Shelley Keith, director of Digital Communications, recently received a master in science in information quality from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology. She completed a capstone project on the holistic study of file systems and associated operational inefficiencies in a decentralized government organization, titled “File System Management and Information Quality at the Department of Arkansas Heritage.”
UMW Post Office Employee to Retire
Greg Render who you all know as the “mailman” is retiring. His last day will be Feb. 20, 2015. He appreciates everyone’s well wishes, but would prefer to sail off into the sunset without any celebrations.
Lisa Amstutz will be temporarily covering the mail route; please contact the UMW Post Office if you have any special needs during this transition period at 654-1049.
Thank you,
Amme L. Mahler
Service Delivery Manager
Copy and Mail Services
Graham Offers Resume Tips in Published Article
Kelly Graham, director of the Office of Academic and Career Services, offered resume tips in a recent article on NerdWallet entitled 4 Simple Resume Tweaks That Will Get You Noticed.
Preston Featured in Time Magazine Article
Dan Preston, editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington, was recently quoted in a Time Magazine article entitled 5 Solid Party Tips from Presidential History.
Faculty and Staff Recognized at Appreciation Night
The UMW Women’s Basketball Team recognized faculty and staff who made an important impact on their lives as a part of UMW’s Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
“We are grateful for all that our outstanding faculty do everyday and we are pleased to be able to recognize them,” said Ken Tyler, director of athletics. “UMW has winners in academics and athletics, and we all work together to make UMW a special place.”
The following faculty and staff members were recognized during halftime:
Lynn Richardson, Business
Woody Richardson, Business
Jennifer Magee, Math
Eric Bonds, Sociology
Jeremy Larochelle, Spanish
Stephen Davies, Computer Science
Venitta McCall, Education
Susan Fernsebner, History
Porter Blackemore
Frank Powell, Staff
Kelli Slunt, Chemistry
Laura Wilson, Psychology
Grace Braxton, Staff
Dr. Dave Kolar, Pyschology
Clarence Tweedy, English
David Long’s Composition Performed in France
Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence David J. Long’s composition Homage to Normandy was performed on Jan. 24, 2014 by La Musique Saint-Romain de Reiningue. The performance celebrated the liberation of Reiningue during World War II. Homage to Normandy is a tribute to all the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.
The first movement, ‘Elegy: For All of the Fallen,’ is a beautifully powerful chorale that builds to a glorious climax before calming again. The second movement, ‘In Resolution: Toward the Final Victory,’ captures the brute force of the battle and drives all the way to the end in this fitting homage.
Gaines Reads Poetry at Bridgewater International Conference
Emeritus Professor of French Jim Gaines recently read selections from his poetry at the 2nd Biennial Bridgewater International Poetry Conference hosted by Bridgewater College on Jan. 15-18, 2015. Approximately 60 poets from a variety of countries met for the gathering in the Shenandoah Valley, which had Skype links to poets in France and Japan. Gaines’s selections included samples of his original work and also from his translations of the French World War I poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
Hurley Receives Prince B. Woodard Leadership Award
University of Mary Washington President Richard V. Hurley received the Prince B. Woodard Leadership Award at the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Gala, Friday, Jan. 30.
The annual award is given to an individual who has provided a lifetime of service to the Fredericksburg region.
“Since assuming UMW’s presidency in 2010, he has overseen a period of robust growth that includes construction of the Anderson Center convocation and athletics arena, the opening of the Dahlgren campus and development of the Eagle Village mixed-use development,” according to a release from the Chamber of Commerce. “In addition, he is active in the community, having served on the Chamber’s board of directors, the boards of Rappahannock United Way and Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, and established the Town and Gown Committee to strengthen relations between the University and the City of Fredericksburg.”
Hurley is UMW’s ninth president. Prior to being named president, he served Mary Washington for a decade in various positions, including executive vice president, chief financial officer and acting president.
The Chamber also honored a variety of other business leaders during the event, including Entrepreneur of the Year and Small Business of the Year. For more information, visit fredericksburgchamber.org.
Denhere Presents at Joint Mathematics Meetings
Melody Denhere, assistant professor of mathematics, presented her work “Rank Estimation for the Functional Linear Model” in a session on Probability and Statistics at the Joint Mathematics Meetings which were held in San Antonio, Texas from Jan. 10 – 13. This work was a collaboration with Huybrechts Bindele from the University of South Alabama.
Earlier, Denhere also attended the 2014 Blackwell-Tapia Conference held in Los Angeles, California from Nov. 14 – 15. The conference and prize honors David Blackwell and Richard Tapia (who won the National Medal of Science in 2010), two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino/Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics. At the conference, Denhere presented a poster on work she carried out with her student, Victoria Moore, during the summer through the Jepson Summer Science Institute.
Farnsworth Gives Lecture on Virginia Politics
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently gave a lecture at Carter Hall in Boyce, Virginia, entitled, “The Ever-changing State of Virginia Politics,” as part of the Virginia Candidate Training Program. The nonpartisan program, sponsored by the Sorensen Institute of the University of Virginia, gives future political candidates information about campaigning for office and about key Virginia policy challenges.