Aaron Dobynes was 5 when word from a Memphis motel made it to his grandfather’s farm in Alabama. A family friend stopped by to relay the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, and as the young Dobynes looked on, the two men began to cry. “I don’t know exactly how I was processing it, […]
2020 in Hindsight: A Look at the Top 10 News Stories
No one really wants to rewind to the past year. But through 10 months taken hostage by a pandemic, riddled with political strife and torn by racial unrest, the University of Mary Washington persevered. And we’ve got the stories to prove it. From the launch of the James Farmer centennial celebration and the theatre department’s […]
Alumni Couples Wed Beneath Brompton Oak
It had been seven years since they’d met on this very spot, new Mary Washington first-years eating sherbet and mint chocolate chip on the president’s lawn. That day, during the annual ice cream social for freshmen, Caroline Deale ’17 made a wish. Last month, it came true. “Your youth may fade away, but your smile […]
Partnerships Lead Students to Engineering Master’s Degrees
Sophomore Justin Daniels is part of a group building a virtual campus tour where users can order – and “drink” – Katora coffee. Junior Zoe Rafter put her knowledge of voltage and wavelengths to work this semester using a circuit board. New partnerships with Virginia schools give University of Mary Washington students like Daniels and […]
Concert Raises Funds for Music Students, Area Legal Aid
If the University of Mary Washington brings the melody to tomorrow night’s Jazz4Justice concert, legal aid brings the rhythm. Sponsored by UMW’s jazz music program and Legal Aid Works of Fredericksburg, the free production is a 45-minute blend of nostalgic concert footage, soulful surprises, and messages and performances by Mary Washington students. This year’s seventh […]
