Category: Professional Notes

Grothe Participates in Al Gore’s Virtual Climate Change Presentation

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe presented on Sunday as part of former Vice President Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality: Countdown to the Future, a digital and global conversation about the climate crisis and its solutions in communities around the world. The presentation focused on the local impacts and solutions of […]

Parsons Interviewed for Free Lance-Star Article on Archiving the Pandemic

Carolyn Parsons, head of Special Collections and University Archives for UMW Libraries, was interviewed for an article in The Free Lance-Star entitled, “Sites work to preserve these pivotal times.” “It is such a history-in-the-making moment,” said Carolyn Parsons, head of special collections and university archives for the Simpson Library at the University of Mary Washington. […]

Larus Comments in The Diplomat on Taiwan and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Elizabeth Larus, Chairman of the UMW Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on the importance of Taiwan in U.S. foreign policy in the October 5 column “U.S. Presidential Elections 2020: The Taiwan Factor” in The Diplomat. Dr. Larus commented that the next administration’s personnel picks would largely determine U.S.-Taiwan relations after the 2020 […]

Passing of Timothy F. Waltonen

Timothy F. Waltonen, who taught for 16 years at the University of Mary Washington in the Department of English and Linguistics, passed away on Thursday, September 24, from complications of Lewy Body Dementia. In addition to serving in 19 interim positions at UMW, he also took on numerous part-time assignments as an interim pastor for […]

Cooperman Discusses Voting-Related Legal Challenges on Marketplace Radio

Associate Professor of Political Science Rosalyn Cooperman spoke with the Marketplace radio show about how voting-related legal challenges will continue past Election Day.Rosalyn Cooperman, a professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, said the pandemic has played a role in the spike in donations.“I think that COVID has incentivized giving, particularly for […]