Flip the Field is an experiential learning opportunity for student-athletes. However, the script is flipped. Our student-athletes are the educators. Coaches and their teams of student-athletes are engaging faculty, administrators, students and staff on their field of play by hosting immersions, clinics and friendly contests.This event is being held in conjunction with UMW’s ASPIRE Week, […]
Assistant Professor of Education Melissa Wells has been appointed to the National Council of Teachers of English committee. NCTE seeks to amplify the voice of educators through personal connection, collaboration, and a shared mission to improve the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels.
Dear Colleagues,As we gear up for implementation of the Quality Enhancement Plan, Life After Mary Washington, many of you are wondering what role the competencies play in our conversation with students about life after they graduate from UMW. Think of the competencies as a new part of our university vocabulary that can be used to […]
The Classical Association of the Middle, West and South (CAMWS) has awarded UMW Classics Professor Angela Pitts and co-authors the 2023 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award for their book, Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome, published by Routledge in June, 2022. The Bolchazy-Carducci Pedagogy Award recognizes a book in the field of classical studies of outstanding quality and […]
Jennifer Barry, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, was recently published in the Journal of Late Antiquity. Her article, “A Bad Romance: Late Ancient Fantasy, Violence, and Christian Hagiography” spotlights material in her current book project on gender violence in late ancient Christian hagiographies (saint’s lives).The following is an abstract of the article:In Gerontius’s labor of […]
