Learning & Impact
Mary Washington Trio Brews Guinness World Record Opportunity
As children, Ray Parrish ’91 and his brother were obsessed with the Guinness Book of World Records, devouring the new, hardbound volume they unwrapped each Christmas morning. It was a lifelong dream, Parrish said, to see their own names among …
Service & Citizenship
Students Stand Together for MLK Day of Service
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” This quote by Martin Luther King Jr. often appears on social media around the anniversary of the civil rights leader’s birth. Charlotte Russell, a first-year student at …
Service & Citizenship
Alumna Leads U.S. Efforts Toward Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine
When one of the nation’s top spots in infectious diseases opened up last June, Candice Malone Long ’94 didn’t think twice. For the chance to help when the world was facing a raging pandemic and in need of vaccines and …
Learning & Impact
Alumni Trio Adapts to Teaching in Madrid, Pandemic Style
Mary Washington alumna Cara Wissinger ’19 is among several UMW graduates who moved to Madrid to teach after studying abroad in Spain while in college. When quarantine began in March 2020, Chloe Morton ’19 decided to improvise, creating virtual scavenger …
Diversity & Inclusion
World Lessons Inspire Sophomore to Pen Children’s Book
Home during quarantine, University of Mary Washington sophomore Helen Dhue found herself rifling through childhood belongings. Among old papers and artwork, she discovered a book she wrote as a kindergartner. As she turned the pages, inspiration struck. Influenced by classes …
