Great Lives promo (please use logo): James Bond, Cornelius Vanderbilt; The Free Lance-Star
The University of Mary Washington‘s “Great Lives” lecture series continues this week with discussions of a popular fictional hero and one of America’s great business tycoons.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04102011/616769
Viewfinder: UMW Multi-Cultural Festival; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
Thousands of visitors descended upon the campus of the University of Mary Washington yesterday for the 21st annual Multicultural Festival. The fair featured performances representing 15 international cultures, along with crafts, food and educational entertainment for the kiddies. It was the first time the Cobblestone Children’s Museum organization unveiled their traveling magnet exhibit. Fredericksburg Patch was on hand and returned with a few photographs from the festivities.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/viewfinder-umw-multi-cultural-festival#photo-5592096
(Claudia Emerson)
UMW Poet Wins Guggenhiem Fellowship; http://fredericksburg.patch.com
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and English professor at the University of Mary Washington, has been selected to receive a prestigious fellowship awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
http://fredericksburg.patch.com/articles/umw-poet-wins-guggenhiem-fellowship
(Claudia Emerson)
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and English professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, will be inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers during its biennial meeting to be held during the Conference on Southern Literature this week.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2011/apr/10/tdbook03-virginia-book-notes-ar-955180/
(Chris Kilmartin)
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA president Mark Emmert wants to make America’s campuses safer and believes athletes can be part of the solution.