• Catherine Hearn Metz Mar 12, 2007
She attended Mary Washington College. She had a loving marriage of 39 years to William H. Metz, who preceded her in death in 1998. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Freshman’s hustle making a big impression Mar 9, 2007
Tonight at 7 at the John Long Center, Mooney and the Lady Royals take on Mary Washington College in the sectional semifinals. Mooney has appeared in 28 of the team s 29 games this season. (Scranton Times, PA)
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Home on leave one year, Stanley met his wife, Jayme, then a Mary Washington College student. She was from Delaware, but moved to Fayetteville, N.C., to be with him. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Fundraiser will help young coach with cancer Mar 1, 2007
Billy and Jennifer, who met working at the Deacon Road Food Lion in high school, married right after she graduated from Mary Washington College in 1991. She went to work for GEICO; he signed on as a computer specialist at Fort Belvoir. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Nannie E. Brown Feb 28, 2007
Born in Spotsylvania County, Mrs. Brown had retired from Mary Washington College. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in Fredericksburg and the widow of Thomas Brown. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Three earn national certification Feb 27, 2007
Repass, 36, graduated from Mary Washington College and James Madison University several years ago and thought that getting certified would help update the way she teaches. "National Boards, you really have to look at how you teach and what you're teaching and what you can do a better job of," Repass said. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Sarah L. Shelton Feb 22, 2007
Mrs. Shelton attended the public school on the campus of Mary Washington College. Sarah and George A. Shelton had been married 63 years when he died in February 2004. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Spotsylvania calendar Feb 20, 2007
Date published: 2/20/2007. Scottish Society Program: The Scottish Deerhound, 7 p.m. at St. George's Episcopal Church, 905 Princess Ann St. Linda Madden of Spotsylvania County is the featured speaker, along with her Deeries. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Putting family tree on paper GENEALOGY Book traces ancestry Feb 18, 2007
Arndt spent 22 years in the Marine Corps, then got a liberal-arts degree from Mary Washington College in 2002. He works in information technology with the National Park Service. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Too much of a nice guy for The Donald? Local man Aaron Altscher on 'The Apprentice' Feb 13, 2007
During Sunday's broadcast of "The Apprentice" on NBC, Trump said "You're fired," to the Mary Washington College graduate and Spotsylvania County resident. Throughout the show, Altscher was reluctant to snipe at rivals in boardroom meetings. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
County adds second deputy administrator Feb 13, 2007
Mary Washington College awarded him a bachelor's degree in liberal studies in 1999. He's been a Stafford resident since 1982. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
UMW grads go to Peace Corps Feb 11, 2007
At the time, she was a freshman at Mary Washington College and heard a graduate talking about her experiences in the two-year program ... A Mary Washington College alumna recently became the Peace Corps' new deputy chief of staff and operations. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Why is UMW wasting money on that house? Feb 5, 2007
As a Virginia taxpayer and an alumnus of Mary Washington College, I am outraged at the frivolous spending of the new president. Paying $2. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Ann P. Jarrell Feb 5, 2007
After high school, she enrolled in Mary Washington College ... 22402; or to the Mary Washington College Alumni Fund. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
AirTran extends bid deadline, proposes directors to Midwest board Feb 1, 2007
Albertine is the chairman, CEO and founder of , an economic consulting and merchant banking firm in Washington, D.C. He previously served as CEO of , and was an associate professor of economics at Mary Washington College. Related Industry stories. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Gutekunst makes difference with big play... Jan 28, 2007
Hood players run to congratulate Jesse Gutekunst (55) at the end of their big win over Mary Washington College. . (Frederick News-Post)
New assistant transit manager for FRED Jan 25, 2007
Kimball graduated from Mary Washington College in 1990. She is finishing a master's degree in planning at the University of Virginia. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Go to class, raise your grade? Not a good idea, Colonial Forge BusinessDeirdre White is the owner of DPW Training & Associates, a software training company based in Fredericksburg. Jan 17, 2007
Bachelor of Science degree from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington). FAMILY: Married to David White. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Area native's inventions may allow us to be chameleons in future. Jan 16, 2007
A large, well-known Asian corporation is about to give Sotzing, a Mary Washington College graduate who has a Ph. D. from the University of Florida, a grant to continue research on the project. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Strategy in Iraq could impact local soldiers Jan 15, 2007
Lt. Col. Curran, 42, and his wife, Laura Lee Munn Curran, a 40-year-old, 1988 Mary Washington College graduate, are expecting their second child in March. "Rob e-mailed me and said he's still going to be home on time," she said. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Construction on schedule at old Maury School Jan 2, 2007
2003--City signs agreement to partner with Mary Washington College and George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation to renovate Maury as a public theater, exhibit and meeting space and a James Monroe Presidential Center. A fundraising feasibility study later reveals little support among area donors for the project. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
iN SiCKNESS AND iN HEALTH Significant others can help or undermine health efforts K Dec 31, 2006
When Sammy taught German at Mary Washington College, he ran or swam in the middle of the day between classes. Meanwhile, Betty walked about a mile to and from work at James Monroe High School, where she taught Latin. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Boyd's mission is clear Dec 8, 2006
The former King George High School and Mary Washington College standout may be hard-pressed in bidding to capture a third straight Coldwell Banker Grand Prix series at Sunday's season-ending VA Runner Blue Half-Marathon. Race time is 8 a.m.. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Elwood E. Lowman Nov 29, 2006
He later retired from Mary Washington College. He was a member and former deacon at Falmouth Baptist Church. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Sandra White Nov 19, 2006
Between 1989 and 2003, she taught at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg and was chair of the education department from 1998 to 2001. She published numerous articles for professional journals and co-authored a book. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
CELEBRATION OF LIFE Nov 18, 2006
A skilled artist and graduate of Mary Washington College, Shannon was looking for a career where she could make a difference when she was killed in a car accident near Lake of the Woods on May 1, 1998. Her heart, liver and kidneys helped four other people. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
LOCAL ORGAN DONORS Nov 18, 2006
A skilled artist, the Mary Washington College graduate was searching for a way to make a difference when she was killed in a car accident near Lake of the Woods on May 1, 1998 ... Terri was constantly in motion, whether twirling flaming torches during a Courtland High School football halftime show or juggling a double major at Mary Washington College. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
AREA SCHEDULE Nov 17, 2006
Opening round of Pizza Hut Tip-Off Tournament at Dickinson College: Mary Washington College vs. Messiah College (John Boyd), 6 p.m.; and University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg vs. Dickinson College, 8 p.m.. Opening round of Behrend Tournament: D'Youville College vs. Ohio Wesleyan, 6 p.m.; and Penn State-Behrend vs. Elmira College (Jon Adamson), 8 p.m.. (Little Falls Evening Times, NY)
Veteran Vt. journalist to become Times Argus editor Nov 10, 2006
Allen, a graduate of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va. moved to Vermont in 1986. (WCAX.com, VT)
• A dog's shooting raises the subject of animal abuse• Bats in the attic in Georgia pose a huge challengeLife A KICK IN THE KEYBOARD Aspiring novelists face challenge: 50,000 words this month Nov 6, 2006
Greene, 25, a 2003 graduate of Mary Washington College (not the University of Mary Washington, he points out), is among 67,000 people nationwide and in several foreign countries who have signed on for the 2006 National Novel Writers Month--NaNoWriMo--whose goal is to help people set free the works of fiction trapped in their brains. In the Fredericksburg area, at least a dozen other writers have signed up for NaNoWriMo, and Greene is in touch with some of them, sharing the joy and agony of the... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Teatime and teaching in Kyrgyzstan Nov 4, 2006
A graduate of Stafford High School, Craver received a Bachelor of Arts degree in cultural anthropology from Mary Washington College in 2002. He has been teaching eighth- through 11th-grade English at the V.I. Lenin School in the village of Kyzyl-Suu since September 2004. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Stafford hires second deputy county administrator Oct 28, 2006
He graduated from Mary Washington College, Northern Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Senior Executive Institute. His experience includes national-, regional-, state- and county-level committees related to public safety. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Anne Hilldrup Oct 28, 2006
She graduated in 1946 from Mary Washington College and was a member of Zoan Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. She also served as a clerk of the church for 22 years, was a member of the Women's Missionary Union and served as secretary for the Fredericksburg Baptist Association for a number of years. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Louise G. Holz Oct 24, 2006
who assisted in the establishment of the highly regarded Center for Historic Preservation at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006, at the Gilchrist Hospice Center in Baltimore. Louise Holz is survived by her husband of 55 years, Jack A. Holz of Baltimore; three children, Barbara Holz Manning of Boston, Mass. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Spotsylvania woman can't rest until former professor gets his due as a teacher and war hero. Oct 24, 2006
WHEN LINDA GREEN Gaskins attended Mary Washington College in the mid-'70s, there wasn't much doubt about what she'd major in. The Colonial Beach native was a whiz at math, a passion that grew as professors walked her through the discipline that helped make sense of the universe. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
• Lawrence A. Wishner Oct 11, 2006
On Sept. 1, 1961, he joined the faculty at Mary Washington College as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor of chemistry Sept. 1, 1965, and to professor of chemistry Sept. 1, 1968. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Names & Notes Oct 8, 2006
University of Mary Washington College of Graduate and Professional Studies will hold the following seminars: First Steps to Starting a Business, Wednesday, Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; also at Warsaw office, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration at 540/286-8060 or 804/333-0286, or Email. The Virginia Petroleum Convenience and Grocery Association presented Douglas Quarles with its 27th annual Virginia Oilman of the Year award at the trade group's meeting in... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Stafford taps Moncure for tourism post Sep 30, 2006
Moncure holds a political science degree from Mary Washington College. Her experience includes legislative, marketing and real estate work. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• The legislature's brief transportation session need not be fruitlessOpinion columns Can William Frawley bring back a sense of community to UMW? Sep 28, 2006
At UMW, there is no reason not to do the same--that is, retaining as a distinct entity "Mary Washington College" while further strengthening its liberal arts programs. Unlike Harvard and other large research institutions, however, Mary Washington has always had a faculty devoted first and foremost to the teaching of undergraduates. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Towny Townsend To Receive Bud Metheny Award On Jan. 26 Sep 26, 2006
Sean is the Junior varsity baseball coach at Great Bridge High School and his wife Emily the varsity field hockey coach, and Chase, who attends Mary Washington College and is a member of the school's baseball team. PREVIOUS BUD METHENY WINNERS 1978 Dave RosenfieldGeneral Manager, Norfolk Tides Co-Founder of ODU Clinic 1979 George Kotarides President, Milton=s Pizza 1980 Ed Nagourney Rices Nachman Dept. Store Co-Founder of ODU Clinic 1981 Bud Metheny Former Old Dominion baseball coach 1982 George... (Odusports.com)
Laura Shepherd, founder of Downtown Greens on Dixon Street, has planted herself in Fredericksburg's gardening scene. Sep 24, 2006
Shepherd has been on the downtown scene since her days at Mary Washington College in the early 1980s. She has always lived in downtown apartments, working here and there as a waitress until she landed serendipitously at Roxbury Mills, a garden supply store. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
John Edwards to campaign with Jim Webb in Fredericksburg Tuesday Sep 22, 2006
Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Anania, attended Mary Washington College in the 1970s. --Michael Zitz. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Peter Jenkins is featured speaker at ‘Celebrity Waiter Dinner' this year Sep 20, 2006
hat I liked was how his journeys seemed almost timeless; that is, he could have come back from walking across America last week, not two decades ago, said the Reference and Humanities Librarian at Mary Washington College in Virginia in 2002, following an engagement in Fredricksburg that included two major talks, a reception and several book signings. eter compared his experiences and some of the fear he felt while walking across America (in the mid-1970's) to present day uncertainties. (Lafayette Macon County Times, TN)
New Fredericksburg Area Museum exhibit features powerful images from 1960s civil rights struggle in Va. Sep 14, 2006
" The exhibit also includes a photograph of the late Spotsylvania County resident James Farmer, who essentially started the civil rights movement when he began organizing nonviolent sit-ins in Chicago in 1942. He had founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) that year. The group later put together the famous Freedom Rides to desegregate transportation in the South. Farmer taught at Mary Washington College in the final years of his life. "If it hadn't been for brave people like him, where... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Rappahannock home schoolers start school on their own schedule Sep 14, 2006
The boys recently took an advanced level Spanish class from Ann Martella, a homeschooling teacher who was once a former Spanish teacher from Mary Washington College. They joined a class of about fifteen other homeschooling students for Spanish instruction. (Clarke Times Courier, VA)
Cynthia Oakes is the owner of Cakes Galore, a Fredericksburg custom cake shop. Sep 13, 2006
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Professional Studies from Mary Washington College in 2002. FAMILY: Husband, Toby; sons, Bobby, 17, and Jamie, 16; stepdaughter, Arlissa, 20. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
N EWAGAIN Company restores historic buildings Sep 7, 2006
He also started working on a degree in historic preservation at Mary Washington College, now the University of Mary Washington. Eventually Ecker took a job at the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities' office on Jamestown Island, and was responsible for preserving their 47 historic properties. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Pash show at The Loft will test waters for possible all-ages series Sep 7, 2006
So Bray, a 27-year-old Stafford High School and Mary Washington College grad, is taking action by promoting what he hopes will be just the first of a series of all-ages shows at The Loft on Sunday. The lineup will consist of Pash and Here Today, which are from the University of Mary Washington; Rocky's Revival, whose members attend James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg; and The Byzantines, which is made up of students from Stafford and Colonial Forge high schools. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
UMW board gets new appointees Aug 23, 2006
Stinger marked her time as a political science major at Mary Washington College with a flurry of extracurricular involvement: academic affairs chair on the Student Association Executive Committee, vice chair of the Student Finance Committee, resident assistant and participant in a summer leadership conference. "I just loved every minute of my time at Mary Washington it's such a beautiful, almost sheltered place, and I can't think of a better place for me to have been the formative years of 18 to... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Gary A. Gallahan Aug 10, 2006
He had retired as an electrician at Mary Washington College. Mr. Gallahan was preceded in death by his wife, Ethylene Gallahan; and a grandson, Joshua Roe. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
UMW signs finally acknowledge university Jul 28, 2006
It's been two years since Mary Washington College became the University of Mary Washington. And despite some promises to the contrary, the most prominent signs around the Fredericksburg campus will no longer bear any reference to Mary Washington College ... "All discussions about university status and an umbrella name have been with the assurance that the name 'Mary Washington College' must be retained forever, that the name always be highly visible for purposes of marketing the college, and... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Telsey Advisory Group Announces Appointment of Top Research and ... Jul 28, 2006
Ms. Westura graduated from Mary Washington College with a B.A. degree in French and Art History. She has passed the Series 7, 63 and 87 exams. (Drug Newswire (press release), CT)
Altavista senior plays on state all-star team Jul 27, 2006
The memories of her all-star game will follow her throughout her collegiate years as she will be attending Mary Washington College this fall, where she plans to join the Division III volleyball team. "I do have to try out for the team, but I am pretty confident that I will make it," said Scott. (Altivista Journal, VA)
A good dog needs a good job Jul 1, 2006
Anne-Sophie came to Fredericksburg to attend Mary Washington College, bringing her own poodle soulmates with her. Are poodles versatile. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Mr. Hurkamp's fine residence, going strong Jun 16, 2006
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Festival of Sacred Dance Dancers put worship in motion in area churches Jun 10, 2006
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A bit of history on Hanover Jun 9, 2006
" Business was so good, according to historical information collected in 1992 by researchers at Mary Washington College and Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, that Wilkins was able to purchase various properties around town. He also made a name for himself as an advocate for educating the city's blacks. To fight an 1831 Virginia law that prohibited schools for free blacks, Wilkins petitioned the state legislature to establish such a school in Fredericksburg. His petition was rejected, forcing... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Wishes fulfilled at Sunken Well Jun 1, 2006
Mary Washington College graduates and Sunken Well entrepreneurs Steve Cameli, Rob Ivy and Paul Stoddard want to expand the restaurant's hours; some of the neighbors in the quiet, mostly residential Littlepage Street area are opposed. But the focus of our visits to Sunken Well was not to explore its political hot-potato-ness but to find out if, indeed, the potatoes they serve are hot. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Alexander K. Tyree May 19, 2006
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Tavern will keep its hours May 16, 2006
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A bittersweet celebration May 14, 2006
" Duong, who barely spoke English when she and her family immigrated to the United States in 1993, was one of 51 nursing students and 551 Germanna students eligible to receive associate degrees or certificates of study during graduation ceremonies yesterday at the college's Spotsylvania County campus. Theirs was the largest class of graduates in Germanna's 35-year history, and the last class to have Frank S. Turnage preside at its commencement ceremony. He retires Jan. 1 after serving as the... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
UMW president oversees final commencement ceremony before his retirement. By Jenny Strobel May 13, 2006
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Writing shines in essays on Valley campaign Apr 29, 2006
R.E.L. Krick of Richmond, the son of Robert K. Krick, who attended James Monroe High School and Mary Washington College, does a masterful job of detailing the minute-by-minute undoing of the men in gray. Now we come to Union Gen. Horatio G. Wright. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
• Anna H. Boyd Apr 19, 2006
A native of Westmoreland County, she graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg and did graduate work in Williamsburg. Following graduation from Mary Washington, she taught school in Westmoreland and Fairfax counties. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Braun keys on communication Apr 17, 2006
" Braun was born in Manassas and moved to Fredericksburg when he was a teenager. He graduated from Stafford High School, then earned a business degree from Ferrum College in 1989, and a master's degree in business administration from Strayer University in 2001. Braun's family organized the Fredericksburg International Scottish Highland Games and Irish Festival in the city for several years, and he says he's always liked the city's charm. Braun's job involves managing the various ways Cingular... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
