UMW’s Humanities Center collaborates with other centers across campus to support students, faculty, staff, and the broader community. We currently support initiatives in partnership with the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD), Center for Community Engagement, and the Center for Teaching.
- Curricular Innovation: Support interdisciplinary courses, new minors, and micro-credentials.
- Career Preparedness: Develop internship and project-based learning programs aligned with workforce needs.
- Public Engagement: Promote faculty and student-led community projects and events.
- Community Collaboration: Serve as a regional resource for civic engagement and cultural programming.
Program Spotlight: Food Studies Minor
Starting in Fall 2026, UMW will offer a food studies minor, one of the first in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This minor is possibly UMW’s most interdisciplinary program and includes courses from American Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, History, Marketing, and Modern Languages and Literatures. For more information, read the description on the Modern Languages and Literatures website.
What’s in this photograph?
Without reliable refrigeration, Cuban farmers reuse glass containers to preserve sauces so that they have access to fruits and vegetables all year long. Photograph taken by Professor Krystyn Moon at La Picadora, an agro-eco-tourism program in Sancti Spíritus Province. For more information, check out her co-authored article published in Gastronomica.
