Month: May 2020

UMW Board of Visitors Confers Degrees, Approves 2020-21 Rates

May 12th, 2020

University of Mary Washington students will have a zero increase in tuition and dining costs this fall. That decision was unanimously made Friday during a called virtual meeting of the UMW Board of Visitors. The Board also conferred 1,115 undergraduate and 175 graduate degrees upon the Class of 2020, which would have held its Commencement […]

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Vandeventer Black Edward J. Powers Elected as an Officer for The Maritime Law Association of the United States

May 12th, 2020

Norfolk, VA (May 12, 2020) – Vandeventer Black LLP partner, Edward J. Powers, has been elected to serve as an officer for The Maritime Law Association of the United States (MLA). The MLA was founded in 1899 with the objectives of advancing reforms in the Maritime Law of the United States, facilitating justice in its […]

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AVERETT UNIVERSITY CONFERS MORE THAN 200 DEGREES TO SPRING GRADUATES

May 12th, 2020

Averett University announced it has conferred the degrees of more than 200 graduating seniors. The 202 graduates include 14 veterans and three international graduates from Finland, Norway and Sweden. Just under half of the graduates are adults who completed their degrees through the University’s Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) program. The University conferred degrees at […]

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COVID-19 Weekly Update: May, 8 2020

May 8th, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update: May, 8 2020  A Message from Virginia Chamber President & CEO, Barry DuVal On Monday, Governor Northam announced Executive Order 53 will be extended through May 14. EO 53 outlines the current restrictions in place on business operations and gatherings of more than 10 people. The Governor has also outlined his three-phase […]

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Northwest Federal Donates to Local Food Pantry Partners

May 6th, 2020

Herndon, Va. (May 5, 2020) – Last month, Northwest Federal Credit Union donated to eight of its local non-profit food pantry partners. The organizations, which provide food assistance, financial grants, gift cards, personal supplies and more, have been struggling in the wake of COVID-19 due to decreases in food donations from grocery stores, monetary donations […]

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Environmental Consulting Firm Marstel-Day Awarded Multi-Year OASIS Contract Vehicle

May 6th, 2020

Environmental consulting firm Marstel-Day has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) multi-year contract vehicle available for use by all federal agencies, referred to as OASIS (“One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services”). According to Marstel-Day President and CEO Rebecca R. Rubin: “This is a timely win, as we recently developed our COVID response capabilities available […]

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Pfizer and BioNTech Dose First Participants in the U.S. as Part of Global COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Development Program

May 6th, 2020

First participants dosed at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine Pfizer and BioNTech ramping up manufacturing capabilities to further increase production capacity in 2020/2021 NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the first participants have been dosed in the […]

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UMW Alumnus Cooks Up Initiative to Save Small Restaurants

May 6th, 2020

Acclaimed chef and restaurant owner Erik Bruner-Yang and his wife welcomed their third child and bought their first home in January. Just eight weeks later, the same weekend they moved into their new house in Washington, D.C., the mayor ordered all city restaurants to close because of COVID-19. The 2007 UMW graduate felt fortunate that […]

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UMW Professors Find Creative Ways to Teach Through COVID-19

May 6th, 2020

Teaching at Mary Washington looks a bit different lately. Andi Smith films YouTube videos with her children to demonstrate architectural principles. Zach Whalen uses cartoons to teach a digital studies lesson. Smita Jain Oxford holds Zoom office hours for business majors on her daily jog. When the University moved to virtual classes last month due […]

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Virginia Chamber celebrates 25th Anniversary of Fantastic 50 recognizing small, fastest growing companies

May 1st, 2020

  PRESS RELEASE: Virginia Chamber celebrates 25th Anniversary of Fantastic 50 recognizing small, fastest growing companies RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has announced the names of the 2020 Virginia’s Fantastic 50. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Fantastic 50 program is the only statewide awards program of its kind which honors the fifty […]

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