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
Internships
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
River Advocacy, Education, and Restoration with Friends of the Rappahannock
The lovely Rappahannock River that flows through Fredericksburg has been a place of recreation, inspiration, and education. Over the years, UMW faculty and students from various UMW departments--from Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, to Geography and Spanish--have partnered with Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR), a local non-profit group whose mission is "to be the voice and active force … [Read more...] about River Advocacy, Education, and Restoration with Friends of the Rappahannock
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
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 low-income families in Stafford County in order to help them become successful and live better lives. One of the programs … [Read more...] about Building Young Brains and a Career in Non-Profits at Stafford Junction