The University of Mary Washington Foundation has been recognized by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce for the economic impact of its transformation of the former Park & Shop retail center into the Eagle Village mixed-use development.
Courtney Clayton, assistant professor in the College of Education’s Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, has written a chapter in the book entitled “Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations”. “This volume focuses on understanding the structural, substantive, and contextual elements of preparation programs, and provides transformative guidelines for creating Educar signature programs. Designed to improve the practice of teacher preparation by promoting dialogic conversations and applications of praxis in the preparation of bilingual/ESL teacher candidates, it emphasizes that exemplary teacher preparation requires transformative teacher educators.”
Clayton, C. & Brisk, M.E. (2011). It’s my responsibility! Teacher of bilingual learners in an English-immersion context. In B. Bustos Flores, R. Hernandez Sheets & E. Riojas Clark (Eds.). Teacher preparation for bilingual student populations: Educar para transformar. (pp. 182-187). New York, NY: Routledge.
In an effort to improve Information Technologies support and service delivery to our campus community, and to once again offer IT related training courses, the Information Technologies division has reorganized User Services into two separate departments: IT Support Services and IT Training and Communication.
The new department of IT Training and Communication will be directed by Pam Lowery who will head up our renewed training efforts and an overhaul of the IT website. More information regarding training opportunities will be announced in the coming months.
We are pleased to have Jerry Slezak, formerly the Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, join us as Director of IT Support Services. As director, Jerry will provide oversight and management of the IT Help Desk operations, desktop support, lab and classroom technology support, the coordination of computer replacement initiatives, and other related functions.
For more information about the IT organization please visit: http://www.umw.edu/doit/organization/default.php.
The Department of Psychology is once again holding our annual Topher Bill Scholarship Auction. This year the auction will be on-line! This will change how we do business. We still would like your donations, and we’d appreciate your participation in our auction after it begins.
Any big items we auction will have to be picked up from us by the buyer. We will still pick items up from the seller. The delivery of any baked goods will be decided upon by the buyer and the seller. The dates of any outings (ballgames, picnics) or dinners will be decided upon by the buyer and the seller, as usual. The psychology department will mail gift certificates and small items. When the auction goes online, we will indicate in the item description whether the item can be shipped or not.
We hope that by going online, we will increase our participation in the auction, so please consider a donation! We can auction anything, just like in our past auctions. If you prefer, you may make a donation directly to the Topher Bill Memorial Scholarship Fund by sending a check payable to the UMW Foundation and noting that it is for the Psychology Topher Bill Scholarship.
Please plan to check us out online and bid on items at the auction! Once the auction is up and running, probably by the end of February, we will send out the web address.
Attached is the donation form which can be completed and returned via email, campus mail or regular mail to Jean Bennett (jbennett@umw.edu).
If you have any questions please contact Jean (540-654-1054) or me (540-654-1559).
Thanks for your help!
Debra Cowart Steckler, Chair, Department of Psychology
The reimbursement rate for using a personal vehicle has increased to $.51 per mile for trips where the average daily mileage is less than 130 miles. This new rate is effective January 1, 2011. Please be sure to select the correct form based upon your actual dates of travel. The forms can be found at http://www.umw.edu/ap/travel/travel_expense_reimburseme.php.