Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of a research paper, “The Automated Coding of Sentiment in Political News Coverage: Examining Newspaper Coverage of the 2013 Race for Governor of Virginia,” which was presented at the American Political Science Association Pre-Conference in Political Communication in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 27.
Spring Training
Kayla Crawford completes a summer internship with the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Dancing with the Fredericksburg Stars, Oct. 11
Dancing with the Fredericksburg Stars returns on Saturday, October 11, the competition is modeled after the popular ABC television series Dancing with the Stars, now in its 17th season. In the Fredericksburg version, 10 regional “stars” are paired with professional dancers from Strictly Ballroom Dance Studio in Fredericksburg to compete for the top award, the Mirror Ball Trophy. The audience will vote for the People’s Choice Award.
A portion of the proceeds from the performance will be used to endow the UMW Performing Arts in the Community Scholarship for regional students who excel in music, theatre or dance. Last year’s inaugural event grossed approximately $65,000.
Visit fredericksburgstars.umw.edu for tickets.
Farnsworth Gives Washington Lecture
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a Washington lecture entitled, “U.S. Foreign Policy Formulation: Public Opinion and News Coverage of International Events,” to visiting journalists from Africa who were part of a recent U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program. The talk was based, in part, on Farnsworth’s recently co-authored book, “The Global President: International Media and the US Government.”
Davidson Publishes Article in Democracy and Security
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason W. Davidson’s article “Heading for the Exits: Democratic Allies and Withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan” was recently published by Democracy and Security, a peer-reviewed journal.
Important Message about New UMW Alerts
The following message is from the Office of Emergency Management and Safety:
UMW has launched a new emergency alert system. Faculty, staff and students must register with the new system if they want to customize the ways they receive emergency notices– by text, phone and/or email.
If you haven’t registered already, you will receive a message shortly from UMW Emergency Management with a link to the UMW Alerts system and step-by-step instructions to sign up. Please register at that time and encourage everyone in the UMW community to sign up, too. If you fail to register, you will learn of campus emergencies only via UMW email.
For more information, please contact Chris Cash in Emergency Management and Safety at ccash@umw.edu.
Farewell from Janet Cropp
To my UMW colleagues:
Janet Cropp
I am retiring on Friday, August 22, after 26 years at the University of Mary Washington. I want to express my appreciation to everyone for a wonderful experience, many lasting friendships, and your willingness to be of assistance to me and to our adult students. I have enjoyed very much obtaining my BLS and MBA degrees here and my career in advising services. As an alum, I will look forward to seeing you at future events. I wish you all the very best in your future endeavors.
Thanks,
Janet
Janet Johnson Cropp, MBA ‘06
Assistant Dean of Advising Services
University of Mary Washington
College of Business
121 University Boulevard
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
Phone: 540-286-8020
Fax: 540-286-8005
jcropp@umw.edu
UMW Alum to Compete on Top Chef
George Pagonis, a University of Mary Washington alum, will compete on the next installment of the Top Chef series featured on Bravo TV. Check out his bio and additional information at http://www.bravotv.com/people/george-pagonis/bio. The series premiere is Oct. 15.
Weight Watchers Open House, Sept. 17
Harris Talks Top 10 Endangered Artifacts with Schubel
Scott Harris, director of the James Monroe Museum, is featured on Ted Schubel’s internet radio show discussing the museum’s participation in the Top 10 Endangered Artifacts contest. The museum submitted a Louisiana Purchase Bas Relief.
Check out the Interview with Ted Schubel on frequency.com.
Find out more information about the Top 10 Endangered Artifacts and vote for the James Monroe Museum submission on vamuseums.org.