Courtney Clayton, Assistant Professor of Education, and George Meadows, Professor of Education, published their article, Action Research in Preservice Teacher Education, in the Spring 2013 volume of The Teacher Educators’ Journal. The journal is published by the Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia. The Association of Teacher Educators was founded in 1920 and is an individual membership organization devoted solely to the improvement of teacher education both for school-based and post secondary teacher educators. ATE members represent over 700 colleges and universities, over 500 major school systems, and the majority of state departments of education.
Scandals Aplenty in Store for Virginia Governor’s Race (WAMU 88.5)
Local Chef Recalls Interacting with ‘Iron Lady’ (The Free Lance-Star)
7 Seek Republican Nomination for Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ahead of May Convention (The Washington Post)
Enjoying the Day and the Weather at a Pair of Fairs (The Free Lance-Star)
Scott Powers Presents Paper in Exeter, England
Scott Powers, associate professor of French, presented the paper “The Mourning of God and the Ironies of Secularization in Baudelaire’s ‘Le Spleen de Paris'” at the annual Society of Dix-Neuvièmistes Conference at the University of Exeter in England.
UMW’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 51 New Members
The University of Mary Washington chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa of Virginia, recently inducted 51 students into the chapter. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society.
Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776 and has since upheld the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression, sponsoring activities to advance the study of the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences. The society invites the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities for membership.
The UMW chapter, Kappa of Virginia, selects its members based on rigorous scrutiny of students’ academic achievements as demonstrated through grade point averages.
New members of Kappa of Virginia include:
Brent Arehart
Sarah Bergstresser
Elizaveta Blasser
Erin Boggs
Taylor Bono
Ethan Bottone
Kelly Brown
Morgan Brown
Brittany Byrd
Kevin Cherniawski
Gemma Cohen
Jennifer Crystle
Rita Daniel
Sarah Decker
Mariela DeMaio
Katherine Diemer
Emma Eggers
Rachel Eiker
Natalie Fraize
Abigail Gellene
Amy Gerrard
Melissa Getz
Emily Gibbs
Ryan Green
Emily Hodder
Lauren Holt
Casey Howren
Eric Knapp
Devin LaMoy
Dane Lawhorne
Cooper Lawton
Courtney Lynn
Colin McElhinny
Sarah Mendelsohn
Kathleen Nelson
Julia Pannewitz
Amanda Parker
Alexis Pennings
Hannah Ridenour
Charlotte Rodina
Candice Roland
Bryanne Salazar
Kandra Selby
Elizabeth Storey
Leah Tams
Erin Taylor
Chiara Tornabene
Derek Whitaker
Alexandra Wolfson
Susi Woofter
Rebecca Wright
President’s Cabinet Meeting Minutes
The minutes from the President’s Cabinet meetings on Wednesday, March 27 and Wednesday, April 3 are now available.
Do One Thing: Sustainable Coffee
As part of UMW’s Do One Thing campaign, the Sustainability Office encourages faculty, staff and students to consider a more sustainable way to drink coffee:
Ben LaBreche Awarded Fellowship at UCLA
Ben LaBreche, assistant professor of English, has been awarded a Clark Short-Term Fellowship for research at the University of California, Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. The fellowship will support a month of research at the Clark Library through the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies. His research will focus on Milton’s conception of liberty, 17th-century natural law, and debates in modern political theory.