President and Mrs. Hurley – married 46 years and counting.
Och Presents at College Art Association
Marjorie Och, art history professor, presented the response at a panel sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women at the annual meeting of the College Art Association, Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2016. The panel, “Emotion, Status, and Memory in Early Modern Italy,” included papers on Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and a study of Vannozza Catanei, mother of four of Pope Alexander VI’s children.
Henderson Article Accepted for Publication
An article by Dave Henderson titled “Inhibitors and Enablers of GAS Usage: Testing the Dual Factor Theory” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Information Systems. Henderson is an associate professor of accounting in the College of Business. The article was co-authored with Marianne Bradford and Amr Kotb.
La Ceiba Microfinance Premiere, Feb. 18
La Ceiba is an entirely student-run microfinance organization here at UMW. We offer small loans that are used for both income-generating and consumption purposes for the men and women in El Progreso, Honduras. Our loans are offered with low interest rates, no collateral, and no penalties. We pride ourselves on being a client-centered organization by offering education and artisan programs. Our monthly events with our clients and our Constant Client Contact program allows us to stay in touch with our clients and gives them an opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns. Please join us on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. in Monroe 116 for our premiere event. We hope to see you there.
Comden Named January Wagner Wealth Management Athlete
Junior Brianne Comden is the January Wagner Wealth Management Student Athlete of the Month. She is pictured here with Aric Wagner, senior vice president, investments, of Davenport & Company LLC
Junior women’s basketball star Brianne Comden has been named as the UMW Wagner Wealth Management Athlete of the Month for January.
Comden led UMW to an 8-1 month, scoring 14.9 points per game as the Eagles improved to 16-3 on the season. She scored a career-high 28 points in a win against Frostburg State, and also scored 25 at Wesley College in another CAC victory for UMW.
She leads the team with 14.7 points per game for the season, with a 56.2 shooting percentage and adds 5.5 rebounds per game.
UMW Wagner Wealth Management Athletes of the Month:
September – Emma Olson (volleyball)
October – Jenna Steele (field hockey)
November/December – T.J. Jones (men’s basketball)
January – Brianne Comden (women’s basketball)
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Ultimate Subaru Spotlight: Men’s Golf Faculty Liaison Joe Romero
Ultimate Subaru Spotlight; Get to Know Men’s Golf Faculty Liaison Joe Romero
Each month, a UMW Athletics Faculty Liaison will be featured in the Ultimate Subaru Spotlight. The faculty liaison program partners a UMW faculty member with every UMW intercollegiate athletic team to strengthen support networks and increase resources for student-athlete success. Ultimate Subaru is committed to the growth and education of UMW Eagles, their hometown team and strives to foster the same values of community as the UMW Faculty Liaison program. Faculty Liaisons will serve as mentors and role models to student-athletes while being involved in team activities. For more information about the program contact Faculty Athletic Representative, Dr. Lynne Richardson.
Men’s Golf will be UMW’s newest NCAA Division III sport team starting this Fall 2016.
Faculty Liaison’s Name: Joseph M. Romero
Sport: Men’s Varsity Golf
Years at UMW: 15
Position/Title: Professor of Classics
What was your favorite sport growing up? Briefly describe your favorite memory playing or watching it. I had favorite sports according to the season: in fall football, winter basketball, spring soccer, summer baseball. Golf I didn’t take up until high school.
Where is your favorite place around town to get a bite to eat? The Sunken Well
If you could pick one super power to have, what would it be and why? I like attainable superpowers, so I wish I could complete the ultimately ultra-marathon by running continuously from Athens to Sparta!
Other than the sport you partnered with, what is your next favorite sport and why? Soccer, because my son loves it and I love watching him play it (goal keeper).
If you were a Head Coach and could pick three words to motivate your team and hang in their locker room which words would you choose? Chances are they would be in Greek: arête means courage and excellence (you’ll need these), nike means victory (you want this), and eris means strife (you can’t avoid this).
What does a great leader look like to you? The emperor Augustus, because he became heir to the Roman Empire at age 19 and had to figure out a way to improvise, stay alive, and become the kind of person someone would want to follow. But not only did he achieve and retain power (for 45 years!), he did so through what was almost universally acknowledged as good government.
What is a must read for UMW Student-Athletes? Homer’s Iliad
What is the best advice you have ever heard given to a college graduate? Dream big, but then formulate a rational plan for how to achieve it. And if/when it fails, keep at it!
Finally, if you were hanging out on Ball Circle picking the brains of four professional/famous athletes (living or deceased), who would they be? Ben Hogan (golf), Vince Lombardi (football), Bill Bradley (basketball), Ann Trason (ultramarathon)
Ultimate Subaru, celebrating 10 years of service to the Fredericksburg community, is proud to be a supporter of UMW athletics. Call Ultimate Subaru today at (540) 898-6200 or come on in and visit us at 5160 Jefferson Davis Hwy, near Four Mile Fork. Find us online at www.driveultimatesubaru.com.
Gray Tapped for National Board Advisory Group
Edward Gray, Systems Integration and Support Specialist in UMW’s IT Support Services, has been appointed to the Board and Interest Group (BIG) team for the IT Service Management Forum’s USA Chapter. The BIG team is an advisory group consisting of leaders from itSMF USA Local Interest Groups and Communities of Interest. Read the full press release on the itSMF USA website here.
Gray has been at UMW for more than 15 years, serving in various IT roles. He earned an MS in Management Information Systems from UMW in 2010. He participated in the Leadership UMW inaugural cohort. He has also earned several technical and service management certifications. He is the current Manager for the itSMF USA Higher Education Community of Interest.
itSMF USA is a nonprofit association dedicated to building a community of professionals for the purpose of networking, knowledge sharing and education to advance the service management profession and strengthen its members. The Higher Education Community of Interest is devoted to discussion, development and adoption of IT Service Management principles in support of institutions of higher education. For more information on itSMF USA or its Higher Education Community of Interest, contact Edward Gray or visit their website at http://www.itsmfusa.org.
UMW Supplier Expo
SAVE the DATE! There will be a supplier expo on Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Chandler Ballroom. All UMW department chairs, buyers, and those who influence purchases are encouraged to attend.
The list of suppliers is growing, and to-date includes: The Supply Room Companies, UMW temporary personnel services contractors, and more;
Printing: Allegra, Stafford
Temporary Personnel: Primere Staffing, McDonald Eudy
Facilities: Bartlett, Beltway Supply, B3 Enterprises, Team Henry, TrueValue
Scientific: Colonial Scientific
Services: Vending Services, Pepsico, Anytime Limousine
Bookbinder: Southwinds Bindery
Name badges and custom stamps: USA Custom
Internet Service Provider: CoxCom
Farnsworth Lectures at State Department Journalism Seminar
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a U.S. Department of State program lecture titled “U.S. Journalism, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Development” in Washington, D.C., for visiting journalists from a variety of Middle Eastern nations. The lecture was part of the Institute for International Education’s International Visitor Leadership Program and included findings from Dr. Farnsworth’s recent co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government.”
Foss and Whalen Co-edit Essay Collection
Professor of English Chris Foss and Associate Professor of English Zach Whalen (together with Jonathan W. Gray, Associate Professor of English at John Jay College/City University of New York) have published a book of essays titled Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives. The book appears as part of Palgrave Macmillan’s Literary Disability Series (series editors David Bolt, Elizabeth J. Donaldson, and Julia Miele Rodas).
This book invites readers to consider both canonical and alternative graphic representations of disability. Some chapters focus on comic superheroes, from lesser-known protagonists like Cyborg and Helen Killer to classics such as Batgirl and Batman; many more explore the amazing range of graphic narratives revolving around disability, covering famous names such as Alison Bechdel and Chris Ware, as well as less familiar artists such as Keiko Tobe and Georgia Webber. The volume also offers a broad spectrum of represented disabilities: amputation, autism, blindness, deafness, depression, Huntington’s, multiple sclerosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, speech impairment, and spinal injury. A number of the essays collected here show how comics continue to implicate themselves in the objectification and marginalization of persons with disabilities, perpetuating stale stereotypes and stigmas. At the same time, others stress how this medium simultaneously offers unique potential for transforming our understanding of disability in truly profound ways.