MARY
WASHINGTON CELEBRATES ITS FIRST DAY AS A UNIVERSITY
Mary Washington College officially became the University of Mary Washington on July 1, 2004. To celebrate the new name, the institution held a flag-raising ceremony, complete with punch and cake for campus employees.
"This is a grand day, not only for our institution, but for the entire greater Fredericksburg region and the Commonwealth of Virginia," said President William M. Anderson, Jr. "I'd like to thank everybody for working so hard to make this day possible. We enter this era with great confidence, knowing that our past has brought us to this point, where we can become not just another university but a great university."
Mary Washington seals the deal on name change
By Kelly Hannon
The Free Lance-Star
The rollout of the University of Mary Washington's name continued September
17 with the approval of a new diploma and school seal.
Fans of the Mary Washington College name will be pleased that the university's
board of visitors unanimously approved a new design that includes that
moniker on undergraduate diplomas.
Starting this spring, the university name will replace Mary Washington
College at the top of all diplomas, just above each student's name.
Below, on the second line of the diploma's italicized script, it will
state that the student has completed the necessary requirements to earn
a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, Mary Washington College.
Graduates of the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies in Stafford
will not have "Mary Washington College" on their diplomas, which will
simply list the graduate center.
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