Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has been quoted in several regional and national news stories:Virginia Bracing for a Fight Over Guns (U.S. News & World Report)Impeachment Trial (Voice of America)The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump (CTV News Channel)
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses how to manage employees that refuse to follow the rules. Read THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ME. Every organization has rules. Maybe in your organization they are called protocols or processes or workflows. But they exist. And they exist, most of the […]
In 1961, Benjamin Chavis Jr., tired of reading tattered books, boldly marched into the whites-only library in Oxford, North Carolina. The young teen, already a NAACP member, was promptly asked to leave; instead, he stood his ground.“He asked why,” a friend recalled to The New York Times. “A lot of us when we were told […]
The President’s Council on Wellness (PCOW) is sponsoring a Faculty and Staff CommonHealth of Virginia event this month called, Getting Your ZZZs on Wednesday, January 29th from 11am to Noon in the UC Capital Room 314.A goodnight’s rest can be determined by many different aspects and circumstances. The CommonHealth program (which is a free-state employee […]
Introduction to Mindfulness & Meditation CourseLearn the practice of mindfulness in a 7-week, non-credit course led by Bill Brooks, a certified meditation teacher through the Meditation Teacher Training Institute. This experience is $15 and participants who attend six or more sessions will receive that money back in the form of a UMW bookstore gift card. […]
