Helen Housley, associate professor of theater, presented a workshop, “Exploring Shakespeare’s Consonants: An Experiential Journey,” at the 7th Annual Conference of the Lessac Institute, University of Memphis, January 5-7, 2012. The workshop explored the practical application of Housley’s research focused on Shakespeare’s deliberate placement of consonants in his words/lines, thereby providing his actors with subliminal instruction in how to ‘speak the speech’ in terms of pacing, characterization, and behavioral interpretation. Housley’s hypothesis suggests that contemporary actors may use this same technique in their own Shakespearean character development.
Postal Service Rate Increased on January 22
Are you ready for the USPS rate increase? On January 22, 2012 the cost of a first class stamp will increase by $.01 making it $.45 to mail a 1oz letter. Other first class services will increase as well, check out the complete list on the UMW Post Office website, http://adminfinance.umw.edu/mail/.
Great Lives Lecture Series Starts Next Week
The Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series starts Tuesday, Jan. 24 with a lecture on Kurt Vonnegut, and continues through April. All lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium.
A full calendar of lectures is available at http://www.umw.edu/greatlives/calendar-of-lectures/.
The Free Lance-Star highlights the lecture series in the Jan. 19 issue: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/012012/01192012/677222.
UMW Philharmonic Orchestra Tours Italy
The UMW Philharmonic Orchestra in Rome
For the UMW Philharmonic Orchestra, the week between Christmas and New Year’s was filled with performances, trips and sightseeing as part of a tour of Italy. The 59-member group, led by Director Kevin Bartram, traveled to Venice, Florence and Rome, and performed concerts in the towns of Padua and Impruneta and in downtown Rome.
“We had such a wonderful experience meeting the Italians,” Bartram said. “They were very kind, and had such enthusiasm for music. I know that our students will cherish this experience forever.”
According to the UMW Philharmonic website, “The UMW-CSO touring program was established in 2006 as a means to offer international and cultural opportunities for our students and community musicians.” This is the third trip for the orchestra.
Students in Rome
Black History Month: My Black Is Beautiful: Footprints, Reflections and Paths
Steel Drum Band
Wednesday, Feb. 1
7 p.m.; Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center
Join the James Farmer Multicultural Center for the commencement of the 2012 Black History Month Celebration as Ewabo plays an eclectic range of music that incorporates soul, R&B, and funk music on Caribbean steel drums.
Library Exhibit: Celebrate Black History Month
Feb. 1-29
Simpson Library will feature written and digital resources from the UMW libraries collections that highlight prominent African-American women and African-American history and culture.
Dinner: Cuisines of Black Cultures
Monday, Feb. 6
Seacobeck Hall
Dinner cost: one meal-plan meal or $10.30 plus tax
Eagle Dining will feature African and Caribbean cuisines.
Social Justice Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: Prison Industrial Complex
Wednesday, Feb. 8
Noon; Woodard Campus Center, Meeting Room 4
Film Discussion: The Prep School Negro
Wednesday, Feb. 8
6 p.m.; Combs Hall, Room 139
André Robert Lee’s film portrays how a full scholarship to a Philadelphia prep school was supposed to be his way out of the ghetto, how he paid a high personal cost for the elite education, and looks inside today’s continuing racial naïveté. Co-sponsored by the James Farmer Visiting Professor Committee, James Farmer Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Rights and Social Justice, Office of Student Affairs, Department of History and American Studies, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
An Evening of Jazz: A Tribute to America’s Great Black Artists
Thursday, Feb. 9
8 p.m.; The Underground, Lee Hall
The UMW Faculty Jazz Ensemble will feature works by legendary African-American jazz musicians. Co-sponsored by the UMW Department of Music.
Gospelfest
Sunday, Feb. 12
4 p.m.; Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall
An evening of gospel music and spiritual uplift with choirs, singing groups, and praise dance teams. Co-sponsored by Voices of Praise.
James Farmer Visiting Professor Lecturer and Black History Month
Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
7 p.m., Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall
Co-sponsored by the James Farmer Visiting Professor Committee
An icon of the nation’s quest for social justice, activist and scholar Angela Davis has spent decades building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender equality. The author of eight books, Davis has served for the last 15 years as professor of feminist studies and professor of history of consciousness, an interdisciplinary doctoral program, at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Co-sponsored by the James Farmer Visiting Professor Committee, James Farmer Multicultural Center, and the AT&T Student Leadership Colloquium.
Essence of African-American Culture: Fashion and Arts
Friday, Feb. 17
7 p.m.; Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center
The Black Student Association will celebrate African and African-American culture with a talent show and Pan-African fashion show.
Lunch: Cuisines of Black Cultures
Monday, Feb. 20
Seacobeck Hall
Cost: one meal-plan meal or $8 for lunch.
Eagle Dining will feature Creole and Southern soul cuisines.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Noon-6 p.m.; Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center
Co-sponsored by the Black Student Association and Talk to the Hands.
Donate blood or to volunteer to assist with this event, email tragland@mail.umw.edu.
The Color of Sisterhood: African-American Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, and Social Change
Wednesday, Feb. 22
7 p.m.; Combs Hall, Room 139
Georgetown University Assistant Professor of History Marcia Chatelain will explore the role of African-American women’s activism in desegregation and in transforming national girls’ organizations. Co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Department of History and American Studies.
22nd Annual Step Show and Competition
Saturday, Feb. 25
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.); Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall
Cost: $7; $5 with UMW ID
An array of the area’s most talented step teams will engage in a high energy, entertaining competition. Co-sponsored by Women of Color and the Black Student Association.
Film Discussion: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Tuesday, Feb. 28
6 p.m.; Chandler Hall, Room 102
A disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. This documentary explores his activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice, and human rights. Sponsored by PRISM- People for the Rights of Sexual Minorities.
Michael McCarthy Will Appear in The Southern Review
Michael McCarthy, a senior lecturer in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication, has had four poems accepted for publication by The Southern Review, the literary journal edited at Louisiana State University. The prestigious journal, founded in 1935, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. McCarthy’s poems, dealing with trees, alienation and the poet William Blake, are to appear in the Fall issue.
Stephen Davies to Feature in IEEE Computer
Stephen Davies, assistant professor of computer science, will have his paper “Cinefile: A Category-Based Analytic Browser” published in IEEE Computer. The paper, co-authored with former students Stacey Aylor ’11 and Jesse Hatfield ’10, discusses a new user interface paradigm for analyzing patterns in a large database, specifically using the IMDB movie database.
The paper will appear on the publication’s website and in the print version later this year.
Charles J. Shields to Present at Two Conferences
Charles J. Shields
Charles J. Shields, associate director of the Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series, will be the keynote speaker at the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read in Jacksonville, Fla. His lecture, “Mockingbird: Portrait of Harper Lee,” will be Saturday, Feb. 4.
He also will present at the Maine Festival of the Book on Saturday, March 31.
Robert Liebau is Recipient of VATA Award
The recipient of this year’s VATA Clinical and Emerging Practice Award is Robert Liebau. Bob has been at the University of Mary Washington for the past 25 years. He served as the first head athletic trainer at UMW from 1986 to 2003. Currently serving as the Associate Director of Campus Recreation and the Director of the Fitness Center at UMW, Bob founded the university’s wellness program and has expanded his sports medicine outreach to the university students, staff and club sports. He is also involved in a variety of projects providing wellness information to both the university and local community.
Recently, Bob has developed a unique program at UMW working with club sport athletes and concussion management. Throughout the years, he has been actively involved with the VATA and has served as a presenter on numerous occasions.
Ian Rogol Named VATA’s College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year
Ian Rogol, head athletic trainer, has been named the 2012 Virginia Athletic Trainers Association’s College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year.
A native of Charlottesville, Rogol began his career in athletic training after graduating in 1994 from James Madison University. He went on to receive his master of education degree in athletic training/sports medicine from the University of Virginia in 1996. During his many years of experience, Ian has served as an athletic trainer at many high schools in the Central Virginia area. He is serving his second year as the head athletic trainer at the University of Mary Washington.
In the past year at UMW, Rogol transformed the athletic training and sports medicine department into a well run and exceptional program, changing the culture in the athletic training room. He has gained the trust and support of the staff, coaches, and most importantly the athletes at Mary Washington. Not only has Ian worked on developing relationships with the athletes, he has also developed a strong relationship with the student health services at UMW, local orthopedic medical practices, and other health care professionals. Ian has been key in implementing protocols for concussion management and catastrophic injuries. He also serves as an ACI for the George Mason University athletic training program.
The Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association is dedicated to the health and well-being of Virginians who are physically active. As such, the organization focuses on enhancing the professional development of Virginia’s certified athletic trainers and on communication between all persons and agencies invested in the health and well-being of athletes and the physically active.