Graduate School Fair–Thursday, April 4

On Thursday, April 4, 2013, the Office of Academic & Career Services and the Office of Graduate Admissions will be holding a Graduate School Fair for UMW students and the surrounding community at the Anderson Center. The latest registration numbers indicate that over 50 different colleges, universities, and professional schools will be represented.

The fair is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., although we expect college representatives to begin arriving around 10 a.m. for set-up and registration. While the event will be contained to the Anderson Center, you can expect to see increased foot traffic on campus. Our visitors have been instructed to park in the parking garage, but with the amount of people we expect to attend from the community, they will most likely need to seek other parking options throughout campus and on neighboring side streets.

Hopefully this information will allow you to plan accordingly for Thursday. Please feel free to help us in welcoming our visitors to the University of Mary Washington, and we hope you will stop by the Anderson Center to visit our Graduate School Fair.

Sincerely,

The Office of Academic & Career Services

The Office of Graduate Admission

Career Night–April 2

On Tuesday, April 2, four History and American Studies graduates will return to campus to talk about graduate school, their careers, and what current students need to do now to start preparing themselves for the job market.

Where: Lee Hall 411

When: Tuesday, April 2, 6pm

Sotheby’s Institute of Art – Open House Event (21 Feb 2013)

Racini Andres, Admissions Counselor at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York, will be joining with, Jessica Patterson, Assistant Director of Enrollment and Alumni, in Washington, DC on February 21st to host an Open House event and private reception at The Phillips Collection.

The event will begin with an information session and alumni panel in the Carriage House, where students will obtain firsthand accounts of alumni experiences in the job market and learn what a graduate degree at Sotheby’s Institute of Art will enable them to pursue. Following the alumni panel, students are invited to join Sotheby’s Institute alumni and admissions staff on a private tour of the exhibition Angels, Demons, and Savages, followed by a reception in the Carriage House.

Event details:

The Carriage House at The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009
21 February 2013
6:30pm

RSVP to Racini Andres,
Admissions Counselor

r.andres@sothebysinstitute.com

Click here to learn more about Sotheby’s alumni.

Alum’s book reviewed

History alum (’94)  David Preston’s book was recently featured in a review essay in the William and Mary Quarterly, a leading journal of the colonial and early national period, on the cutting-edge works that have appeared on Iroquois history in the past few years.  See the essay at http://oieahc.wm.edu/wmq/Apr12/reviews/WMQ_Apr12_06_review_Countryman.pdf

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Internships: Morgan Mangold (’12) at the Weems-Botts Museum

The following is a reflection by Morgan Mangold on her internship in the Spring of 2012.

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Ella Baker Internship Program 2012

Ella Baker, perhaps the civil rights movement’s most effective organizer, learned on her family’s Halifax County farm that local people have the knowledge and the capacity to shape their own lives. This summer, the Ella Baker Interns will work in the 20-county eastern North Carolina “Black Belt” to greatly increase voter education and civic engagement in the region. As they do so, they will stitch together a human “quilt” committed to what Miss Baker and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the beloved community,” a vision of redeeming goodwill for all. [Read more…]

Internship Information Workshop

The Department of History and American Studies will host a workshop on internships on Tuesday, April 3, at 6pm, in Lee Hall 411. The workshop will feature a panel of current majors who have held internships and will discuss their experiences, advice on getting internships, and how to use them to gain employment. They will also answer any questions you have. If you’re interested in getting an internship this summer or in the future, you do not want to miss this information session! In addition to useful advice, refreshments will be served.