{"id":106495,"date":"2025-06-12T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=106495"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:03:20","slug":"umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/12\/umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Honors 2025 Alumni Award Recipients at Reunion Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics, Jenifer \u201cJB\u201d Blair \u201982 returned to her alma mater to volunteer at Reunion Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Since she graduated, Blair has donated her time every year at the University of Mary Washington celebration, so it\u2019s only fitting that she received the Frances Liebenow Armstrong \u201936 Service Award during <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2025\/06\/05\/mary-washington-alumni-come-home-for-2025-reunion-weekend\/\">Reunion Weekend 2025<\/a>. Blair also spent more than 20 years working in UMW\u2019s Office of Admissions, eventually serving as dean of undergraduate admissions, and over a decade on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumni.umw.edu\/s\/1588\/rd17\/interior.aspx?sid=1588&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=836\">Alumni Association Board of Directors<\/a>\u00a0(AABOD), including two years as its president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the transformative nature of the education here, and I believe in it so much,\u201d Blair said. It was an honor to receive the award, she said, especially since she knew its namesake, a dedicated former AABOD member who worked in the Office of the President when Blair first began her career at Mary Washington. \u201cHaving had such a great experience as an undergraduate made volunteering and supporting UMW so easy for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blair was one of several alumni honored at a May 31 ceremony in Seacobeck Hall\u2019s Weatherly Wing. Alumni, faculty, staff, administrators, families and friends joined UMW President Troy Paino in recognizing the honorees, including Rob Eastman-Mullins \u201900, who received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and Shirley Martey Hargis \u201914, who received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award but was unable to attend the ceremony. The recipients were selected by the AABOD and announced by Alumni Awards Vice President Lisa Maloney Keyser \u201905.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/12\\\/umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/12\/umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend\/5003-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"616\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"106496\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717127303&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=616&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/5003-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"616\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"616\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The University of Mary Washington&#039;s Alumni Association Board of Directors held its annual Alumni Awards ceremony during Reunion Weekend 2025, honoring Rob Eastman-Mullins &#039;00 and Jenifer &#039;JB&#039; Blair &#039;82, as well as Shirley Martey Hargis &#039;14 (not pictured). Here, they pose for a photo with Alumni Awards Vice President Lisa Maloney Keyser &#039;05 and UMW President Troy Paino. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 616px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The University of Mary Washington&#8217;s Alumni Association Board of Directors held its annual Alumni Awards ceremony during Reunion Weekend 2025, honoring Rob Eastman-Mullins &#8217;00 and Jenifer &#8216;JB&#8217; Blair &#8217;82, as well as Shirley Martey Hargis &#8217;14 (not pictured). Here, they pose for a photo with Alumni Awards Vice President Lisa Maloney Keyser &#8217;05 and UMW President Troy Paino. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 480px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"480\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/12\/umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend\/shirleymhargis\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"476\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"106515\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"896,773\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis-300x259.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis.jpeg?w=476&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis.jpeg 896w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis-300x259.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/ShirleyMHargis-768x663.jpeg 768w\" width=\"476\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"476\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Shirley Martey Hargis \u201914 received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award during Reunion Weekend 2025. Photo courtesy of Shirley Martey Hargis.\" style=\"width: 476px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Shirley Martey Hargis \u201914 received the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award during Reunion Weekend 2025. Photo courtesy of Shirley Martey Hargis. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Paino also provided a university update, covering changing student demographics, the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education and UMW\u2019s unwavering commitment to the liberal arts. He touched upon facilities projects like the new theatre and renovation of duPont, Melchers and Pollard Halls and thanked those who contributed to fundraising efforts, especially the record-breaking $1.3 million in donations on <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/umw-community-donates-a-record-breaking-1-33-million-on-mary-wash-day\/\">Mary Wash Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He touted ongoing student recruitment successes, citing UMW\u2019s 85% retention rate \u2013 higher than the national average \u2013 and highlighted how the University will continue to lean into strengths, focusing on small class sizes, personalized attention from faculty and its robust network of alumni who give back to the University through their philanthropy and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still believe that every individual student matters, and your investment in their lives can have a dramatic impact, not only on them and their families, but on the communities where they\u2019ll work and serve,\u201d Paino said. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes Mary Washington so special. That has not changed, whether you graduated 50 years ago or just a few weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2025\/06\/12\/umw-honors-2025-alumni-award-recipients-at-reunion-weekend\/\">Giving.umw.edu<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks after earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics, Jenifer \u201cJB\u201d Blair \u201982 returned to her alma mater to volunteer at Reunion Weekend. 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