Author: Brynn Boyer

UMW field hockey player leads team to NCAA championships and picks up awards in the process.

I was recently asked about the utilization of the Stafford campus.  The information I used in my response may be of interest to other members of this community.  The campus buildings are used during the day for a variety of UMW related programs. Space is also rented to outside groups and organizations.   The buildings are used in the evening primarily for graduate program classes.

For the year that ended in June, 2012 the total revenue collected from rentals was $436,265.  There were 285 different events (including 148 rentals) held across both buildings that attracted 10,749 individuals.  We are on track to achieve the same numbers for this fiscal year.  As stated previously, evening use is almost exclusively for graduate program instruction where, on average, all but one classroom is used in the North Building four nights a week. Use of classrooms in the South Building is limited.

Message from President Richard V. Hurley

UMW Faculty and Staff,

Through the cooperation of the Divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, we are proud to announce the second Faculty-Staff Hour, this Friday, January 18, in the Underground at 4 p.m.

Show up to get connected and collaborate (or commiserate) with other departments and colleagues from other areas on campus. Be inspired by all the great initiatives, research and education being created by our colleagues and see how we can work together for the betterment of our students!

The social will include music, drinks and appetizers.

We look forward to seeing you Friday at 4 p.m. in the Underground.

Patricia E. Reynolds, assistant professor in the College of Education, and Caroline Noxon, a 2012 M.Ed. graduate, will present at the Virginia ESL Supervisors Conference on Saturday, Feb. 2 in Richmond.

The presentation, “‘You Can’t Talk To Me Like That’: Origins and Attitudes of Elementary Classroom Teachers about Bilingual Code Switching,” is based on Noxon’s research for her master’s thesis.

Reynolds has been invited to present her doctoral research, “Learning the Ropes: Children Crossing Cultures,” at the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language meeting in Liverpool, U.K. in April 2013.