College of Education Dean Pete Kelly was recently featured on the Chamber Talks podcast, produced by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. In the episode titled "Beyond the Classroom: Honoring Our Region's Teachers," Kelly is joined by Fredericksburg City Public Schools Superintendent Marci Catlett to discuss the current landscape of Read more…
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The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has awarded a $1.3 million grant to the University of Mary Washington to establish a Call Me MISTER Program (CMM) – the first of its kind in the Fredericksburg region. The four-year grant will provide scholarships, mentorships, professional training, community engagement Read more…
Eighty high-schoolers from Prince William County fanned out across the University of Mary Washington’s Seacobeck Hall earlier this month on a field trip for future educators. The Teachers for Tomorrow participants controlled mini-robots in the makerspace, put their heads together in collaborative classrooms and tapped into the minds of current Read more…
When she arrived in Tunisia to teach English to a roomful of teenagers, former Peace Corps director Jody Olsen, then in her 20s, worried she’d made a mistake. “My first thought was to head for the door,” she said of the 1966 experience that ended up charting her course. Instead, Read more…Read more about Peter Kelly.