UMW’s assistant provost for institutional analysis and effectiveness recently traveled to Nigeria to speak to education professionals in Ogun state about “Academic Leadership Strategies and Administration Challenges in Contemporary Higher Education Institutions.” http://www.indstate.edu/news/news.php?newsid=2655
Tornadoes in Virginia have struck in every month of the year and in every part of the state. It’s critical that state employees and their families know what to do and where to go in case of a tornado warning.
This year, Tornado Preparedness Day in Virginia is Tuesday, March 15. At 9:45 a.m., the Statewide Tornado Drill will be held so that schools, businesses and families can practice their tornado emergency plans.
Learn about your agency’s tornado plan and encourage your fellow employees to participate in the drill. Detailed steps about conducting a tornado drill are available on the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s website at www.vaemergency.com.
Also, please be sure that your family knows what to do and where to go at home during a tornado. Every family needs an emergency plan (for more, see www.ReadyVirginia.gov.
The statewide tornado drill is an annual effort of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service.
| Sincerely, |
| Lisa M. Hicks-Thomas |
| Secretary of Administration |
Pruning Workshop
Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m.
Beate Jensen, Building and Grounds Preservation Supervisor, will demonstrate how to take care of small trees, flowering shrubs, and boxwood. A classroom presentation will cover proper pruning techniques and the tools of the trade. An outdoor demonstration will follow. Sponsored by Roxbury Farm & Garden Center.
Free
Questions? Call 540/654-10105
In this one-day workshop, learn basic hand embroidery stitches including straight stitch, chain stitch, couching, seeding, and French knots.
The workshop begins with a brief overview of embroidery used in traditional garments and contemporary art. Students learn embroidery techniques using cotton fabric with an embroidery hoop and colorful thread, beginning with a 5″ X 7″ travel postcard consisting entirely of embroidery on fabric. This project can be designed and begun in the workshop and completed at home. The stitches that students learn may be used to embellish garments, handkerchiefs, pillows, or baby blankets. Examples of the different applications are shown during the workshop.
This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is supported by the Paul Mellon Endowment.
Workshop Cost: $20 members; $25 non-members.To register, please contact Education Coordinator Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.
Douglas W. Sanford, professor and chair of the Department of Historic Preservation, contributed the article “Slave Housing” to the two-volume World of a Slave: Encyclopedia of the Material Life of Slaves in the United States, edited by Martha B. Katz-Hyman and Kym S. Rice (Greenwood, 2011).
Much of the information for Sanford’s article developed out of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant project headed by Sanford and Dennis Pogue, of George Washington’s Mt. Vernon, on the variety of housing arrangements for slaves in Virginia, based on archaeological, architectural, and documentary evidence.
