Not too long ago, Sara Weinstein ’14 and Dylan Lockwood ’15 were toggling between classes together on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Combs. Both English majors, they were chasing their dreams and finding their futures as young undergrads. A study group they formed on their own brought a new kind of Mary Washington magic, one that […]
Cast Gets Just Desserts in UMW’s ‘God of Carnage’
Mary Washington theatre students are cooking up something special for their new production, God of Carnage. The comedic commentary on the modern-day strains of remaining civil amid controversy runs Feb. 14 to 24 in UMW’s Klein Theatre. A special pay-what-you-can preview presentation takes place tonight at 7:30. Two pairs of well-to-do parents sort through a playground […]
UMW Students Bring Class Act to Community Theater
It was a wiggly, jiggly sea of limbs in a downtown Fredericksburg studio. Awash in the white-hot glow of theater lights, boys and girls waved their arms and legs in the air before dissolving into laughter. “How does that feel?” asked University of Mary Washington theatre major Victoria Fortune, who spent a recent Saturday afternoon […]
Mary Washington Welcomes New Victim Advocate
Jaime Opanashuk shivered as she stood on Campus Walk asking students to spin a Wheel of Fortune-like disc filled with interpersonal-experience scenarios. If they were the characters described in the story on which they landed, Opanashuk asked, what would they do next? “My name’s Jaime,” she told those who played the game Monday, reminding them […]
Physics Professor Makes Quantum Leap to Prestigious Fellowship
UMW Professor of Physics Hai Nguyen knew the odds were against him. Thousands of scientists – the best of the best from across the country – vie each year for fewer than 150 first-time fellowships with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He estimated his chances of being chosen at .0001 percent; […]
