Author: Erika Spivey

Baker Conducts Association Strategic Planning

UMW Executive Director of Economic Development Brian Baker conducted strategic planning with Board Members of the Virginia Business Incubation Association.  Baker is a practitioner of the actionable balanced scorecard approach to strategic planning.  The session was hosted at the Waynesboro Office of Economic Development.  The Virginia Business Incubation Association is an education and networking association for […]

Mindfulness Week, Sept. 28-Oct. 2

The 3rd Annual UMW Mindfulness Week will take place during the week of Mon., Sept. 28-Fri. Oct. 2nd, and will feature a variety of workshops and lectures on the theme of Mindfulness.  All events are free and are open to UMW faculty, students, and staff.  The keynote lecture on Fri. Oct. 2nd is also open […]

One Can Hope Food Drive

Please take some time and help us with our “One Can Hope” food drive this fall and through the holidays.  We will collect items up until the Christmas break.  The following is from the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank:Most Needed Items Fresh, Refrigerated, and Frozen items are gladly accepted at the Food Bank warehouse during our […]

Farnsworth Delivers Research Paper at APSA

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a research paper,“Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: Analyzing PolitiFact.com and Washington Post “Fact-Checker” Assessments of 2012 Presidential Campaign Content,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA.