March 28, 2024

Column: Wise managers let employees put families first (The Free Lance-Star)

Hyatt Place Fredericksburg at Mary Washington Awarded 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence (ABC 40 – KRHD)

University of Mary Washington graduates class of 2015 (Suffolk News-Herald)

UMW Student Wins Young Composer Award

University of Mary Washington sophomore Austin O’Rourke won the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gold Young Composer Award for his composition Hazel Colored Nebula. Austin O'Rourke (left) is pictured with 2015 Pulitzer in Music Winner Julia Wolfe after receiving the Martin Gould Award in New York. “This is the most prestigious award a young composer can win,” said Mark Snyder, assistant professor of music. O’Rourke, along with Morton Gould award winners from across the country, was recently recognized at an event in New York City by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The award is given to honor late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP Foundation President Morton Gould’s lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. Gould, an eminent and versatile American composer, was a child prodigy whose first composition was published by G. Schirmer Inc., when he was only six years of age, according to a press release about the award. O’Rourke wrote the composition in an electronic music course at UMW taught by Snyder. “Our class produced a piece of art that won this award,” said Snyder, exuding pride. “The evolution of the work can be traced over three drafts on UMWblogs…the critiques offered on the blog are not just by music students, but by a political science major and a geography major too.” ASCAP, which is made up of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music, is the worldwide leader in performance royalties, service and advocacy for songwriters and composers, and the only American performing rights organization owned and governed by its writer and publisher members, according to ASCAP’s website.

Professors to be Featured on Radio Program

University of Mary Washington Professors Mara Scanlon and Mindy Erchull will be featured in upcoming episodes of the With Good Reason public radio program. Mara Scanlon During Professor of English Mara Scanlon’s encore interview, to be broadcast June 27 to July 3, she discusses Walt Whitman and his time as a nurse during the Civil War in a show entitled “America the Beautiful.” In a project that involved collaboration with three other universities, Scanlon worked on a digital humanities project, “Looking for Whitman: The Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman,” which was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The full interview will be available beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2015/06/america-the-beautiful-2/. Mindy Erchull Associate Professor of Psychology Mindy Erchull’s encore interview will be broadcast July 4 to 19. In this program, entitled “The Innocence Project,” she discusses love and jealousy and the link to abusive relationships. Based on findings from a recent survey, Erchull suggests that women who see jealousy as a positive thing may be more likely to find themselves in abusive relationships. The full interview will be available beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2015/07/the-innocence-project/. With Good Reason is a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The show airs weekly in Fredericksburg on Sundays from 1-2 p.m. on Radio IQ 88.3 Digital. To listen from outside of the Fredericksburg area, a complete list of air times and links to corresponding radio stations can be found at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/when-to-listen.

Parking Decal Expiration

FACULTY/STAFF  DECAL RE-REGISTRATION 2015

Don’t Wait …

If you have not registered for your 2015-2017 parking decal, do so now.

Note: The new decal (oval shape) is valid thru July 1, 2017. Once a new decal has been issued for a vehicle, the old decal will be invalid.

To request a decal, use the following steps:

  • Select Banner Self-Service
  • Select Personal Information
  • Parking Management System

Anyone needing assistance should contact Robin Jones(540) 654-1129.

 

Important Message about UMW Alerts Registration

The following message is from the Office of Emergency Management and Safety:

UMW has an emergency alert notification system, but faculty, staff and students must register with the new system to customize their emergency notices—by text, phone or email—the way they want to receive them.

If you have not yet registered, you will receive a message from the Office of Emergency Management and Safety with step-by-step instructions to set up your account. Please make sure to register and also encourage others in the UMW community to sign up.

If you already have registered and want to make updates to your account, please visit https://member.everbridge.net/index/1332612387831817.

For more information, please contact Chris Cash in Emergency Management and Safety at ccash@umw.edu.

Please Note: At this time, the alert system is not available to anyone outside the UMW community. The emergency notification system will be available to those outside the UMW community at a later date.

Feeding Their Brains

Kelly Murphy ’01 may be an unofficial expert on zombies, but in the event of a zombie apocalypse she’d probably be one of the first people to get infected. “I’ve often joked with my students that the likelihood of a biblical studies scholar surviving the initial zombie outbreak is pretty slim,” she said.

Zest for Zombies

Kelly Murphy '01 brings the undead into her religion classes.

Hyatt Place Receives TripAdvisor Award

Hyatt Place Fredericksburg at Mary Washington  was recently awarded a 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for being recognized as a top performing hotel. Check out the full release on PRWeb.