Category: Messages From The President

Dear UMW Community, With final exams, end-of-year projects, research papers, and most grading behind us, it’s time to reflect on our many accomplishments over the past year.

Dear UMW Community, April is always a wonderful time of year, filled with end-of-semester showcases, celebrations, and ceremonies. We welcome the warmer spring weather, enjoying the return of many long-awaited outdoor activities, as well as some of our favorite campus traditions and the seeds of new ones. Earlier this week, we celebrated UMW during our […]

Dear UMW Community, Campus has come into bloom following spring break, and as our weather warms, we’re seeing signs of budding research projects, campus traditions, and new initiatives. I hope you had a rejuvenating spring break, reconnecting with friends and family or exploring the world. I followed along with your travels via social media, noting […]

Dear UMW Community, As we finish the first five weeks of classes and are well on our way in the spring semester, I hope you have found opportunities to embrace what you love, pursue your passions, and accomplish much of what you envisioned, with a clear pathway ahead. This month, in particular, we might reflect […]

Dear UMW community, Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed a relaxing yet productive break and are now refocused on starting a new semester of fresh beginnings and opportunities, along with goals of graduation, study abroad, research projects and publications, internships and life after Mary Washington. The beginning of a semester is a welcome time for […]

Dear UMW Community, What a terrific semester we have had! We have accomplished so much together in our classrooms, studios and labs and on the stages, courts, tracks, fields and pools, cheering each other on and supporting one another, both on campus and beyond. I appreciate each of you, and the ongoing support of our […]

Dear UMW Community, It’s hard to believe that we are already approaching the end of the fall semester, with moments to celebrate and applaud as well as moments to pause and reflect. Our campus community has come together in so many ways this fall, from reconnecting with alumni during Homecoming, sharing feedback and a moment […]

Dear UMW Community, As we move into the second half of the fall semester and a season of changing leaves, cooler weather, and shorter days, I want to share some highlights and warm thoughts. I trust you enjoyed a relaxing fall break and are settling into a healthy and positive routine this semester, while planning […]

Dear UMW Community, The semester is off to a terrific start!  I have enjoyed engaging with so many of you, whether it’s been a moment of bench sitting along Campus Walk, finding a moment to chat in the Cedric Rucker University Center, or connecting at one of the many meetings and events already happening this […]

Dear UMW Community, Welcome back!  For those returning to campus, we look forward to catching up where we left off and sharing the tremendous work that has continued through the summer.  And for our newest members of the UMW community, we are eager to meet and get to know you.