{"id":126958,"date":"2017-02-14T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T17:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/?p=126958"},"modified":"2017-02-14T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T19:04:46","slug":"admissions-open-house-feb-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2017\/02\/14\/admissions-open-house-feb-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions Open House Feb. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>On Monday, February 20, 2017, University of Mary Washington will host an Admissions Open House.&nbsp; Approximately 275 prospective students (typically high school seniors, juniors, and sophomores, as well as transfers) and their families will visit and tour campus between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.&nbsp; The estimated guest count is 750 visitors.<\/p><p>A sample agenda is posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Tentative-Agenda-Spring-2017.pdf\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; Visitor parking has been reserved in the parking deck off of Route 1 and on Double Drive.&nbsp; Primary event locations are the Anderson Center, Lee Hall, the Hurley Convergence Center, the University Center, and campus\/residence hall tours in Mason.&nbsp;Expect to see increased foot traffic on campus and curious newcomers at the Top of the University Center (fourth floor), especially between noon and 2 p.m.<\/p><p>While the Office of Admissions sponsors these events, the entire campus assumes the role of host. Our visitors frequently comment on how &ldquo;friendly, helpful, and engaging&rdquo; our UMW community is!&nbsp; Visitors shared the following about what they enjoyed the most during their recent visits to campus:<\/p><ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Getting an in depth view and understanding of UMW.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;The beautiful campus!&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;I really enjoyed meeting all the faculty.&nbsp; Everyone was super nice, helpful, and fun to talk to!&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;The campus tour was wonderful and helped me make my decision about the school!&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Everybody was very welcoming and this was an amazing experience!&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;The ability to connect face to face with staff and current students.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;&ldquo;Perfect size.&nbsp; Nice people.&nbsp; All around great visit!&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>We encourage you to show your support and tweet to @UMWAdmissions and\/or post to Instagram and tag @UMWAdmissions. We would like to see #UMWOpenHouse trending throughout the day.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;d like to be involved in Open Houses or have ideas, please contact Admissions at 540.654.2000 or email <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:admit@umw.edu\">admit@umw.edu<\/a><\/span>.<\/p><p>Thank you for your partnership in showcasing all that is great about UMW!<\/p><p>Office of Admissions<\/p><p>540\/654-2000<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:admit@umw.edu\">admit@umw.edu<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, February 20, 2017, University of Mary Washington will host an Admissions Open House.&nbsp; Approximately 275 prospective students (typically high school seniors, juniors, and sophomores, as well as transfers) and their families will visit and tour campus between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.&nbsp; The estimated guest count is 750 visitors.A sample agenda is posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":125730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[8639],"class_list":["post-126958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-whats-new-umw","tag-pzero","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}