Tag: John C. and Jerri Barden Perkins ’61 CAS Student Research Endowment

STEM Students Share Gratitude at UMW’s Celebration of Giving

One of Hannah Stottlemyer’s most memorable moments at the University of Mary Washington came on a Global Medical Brigades trip to treat underserved communities in Panama. There, she put her majors in biomedical sciences and Spanish into practice when she extracted a patient’s tooth and watched his sudden relief.Having this experience as an undergraduate was […]

Why I Give: Jerri Barden Perkins ’61

Jerri Barden Perkins, MD, came to Mary Washington aspiring to become a doctor. Growing up in a home where money was tight, a “small scholarship” of $100 made a huge difference, she said.Now she’s helping current students succeed through her own gifts to UMW, including the John C. and Jerri Barden Perkins ’61 College of Arts […]

Summer Science Students Earn Perkins Research Awards

As temperatures soared near triple digits last Wednesday, the weather formed a compelling case for Ava Spencer’s research on how extreme heat impacts Fredericksburg’s most marginalized communities.“I wanted to look at these issues from a sociological perspective, in a way that could help people,” said Ava, a rising senior majoring in environmental science at the […]