{"id":110062,"date":"2026-04-23T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=110062"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:59:16","slug":"from-bingo-to-ballads-umw-builds-community-one-event-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/23\/from-bingo-to-ballads-umw-builds-community-one-event-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"From Bingo to Ballads:\u202fUMW\u202fBuilds Community One\u202fEvent\u202fat a Time\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media umw-hero--with-no-content\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">News<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">From Bingo to Ballads:&#8239;UMW&#8239;Builds Community One&#8239;Event&#8239;at a Time&nbsp;<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-group umw-news-author-credit is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-23T11:54:03-04:00\">April 23, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Sarah Moon<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"109927\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/image-4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"5\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"ILCE-7M3\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1744749606\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"25\",\"iso\":\"6400\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.008\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bingo Night is extremely popular at the University of Mary Washington, and it&amp;#8217;s just one of the weekly activities that provide  students with a sense of community.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Students sit around a table playing Bingo\" class=\"wp-image-109927\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/Image-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bingo Night is extremely popular at the University of Mary Washington, and it&rsquo;s just one of the weekly activities that provide students with a sense of community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>It&rsquo;s&#8239;8 p.m., and the floor of the University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s Chandler Ballroom is shaking.&#8239;Students&#8239;shout puns at the top of their lungs,&#8239;sliding clear red shutters over numbers on bright blue boards. They wait&#8239;anxiously for&#8239;their winning letter-number combinations to be called, listening to the sharp&#8239;rattle of balls spinning inside metal lottery drums.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>A heated round of rock-paper-scissors breaks out to decide&#8239;between two winners. One student jumps up and down before walking away with a weighted blanket in hand&#8239;&ndash;&#8239;a&#8239;prize fit for a champion&#8239;&ndash;&#8239;taking&#8239;a quick victory lap around the table before resetting their board for the next round.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>This is just another Tuesday at Bingo Night, one of several low-commitment weekly events hosted by UMW&rsquo;s&nbsp;Campus&nbsp;Programming Board, a student-led organization advised by the Office of Student Activities and Engagement (SAE). Designed to offer a dependable hour or more of fun, these programs create a consistent lineup of activities that lower barriers to student participation.&nbsp;<\/p><p>&ldquo;One of the most crucial aspects of the job is making it easier for students to engage with campus,&rdquo; said Assistant Director of New Student Programs Lillian Lester &rsquo;20. &ldquo;Having events every week helps people feel more comfortable attending because they become familiar with the host, the space and how the activity runs.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p><section class=\"image-gallery layout__block\">\n\t<div class=\"image-gallery__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__main__track\" js-slideshow-track=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__slide\" 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pour&#8239;glitter into&#8239;junk&#8239;journals or glue sequins onto pennant flags.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>&ldquo;Because these events happen every week, students can say, &lsquo;My friends and I go to Bingo every Tuesday at 8 p.m.,&rsquo;&rdquo; said Night and Weekend Programming Assistant Faith Jones &rsquo;24. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s an assurance that it&rsquo;s going to be there &ndash; it&rsquo;s always going to be reliable.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>Student coordinators also play a key role, and&#8239;SAE&#8239;Assistant Director&#8239;Maelyn Beitzel &rsquo;21 says&#8239;they&rsquo;re&#8239;essential to keeping the weekly programming running.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>&ldquo;The student leaders are preparing all week,&#8239;making Instagram posts, getting the spaces ready and training volunteers,&rdquo; Beitzel said. &ldquo;If it wasn&rsquo;t for them, these&#8239;events would not happen.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>One of these leaders is Margeaux Grey &rsquo;27, the official&#8239;karaoke&#8239;emcee&#8239;and&#8239;a&#8239;student staff member&#8239;at&#8239;SAE.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>&ldquo;I love putting&#8239;weekly events&#8239;together&#8239;because&#8239;they&rsquo;re&#8239;great&#8239;for new people to come and enjoy themselves,&rdquo; Grey said. &ldquo;When I see someone new, I know they&rsquo;ll probably be back next week.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><section class=\"image-gallery layout__block\">\n\t<div class=\"image-gallery__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__main__track\" js-slideshow-track=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__slideshow__slide\" js-slide=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-umw-gallery-main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1131\" 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