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Business Services eUpdate–September 2019

BookstoreGrand OpeningBarnes & Noble and University of Mary Washington invite you to celebrate the grand opening of the campus bookstore! On October 3, 2019, from 12-2 PM, join us in a variety of activities and chances to win prizes, and welcome bookstore manager Cameisha Chin. There will be: A scavenger hunt Prize drawings every half […]

Barnes & Noble Bookstore Grand Opening

Barnes & Noble and University of Mary Washington invite you to celebrate the grand opening of the campus bookstore! On October 3, 2019, from 12-2 PM, join us in a variety of activities and chances to win prizes, and welcome bookstore manager Cameisha Chin. There will be: A scavenger hunt Prize drawings every half hour […]

Kilmartin Interviewed About Suicide and Other Trauma in the Media

Professor Emeritus of Psychology Christopher Kilmartin was interviewed about Netflix’s decision to remove a suicide scene from its popular show “13 Reasons Why.” “People can be affected by any kind of disturbing content in media,” Kilmartin said. “An astounding number of U.S. college students report that they have experienced mild traumatic symptoms such as sleeplessness, […]

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses the importance of being willing to change and improve in the workplace. Read IS YOUR ORGANIZATION RECEPTIVE TO CHANGE? ARE YOU? CHANGE is inevitable. We know it, but we don’t have to like it. I had a conversation with a person who […]

Belmont Hosts Talk on Debt to the Musical Past

Gari Melchers Home and Studio hosts Musical Borrowings: Tribute or Plagiarism? a talk on the intriguing history of parodies, tributes, and highway robbery in music, presented by UMW Professor of Musicology Brooks Kuykendall, on Sunday, October 27 in the Pavilion at Belmont, 2 p.m. Admission is free of charge.“Music is always about other music—perhaps sometimes too […]