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
Humanities
CAS Internship Grant Helps Student Gain Museum Experience
Senior Cathryn Kinde (History and American Studies) spent Summer 2020 as a Film Archive intern for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Although due to the COVID-19 pandemic she was not able to be physically present in the museum, she was able to gain valuable experience remotely by cataloging, researching, and authenticating new films for the museum's public database. Although her … [Read more...] about CAS Internship Grant Helps Student Gain Museum Experience
“Good Trouble UMW” Podcast Highlights UMW Tradition of Student Activism
Associate Professor of English Colin Rafferty, who teaches courses in creative non-fiction writing, has a new project that highlights the proud history of Mary Washington's student civic and civil engagement, a podcast titled "Good Trouble UMW," inspired by famous call-to-action phrase by the late John Lewis. As part of this year’s Common Experience for incoming first-year students, the podcast … [Read more...] about “Good Trouble UMW” Podcast Highlights UMW Tradition of Student Activism
Religion and Dialogue at UMW
Dr. Mehdi Aminrazavi, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, is the new director of an exciting new program for UMW students, faculty and the broader community: Khatib Program in Religion & Dialogue, funded by a generous gift from Dr. Reza Khatib and his wife, Georgianna Khatib. In spring semester 2020, the KPRD sponsored the following courses and events: 1. “Religion 231: The … [Read more...] about Religion and Dialogue at UMW
Students and Faculty Come Together to Bring a Classic into the Digital Age
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 Voices: The Poetics of Speech in Ovid (U. WI Press), who was scheduled to give a public lecture April 2nd on the theme … [Read more...] about Students and Faculty Come Together to Bring a Classic into the Digital Age