph Romero, Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion, has been a faculty member at Mary Washington since the fall of 2000. Recently Dr. Romero helped establish a Humanities in Action Internship, partnering with the Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity. In 2017-18, I had the good fortune to spend a year on fellowship shadowing higher … [Read more...] about Connecting Humanities, Community, and Job Skills: Faculty Mentor Establishes Internship for Humanities Majors
Applying her classroom learning to benefit the community
Claudia Woods has an internship with the Rappahannock Council on Sexual Assault (RCASA) in Fredericksburg this spring semester, 2021. Claudia's two majors in English and Women and Gender Studies and her minor in Social Justice, along with her prior experience in sexual and interpersonal violence prevention have helped hone her skills and passions to prepare her. For her internship, Woods is part … [Read more...] about Applying her classroom learning to benefit the community
Students Continue with Their Research, Despite a Pandemic
Despite the challenges that Fall 2020 posed for UMW students and faculty, including strict protocols about in-person contact in classrooms and labs as well as restrictions on travel, UMW was able to continue its commitment to student learning and to fostering undergraduate research and creativity. Many students and faculty across the university pursued individual and team research projects and … [Read more...] about Students Continue with Their Research, Despite a Pandemic