FLAGGER FORCE NAMED AS NATIONAL AWARD FINALIST FOR EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Mobile app provides smarter real-time internal communication HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA – Flagger Force Traffic Control Services was named a finalist in the mobile app category for the Ragan Employee Communications Award for its internal communications platform, In The Zone (ITZ). The ITZ mobile app has enabled Flagger Force’s 1,700 field and corporate employees to better connect […]
UMW to ‘Come Together’ for Mary Wash Giving Day
The University of Mary Washington is asking alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends to “Come Together” for its fourth annual giving day on Thursday, March 19. On Mary Wash Giving Day, donors can make gifts to benefit students and programs across the University from midnight to 11:59 p.m. at givingday.umw.edu. Challenges and matches funded by […]
Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation Collects Comfort Items for Kids in Need
Herndon, Va. (February 7, 2020) – Northwest Federal Credit Union Foundation recently held its second annual Kids in Crisis drive, collecting over 400 plush toys, blankets, and other comfort items for local first responders to provide to children in crisis situations. “The Kids in Crisis drive supports the vital work our first responders perform to […]
Olympiad Sparks STEM Interests, Showcases UMW
Take a mousetrap, build a vehicle around it, and develop a means by which activation of the trap propels the vehicle forward to reach a designated target. Oh – and work with 14 other students all focusing on and fiddling with one mousetrap. Mousetrap Vehicle was just one of dozens of challenges facing 44 teams of […]
UMW-Dahlgren Partnership Addresses Critical Needs
Individuals who work at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) contribute toward a lofty goal: develop technology that improves the U.S. military’s ability to fight, win and bring troops home safely. The institution of higher education located in closest proximity to Dahlgren – University of Mary Washington (UMW) – wants to contribute toward […]
Averett University Receives Distinguished Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement on First Attempt
DANVILLE, Va. (Jan. 31, 2020) – The Carnegie Foundation today announced that Averett University has received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for the first time, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement. This distinguished classification has been the leading assessment and recognition of community engagement for American colleges and universities for more […]
UMW Names Catullo Director of Athletics
After a comprehensive, months-long national search, the University of Mary Washington has named Patrick Catullo ’95 its new director of athletics. One of the most successful coaches in UMW history, Catullo took on the role of interim director during the summer of 2018. Since then, he has proven himself as a leader and collaborator committed […]
Strongwell Completes Two-Year Program through VEDP to Grow Export Sales
Barry Myers, Strongwell’s Corporate Director of Marketing and Stephanie Agee, VEDP’s Vice President of International Trade (Bristol, VA) Strongwell was one of 14 Virginia companies recently recognized in Richmond for completing the two-year Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) Program, offered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) International Trade division. The VALET program assists […]
UMW to Offer Japanese Language Courses
Spending a semester in Japan, UMW senior Kaitlin Viloria was in a shop when a young woman asked her a question. The woman spoke no English and Viloria’s Japanese was limited, but they still managed to strike up a conversation. Viloria wishes she was more proficient, she said, “but in that moment, I was proud […]
Averett University’s Undergraduate Teaching Program Recognized for Early Reading Preparation
New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has ranked Averett University’s undergraduate elementary education degree program among the best in Virginia for early reading preparation – one of only six programs in the Commonwealth to receive the top grade. The Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies (elementary education) with teaching […]
