Author: Brynn Boyer

Laurie Abeel, associate professor of graduate education, presented a session, Instructional Applications of Creative Problem Solving Style at the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC), in November, held in New Orleans. She also presented two sessions at the Virginia Association for Gifted Children (VAG) in Williamsburg in December, Creative Problem Solving and SOLs Can Work Together, and Destination ImagiNation: Creative Problem Solving in the 21st Century. She was asked to reprise her presentation on Destination ImagiNation at the Northern Virginia Council on Gifted/Talented Education (NVCG/TE) on April 21 in Culpeper.

In addition, she is the Creativity Network Co-Chair for NAGC, and the Virginia State Affiliate Director for Destination ImagiNation.

More than 200 donors and students gathered at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center April 14, 2012, for the annual Donor Appreciation Luncheon. Guests enjoyed a special Student Showcase in the Mayo Courtyard. Inside the Rappahannock Grand Ballroom, the program featured remarks by UMW Foundation Chair Kathy Mehfoud ’70, UMW President Richard V. Hurley, scholarship donor Art Steinberg, and former scholarship recipient Fiona Cobb ’08. Keepsake photos of donors and recipients were taken in front of Kalnen Inn. Click here to see a musical slideshow of all students and donors.

Hosted by the Office of University Advancement, the annual event honored scholarship donors and members of the Heritage and Washington Societies.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., will be the featured speakers at the Fredericksburg Forum on Saturday, November 10. The lecture, “An Evening of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility and Radical Business Philosophy,” will be held at 8 p.m. in George Washington Hall, Dodd Auditorium.

Since Cohen and Greenfield served the first Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Burlington, Vt., in 1978, the company has grown into a multi-million dollar entity with an international presence.

Cohen and Greenfield received the Corporate Giving Award from the Council on Economic Priorities in 1988 and were named U.S. Small Businesspersons of the Year by President Ronald Reagan the same year. Their bestselling 1997 book “Ben & Jerry’s Double-Dip: How to Run a Values-Led Business and Make Money, Too” uses their experiences at the helm of Ben & Jerry’s to illustrate their views on socially conscious entrepreneurship. Greenfield currently serves as president of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation.

Tickets will be available starting Monday, June 4 through the Fredericksburg Forum’s website at www.umw.edu/forum. For more information, visit the website or call (540) 654-1065.