Author: Brynn Boyer

Three faculty members have received Waple Professorships to support two years of research and scholarship. In the inaugural year of the professorships, awards went to one faculty member from each of the three colleges: Allyson Poska, professor of history; George Meadows, professor of education; and Dave Henderson, assistant professor of accounting and management information systems.

The professorships are supported by an endowment from the estate of Shirley Van Epps Waple’52. For more information about the professorships, visit http://cas.umw.edu/dean/waple-professorship/.

Athletic Director Ken Tyler was the featured guest on the WFVA 1230 program “Town Talk” on Tuesday, April 23. The interview is available in four segments: Segment #1; Segment #2; Segment #3; Segment #4.

Six computer science students, with Professor of Computer Science Jennifer Polack, presented their Apple iTouch/iPhone research at the Eighteenth Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference held April 12 and 13. The student programming team from UMW placed seventh place out of 33 teams at the conference.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Julius Esunge received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his participation in the Summer School and Conference on Financial and Actuarial Mathematics in Cameroon. The conference will be held at the University of Buea in Cameroon from April 22 to May 3. As part of the grant, Esunge will present a series of lectures from May 5 to 10.