Khaled Elgindy will discuss his new book, “Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians from Balfour to Trump,” on the U.S. role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The talk will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411. A key adviser to Palestinian peace negotiators from 2004 to 2009, Elgindy is a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, the oldest policy-oriented “think-tank” in Washington, D.C. A specialist in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, he also was a key participant in the Annapolis negotiations held throughout 2008. His talk is open to the public.
College of Business Honors Alumni
The College of Business (COB) will honor alumni at two separate events next Thursday and Friday.
The Executive-in-Residence Business Leaders Breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 17, will feature UMW alumnus Pat Filippone ’88, owner of the 7th Inning Stretch, which owns and operates minor league baseball teams. Pat is a veteran of 29 seasons of professional baseball with a passion for exposing what the game has to offer to local communities. RSVPs are due by Oct. 10 at eir@umw.edu or ext. 1223.
Held in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend, the Alumni Awards on Friday, Oct. 18, will honor nine successful COB alumni who are successful, respected leaders in their fields. Registration is due by Oct. 14.
Both events will take place in the Jepson Alumni Executive Center’s Rappahannock Grand Ballroom. For more information about either event, contact Kelsey Whitacre at kwhitacr@umw.edu or ext. 1223.
Mary Washington Earns Spot Among Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’
The University of Mary Washington has once again been named among the nation’s best by The Princeton Review’s annual publication, The Best 385 Colleges. The 2020 edition of the leading college guide, which debuted today, profiles only about 13 percent of the nation’s 3,000 four-year colleges.
In it, students gave UMW high marks in both campus life and academics, praising Mary Washington for providing the “strategies and tools necessary to think critically and succeed in the workforce” and “professors [who] go the extra mile to help students.” They also bragged about the research opportunities, dedication to community service, school spirit and quality of life they found on campus.
Richardson’s Column Stresses Importance of Coming to Work
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson
In her weekly column in The Free Lance-Star, College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson addresses the prevalence of teleworking, working from home and showing up late, and the message it sends to others.
I’VE had several conversations recently about people not coming to work.
In one situation, the manager doesn’t arrive at work until much later in the day than his employees. The employees—and everyone else—notice. Except maybe the manager’s supervisor. Is he unaware?
In another situation, a new employee was hired into a smaller organization. Most of the people she works with, including managers and peers, ‘work from home’ most days. So she’s sitting in essentially an empty office a lot of the time.
New Fitness Equipment Means New Gym Hours
The UMW Fitness Center is getting a workout this summer! In anticipation of the new academic year, new equipment will be arriving and the layout will be rearranged. That means the gym will be closed at certain times. See the schedule below.
UMW GYM HOURS (FITNESS CENTER & GOOLRICK)
July 15 – August 16
Monday-Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.
PARTIAL CLOSURES
Cardio floor closed Monday, August 5, through Thursday, August 8, for removal of existing equipment. Strength floor and Goolrick will still be open.
FULL GYM CLOSURES
Friday, August 9 through Sunday, August 11, for new equipment installation.
Saturday, August 17, through Wednesday, August 21, for Campus Rec staff training.
Beginning Thursday, August 22, regular gym hours will resume:
Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Stay tuned for more news from the UMW Fitness Center, including an open house to introduce the new, sleeker space.
Bales’ Cubs Book Called “Solid Historical Work”
Reference and Humanities Librarian Jack Bales’ new book, Before They Were the Cubs: The Early Years of Chicago’s First Professional Baseball Team, was favorably reviewed in the August issue of Choice, a major source of book reviews for academic libraries. The review observes that “while this book focuses on the first professional baseball team in Chicago, it also serves as an overview of how the game developed throughout America. Bales … draws on extensive research in newspaper articles and other primary sources to impart not only an impression of the early game but also a glimpse of 19th-century life. … This is a solid historical work, yet it remains accessible to the public at large.”
Barrenechea Presents Literary Paper in Brazil
Antonio Barrenechea, Professor of English, was an invited speaker at the Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada in Brasilia, Brazil. His paper was titled “Hemispheric Literary Studies: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.”
Get Healthy! Get Your UMW Weight Watchers Discount.
Get skinny and save money! Sign up for Weight Watchers at wellness.weightwatchers.com, enter Commonwealth of Virginia Employer ID: 63569 and follow the instructions. Employees enrolled in a state health plan are eligible for the WW discounted pricing.
Attend a WW Workshop at the University of Mary Washington every Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in the Hurley Convergence Center, Room 111, or contact Julie Coates at jcoates@umw.edu.
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UMW Receives Grant to Help Students Recovering From Addiction
The University of Mary Washington has received a $50,000 grant for a unique program that helps students in various stages of recovery from alcohol and substance use and addiction.
The “Expanding Collegiate Recovery in Virginia” grant, awarded this month by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), will fund growth for UMW’s Eagles in Recovery program. Though a number of colleges claim substance-free housing, the program puts UMW among only a handful in Virginia – and relatively few across the country – to offer support services for students recovering from substance addiction.
With weekly meetings, support groups and a dedicated safe space called the “clubhouse,” where those in recovery can escape the pressures of college life, Eagles in Recovery has served at least 10 students since its launch in 2017. Funds from the grant will allow administrators to maintain and expand meetings and resources, bring on other facilitators and more, said Associate Director for Residence Life and Housing Hunter Rauscher, who started the program.