Cate Brewer, visiting assistant professor of The Department of Theatre and Dance, filmed two episodes of “Who The Bleep Did I Marry?” (playing the renowned crime writer Patricia Cornwell), and one episode of “Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets” (playing the real-life criminal Charlotte Wood) for the Identification Discovery Channel this summer (part of the Discovery Channel network). Episodes to air in the fall.
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, was elected on June 11 to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors of MSF/Doctors Without Borders-USA.
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, was elected on June 11 to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors of MSF/Doctors Without Borders-USA.
Grad Wins Eighth Fulbright for UMW
University of Mary Washington graduate Michele Alexander has been selected to receive a U.S. Fulbright grant for 2011-2012. She becomes the eighth student in the university’s history to receive the prestigious award, bringing to six the number of Fulbright grants awarded at UMW in the past four years alone.
The scholarship will enable Alexander to study healthcare policies toward children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which released radiation into Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Beginning in September, Alexander will spend the academic year in Ukraine conducting research.
“We’re all very proud of Michele’s achievement, and wish her well with her research agenda in Ukraine,” said Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history. “I am quite confident that she will make UMW proud representing the Fulbright program in the Chernobyl region.”
In Ukraine, Alexander will research the health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident, government policies and organizations that help alleviate the children’s needs and additional policies necessary to address children’s health. She will work with professors and scholars from a local university and institute as she conducts her research, in addition to completing coursework at the university.
Alexander was inspired to select the topic based on her family’s experiences with the Children of Chernobyl program, which provides health recuperation respites to children impacted by the disaster. For several summers when Alexander was a teenager, her family hosted a child and program chaperone from the affected region. She has been interested in the topic ever since, she said.
“I feel that this is an important topic to study because while there are numerous materials available about Chernobyl and its effects, none focus on the children and their specific healthcare needs.” said Alexander. “I hope to determine what the affected children need and how to address it so they can lead healthy, normal lives.”
Alexander graduated from UMW with honors in May. She received a degree in political science with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies and a minor in economics.
At UMW, Alexander was active in several organizations. She worked for the Office of Residence Life for three years, serving as a resident assistant and building supervisor. In addition, Alexander was a university tour guide and vice president of finance for Alpha Mu Sigma. She participated in the Young Women’s Leaders Program and served as historian and webmaster for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and as president of Pi Sigma Alpha.
Alexander has twice been named to “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society. She is a four-time recipient of a UMW Scholastic Excellence Scholarship.
In addition, she is a 2009 alumna of the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership’s College Leaders Program at the University of Virginia.
Upon her return to the U.S., Alexander plans to attend graduate school and study international health policy. She hopes to apply her research and degrees toward a career that improves health care programs in the U.S. or abroad.
News release prepared by Megan Eichenberg
Grad Wins Eighth Fulbright for UMW
University of Mary Washington graduate Michele Alexander has been selected to receive a U.S. Fulbright grant for 2011-2012. She becomes the eighth student in the university’s history to receive the prestigious award, bringing to six the number of Fulbright grants awarded at UMW in the past four years alone.
The scholarship will enable Alexander to study healthcare policies toward children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which released radiation into Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Beginning in September, Alexander will spend the academic year in Ukraine conducting research.
“We’re all very proud of Michele’s achievement, and wish her well with her research agenda in Ukraine,” said Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history. “I am quite confident that she will make UMW proud representing the Fulbright program in the Chernobyl region.”
In Ukraine, Alexander will research the health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident, government policies and organizations that help alleviate the children’s needs and additional policies necessary to address children’s health. She will work with professors and scholars from a local university and institute as she conducts her research, in addition to completing coursework at the university.
Alexander was inspired to select the topic based on her family’s experiences with the Children of Chernobyl program, which provides health recuperation respites to children impacted by the disaster. For several summers when Alexander was a teenager, her family hosted a child and program chaperone from the affected region. She has been interested in the topic ever since, she said.
“I feel that this is an important topic to study because while there are numerous materials available about Chernobyl and its effects, none focus on the children and their specific healthcare needs.” said Alexander. “I hope to determine what the affected children need and how to address it so they can lead healthy, normal lives.”
Alexander graduated from UMW with honors in May. She received a degree in political science with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies and a minor in economics.
At UMW, Alexander was active in several organizations. She worked for the Office of Residence Life for three years, serving as a resident assistant and building supervisor. In addition, Alexander was a university tour guide and vice president of finance for Alpha Mu Sigma. She participated in the Young Women’s Leaders Program and served as historian and webmaster for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and as president of Pi Sigma Alpha.
Alexander has twice been named to “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society. She is a four-time recipient of a UMW Scholastic Excellence Scholarship.
In addition, she is a 2009 alumna of the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership’s College Leaders Program at the University of Virginia.
Upon her return to the U.S., Alexander plans to attend graduate school and study international health policy. She hopes to apply her research and degrees toward a career that improves health care programs in the U.S. or abroad.
News release prepared by Megan Eichenberg
Monroe Hall Update
Steve Hanna, chair of the geography department, has posted new photos of the inside of the renovated Monroe Hall. You can see them, and comment here: http://umwgeography.org/2011/06/24/monroe-hall-ready-for-its-close-up/#more-998.
Facilities Services began moving office furniture and classroom furniture into lecture halls and office suites last week. Faculty began moving into Monroe Tuesday and Wednesday. Over the course of the next few weeks UMW will receive computer lab furniture and computers, seminar room furniture, and build-out of the large lecture hall will be completed. Installation and testing of classroom audio-visual systems will also be completed. Facilities Services has asked that faculty and staff who want to tour the newly refurbished building postpone their plans until after August 1, so final construction and installation will not be disrupted. Monroe Hall, named after the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was completed in 1911 and is one of the original buildings on campus.
Monroe Hall Update
Steve Hanna, chair of the geography department, has posted new photos of the inside of the renovated Monroe Hall. You can see them, and comment here: http://umwgeography.org/2011/06/24/monroe-hall-ready-for-its-close-up/#more-998.
Facilities Services began moving office furniture and classroom furniture into lecture halls and office suites last week. Faculty began moving into Monroe Tuesday and Wednesday. Over the course of the next few weeks UMW will receive computer lab furniture and computers, seminar room furniture, and build-out of the large lecture hall will be completed. Installation and testing of classroom audio-visual systems will also be completed. Facilities Services has asked that faculty and staff who want to tour the newly refurbished building postpone their plans until after August 1, so final construction and installation will not be disrupted. Monroe Hall, named after the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was completed in 1911 and is one of the original buildings on campus.
Office Moving Tips
Summer is a busy time, especially with many offices moving. Please remember to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as you prepare to move or clean out your office. Most items in our offices can be recycled; visit the UMW recycling web site http://www.umw.edu/recycle/umw_recycling_categories for information on the categories collected.
A few quick reminders:
Keep bags and boxes light, if you cannot pick it up neither can we.
Separate plastic binders and other non-paper products from recyclable paper.
Separate trash from recyclables; cardboard boxes with trash and Styrofoam in them become trash.
Cardboard boxes should be flattened for recycling.
Place trash in waste receptacles.
Thank you for your support!
Office Moving Tips
Summer is a busy time, especially with many offices moving. Please remember to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as you prepare to move or clean out your office. Most items in our offices can be recycled; visit the UMW recycling web site http://www.umw.edu/recycle/umw_recycling_categories for information on the categories collected.
A few quick reminders:
Keep bags and boxes light, if you cannot pick it up neither can we.
Separate plastic binders and other non-paper products from recyclable paper.
Separate trash from recyclables; cardboard boxes with trash and Styrofoam in them become trash.
Cardboard boxes should be flattened for recycling.
Place trash in waste receptacles.
Thank you for your support!
Chamber Music at James Monroe Museum
Saturday, June 25, 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, 3 p.m.: Chamber Music in the Garden
Award-winning violin and violin/viola duo Marcolivia will present a program of music in the museum’s Memorial Garden. Selections will include music from Monroe’s era, such as a suite in E minor by French composer Jacques Aubert and arias from Mozart’s Magic Flute, and American popular pieces of the 19th and 20th centuries in honor of our presidents.
Marcolivia has been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today” and performs regularly at the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. They also tour and perform at music festivals throughout the U.S. and in Japan, Italy, Spain and England.
Reservations required for this program. Admission is $10/adult; $5/students (age 22 and under). Friends of JMM admission: $8.