Tag: Department of History and American Studies

PBS Series Shows UMW Alum Taking High School Team to National Civics Competition

Before Sam Ulmschneider ’06 attended the University of Mary Washington, he put his political prowess to the test in the nation’s premier civics competition for high school students.In We the People, “we were asked to consider complex questions of public policy and political theory,” said Sam, who participated with his classmates in simulated congressional hearings […]

Alumna, Author Uncovers Hidden Black History in Great Lives Lecture, Feb. 8

An archaeological dig revealed the remnants of a notorious slave jail in Richmond. The groundbreaking discovery led journalist and Mary Washington graduate Kristen Green ’95 to use different tools to unearth information about Mary Lumpkin, a formerly enslaved woman who began her family’s quest for freedom on that site.Kristen, an award-winning reporter and author, utilized […]