Hayley Todd Graduates from the University of Mary Washington

2015 Jun 10

Hayley Lynne Todd of Newport News, Va. graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in geography. She received the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Award.

A total of 1,158 students graduated during the university's 104th Commencement in a graduate ceremony on Friday, May 8 and in an undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 9, on the university's Fredericksburg campus. Steven R. Staples, State Superintendent, delivered the commencement address for graduate students and Pamela Bridgewater, a Foreign Service officer who served as U.S. Ambassador in three countries, gave the undergraduate commencement address.

The university awarded 47 Master of Business Administration degrees, 87 Master of Education degrees, 8 Master of Science in Management Information Systems, 27 Master of Science in Elementary Education Degrees, 444 Bachelor of Arts degrees, 50 Bachelor of Liberal Studies degrees, 12 Bachelor of Professional Studies degrees and 483 Bachelor of Science degrees. Five graduates received both the MBA and the MSMIS in a dual-degree program.

The University of Mary Washington is a premier, selective public liberal arts and sciences university in Virginia, highly respected for its commitment to academic excellence, strong undergraduate liberal arts and sciences program, and dedication to life-long learning. The university, with a total enrollment of more than 5,000, features colleges of business, education and arts and sciences, and three campuses, including a residential campus in Fredericksburg, Va., a second one in nearby Stafford and a third in Dahlgren, Va., which serves as a center of development of educational and research partnerships between the Navy, higher education institutions and the region's employers. In recent years, the university has seen its academic reputation garner national recognition in numerous selective guidebooks, including Forbes, the Fiske Guide to Colleges and the Princeton Review's 2012 edition of 150 "Best Value Colleges" and the 2014 edition of "The Best 378 Colleges."