Jason Kilby named new head men’s soccer coach at Mary Washington; http://www.potomacsoccerwire.com

Jason Kilby has been named as the new Head Men’s Soccer Coach at the University of Mary Washington, according to Director of Athletics Dr. Ed Hegmann. Kilby has led North Carolina Wesleyan College as one of the top programs in the region for the past nine years. He is a native of nearby Culpeper, Va., and returns to the Fredericksburg area as the coach of the Eagles, replacing Roy Gordon, who will retire after 34 seasons as the only head coach in program history.

http://www.potomacsoccerwire.com/news/700/15688

Rove to address UMW forum; The Free Lance-Star; http://www.topix.com

Republican political operative Karl Rove will be the featured speaker at the next Fredericksburg Forum, a lecture series organized by the University of Mary Washington.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03202011/614344

http://www.topix.com/city/fredericksburg-va/2011/03/rove-to-address-umw-forum-university-will-bring-republican-strategist-to-fredericksburg-forum

Technology allows citizens to be part of redistricting process; USA Today

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Political science professor Chad Murphy often sees senior Mike Kappert wandering around the University of Mary Washington campus with his laptop open and a map of Virginia state Senate districts up in his Web browser.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-03-21-redistricting21_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

Great Lives promo, Lyndon Johnson; The Free Lance-Star

UMW’s “Great Lives” series continues this week with a discussion of “Great Society” President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Former UMW associate professor of political science Stephen J. Farnsworth (currently teaching at George Mason University) will speak about the former Senate lion and vice president who was thrust into the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. LBJ ultimately decided to “not seek” the Democratic Party’s nomination for re-election in 1968, largely due to division in the country over the war in Vietnam.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03202011/611894

Listen to a recording of the live WFVA interview of UMW Chief of Staff Marty Wilder and UMW senior Charles Reed about James Farmer and the university’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Freedom Rides. Wilder and Reed were interviewed March 17 on Newstalk 1230/WFVA-AM.

http://freedomrides.umw.edu/news-and-interviews/