After publication of this article, Kate McDaid learned she was the recipient of a 2022 Newman Civic Fellowship. Joining a cohort of nearly 200 college students across the country, McDaid will have the chance to engage in a yearlong program featuring virtual learning and networking opportunities designed to provide personal, professional and civic growth. The […]
Department of Classics
Mary Washington Classics Program Shines as No. 1 Among Student Rankings
University of Mary Washington sophomore Brooke Prevedel considered dozens of schools in her quest to study ancient Greece and Rome in college. What she learned about the classics program at UMW catapulted it to the top of her list and convinced her to move 2,000 miles across the country from Colorado. “Now that I’m attending […]
Alumnus Earns Competitive Fellowship to Teach Constitution
Persistence paid off for UMW graduate Sam Ulmschneider. The global studies and history teacher was recently named Virginia’s 2020 recipient of the James Madison Fellowship – on his fourth attempt to earn the award. The $24,000 prize is given to just one recipient per state each year to promote outstanding teaching of the U.S. Constitution […]
Success Story: Philosophy Graduate Writes New Chapter
Jonathan Hollingsworth ’18 wanted to save the world. It took him halfway across it. In 2012, at the age of 20, he packed up a few belongings and headed to Cameroon in West Central Africa. He’d been fueled by a desire to do good as far back as he could remember – he was 5 […]
