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		<title>Reunion Weekend Brings Alumni to UMW</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 700 University of Mary Washington alumni and guests will gather on the Fredericksburg campus next weekend to celebrate Reunion Weekend . The event, from Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3, will feature class gatherings, Alumni College sessions and activities. For many, Reunion Weekend may be the first time back on-campus in decades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sights and Sounds of UMW&#8217;s 101st Commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marty Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<title>UMW Center for Economic Education Receives State Farm Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Mary Washington Center for Economic Education has received a grant from the Council for Economic Education and State Farm to fund learning opportunities for area teachers and students. The $2,900 grant, the first external grant for the newly formed center, will provide training workshops for more than a dozen local educators. Because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historian, Author Neil Howe Addresses UMW Graduates, May 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 15:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man who coined the term “Millennial Generation” spoke today across a generational divide. Historian and best-selling author Neil Howe, University of Mary Washington’s 2012 commencement speaker, talked about the vast differences between the robed graduates and their parents. “All of you Boomer and Generation X parents are essentially unlike your children – and were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Awards Top Honors at Commencement Ceremonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 14:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Mary Washington presented its top honors during commencement ceremonies Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. Dorothy M. Sandridge of Charlottesville, Va., received the Colgate W. Darden Jr. Award, which is presented to the student with the highest grade-point average (GPA) in the four-year undergraduate program. She finished with a 3.984 GPA. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO Shawn Boyer Addresses Master&#8217;s Candidates, May 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 00:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shawn Boyer, founder and chief executive officer of SnagAJob.com, spoke at the University of Mary Washington’s graduate commencement ceremony on Friday, May 11, emphasizing the importance of living a purposeful and intentional life. “Most of us don’t think about our life plans as much as our business plans,” he said, noting the need to establish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Graduates Class of 2012 in 101st Commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Mary Washington graduated a total of 1,193 students during its 101st commencement in a graduate ceremony on Friday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the William M. Anderson Center and in an undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 12 at 9 a.m. in Ball Circle on the university’s Fredericksburg campus. The university awarded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Students Receive Awards of Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Mary Washington students were honored for outstanding achievements at recent awards programs. Kyle Franklyn Allwine received the UMW Alumni Award for demonstrating an outstanding combination of academic excellence, leadership and service to the university and the Willie Lee Rose Award for Academic Excellence in History and American Studies. Annie Lee Truslow received the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Awards Emeritus Status at May 12 Commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four longtime professors and a veteran administrator were awarded emeritus status at the University of Mary Washington’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. Ernest Ackermann was named Professor Emeritus of Computer Science; Edward Hegmann was named Director of Athletics and Professor of Athletics, Health, and Physical Education Emeritus; David MacEwen was named Professor Emeritus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Names Ken Tyler Director of Athletics</title>
		<link>http://www.umw.edu/news/2012/05/09/umw-names-ken-tyler-director-of-athletics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brynn Boyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Tyler has been named director of athletics at the University of Mary Washington. Tyler comes to UMW after serving as director of athletics at West Virginia Wesleyan College, an NCAA Division II school in Buckhannon, W.Va. Tyler succeeds Edward Hegmann, who is retiring from the university next month after 36 years. Tyler begins work [...]]]></description>
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