Author: Brynn Boyer

The Virginia Tourism Corporation has named UMW’s Dahlgren Campus Center for Education and Research a Virginia Green Conference Center.

Virginia Green is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s campaign to promote environmentally-friendly practices in all aspects of Virginia’s tourism industry. Virginia Green Conference Centers have been thoughtfully planned and designed to minimize their impacts on the environment. The Dahlgren campus has met the established “core activities” for Green Conference Centers in the areas of recycling, minimization of disposable food service products, solid waste reduction, water conservation, energy conservation and “green” events.

The Stafford campus and the Jepson Alumni Executive Center also are recognized as Virginia Green facilities.
For more information on Virginia Green programs, visit http://www.virginia.org/WhatisVirginiaGreen/.

Professor of Mathematics Debra Hydorn and Professor of Biology Kathryn Loesser-Casey recently presented the poster “Tennis Balls Four Ways” at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, Calif.  The poster described an activity on accuracy and precision in research from BIOL 260 The Reserach Process, a course jointly created and taught by Hydorn and Loesser-Casey.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Randall Helmstutler recently co-authored an article published in the journal PRIMUS – Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies.  The article, “Finite Topological Spaces as a Pedagogical Tool,” looks at the use of finite topological spaces as examples in a point-set topology class especially suited to help students transition into abstract mathematics.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Julius Esunge recently returned from Istanbul, Turkey, where he delivered the talk “Risk Minimization in Levy Markets Using g-expectation” at the 8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics.

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This will be an informative bride/groom workshop in the Studio Pavilion. DJ Eric Herod will share ideas to help the men stress less but impress all on the big day! Ashley Alphin of C & A Event Planning will guide the ladies through wedding etiquette and much more. There will be door prizes! And refreshments will be provided by Caroline Street Catering.

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