The University of Mary Washington presented the Grellet C. Simpson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching to Professor of English Maya Mathur at the general faculty meeting on August 16. This award, for which all full-time continuing faculty members are eligible. Simpson, UMW’s fourth president, is celebrated for his emphasis on academics and belief in the liberal […]
Lu Sheikhnureldin, class of 2022, recently received the Prince Woodard Outstanding Leader Award recognizing her work leading DiversAbility, Women of Color, Students Educating and Empowering Diversity, and PRISM, as well as serving as an inaugural Farmer Fellow with the James Farmer Multicultural Center. She plans to continue her education by pursuing a master’s degree through UMW’s College of Education. […]
Dr. Laura Bylenok, Assistant Professor of English and current coordinator of UMW’s Creative Writing program, has just been announced by the University of Nebraska Press as the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2021. The book based on her manuscript Living Room will be published in the fall of 2022. For more […]
Krista Beucler ’20 recently won the 2020 Julia Peterkin Award for flash fiction from South 85 Journal, run by Converse College’s MFA program. Her story will appear in their fall/winter 2020 issue. Details are available on their blog and Facebook page. Krista completed her degree this spring with a major in English: Creative Writing and minors […]
Adrienne Brovero, UMW’s Director of Debate, was recently recognized by the Barkley Forum for Debate Deliberation and Dialogue as this year’s recipient of the Melissa Maxcy Wade Award Honoring Debate as a Public Good at the Atlanta Season Opener Debate Tournament. The award is presented at the Season Opener each year to a person in […]
