{"id":110112,"date":"2026-04-24T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=110112"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:51:03","slug":"students-alumni-entire-umw-community-go-all-in-for-100th-devil-goat-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/24\/students-alumni-entire-umw-community-go-all-in-for-100th-devil-goat-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Students, Alumni, UMW Community Go All-In for 100th Devil-Goat Day"},"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\">Students, Alumni, UMW Community Go All-In for 100th Devil-Goat Day<\/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=\"2026-04-24T16:00:18-04:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Lisa Chinn Marvashti<\/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=\"110121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/umw-devil-goat-day-2026-14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"4\",\"credit\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS R6\",\"caption\":\"UMW Devil Goat Day 2026\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1776984547\",\"copyright\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce Photography\",\"focal_length\":\"28\",\"iso\":\"100\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.001\",\"title\":\"UMW Devil Goat Day 2026\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The uniquely UMW tradition of Devil-Goat day celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"four people joust on an inflatable court\" class=\"wp-image-110121\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1524-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The uniquely UMW tradition of Devil-Goat day celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>And &hellip; the Devils have it! At least for a year.<\/p><p>Devil-Goat Day at the University of Mary Washington was in full force for the 100th anniversary of the uniquely UMW tradition.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Everything felt a little bigger and more meaningful,&rdquo; Alyson Hardy, a senior majoring in communication and digital studies, said of the end-of-the-academic-year event that helps cut pre-exam tension. &ldquo;There were more activities, and you could tell a lot of effort went into making it memorable.&rdquo;<\/p><p>UMW&rsquo;s Devil-Goat Day has students who graduate in odd years (Devils) battling it out against those who graduate in even years (Goats) in a friendly competition of school spirit, where participation counts, collecting points is all about fun, and an epic tug-of-war battle wraps it all up.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dgd.umwhistory.org\/\">Learn more about the Devil-Goat Day tradition<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><section class=\"image-gallery layout__block\">\n\t<div 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class=\"image-gallery__pager\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__pager__section\" js-page><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__description-container\" js-description-container>\n\t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p>A petting zoo in front of Westmoreland Hall featured a menagerie of furry friends, with &ndash; well, goats (but no devils) &ndash; plus bunnies and birds, a pig and a pony, turtles and more. And Jefferson Square held food trucks with funnel cakes, snow cones and ice cream.<\/p><p>Connecting it all, Campus Walk was lined with artists creating caricatures, balloon objects and apparel, henna tattoos, face paintings and fairy hairdos, while Sammy D. Eagle and a roving magician mingled among the crowd. And, of course, there was plenty of swag &ndash; thousands of free T-shirts, in green for Goats and red for Devils, plus cups, bandanas, bracelets and temporary tattoos.<\/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\" height=\"772\" data-attachment-id=\"110127\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/umw-devil-goat-day-2026-20\/\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1980-1131x772.jpg\" alt=\"people dressed in red play tug-of-war\" class=\"wp-image-110127\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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\" height=\"772\" data-attachment-id=\"110126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/umw-devil-goat-day-2026-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1937-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS R6\",\"caption\":\"UMW Devil Goat Day 2026\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1776987310\",\"copyright\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce 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height=\"772\" data-attachment-id=\"110123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/umw-devil-goat-day-2026-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1769-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2\",\"credit\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS R6\",\"caption\":\"UMW Devil Goat Day 2026\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1776986143\",\"copyright\":\"Parker Michels-Boyce Photography\",\"focal_length\":\"50\",\"iso\":\"100\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.0025\",\"title\":\"UMW Devil Goat Day 2026\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW Devil Goat Day 2026&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1769-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1769-1024x683.jpg\" data-id=\"110123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1769-1131x772.jpg\" alt=\"a girl jumps up on the shoulders of a guy before a crowd in the background\" class=\"wp-image-110123\"><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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\" height=\"772\" data-attachment-id=\"110122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/umw-devil-goat-day-2026-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/04\/260423_umw_devil_goat_day-1700-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"5\",\"credit\":\"Parker 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Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-gallery__description\" js-description>\n                                                                        <div class=\"image-gallery__description__summary\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UMW Devil Goat Day 2026<\/figcaption><\/div>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p>&ldquo;Students really leaned into the 100th anniversary,&rdquo; Dean of Students Melissa Jones said of the event, hosted by Class Council. &ldquo;It was so great to see such a huge crowd and people enjoying all the additional activities lined up specifically for this special year.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>For alumni the competition continues online with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/30\/devil-goat-alumni-challenge-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-treasured-tradition\/\">100th year challenge that runs through May<\/a>. For that one, the winning team will be determined and announced during Reunion Weekend.<\/strong><\/p><p>Valerie Palomares, a junior double majoring in Spanish and political science relaxed on a bench at the end of the day, donning a neutral purple balloon hat with a golden unicorn horn. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a really good time for all the classes to come together no matter what,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;A tradition is a tradition, and this was the 100th, so it&rsquo;s never going to happen again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>byAnd &hellip; the Devils have it! 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