Eric G. Lorentzen, Professor of English, published a review of Adam Grener’s new book, Improbability, Chance, and the Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel, in the latest volume of the Victorians Institute Journal (48). Grener’s novelists (Austen, Scott, Dickens, Trollope, Hardy) were committed to a mode of fiction that primarily foregrounded chance and coincidence to “represent a historical and contingent […]
For more than three years, various departments at UMW – Finance, Human Resources, Student Employment, Enterprise Application Services (IT) and Payroll – have been working alongside the Virginia Department of Accounts (DOA) and the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM) to implement the statewide Cardinal Human Capital Management system (Cardinal HCM). Cardinal HCM will replace several […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently commented on the following news stories:Virginia Senate Approves Bill that Would Make Masks Optional in Schools (WSET; ABC 7 News; WJLA)Judge temporarily halts Youngkin order making masks optional in Va. schools after lawsuit from school boards (The […]
Mondays 6:30-8 p.m. in the Leidecker Center (James Farmer Hall)February 7 – March 28Mindfulness and meditation and very useful tools for addressing these challenges. Learn the practice of mindfulness in a 7-week course, taught by certified meditation teacher, Bill Brooks.Cost: $15Win a Gift Card if you attend 6+ sessions!Register at campusrec.umw.edu & 6 registrants required.
Professor of Psychological Science David Rettinger, director of Academic Integrity Programs at UMW, was interviewed for a CampusTechnology.com article, “Cheating Concerns in Online Courses Have Eased.”“The actual belief that their peers are cheating is one of the most important predictors of academic dishonesty,” added David Rettinger, director of academic programs at the University of Mary […]
