Author: jlaiacon

PCOW’s Wellness Sector Explained: Mental

Last fall we introduced the PCOW’s Wellness Wheel and the six dimensions of wellness: Occupational, Social, Mental, Physical, Financial, and Spiritual. Previous PCOW articles in the Eagle Eye explained the Physical and Social dimensions. Today we will introduce and explain another dimension: Mental.Mental wellness combines the aspects of “emotional well-being and intellectual curiosity.” This wellness […]

Farmer Legacy 2020 Co-Chairs Johnson & Landphair Speak with WVTF Radio IQ

Farmer Legacy 2020 co-chairs Sabrina Johnson, Vice President for Equity and Access and Chief Diversity Officer, and Juliette Landphair, Vice President for Student Affairs, were recently interviewed on WVTF Radio IQ, an NPR affiliate, about civil rights icon and late Mary Washington professor Dr. James L. Farmer Jr. and UMW’s yearlong celebration of his life […]

Annual Alcohol and Drug Reports

The following message is from the Vice President for Student Affairs:To Members of the UMW Community:I am writing to bring to your attention an important institutional responsibility: to maintain and communicate our established alcohol and drug policies.The Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended by the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994) […]

Bales Interviewed about Cubs, Research and Impending Retirement

Reference and Humanities Librarian Jack Bales was recently interviewed by his alma mater, the University of Illinois’ School of Information Sciences, about his research, impending retirement and his lifelong passion for the Chicago Cubs.As baseball teams gear up for spring training this month, Jack Bales (MS ’74) will begin another season of following—and researching—the Chicago […]