Mindy Erchull, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington, has received the 2011 Psi Chi Southeastern Regional Faculty Advisor Award for her active involvement as the university’s Psi Chi chapter advisor.
As a University of Mary Washington student, Thien Phan is pursuing a scientific breakthrough that could one day save thousands of lives. A senior biology major, Phan is conducting research in conjunction with the biology department’s phage hunters course, which is offered at certain colleges as part of the National Genomics Research Initiative. In 2008, the university became one of the first schools in the nation to be selected to participate in nationwide initiative, which is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance.
Learn the results of the UMW on line marketing survey conducted in February, and hear how UMW is planning to enhance our image and reputation in the months ahead. Educational Marketing Group consultants Bob and Marlene Brock will present their findings and observations about our university on Thursday, March 17, 11:30-12:30, in Lee Hall 411. Everyone is welcome.
March 29, 2011 :: Lee Hall, 411 :: 6 p.m.
The legacy of Black women’s writings in Latin American remains at best one of the least known bodies of literature in the Americas. This presentation takes up that issue as it seeks to confront some of the situations that surround that body of work, at times paying special attention to the writers themselves. Presented by Dr. Dawn Duke, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at The University of Tennessee . Dr. Duke specializes in Afro-Latin American literature and cultural studies.
The UMW Bookstore would like to invite you to a special book
signing event. UMW Professor of Modern Languages, Jim F. Gaines will be available to answer questions and sign copies of his new book, “Moliere and Paradox: Skepticism and Theater in the Early Modern Age.” This event will be held in the bookstore on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 3 to 5 p.m.
