on campus: STORIES OF UNIVERSITY NEWS AND CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

SLAVERY EXHIBIT MAKES WIDESPREAD WAVES: Show at UMW gallery make international news. . . .

A NEW DAY: Summer 2004, Mary Washington joined the ranks of fine Virginia state universities. . . .

ALEXANDER AND OTHER GREATS: UMW will run a sequel to its popular Great Lives series. . . .

COMING HOME: Alumni and friends gather for opening of Jepson Alumni Executive Center . . . .

student at microscope NEW MICROSCOPE MAGNIFIES SPECIMENS AND UMW'S REPUTATION:
UMW received a $247,241 grant from the National Science Foundation for a variable-pressure scanning electron microscope. . . .

ALCARAZ DRAWS ON EXPOSURE: Nationally syndicated cartoonist visits UMW. . . .

BESTSELLER CREATES A BUZZ: Author of Queen Bees and Wannabes speaks at President's Book Club. . . .

A new parking deck is planned for 2006,
but until then, parking is tight on Fredericksburg campus. . . .

BARRY'S BUSINESS ADVICE: SEEK BALANCE, BE PATIENT: Executive-in-residence speaks to students. . . . .

EXPERTISE OF TEAM IS NONDEBATABLE: UMW debaters bring home the prize. . . .

AMONG THE NIFTY FIFTY: CosmoGIRL! recommends UMW to its readers. . . .

UMW FACULTY MEMBER HELPS UNCOVER A LEGEND:
Archaeologists discover remains of an early colonial settlement . . . .

TODDY PULLER: PROFILE IN COURAGE: Virginia State Senator speaks at 11th annual Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women. . . .

THE ART OF THE CONGRESSIONAL LOAN: UMW paintings hang on Capital Hill. . . .