La Ceiba, the microfinance institution run by University of Mary Washington students, awarded a total of $625 to three Honduran entrepreneurs in La Ceiba’s first-ever business plan competition.
Esther Yook
Esther Yook, director of the UMW Speaking Center, presented “Communication Centers Spanning the Continent: Visual Ideations and Models” and “Communication Centers as the Golden Gate of Oral Communication: Great Ideas for the Center” at the annual convention of the National Communication Association in San Francisco, Calif., in November. At the same conference, Yook also served as a poster session judge and as chair of the paper session “If You Build It, They May Come: Empirically Identifying Motivations Surrounding the Use of Communication Centers.”
Art Forgery Lecture March 6 at Gari Melchers Home and Studio
Belmont Curator Joanna Catron
“In Search of the Real Gari Melchers: The Art Market, EBay, and the Craft of the Forger”
Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m.
So you want to buy a Melchers or just learn more about where Gari Melchers’ work stands in today’s art market? Belmont Curator Joanna Catron will present a fascinating illustrated primer on how to make the most informed decision.
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Books on Shirts. Shirts on a Mission.
“Out of Print celebrates the world’s great stories through fashion. Our shirts feature iconic and often out of print book covers. Some are classics, some are just curious enough to make great t-shirts, but all are striking works of art.
For each shirt we sell, one book is donated to a community in need through our partner Books For Africa.”
–Out of Print Clothing.
Now in stock at the UMW Bookstore.
60s Sensation Chubby Checker to Perform in Dodd
Checker will play Dodd Auditorium on Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Virginia Amateur Athletic Union.
Jean Ann Dabb
Serving on an international panel of jurors for the Society of American Mosaic Artists, UMW professor of art history Jean Ann Dabb selected works on display at the Mosaic Arts International exhibit in Austin, Tex. Mosaic art, one of the world’s oldest art forms, is experiencing a global revitalization. “This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to highlight outstanding examples of contemporary mosaic art from around the world in one venue, to allow viewers to experience the exciting new ways that artists are taking this art form to another level,” said Shug Jones, president of the SAMA Board of Trustees. “These artists, building on traditional and ancient art, are using both traditional and non-traditional materials to really push the art to a degree unseen in recent history.”
Women’s History Month 2011 “Role” Call: Women’s Presence and Power in Society
Sheesh, Is She Crying Again?
The Connection between Gender and Rationality
Date: March 8 | Time: 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Location: Annex A, Room 110
Traditionally, women have been associated with an excess of emotion and a lack of mental discipline; men, on the other hand, have been thought to be more rational. Do these stereotypes still exist? Please join Dr. Ray Mataloni, Visiting Professor of Economics as he discusses this topic and much more.
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Who Opens the Door and Covers the Check? Exploring Roles and Stereotypes in the GLBTTQQIAAP Community
Date: March 9 | Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Meeting Room #4, Woodard Campus Center
Please join members of Women of Color and People for the Rights of Individuals of Sexual Minorities (PRISM) for a stimulating conversation about the expected and stereotypical roles of women in GLBTTQQIAAP relationships. FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED
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Latin American Women Intellectuals
Date: March 10
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Combs 139
Join Dr. Claudia Cabello-Hutt, Assistant Professor at The University of North Carolina Greensboro as she discusses how Latin American women writers challenged the traditional definition of the Latin American public intellectual.
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Writing the South in the 21st Century
Date: March 10 | Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Combs 139
Award-winning author Jill McCorkle, a writing professor at N.C. State University, will talk about what it means to be among the foremost female fiction writers of our time.
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You Better Work!
Open Lecture featuring 2003 America’s Next Top Model finalist April Wilkner
Date: March 14 | Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Lee Hall 411
April Wilkner will discuss her experience as a model-hopeful on one of the world’s leading shows. Her emphasis will be on the significance of intelligence and diversity within the modeling industry.
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Ms. UMW: More than a just Beauty Pageant
Date: March 15 | Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall
Join UMW hopefuls as they compete for the coveted title of Ms. UMW in this nontraditional pageant that celebrates women and their beauty from the inside out.
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Dr. Gail Dines Women’s History Month Keynote & Cultural Awareness Series Speaker
Date: March 16 | Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center
A professor, author, and internationally-acclaimed lecturer, Gail Dines is an energetic and outspoken critic of pornography and the hypersexuality that permeates pop culture. Dines’ vision is to heighten awareness of the shallow and sexist side of the mass media, and she has targeted outlets like MTV with undermining equality and intimacy in relationships.
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The Vagina Monologues
Date: March 18 & 19 | Time: 8-9:30 pm
Location: Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center
Cost: $3 in advance; $5 at the door
Proceeds to benefit Hope House
Email zoller.eli@gmail.com to purchase tickets.
The 8th annual UMW production of The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler, uses the arts to explore women’s issues such as sex, love, rape, abuse, relationships, menstruation, and childbirth. By promoting inner beauty and self-worth, The Vagina Monologues celebrates the true essence of the vagina, femininity, and the ability to speak out against the pressures of society.
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The Gender Pay Gap:
Where do Women Stand Now?
Date: March 22 | Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Lee Hall 411
Join Radford University Professor of Psychology Hilary M. Lips as she explores the current status of the gender pay gap and how it undercuts women’s power and limits their achievements in today’s workforce.
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Women’s Research Symposium
Date: March 23 | Time: 4-6 p.m.
Location: Red Room, Woodard Campus Center
Please join UMW students as they showcase their undergraduate research in women’s studies. Cash prizes will be awarded to winners. Please contact Professor Cooperman at rcooperm@umw.edu for more information regarding submitting an entry.
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This is What Makes Her Special…
Brown Bag Lunch
Date: March 24 | Time: Noon
Location: The Underground
Join campus and community members as they read short stories and poems about the women who have had the greatest impact on their lives.
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Fresh Face to the World…Easy, Breezy, No Makeup on that CoverGirl
Makeup Drive
Date: March 25 | Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Locations: Lee Hall 211 or OSACS office
Beauty is far more than enhanced eyelashes, plucked brows, and fiery red lips. Campus and community members are invited to share their true beauty by participating in a day devoted to no makeup. Participants are strongly encouraged to donate their new and unopened cosmetic products to benefit Hope House.
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For Colored Girls
Film and Discussion
Date: March 29 | Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Lee Hall 412
Based on Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, this presentation is a poetic exploration of what it means to be a woman of color in today’s world. Discussion immediately following the film. Food will be provided.
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Freedom Riders
Great Lives lecture featuring Raymond Arsenault
Date: March 31 | Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall
Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, will present the Great Lives lecture, followed by a discussion with a panel of Freedom Riders, which will include some of the women who changed the face of racial and gender equality for our country
Obituary – Anne A. Moyse
Former secretary to two Mary Washington presidents, Anne Avery Moyse, passed away February 13. Her obituary is at: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/022011/02152011/607212
Lucy Snyder
Join the UMW Bookstore team as they send their best wishes with Lucy Snyder in her retirement after 24 years of servicee in the UMW commmunity. Stop in the store between 2 pm and 4 pm on Thursday, February 24 to visit and say farewell!
Monumental “In Holland” Painting Returns to Belmont
After logging thousands of miles while traveling with “Dutch Utopia,” Gari Melchers’ iconic painting is once again hanging in the Studio.In Holland is no stranger to travel, however. This much-loved painting was originally exhibited at the 1887 Paris Salon where its monumental scale guaranteed notice. Since 1887, no fewer than ten exhibitions have included this work in cities as diverse as Boston, Munich, Berlin, Brussels, and Pittsburgh.
Featuring two Egmond farm women working in the dunes, the painting was significantly altered by Melchers at a later date making it more decorative with a brighter color scheme.
In Holland remains a visitor favorite and was missed by many during its absence.
How does fine art travel? Watch our short video on You Tube.