Author: Brynn Boyer

Associate Professors in the College of Business Mukesh Srivastava and Louis Martinette’s article “Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage” has been accepted in the Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, Volume 8 Issue 2. Srivastava and Martinette co-authored the article with Andy Franklin.

The paper analyzes cross-industrial best practices and future trends in the context of the contemporary resource based competitive advantage model of the firm. It identifies key managerial levers, tools and systems that can be used to build and sustain a Hi-Technology company’s core competences in order to facilitate a more innovative, collaborative 21st century corporate culture. A qualitative and quantitative assessment is made of how a firm’s leadership, human capital management, organizational culture, design and systems can all collectively merge to create a more dynamic and responsive organization which is far more adept at building unique resources and capabilities, which can then be leveraged to create new market opportunities with high competitive entry barriers.

The UMW Concert Band Winter Concert, directed by Kevin Bartram, will be featured on “Performance Central Virginia” on Friday, March 15 at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 16 at noon and 6p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at noon on Classics Radio 89.5 FM and at www.ClassicsRadio.org. The concert was held at UMW on Friday, Feb. 22 and included Vincent Persichetti’s “Pageant,” Clifton Williams’ “Caccia and Chorale” and David Holsinger’s “Abram’s Pursuit.” The program also included Goldmans’ “Chimes of Liberty March,” “Flights of Passage” and “March of the Irish Dragoons.”

Janet Cropp, assistant dean of advising services in the College of Business, is serving as a proposal reader for the Advising Adult Learners Commission of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Annual Conference to be held in October 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mark Scharf’s play “Keeping Faith” opens at the Laurel Mill Playhouse in Laurel, Md., on March 18. The show runs through March 24 with 8 p.m. performances on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday matinees will be at 2 p.m. on March 17 and 24. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for students 18 and under, active duty military and seniors. To make reservations, call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com/301-452-2557.

Scharf is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Theatre & Dance.

John P. Broome, assistant professor and director of undergraduate secondary education and preK-12 education in the department of curriculum & instruction at the College of Education, has been invited to present his work on adolescent civic engagement in the Montessori secondary learning environment at the 2013 International Montessori Congress in Portland, Oregon in August 2013.

The presentation entitled, “Comparing U.S. and Montessori Adolescent Civic Engagement Opportunities” provides insights into how social and experiential-learning in the alternative environment can be used to inform civic engagement practices in U.S. public schools.

The International Montessori Congress was created in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori to raise the awareness and understanding of Montessori education. Since 1929, there have been 25 congress meetings around the world,  approximately every four years. It has been almost 40 years since the United States has hosted the international event. The congress is hosted by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).