Read the latest issue of Planning Matters: Learn how scholarship recipient Gabriel Jose Paguada Matteson ’22 is utilizing his scholarships to study abroad, with the goal of making the world safer and more inclusive. Understand why it is important to keep beneficiary information up to date on all accounts. Hear how Catherine Elwell ’73 is planning […]
When students moved into Virginia Hall in August 2021, they were treated to a series of historic markers that highlight the numerous transitions in the building’s construction, its purpose, and its residents. Click the linked photos below to learn more. For information about naming opportunities in Virginia Hall, contact the UMW Office of Advancement at […]
Alumna offers tributes through new UMW scholarships. Catherine Elwell ’73 turned her penchant for languages into a course of study, a successful career with the International Monetary Fund, and a life filled with travel and adventure. It all started in rural Illinois where Cathy says her mom and dad were just two farm kids with […]
Watch the first episode of our new Leading Lives series: Reflections, featuring the story of John and Phyllis Newby Thompson ’69 Originally from South Boston, Virginia, Phyllis’s first home-away-from-home was Willard Hall. As she continued to pursue her studies, a boy from her hometown began visiting on a regular basis – and Mary Washington soon […]
The Class of 1970 makes student mental health a giving priority. In the late 1960s, college students emerged as activists for positive change within their communities. During that same time, the Mary Washington Class of 1970 forged strong bonds of friendship and long-lasting connections. To celebrate their 50th reunion in 2020, members of the class […]
