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Program Proposals for Black History Month Due 11/16
The James Farmer Multicultural Center is accepting program proposals for Black History Month in February 2013. The 2013 Black History Month theme is “At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: Celebrating our Past and Shaping Our Future.” Programs and events that relate to the theme are encouraged, however any programs or events that examine the experiences and contributions of Americans of African descent are welcome. The program proposal forms are due on Friday, November 16, 2012 by 5 p.m. You can send the completed forms via email to Ms. Greta Franklin at gfrankli@umw.edu, or send them to the James Farmer Multicultural Center in Lee Hall, room 211. Go to the James Farmer Multicultural Center’s website at http://students.umw.edu/multicultural/programs/black-history-month/ to obtain the program proposal form. Please contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center at 540-654-1044 for questions regarding Black History Month.
We invite members of the University of Mary Washington community to submit program proposals for the annual Women’s History Month Celebration. Proposals are due by Wednesday, December 12, 2012 and the sponsors will be notified promptly. Approved programs will be included on the Women’s History Month calendar as well as in print and electronic publications. Preference will be given to programs and events relating to the 2013 theme, “Women Inspiring Transformation.”
The program proposal form can be found at http://students.umw.edu/multicultural/programs/womens-history-month/. Please include as much information on the form as possible.
Return forms and appropriate attachments to:
Women’s History Month Planning Committee
James Farmer Multicultural Center
Attention: Marion Sanford
Lee Hall, Room 211
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Email at msanford@umw.edu
News from COAR: Gift Box Drive & Pumpkin Palooza
COAR’s Pumpkin Palooza event
Despite the threat of Hurricane Sandy, local children and their parents gathered in Woodard Campus Center’s Great Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28 for COAR’s annual Pumpkin Palooza event. The children, dressed in their Halloween finest, went trick-or-treating and played games with UMW student volunteers.
COAR’s next annual initiative, the Head Start Gift Box Drive, is in full swing. Students, faculty, staff and community members can fill shoeboxes for local preschoolers, filled with the following items:
a toothbrush, toothpaste, hat, scarf, mittens/gloves, small books & toys, and crayons/markers. Please do not include any food items, religious items, and any items that are not safe for 3-5 year old children.
COAR’s Pumpkin Palooza event
Community members can wrap their shoeboxes if they would like, we just ask that the top and the bottom are wrapped separately. If faculty and staff members want a shoebox, COAR will be in the faculty/staff dining room on Wednesday, November 14 through Friday, November 16 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. When community members and faculty and staff members fill a box or boxes, they should drop them off at COAR’s office in SAE, located underneath Seacobeck. If anybody has any questions or concerns they can email COAR at coarumw@gmail.com or call us at x1802.
Theresa Grana Publishes Research Article
Assistant Professor of Biology Theresa Grana recently had her article “A Genome-wide Functional Screen Shows MAGI-1 Is an L1CAM-Dependent Stabilizer of Apical Junctions in C. elegans” published in the journal Current Biology. The article was co-authored by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, State University of New York at Geneseo, the University of Aberdeen Institute of Medical Sciences in Scotland, and Queen’s University in Canada.
Open Call – Domain’s of One’s Own University Initiative
Open Dialogue – Domain’s of One’s Own has been rescheduled to November 15th, 4:00-5:30 in the Red Room.
Attend the Open Dialogue – Domain of One’s Own to learn about a groundbreaking UMW digital initiative sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTE & I) and the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (DTLT). A number of new domains and hosting will be established along with funding to incentivize this new initiative. There are now over 200 UMW students who have established their own domain names and bound their personal learning spaces to them. What’s more, there are ten professors who have piloted the initiative this semester by integrating it into their curriculum to varying degrees. Martha Burtis and Alan Levine have their students creating multimedia notebooks/portfolios of their work that they can they can continue to use or archive. Zach Whalen has his students creating their own web spaces that helps them take control and re-conceptualize digital identity. Rosemary Jesionowski is experimenting with art portfolios with her students, and several faculty in History are exploring the implications of their students managing and sharing their research as majors. Tying Domain of One’s Own into spaces that students own and take with them further reinforces teaching and learning doesn’t end at the university’s border. And when these students graduate their sites do not evaporate like discarded blue books. They live on as part of the students’ own personal clouds.
Open Dialogue panel members Jim Groom, Tim Owens, Martha Burtis, Mary Kayler, and Haley Campbell will give you an overview of the initiative designed to provide resources and support for faculty to develop a domain of their own. Building and designing your own professional and/or class spaces allows you to experiment, document, and innovate in the space of digital pedagogy and scholarship.
To incentivize this process, we are also having an Open Call for faculty to partner with DTLT and CTE & I in the development of a professional online presence. You will get your own domain, web hosting, and a stipend (not to mention support) to develop a professional online identity, ranging anywhere from an online CV/E-Portfolio to a sandbox to an alternative class space online. We are accepting applications from all levels of technology proficiency. We also encourage those who already have personal sites to apply in order to continue to develop out their online presence. Please go here to apply for this initiative by no later than December 2nd, 2012 (11:55pm).
Additionally, becoming part of this initiative will enable you to be considered for CTE & I’s new Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Fellowship to be awarded Spring, 2012. The details surrounding the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Fellowship will be formally announced on November 16th on the Center’s website (http://academics.umw.edu/teach), but be sure to come on the 15th to get a sense of the initiative and how you might be able to participate.
This is an Open Call; everyone is welcome and invited to engage in this new initiative. Faculty who have limited technology expertise or faculty who have a well established website are encouraged to participate in this initiative. This is an opportunity to provide you with support (collegial, monetary, and resources) to engage in this important work.
Domain of One’s Own Co-sponsored Initiative includes:
- Successful completion of application (located on CTE & I and DTLE websites). Due: December 2, 2012 by 11:55pm.
- Agreement and participation in bi-monthly workshops that are designed to support your domain development and creation
- Construct a digital e-portfolio (aligned with Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Fellowship criteria)
- Upon successful completion faculty will receive a stipend.
Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship Fellowship. CTE & I will award 2-5 Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Fellowship this spring semester. Award winners will receive $1,000.00 for the first year and $1,000.00 for professional development the following academic year. You can self-nominate or be peer nominated. You do not need to participate in the Domain of One’s Own initiative to be considered. However, you will need to have an e-portfolio that clearly meets the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Fellowship criteria.
Kind regards,
CTE & I and DTLT
Go to London or Italy and Greece with Alumni College in 2013
Explore Shakespeare’s life and works in London – or cruise while exploring sites in Italy and Greece. Alumni College on the Road is currently booking for two trips in 2013, and rooms and cabins are going fast:
In May, travel to London with Gregg Stull, chair of the UMW Department of Theatre & Dance, Department of Music, and professor of Theatre. See iconic landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, River Thames, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London. Explore London’s theatre scene from Shakespeare to the West End and attend several performances. Alumni College on the Road pricing is $3,795 per person for double occupancy. (Airfare is not included.) Click here to learn more.
In October, cruise with Bulent Atalay, UMW professor emeritus and well-known author, from Rome’s port, Civitavecchia, and sail down the Mediterranean coast aboard the gorgeous Oceania Cruises’ Riviera. Explore the ruins of Pompeii, comb the beaches of Zakyntho, Greece, and see medieval walls and Venetian monuments in Croatia. Alumni College on the Road pricing ranges from $2,199 to $5,599 per person for double occupancy. (Airfare is included.) Click here to learn more.
Contact Nina Thompson at ncthomps@umw.edu or 654-2065 for additional information.