Author: A J Newell

Romero Presents Panel at the Annual Meeting of The Anchor Institutions Task Force

Professor Joseph Romero (Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion), is organizing a panel of fellows from the American Council on Education (2017-18) to chart recent successes of anchor universities and barriers to anchor work at the Annual Meeting of the Anchor Institutions Task Force in New York, New York, Nov. 15-16. Higher education leaders from […]

Buster-Williams Nominated for AACRAO LEAD

Kimberley Buster-Williams, vice president for enrollment management, has been invited to participate in a new initiative called AACRAO LEAD. AACRAO’s new initiative called LEAD (Leaders in Enrollment Advancing Diversity) will take a multi-pronged approach at identifying and preparing a diverse group of enrollment leaders to take on leadership roles in Enrollment Management in North America […]

Food Drives Benefit Regional Food Bank

The UMW community will be collecting food  and other items to benefit the Fredericksburg Regional Food Drive.The Thanksgiving Food Drive, sponsored by the Staff Advisory Council, began Oct. 22 and will run through Nov. 8. You can drop off donations at the following locations: Lee Hall, cashier’s office, 2nd floor Eagle Landing, Suite 480 GW […]

Blevins Presents on Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality at Watson Conference

Brenta Blevins, assistant professor of writing studies and digital studies​ in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, presented a paper, “Preparing for Current and Future Composing with Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality,” at the Twelfth Biennial International Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville (October 25-27, 2018).Her project […]

Office Sustainability Tip of the Week

Thanksgiving is only three weeks away, so we’d like to remind all staff and faculty to remember to shut off lights, computers, monitors, printers, copiers, etc. before you leave your offices when the Thanksgiving break officially begins on Wednesday, Nov. 21.   Also unplug items in your office such as coffee makers, microwaves, radios, etc. since […]