Archives for January 2017

Religious Freedom Essay Contest Winners for 2017 Announced!

We are happy to announce the winners of the 2017 Religious Freedom Essay sponsored by the Fredericksburg Coalition of Reason and the UMW Department of Classics, Philosophy, & Religion.  They are, in first place, which carries a prize of $750, Rachel Finston (ENGL: Creative Writing); runner-up, which carries a prize of $500:  Kristin Frye (GEOG).  Drop by and read the prize essays! … [Read more...]

2017 Jefferson Lecture by Professor M. Andrew Holowchak

Please come hear Professor M. Andrew Holowchak, who has eight books/anthologies on Thomas Jefferson since 2012 and who has been called ‘the world’s foremost expert in Jefferson’s philosophical thought,’” deliver this year’s lecture, entitled “Jefferson and Jesus.” Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall, University of Mary Washington ♦ Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 7:30 PM ♦ For more information, call (540) 654-1342 … [Read more...]