{"id":89948,"date":"2019-11-12T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=89948"},"modified":"2019-11-12T13:25:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T18:25:01","slug":"umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/12\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Students Earn Voter Participation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of last week\u2019s statewide elections, UMW received the 2019 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Platinum Seal for schools with a student voter participation rate above 50 percent. Center for Community Engagement Associate Director Sarah Dewees accepted the award today with students at a ceremony held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89957\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/12\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\/img_20191112_101346\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3150,2122\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1573553626&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.442&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;786&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016671&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20191112_101346\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Center for Community Engagement Associate Director Sarah Dewees, A.J. Robinson, Stephanie Turcios and Amber Brown show off UMW&amp;#8217;s Platinum Seal award at the 2019 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-300x202.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-1024x690.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Center for Community Engagement Associate Director Sarah Dewees, A.J. Robinson, Stephanie Turcios and Amber Brown show off UMW's Platinum Seal award at the 2019 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-300x202.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-768x517.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-1024x690.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-1140x768.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_20191112_101346-600x404.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center for Community Engagement Associate Director Sarah Dewees, A.J. Robinson, Stephanie Turcios and Amber Brown show off UMW&#8217;s Platinum Seal award at the 2019 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of our students but not surprised,\u201d said President Troy Paino. \u201cThis national recognition reflects just one aspect of the longstanding commitment of\u00a0Mary Washington&#8217;s\u00a0faculty, staff and students to civic engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since its 2016 launch, the challenge, a national initiative, has recognized and supported institutions of higher education in their efforts to achieve full student voter participation, promote an informed electorate and make civic engagement a core value on their campuses. To date, over 6.2 million students and more than 560 colleges and universities have taken the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Dewees pointed to University of Mary Washington student efforts throughout the past year to encourage voting and civic responsibility, including a National Voter Registration Day celebration this fall, UMW-hosted debates with state legislature candidates, and rides to the polls provided by classmates.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 presidential election saw 67 percent of UMW students showing up at the polls, according to a report released by the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE). That tops the national student voting rate of 61.4 percent reported by the U.S. Census.<\/p>\n<p>And while overall voter turnout is typically lower in midterm elections, Mary Washington students turned out in full force in 2018, as well. Fifty-three percent cast ballots last year, according to NSLVE, besting the average participation rate of 39.1 percent for all institutions surveyed.<\/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\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/12\\\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/12\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\/img_8317\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89950\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8317\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8317-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_8317\" alt=\"UMW students have engaged in a campaign to encouraging voting and civic responsibility on campus. Their efforts resulted in a student voter participation rate of 53 percent in the 2018 midterm elections. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students have engaged in a campaign to encouraging voting and civic responsibility on campus. Their efforts resulted in a student voter participation rate of 53 percent in the 2018 midterm elections. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/12\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\/img_8342-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89951\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8342\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8342-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_8342\" alt=\"A student registers to vote at UMW&#039;s National Voter Registration Day event in September. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A student registers to vote at UMW&#8217;s National Voter Registration Day event in September. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/12\/umw-students-earn-voter-participation-award\/img_8401\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89955\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8401\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/IMG_8401-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_8401\" alt=\"The Fredericksburg area chapter of the League of Women Voters were among the groups on hand supporting the National Voter Registration Day event. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Fredericksburg area chapter of the League of Women Voters were among the groups on hand supporting the National Voter Registration Day event. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to honor the University of Mary Washington with the platinum seal in recognition of their intentional efforts to increase democratic engagement and full voter participation,\u201d said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, ALL IN\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p>To top off those efforts, UMW students teamed up with alumni, faculty and administration to design and propose a 2020 Day on Democracy to allow classes to be cancelled on Election Day and free students\u2019 time to get to the ballot box. It was passed by the University Faculty Council in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents will have more time to fully participate on Election Day next year,\u201d Dewees said. \u201cThe Day on Democracy shows UMW is really committed to civic engagement and is a pioneer in empowering students to exercise their most fundamental civic responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of last week\u2019s statewide elections, UMW received the 2019 ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Platinum Seal for schools with a student voter participation rate above 50 percent. 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