UMW Special Collections and University Archives is excited to announce our newest digital collection, the MWC AIDS Quilt.
Modeled after the national NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, the MWC AIDS Quilt was constructed by members of the Mary Washington community in the mid- to late-nineties to commemorate their many loved ones Read more…
Five University of Mary Washington employees earned awards during this week’s annual appreciation luncheon for their extraordinary contributions to students and the University community as a whole. More than 250 faculty and staff members joined in the applause and appreciation at the event, held Tuesday in the Cedric Rucker University Read more…
Recruited to play field hockey at the University of Mary Washington, Chrissy Bowdren ’11, then a freshman, left practice to get her picture taken for her EagleOne card. Sweating in her uniform, she saw a familiar face in line. She teased her new teammate, Nicole, for being freshly showered and Read more…
UMW Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives team was recently interviewed by WVTF Radio IQ, an NPR affiliate, about their new initiative, Call to Contribute. The librarians are compiling an archive of COVID-19-related content.
When the school year ends, many teachers and staff take a break, but at the University of Read more…
Reference Librarian Peter Catlin was set to get married in Virginia Beach in May. But the state’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order canceling public gatherings put a kink in his wedding plans. Instead, after many attempts, the couple got special permission from Fredericksburg’s clerk of circuit court, who married them on the Read more…Read more about Angie Kemp.
