The following area students were among 1,158 students graduating from the University of Mary Washington. 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.

Local students are: Virginia Rosalind Bowen of Amelia, graduated with a B.A. in history with a minor in museum studies;

Emily Taylor Gibbs of Crewe, graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in natural environmental science and Spanish with a certificate in geographic information science. Michael J Hudgins of Jetersville, graduated with a B.S. in chemistry; Ellen Rives Kuhar of Scottsville, graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English.