Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont has received a $5,000 award from the Smithsonian Community Grant program. The competitive grant was awarded to assist in the development and implementation of exhibition programming in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "William H. Johnson: An American Modern," which will be on display at Belmont from Saturday, September 10 through Sunday, December 4.
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, 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, 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.
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.
