University of Mary Washington’s Office of Continuing and Professional Studies has been awarded a GO Virginia Region 6 grant to support the development and launch of a new Practice Management Certificate Program. This initiative marks the first GO Virginia grant awarded in the healthcare cluster in the Commonwealth, with the program positioned to be a model for the region and for the state.

“UMW has been one of the leaders in workforce development for the region’s healthcare sector, and this grant expands that work and opportunity, in partnership with local healthcare leaders,” said Director of Continuing and Professional Studies Teresa Segelken. “It shows our shared focus on investing in a healthy community and in a well prepared, flexible healthcare workforce across all of Region 6.”

GO Virginia Region 6 includes the Fredericksburg region, Northern Neck and the Middle Peninsula. The state-led initiative focuses on creating private sector jobs in high-paying, high-growth industries by facilitating collaboration among each region’s government, education and business leaders. Read more.

The University of Mary Washington is a premier, selective public liberal arts and sciences university in Virginia, highly respected for its commitment to academic excellence, strong undergraduate liberal arts and sciences program, and dedication to life-long learning. The university, with a total enrollment of about 4,000, features colleges of business, education and arts and sciences, and three campuses, including a residential campus in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a second one in nearby Stafford and a third in Dahlgren, Virginia, which serves as a center of development of educational and research partnerships between the Navy, higher education institutions and the region’s employers.