Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a lecture titled “How Gerrymandering is Changing Virginia – and How it is Not” at the One Virginia 2021 Forum in Manassas, VA.
Freshman powers UMW to volleyball nationals (The Free Lance-Star)
Fauquier schools consider Turkish language courses (Fauquier Now.com)
Farnsworth Lectures on Gerrymandering in Virginia
Eagle Madness
UMW ushers in new basketball season
Eagle Madness
UMW ushers in new basketball season
Editorial: UMW Takes Stand Against Sexual Assault (The Free Lance-Star)
Student Group Still Fighting Uphill Battle in U.Va. Divestment Effort (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Lorentzen Gives Talk at Victorians Institute Conference
Eric Lorentzen, Associate Professor of English, gave a talk in Raleigh, North Carolina, at this year’s Victorians Institute Conference, which was thematized around ideas of Victorian STEM/STEAM. His paper on Dickens was titled “Hard Times, Critical Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies: STEM as the New Utilitarianism.”
Nov. 1 Conference on Dementia: Supporting the Caregiver
UMW’s BSN Completion Program is hosting a conference titled “Dementia: Supporting the Caregiver” on Tuesday, Nov. 1, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Gates-Hudson Building, UMW Stafford Campus.
The conference is aimed at both family member caregivers and professional caregivers. The keynote speaker will be UMW alum Rachael Wonderlin (’11). She is the author of “When Someone You Know is Living in a Dementia Care Community: Words to Say and Things to Do,” due to be released on Oct. 9, 2016.
Rachael Wonderlin is a gerontologist, dementia care expert and popular dementia care blogger who helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions and anxieties that they and their loved one may experience. She will be available for book signing during the conference.
For more information, contact the BSN Completion Program, 540-286-8084 or email mhall7@umw.edu.
Registration is limited to 90 participants. You can register at http://cas.umw.edu/nursing. The conference is offered at no charge to UMW staff and faculty.