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CommonHealth Announces Free WW Wellness Program with Oprah

A message from the Office of Human Resources. CommonHealth, the Virginia Employee Wellness Program, has just announced a free wellness opportunity for Virginia employees.The WW (formerly Weight Watchers) series is available to ALL EMPLOYEES (you do not have to be a WW member).The live series is presented on Saturdays. They will also be available on […]

Grothe Pens FLS Letter to the Editor on Clean Energy Act

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe penned a letter to the editor of The Free Lance-Star, along with Julie Kay of the Climate Reality Project and Amanda Stebbins of Fossil Free Fredericksburg. Entitled “Cost of Clean Energy Act overblown,” the op-ed addresses the newspaper’s criticisms of clean energy and other efforts to […]

Stommel Comments on Surveillance Platforms to Curb Cheating

Jesse Stommel, a senior lecturer in Digital Studies, offered comments for an Inside Higher Ed article entitled, “Is the fight against cheating during remote instruction worth enlisting third-party student surveillance platforms?”Jesse Stommel, senior lecturer in digital studies at the University of Mary Washington and co-founder of the Digital Pedagogy Lab, said “cheating is a pedagogical […]

Farnsworth Comments on Trump’s Attacks on Mail-In Voting

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was recently interviewed by Courthouse News about Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting.Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, which is nestled inside Fredericksburg, wasn’t surprised by the increased absentee turnout. In a phone […]

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses setting routines and limits to your work schedule. Read SCHEDULES AND BOUNDARIES.  One of the biggest challenges of teleworking concerns schedules and boundaries. While some folks have adapted well to working from home, others would say they are failing. Let’s start with […]