Holly Schiffrin, associate professor of psychology, discusses how lifestyle changes brought on by the recession might be better for one’s well-being during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program. The interview originally aired in January 2011 on public radio stations across Virginia.
Her interview will be re-aired during the week of December 24 and is available online at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/12/the-end-of-obesit/.
Claudia Emerson’s latest collection of poetry Secure the Shadow will be released in February 2012 by Louisiana State University Press. The collection contains historical pieces as well as poems centering on the deaths of the poet’s brother and father.
Emerson’s five books include “Late Wife,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, “Figure Studies.” Emerson has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Library of Congress and the Guggenheim Foundation. Former poet laureate of Virginia, she holds the Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry at UMW.
Chad Murphy, assistant professor of political science, will have his paper “Hostile Media Judgments, Polarized Political Communication, and Selective Exposure” published in a future edition of The Journal of Politics. Co-authors of the article include Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson.
One of Murphy’s former students, Nick Jacobs, has had two of his papers accepted for publication in Education and Urban Society. The articles, “Racial, Economic, and Linguistic Segregation: Analyzing Market Supports in the District of Columbia’s Public Charter Schools” and “Understanding School Choice: Location as a Determinant of Charter School Racial, Economic, and Linguistic Segregation,” are available at http://eus.sagepub.com/content/early/recent.
Several offices will be leaving their Centre Court offices and relocating to the fourth floor of Eagle Village, from Wednesday, December 14th to Friday, December 16th. The move will involve some or all staff in the following offices:
Accounts Payable
Budget
Finance (including its training and support staff)
Information Technology
Internal Audit
Payroll*
Purchasing
If you have an emergency and cannot reach an alternate staff member from of these offices, you may call my office at 654-1020 and we will try to assist.
*Bi-weekly timesheets due on 12/15 (for the time period of 12/5-12/18) that are faxed to 654-2020 can be verified of receipt via email to Cheryl Dunn (cdunn@umw.edu).
Message from Richard R. Pearce, Vice President for Administration and Finance and CFO
We hope you will join us December 12, 2011 – December 16, 2011 for another exciting sale event! UMW clothing and insignia items – including already reduced merchandise! – will be discounted 20% during this week for UMW students, faculty and staff!
Join us for food, fun and shopping during the store’s 3rd Annual Holiday Open House: December 14, 2011, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Textbook Buyback takes place 12/12/11 – 12/16/11. Get the best prices for your books, and save future UMW students $: take advantage of UMW’s buyback.
Watch the University Bookstore website for details! www.umw.edu/bookstore
