Author: Melina Downs

Baker Selected to be Business Mentor

Brian Baker, executive director for Economic Development at the University of Mary Washington, was invited by the William James Foundation to be a business mentor for companies in the Sustainable Business Plan Competition. This is Baker’s third year as a judge. As a mentor, he will work closely with company management to advance their value […]

Farnsworth and Hanna Co-author Review Essay

Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, and Stephen P. Hanna, professor and chair of geography, are co-authors of a review essay, “How the Democrats Won Virginia in 2013,” which was published in the Spring 2014 issue of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine.

Veteran-Owned Small Business Showcase

The University of Mary Washington hosted the Veteran Owned Small Business Showcase at the Stafford campus May 14.During the event, veteran small business owners came together to showcase their offerings to a variety of businesses in the private and public sector.President Richard Hurley also announced the Veterans Endowment, a fund that will support the advancement […]

Rochelle Presents at Conference

Warren Rochelle, professor of English, presented “Many Beauties, Many Beasts: Retelling and Reimagining as Rhetoric in Robin McKinley’s Fiction,” at the annual conference of the Science Fiction Research Association in Madison, Wis., this May. He also gave a reading from a novel-in-progress at WisCon, the annual feminist speculative fiction conference, held jointly this year with […]