http://eagleeye.umw.edu A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/ken-tyler-named-athletic-director/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/ken-tyler-named-athletic-director/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:11:35 +0000 bboyer http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13761 Ken Tyler has been named director of athletics at the University of Mary Washington. Tyler comes to UMW after serving as director of athletics at West Virginia Wesleyan College, an NCAA Division II school in Buckhannon, W.Va. Tyler succeeds Edward Hegmann, who is retiring from the university next month after 36 years. Tyler begins work [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/ken-tyler-named-athletic-director/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/Tyler-Ken-12-cropped.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mark-scharfs-play-to-appear-at-festival/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mark-scharfs-play-to-appear-at-festival/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:09:50 +0000 bboyer http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13727 The Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C., will feature two staged readings of adjunct professor Mark Scharf’s play “Fortune’s Child.” The festival runs from Friday, May 25 through Sunday, June 10 and readings of “Fortune’s Child” are scheduled for Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1. For more information about the festival, visit http://www.piccolospoleto.com/. ]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mark-scharfs-play-to-appear-at-festival/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/01/ScharfMark.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/anand-rao-to-direct-workshop-at-harvard/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/anand-rao-to-direct-workshop-at-harvard/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:00:55 +0000 bboyer http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13723 Anand Rao, associate professor of communication and director of the speaking intensive program, will direct a summer workshop on public speaking and argumentation in Boston, Mass. The workshop for high school students is sponsored by Harvard Debate Council, the officially-recognized debate program at Harvard. The workshop will be held on the Harvard campus from July [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/anand-rao-to-direct-workshop-at-harvard/feed/ 1 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/Rao-Anand10.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/college-of-business-faculty-to-present-in-ireland/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/college-of-business-faculty-to-present-in-ireland/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:57:43 +0000 bboyer http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13718 Mukesh Srivastava and Lou Martinette’s co-authored paper entitled “Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage” has been accepted for presentation at the11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management (IFSAM) 2012 to be held at the University of Limerick from June 26 to 29. This research study focuses on the cross-industrial best practices in the context [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/college-of-business-faculty-to-present-in-ireland/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2010/11/Martinette-Louis09.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mukesh-srivastava-won-award-at-international-conference/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mukesh-srivastava-won-award-at-international-conference/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:52:12 +0000 bboyer http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13713 Mukesh Srivastava, associate professor of accounting and management information systems,  presented a blind reviewed co-authored paper on “Co-creation in Vendor-Customer Matrix Organizations: A Boundary Theory Approach” at the sixth Asian Business Research Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 8 through 10. He won Best Paper Award at the international conference. He also was awarded [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/09/mukesh-srivastava-won-award-at-international-conference/feed/ 1 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2011/05/Srivastava-Mukesh04.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/06/laurie-abeel-earns-black-belt/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/06/laurie-abeel-earns-black-belt/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 01:36:15 +0000 labeel http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13671 Laurie Abeel, associate professor in graduate education, passed her Black Belt test in Tae Kwan Do on Saturday, April 28 at the Karate Sports Academy in Warrenton. She started as a white belt in April 2004 and three knee surgeries (with one more at the end of May) and eight years later has finally earned [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/06/laurie-abeel-earns-black-belt/feed/ 2 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/Black-Belt-Test-4-28-12-007.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/center-for-economic-development-members-complete-certifications/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/center-for-economic-development-members-complete-certifications/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 20:37:36 +0000 melinadowns http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13630 Members of UMW’s Center for Economic Development recently completed certifications and attended a conference. Susan Ball, Early Venture Specialist for the UMW Small Business Development Center, completed the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Certification. Ball also attended a Social Media Marketing conference here in Fredericksburg, Va. Brian Baker, Executive Director for Entrepreneurship and Business Development, completed [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/center-for-economic-development-members-complete-certifications/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/CED-Logo_2color.png image/png http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/kevin-bartrams-op-ed-in-the-free-lance-star/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/kevin-bartrams-op-ed-in-the-free-lance-star/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:58:29 +0000 mmorrison http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13615 Kevin Bartram, director of the UMW Philharmonic, wrote an op-ed in a recent edition of  The Free Lance-Star about the state of the arts in the Fredericksburg area. Bartram is chairman of the Fredericksburg Arts Commission.   ]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/03/kevin-bartrams-op-ed-in-the-free-lance-star/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/Bartram-Kevin04.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/administrative-professionals-day/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/administrative-professionals-day/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:58:01 +0000 jkwitnie http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13554 Congratulations to our 20 Administrative Professionals who were able to attend the Tenth Annual Administrative Professionals’ Seminar with this year’s theme, “Admins, the Pulse of the Office.”  Some of the topics covered were “Using Twitter and Linkedin to Keep Ahead of the Curve,” “The ACTTive Leader,” and “Managing Your Boss.”  We are happy our colleagues [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/administrative-professionals-day/feed/ 0 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/05/Adm-Prof-Day2.jpg image/jpeg http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/sharfs-plays-to-be-performed-in-potomac-baltimore/ http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/sharfs-plays-to-be-performed-in-potomac-baltimore/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:42:53 +0000 Anne Elder http://eagleeye.umw.edu/?p=13539 The Potomac Theatre Company in Potomac, Md. will present adjunct instructor Mark Scharf’s plays “Get Stuffed, Replay,” and “Grey Hair and Zits” during its one-act festival, “Wit, Wisdom, Wickedness & Wonderment,” from June 15 to 24. His play “Hired Gun,” which is semi-finalist for the 2012 Eugene O’Neill National Theater Conference, will be produced in July [...]]]> http://eagleeye.umw.edu/2012/05/02/sharfs-plays-to-be-performed-in-potomac-baltimore/feed/ 2 http://eagleeye.umw.edu/files/2012/01/ScharfMark.jpg image/jpeg