THE HONOR SYSTEM: A WAY OF LIFE

The Honor System is fundamentally a code of personal integrity. It means that students of the University of Mary Washington accept the challenge to make their word of honor a pledge of absolute truthfulness in all matters that fall within the Honor Code. It is a commitment to a way of life characterized by loyalty to the highest ideals of individual and collective ethical responsibility.

- Dr. Edward Alvey, Dean Emeritus [1902-1999]