Category: Events

HISP Ice Cream Social!

Thursday, September 1st, 5pm-6pm Come join us in the basement of Combs for the annual Ice Cream social!All new and returning HISP students are welcome.You can eat free ice cream and catch up with friends and faculty! 

Traditional Trades Fair at Stratford Hall

May 21, 2011, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, VirginiaStratford Hall is hosting a Traditional Trades Fair on Saturday, May 21st. There will be demonstrations of 18th-century skills in boat building, dress making, stone cutting and more. The Stratford Dining Room will be open and there will also be food vendors on site. […]

HISPers at the MAAC Conference

This year Adriana Lesiuk, Audrey Westmoreland and myself had the opportunity to attend and present at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference held in Ocean City, Maryland alongside Professor Sanford. The Department of Historic Preservation had many representatives there besides ourselves including Jordan Brothers, Beth Haver, and Luan Cao. Besides current students there were numerous Historic […]

Amphitheater Clean-Up Event

On Friday, November 19th, 2010, the Historic Preservation department hosted an Amphitheater clean-up event. Students across the academic spectrum gathered at the amphitheater behind Trinkle and Mason hall Friday afternoon and, for approximately three hours, helped faculty remove trash, leaves and debris from the seating and stage area.According to the UMW website, the amphitheater was […]

The National Trust Conference in Austin, TX

In late October the University of Mary Washington, in partnership with the Center for Historic Preservation, sent five undergraduate students to Austin, Texas to attend the 2010 National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference. The students travelled to and from the Texas state capitol, each returning with a different take on the preservation networks and tools […]