UMW Blogs Upgraded

We have upgraded UMW Blogs to the latest version of WordPress Multi-User, which has been nick-named “Coltrane” after the late, great Jazz musician. This version has a very different user interface on the administrative backend, and it may be a bit confusing at first glance. However, we have documented the whole thing for you in [...]

UMW Blogs featured in EDUCAUSE’s 7 Things on PLE

Yesterday I noticed (thanks to tweets from Jeff McClurken and Martha Burtis) that EDUCAUSE’s “7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments” features the University of Mary Washington as one of the schools experimenting and fostering PLEs on a larger, campus-wide scale. In particular, they feature the possibilities for creating a personal learning environment [...]

On Tap: Faculty Academy

We are gearing for Faculty Academy this Wednesday and Thursday-be sure to check out the site for an amazing program featuring the work that has happened at UMW this year. Let’s do this!

Virginia Professional Service Week

The Human Resources folks here at UMW are promoting the work being done by the Mary Washington community members. They have developed a site here on UMW Blogs that allows anyone to easily nominate a fellow employee who is doing outstanding work in a wide range of categories. Come on, be a team player and [...]

UMW on Flickr

  • Kevin Reading
  • pride
  • lee hall
  • Returning from An All-Nighter
  • Same church, different angle