January 19, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Student Leadership Symposium Call for Proposals

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The Student Leadership Committee is putting out a call for proposals for the 2020 Leadership Symposium. This symposium will target current and future club leaders and will aim to share both basic and intermediate leadership concepts.

Topic examples include:

      • Recruitment & Retention
      • Conflict Competency
      • Leadership and Wellness
      • Leadership Transitions
      • Any relevant topic will be considered.

The symposium will be held on Sunday, January 26 between 1-5 p.m. in the University Center. If you are interested, please complete the form below. Proposals will be reviewed as they are submitted and the final schedule will be completed by Thursday, November 14th.

https://forms.gle/qAJM1hxjatxEVroT9

 

Brovero Honored with Debate Award

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Debate Coach Adrienne Brovero

Adrienne Brovero, UMW’s Director of Debate, was recently recognized by the Barkley Forum for Debate Deliberation and Dialogue as this year’s recipient of the Melissa Maxcy Wade Award Honoring Debate as a Public Good at the Atlanta Season Opener Debate Tournament. The award is presented at the Season Opener each year to a person in the debate community who is committed to using debate as a public good or encouraging and empowering others to use debate as a public good. In March, Brovero was similarly recognized by the National Debate Tournament, when she received the Lucy M. Keele Award for Service, based on her service to the community. Brovero is also continuing in that spirit, having been elected as Chair of the National Debate Tournament Committee in March.

Crosby Presents Research on Sports Communication and Social Justice

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Assistant Professor of Communication Emily Deering Crosby

Emily Deering Crosby, Assistant Professor of Communication, recently presented her research at the International Communication Association Preconference “Sports Communication and Social Justice” held at American University. Her research, entitled “Larry Nassar and Rhetorical Monster-Making: Political Subversion in the #MeToo Sports Era,” explores the rhetorical process of “monster-making” (Ingebretsen, 1998) as it unfolded during the 2018 Larry Nassar criminal case, when the former U.S. Gymnastics doctor was tried and convicted of sexual assault. By analyzing the survivors’ televised courtroom testimonials, this research contributes to scholarship on the #MeToo movement that rarely engages sports culture.

On September 20, 2019,  Dr.Crosby, was also inducted into Allegheny College’s Athletics Hall of Fame for her lacrosse career before graduating in ’06: https://alleghenygators.com/news/2019/5/31/allegheny-reveals-2019-athletic-hall-of-fame-class.aspx.

Farnsworth Publishes Chapter in Book Edited by Dr. Mark Finney ’99

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Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is author of a book chapter, “Studying the Presidency after 9/11: Re-considering Presidential Character in Domestic and International Contexts,” which was published in 9/11 and the Academy: Responses in the Liberal Arts and the 21st Century World. The book is edited by Mark Finney, a 1999 graduate of Mary Washington, and Matthew Shannon and was published by Palgrave Macmillan. Dr. Finney, who is now an associate professor of Mass Communications at Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, was one of Dr. Farnsworth’s first political science students at Mary Washington two decades ago.

Farnsworth has also been quoted in several national and world news stories:

Democrats’ push to win Virginia legislature could mean Fairfax County goes all blue (The Washington Post; Stamford Advocate; SFGate.com)

One Virginia Candidate Has Accepted A Massive Campaign Donation (WVTF)

Impeachment Changes Tone of Washington (cp24 TV Toronto)

Trump to Release Ukraine Phone Call Transcript (CTV News Channel)

Stafford Branch of the NAACP will hold 3 campaign forums (Potomac Local)

Voter registration up more in Virginia’s Democratic strongholds (The Free Lance-Star)

Trump has 0% chance of winning a Nobel Peace Prize unless he finalizes deal with North Korea, Iran or Taliban: Experts (meaww.com)

 

UMW Theatre’s The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] Closes Sept. 29

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UMW Theatre presents The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
September 19-29

A company of actors storms the stage and takes on the Bard of Avon—37 plays and 154 sonnets—in a 97-minute madcap romp through the entire canon (but not the one you studied in English class). Fasten your seatbelts and hang on for dear life as you take one of the wildest and goofiest rides in the theatre. The Bard may be rolling in his grave, but you’ll be rolling in the aisles for The Complete Works of Shakespeare, abridged, revised.

“If you like Shakespeare, you’ll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love this show!”
—The Today Show

“Wildly funny. Masterful!” —The Los Angeles Times

Tickets will be made available online, over the phone and in person at the Klein Theatre Box Office starting September 5, 2019. The Klein Theatre Box Office is open Monday – Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.

The UMW Wellness Wheel

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Research has shown that one’s ability to thrive as an employee, a student, and as an organization depends on their level of wellness. The UMW President’s Council on Wellness has defined six dimensions of wellness at UMW: Occupational, Social, Mental, Physical, Financial, and Spiritual. Each dimension of wellness will be introduced over the coming weeks in EagleEye posts and will outline one specific dimension, share a profile of a campus community member who is a great example of that dimension, and then some tips and tricks for each of us to put into practice and increase our own wellbeing in each dimension. Check out our website at https://students.umw.edu/campusrec/wellness/ or email us at wellness@umw.edu if you have questions or want to learn more.

Cooperman Study Featured on London School of Economics Blog

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Associate Professor of Political Science Rosalyn Cooperman

Associate Professor of Political Science Rosalyn Cooperman

A study co-authored by Rosalyn Cooperman, associate professor of political science, was featured on the London School of Economic’s U.S. Centre blog. The study found that “Compared to Democrats, Republicans are more likely to disagree on whether their party should pursue policy goals or win elections at any cost.” Read more. 

UMW Tree Festival, Thursday, October 3

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UMW Sustainability & UMW Adopta are hosting a UMW Tree Festival on October 3rd from 3-5pm on Ball Circle!

All UMW and Fredericksburg community welcome! Join us in learning about the importance of trees, what our community is doing to protect them and our Tree Campus USA. Tables will be around Ball Circle filled with amazing local environmental organizations and UMW Clubs excited to inform the community about their mission and how you can get involved. There will also be tree climbing demos for participants to learn how to climb trees without hurting them, lead by Bartlett Tree Experts. It’s going to be fun, so mark your calendars for October 3rd!

To stay up to date on the event and learn more details check out our Facebook event page HERE .

Thank you,

UMW Sustainability & UMW Adopta

Devlin Comments on Segregation in Shenandoah National Park in Outside Online

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Assistant Professor of History Erin Devlin

Assistant Professor of History Erin Devlin

Erin Devlin, assistant professor of history and American studies, was interviewed in an article on OutsideOnline.com entitled “Shenandoah National Park Is Confronting Its History.” She discussed her research into sites in national parks in Virginia that were associated with segregation during the first half of the 20th century.

“‘Basically, the park was segregated on an ad hoc basis,’ says Erin Devlin, associate professor of history and American studies at the University of Mary Washington, who is leading the study of the five national parks in Virginia. African American visitors wrote letters of complaint both to the park and the Department of the Interior, reporting that rangers told them certain areas of the park were off-limits to them. Some white visitors also wrote letters to the National Park Service, arguing that this kind of race-based practice was un-American. But the policies continued.” Read more. 

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

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College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses bad behavior in the workplace. Read BELIEVE THEM.

 

IT HAS taken me six decades, but I have accepted something recently that perhaps you also might need to accept.

When people show you who they are by their actions and words, believe them.

So many times in our workplaces, homes, communities and friend groups, people say or do things that are unkind. But we make excuses for them, saying things like, “He’s having a rough day,” or, “He didn’t mean that.” You might hear: “I know he shouldn’t be saying/doing this, but he’s so valuable to our team that I cannot do anything about him.” Read more.