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Virtual Honor Convocation 2020

All faculty and staff are encouraged to watch this year’s virtual Honor Convocation, which will be viewed by all incoming students at 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 21 through Zoom:  https://umw-sso.zoom.us/j/93389264525.  UMW’s annual celebration of honor can also be viewed at any time by visiting: https://academics.umw.edu/academicintegrity/honor-convocation-2020/

Buster-Williams’ Research Project featured in Richmond Times-Dispatch

Vice President for Enrollment Management Kimberley Buster-Williams was featured in an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Sunday, July 26, 2020. The feature story discussed the discovery of her grandmother’s connection to a national social organization.  Kimberley Buster-Williams celebrated a joyous Christmas Day with her family in December, but it would be an unwrapped box […]

McMillan Publishes Book Chapter

Lauren McMillan, assistant professor in the Department of Historic Preservation, published a book chapter entitled “Diamonds and Triangles: Two Locally-Made Pipes from the 17th-century Chesapeake” in the book Artifacts that Enlighten: The Ordinary and the Unexpected. The chapter examines the multi-racial and ethnic influences of clay tobacco pipe making in colonial Virginia.

Farnsworth Lectures on Presidential Communication

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “Presidential Communication and Character,” for the Character Assassination and Reputation Politics Research Lab at George Mason University. The talk focused on Professor Farnsworth’s recent book, “Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management […]

Cooperman Publishes Article on Republican Women

Associate Professor of Political Science Rosalyn Cooperman contributed an article to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) Election Watch Project, entitled, “Is 2020 the Year of the Republican Woman? Women’s PAC support for Republican Women Candidates Suggests Otherwise.”Women’s gains to Congress in the 2018 midterm elections were party specific. That year nearly three […]