As the Department of Geography looks forward to celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009, a UMW geography alumnus has made a gift to establish an endowment to support student and program needs. The 50th Anniversary Geography Endowment will provide additonal resources to promote the mission of the Department by helping to fund student research-related travel, GIS and physical laboratories, local and international field courses, and other student-oriented projects.

Jeff W. Rountree ’91, CEO of the UMW Foundation and president of … Read the rest

The annual Fredericksburg Christmas parade (complete with some light snow this year!) signals the end of another semester and the beginning of break.  As always, exam week is a busy time, but also a time to note some accomplishments:

At the SEDAAG meetings this year, the Virginia Geography Bowl team was made up entirely of Mary Washington students.  Going against other states with graduate students on their teams, our team did quite well and two of our students, Matt Holden … Read the rest