University of Mary Washington News

The third county-wide Middlesex County Hall of Fame induction was held November 8 at Friendship Baptist Church in Hartfield.

You want to be a renegade. Take a great idea and run with it, before everyone can ask what you are doing, and then explain it all later.A This is a much better operating mode than asking for permission.A Far more can be accomplished in a shorter period of time, and often with unexpected and wonderful results.

Students at the University of Mary Washington aren't just learning about philanthropy - they're practicing it.

When University of Mary Washington seniors Kelly Landau and Dave Moore started their morning yesterday, they weren't leisurely sipping coffee or checking e-mails from friends.

The University of Mary Washington is weighing a midyear tuition increase to help offset drastic state funding cuts.

University of Mary Washington President Judy Hample said yesterday that she wants university police to be more visible on campus.

The Belmont at Cowan Place apartment complex on Cowan Boulevard in Fredericksburg could be heading to foreclosure, but residents there shouldn't be affected.

For the first time since 2002, the University of Mary Washington is proposing a midyear $100 tuition increase to help offset state budget cuts.

The holiday season is coming fast, and there will be many opportunities to help the needy this season.

The State Board for Community Colleges approved an increase to the tuition rate at Virginia's Community Colleges that will take effect beginning in the spring 2010 semester for both in-state and out-of-state students.

Kloke Group of Fredericksburg and Joe Moholland Moving of Woodbridge recently received Mayflower Transit's Million Dollar Club Award for their achievements during the 2008 calendar year.

THE LEWIS CARROLL TALE 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' GETS REVAMPED, COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER AT SPOTSYLVANIA HIGH A calendar of events coming up in the Fredericksburg area 12 THURSDAY Fourth annual Reverse Raffle Fundraiser, University of Mary Washington, Seacobeck Hall.

In the 1971 film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," a young boy finds a golden ticket that, at the very least, wins him a chance to tour the most fantastic candy factory imaginable.

More than 1,250 people stood up and cheered the moment that Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women--took the stage for their final concert last night, and the applause continued throughout the 2-hour show.

Marcel Rotter was drafted into the National People's Army of East Germany nine days before the Berlin Wall fell.

The University of Mary Washington will hold its fourth annual food drive on Thursday.

Linda Worrell, a well-known figure in the local and Virginia business community, received the Patricia Lacey Metzger Distinguished Achievement Award during the 16th annual Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women on Thursday at the University of Mary Washington.

Could getting laid off be a positive life event? A new research project done in part by a University of Mary Washington leadership professor indicates it could.

University of Mary Washington Executive Vice President Rick Hurley, who served as acting president for about a year, plans to retire May 1. Hurley, 62, came to UMW nine years ago and has been a chief financial officer while also directing capital projects, public safety, human resources and business operations.

At the Kenmore Avenue home of Andrew Luton and James Martin, everything's a bipartisan effort.