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Planned Hotel at Eagle Village Moves Forward
After students left campus for winter break last semester, the UMW Foundation announced continuing plans to build a $14 million-plus select-service Eagle Village Hotel across Route 1 between the Eagle Village Executive Offices and Giant supermarket. The foundation is partnering with Cardinal Bank to finance the project, according to a university press release from July [...]
Sustainability Major Paying-Off In Post-Graduate Job Search
By BULLET STAFF For more and more students, going green is paying off, as jobs in environmental sustainability thrive in spite of the bad economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in environmental science is “expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations. Job prospects are expected to be [...]
Green Movement Celebrates Dual Legislative Wins
A recent statement from the White House rejected TransCanada’s application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The proposed pipeline would travel 1,700 miles from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to southeastern Texas, taking the oil from its source to American oil refineries along the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama issued a statement on Wednesday, [...]
Sweet Frog to Open Eagle Village Location
By ALISON THOET Sweet Frog frozen yogurt will be opening a new franchise in Eagle Village this March, according to the University of Mary Washington Foundation. Regarding the company’s decision to open a new location at Eagle Landing, Raven Williams, senior sales and development manager for Sweet Frog, said, “At Sweet Frog, we want to [...]
LAC Lobbies to Secure Funding
By JONATHAN POLSON Last Thursday, Jan. 19, three student representatives from the University of Mary Washington traveled to Richmond and lobbied for funding to finalize general operating costs for the Dahlgren campus. The Dahlgren campus will house programs currently being held on the base provided by Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, George Mason University and [...]
Campus Center Project Delayed
According to a campus-wide email from Rick Pearce, vice president for administration and finance at UMW, construction on the new campus center, which will be built on the site of Chandler Hall, is being delayed.
BREAKING: Second Virginia Tech Victim May Have Been Shooter
Reports claim that the second shooting victim at Virginia Tech may have in fact been the gunman, as of 4:15 p.m.
Debate Coach Named Year’s Best
Head Debate Coach Adrienne Brovero received the Ross K. Smith National Coach of the Year Award from the National Debate Tournament on Friday Nov. 11.
School Attempts To Boost Retention
The James Farmer Multicultural Center is planning to institute a new peer-mentoring program in fall 2012 called the Resources Inspiring Student Excellence (RISE) program. The program pairs incoming students with upperclassmen mentors based on commonalities, which the Multicultural Center hopes will increase University of Mary Washington’s retention rates. The RISE mission statement states that the [...]
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