Charles Tate, assistant dean of admissions, is featured in an interview on GradSchools.com. In in the interview, Tate discusses the application process for UMW’s College of Business and College of Education graduate programs, as well as advice for prospective students.
Claudia Emerson, Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry, is featured in the Tuesday, March 20 edition of The Paris Review. The article, “Two Poets,” retells the author’s encounters with Emerson and includes excerpts from “Secure the Shadow.”
Charles J. Shields, associate director of the Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series, will present a talk at Mary Baldwin College on Wednesday, March 28. The public reading is part of the SWAG Writers (Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Blue Ridge Writers Club) Reading Series. For more information about the reading, visit http://augustafreepress.com/2012/03/20/swag-writers-presents-biographer-kurt-vonnegut-harper-lee/.
UMW students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the Executive-in-Residence Career Forum Friday, March 23 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center. Meet the 2012 Executive-in-Residence Thomas P. Nerney and hear his views about the importance of planning career development and selecting the corporate culture that is right for you.
He will talk about his company, USLI, and its community goals — one of which is “making our people feel number one.” He also believes in “Leadership with Heart.” One of the principles of that philosophy promotes “coaching, celebrating, and correcting every day.” Please register today to reserve your place at the EIR Career Forum, and feel free to invite classes, clubs, or groups to attend with you.
Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends – please click here to register.
Students – click here to register through Employ-an-Eagle.
Ruby Lee Norris, 96, of Topping, Va., died on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. She was a 1936 alumna from the University of Mary Washington. Read full obituary at www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesdispatch/obituary.aspx?n=ruby-norris&pid=156391559.
