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Career Discussion Event with UMW History Alums… Feb. 17

Seeking first-hand information on careers after college? How does one embark on a professional path? Four former history majors will discuss their own experience and answer questions about the careers they’ve pursued since graduating from UMW, how their history majors proved useful, and what you can do to start preparing yourself for the job market […]

Career Services Spring Schedule

Looking to develop a good strategy for an upcoming job search? Interested in learning more about how to fine-tune a resume or get into grad school? Want to network with UMW alumni who can share their experience and, potentially, information on present-day prospects in a field? The Office of Career Services at UMW has announced […]

Summer Fellowship Opportunity – Gilder Lehrman Institute, NYC

Interested in conducting research at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York City? A summer research opportunity, with stipend, is available. As their website notes, “The Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program, inaugurated in 2003, is a competitive summer scholarship program in American history for outstanding college sophomores and juniors. The program, based […]

History 485 Information Meeting

A meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 13 (5:00 pm, Monroe 201) to share the department’s syllabus and framework for this spring semester’s History 485. We’ll introduce the assignments involved, including the research proposal, literature review, and research paper as well as the end-of-semester symposium. Valuable advice for how to succeed in the History […]

A New Site for History Majors

Welcome to the new site for History and American Studies! This web page offers a resource for news about upcoming events, internship opportunities, career nights, guest speakers, and more. Our department will share announcements on this page, which one can subscribe to using the “Subscribe to Feed” button above and a variety of blog readers […]