January 24, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Call for Program Proposals for 2012 Women’s History Month Celebration

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Danielle McGuire, Women's History Month keynote speaker

Faculty, staff and students are invited to submit program proposals for consideration and inclusion in the annual UMW Women’s History Month Celebration. Program proposals are due by December 16, 2011 and the sponsors will be notified promptly. The theme for the 2012 celebration is “Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment.” Preference will be given to programs and events relating to this theme. Program proposal forms may be obtained from the James Farmer Multicultural Center in Lee Hall, room 211 or click here. For more information contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center at 540-654-1044.

UMW Gameday: Rise of Eagle Nation

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This Saturday, come to the UMW basketball double-header as the women’s and men’s basketball teams take on Frostburg State. Prior to the games, the teams will hold a special meet-and-greet for kids. Attendees will receive free t-shirts and mini-basketballs.

When: Saturday, Dec. 3
Where: The Anderson Center
Meet-and-Greet: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Games: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

As always, the games are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Courtney Thomas at (540) 654-1665.

 

Special Gift to All UMW Faculty and Staff

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In celebration of the season, the Museum Shop at Gari Melchers Home and Studio extends to all UMW faculty and staff a 25% discount on  purchases made Thursday and Friday, December 8th and 9th. It’s our way of saying thank you to everyone for their help and support throughout the year.

We have a wonderful selection of books this season, with new titles such as  Rin Tin Tin, his biography!  Our art supply section is stocked with items guaranteed to inspire any artist – Sennilier pastels & oils from France &  Fabriano papers from Italy.  There are unique gift items and trinkets to trim your tree.  (Read our shop blog and catch the latest news! museumshop1.)

The Museum Shop has opened a site exclusively for Gari Melchers related items: MelchersMuseumShop. Prints, cards, books and gift items with distinctive Melchers images reproduced can be found on this site.

The Melchers Museum Shop is  on the grounds of Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont, which is located across the Route 1 bridge at 224 Washington Street, Falmouth.  The Shop is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All UMW employees may tour the museum at no charge. UMW students and all students 18 and under visit free.  Adult admission is $10, and includes the introductory film, tour of the home, artist’s studio and three galleries of artwork.  Tours are offered 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except for Wednesdays, when the museum is closed to the public.

There is a systems of walking trails on the property which may be accessed when the museum is open. (Map of walking trails & estate).

If you unfamiliar with Gari Melchers Home and Studio, view our introductory film online at http://garimelchers.umw.edu/visit/introductory-dvd/.

With the best of holiday wishes to all the UMW community, from the staff of Gari Melchers Home & Studio, we look forward to working with you in the new year.

Jim Groom Featured in Times Higher Education

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Jim Groom, director of the Division for Teaching and Learning Technologies, is featured in the article “DIY, says ‘edupunk’ star. Distortion and sellout, say critics” in Times Higher Education. In the article, which appeared in the Thursday, Nov. 17 issue, Groom discusses the ideas behind the word “edupunk” and how they have evolved in the past few years.

Gari Melchers Home and Studio to Host Holiday Tours

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Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will offer daily “Holidays with the Melchers” 30-minute guided tours of the artfully decorated Georgian house throughout December. The museum is open daily, except Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours run on the hour, starting at 10:30 a.m. and are included in the regular admission price of $10 for adults. Students 18 years old and younger are admitted free with an accompanying, paying adult, limit two. Current UMW faculty, staff and students are admitted free.

The tour will showcase imaginative decorations and vignettes that interpret life at the Melchers’ cherished Falmouth country retreat. All exterior decorations are provided courtesy of the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club.

The museum gift shop, decked out for the season, will offer a wide selection of books, advent calendars, art supplies and gift items.

Home Sweet Home

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Presently on sabbatical in Italy, Federico Schneider is a visiting scholar at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, where he is working on his second book project “The Inconspicuous Art of the Libretto.”

He has been featured on National Swiss Radio (RSI, Rete Uno): “Incontro con Federico Schneider. Dal Jazz a… Dante”  http://reteuno.rsi.ch/home/networks/reteuno/oraDelTe/2011/01/25/Federico-Schneider-1.html.

He has presented a paper entitled “Musica e dramma nella Commedia,” at Ritrovarsi alla Badia di Ganna, Lecture Series 2011, Ganna (VA), and has been invited to deliver a lecture entitled “L’arte nascosta nel libretto d’opera” at the Università degli Studi of Turin. .

Holiday Events at JMM this Saturday, December 3

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Join the James Monroe Museum this Saturday to get in the holiday mood!

Tickets are still available for “Deck the Halls,” the annual holiday decorating presentation by Jan Williams, which will be held in Dodd Auditorium from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday. This program has hundreds of loyal fans and will give you great ideas on how to decorate your home for the season! Tickets are $22 for UMW faculty and staff and include a breakfast of seasonal breads, pastries, coffee and tea. Call x1123 or e-mail auphaus@umw.edu to purchase.

On Saturday afternoon, visit the museum (at 908 Charles Street) for our free holiday Open House from 4 to 6 p.m., before the downtown Holiday Parade. We’ll have hot cider and cookies, and visitors will see the special exhibit “A Monroe Christmas,” which shows how the holidays were celebrated during Monroe’s time.

An added bonus is that a jazz ensemble from the Quantico Marine Corps Band will give a free performance of seasonal tunes in our courtyard at 4 p.m.!

We hope to see you all there!

Xiaofeng Zhao Presented at Decision Sciences Institute’s Annual Meeting

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Xiaofeng Zhao, assistant professor in the College of Business, chaired a session and presented two papers at the Decision Sciences Institute 2011 Annual Meeting in Boston. The papers, “The Effects of the Variation on Queuing Systems in Supply Chain Management” and “Understanding Process Flow and Waiting Time Variance: A Spread Sheet Approach,” are published in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

“Estimating the Variance of Waiting Time in the Delivery of Healthcare Services,” a paper co-authored by Zhao, has been accepted by the International Journal of Decision Sciences.

Eagle Business Book Club

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Join the Eagle Business Book Club on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 a.m. in duPont Hall, Room 211 for its second meeting.

The club was formed to give UMW faculty and staff an opportunity to read books that pertain to our work environment—our goal is to learn and share best practices in the workplace!  To that end, each month we will read a different ‘business book’ and then discuss it.

The book for the December meeting is “StrengthsFinder 2.0” by Tom Rath.  Pick up a copy of the book, complete the online test and be ready to discuss your top five strengths at the meeting.

The Eagle Book Club Steering Committee members are Rosemary Arneson, Erma Baker, Donna Mejia, Fred Pierce, Lynne Richardson, Doug Searcy and Justin Webb.  If you have specific questions, please contact a member of the Steering Committee.  Oh, and it’s BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee)!

– Lynne Richardson, Dean, College of Business