Author: Brynn Boyer

Allison Seay, faculty member in the English department at the University of Mary Washington, has been named a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in poetry for 2013. The $25,000 award will allow Seay, a 2002 graduate of Mary Washington, to work on a second collection of poetry. Her first book of poetry, “To See the Queen,” is scheduled for publication in March 2013.

Seay was one of 40 poets chosen from more than 1,100 applicants. The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded creative writing fellowships since 1967, providing writers the time and freedom to pursue their work.

For more information on Seay’s award, read the full news release from Nov. 3o.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is coauthor of a refereed journal article entitled, “Event-Driven Environmental News in the US and Canada,” published in the current issue of Electronic Media and Politics. The article grew out of a research project that originated during Dr. Farnsworth’s time as a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar at McGill University in Montreal.

For the second time in three years, Leigh Frackelton, professor in the College of Business, was recognized as a “Super CPA” Educator by the Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA).  Every year, Virginia Business Magazine partners with the VSCPA to highlight Virginia’s top CPAs for their important contributions to the profession and the Commonwealth.  An official ballot is sent to all Virginia CPAs asking them to identify the names of peers they consider to be the best at their craft, and again, Leigh Frackelton was one of nine educators selected.