Roberta Gentry, Assistant Professor in the College of Education, gave three presentations at the Conference on Education and Evaluation held in Beijing, China Sept. 19 to 23, 2013. Conference presentations all related to research conducted with special education teachers and their mentors using an electronic mentoring platform.
Farnsworth Gives Lecture in D.C.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture entitled, “The 2013 Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign: The State of the Race,” to the U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Retired) Organization at the DACOR Bacon House in Washington D.C., on Oct. 21. The group consists of former U.S. ambassadors, foreign service officers, and military attaches as well as former U.S. Agency for International Development and CIA officers.
In addition, Dr. Farnsworth has been interviewed by a number of media outlets on recent developments in Virginia politics. Recent interviews include:
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Mark Snyder Interviewed on Patch In TV
Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder was interviewed on patch in tv about his many festivals, some of his students’ projects, and much much more!
Patch In is a music technology show where hosts Ben Fuhrman and Nate Bliton get together each month to talk about the latest in electronic music. Digital, analog, fixed media, interactive, they’ve got it all. They interview composers, performers, coders, hackers, programmers, and scholars. They’ll even show you some of their own work. And don’t forget the two-minute challenge, in which one of them explains a particular technical aspect of electronic music in just 120 seconds.
Check out the video here:
Elizabeth Larus Offers Comments on Radio Program
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, offered comments on current events in China on “Tea Talk,” the radio program of the Asian World Center at Creighton University. The first part of her interview aired in mid-October and can be accessed at Episode 3 – Dr. Elizabeth Larus Part 1/2.
UMW Staff Present at MABUG Conference
UMW Enterprise Applications Services (EAS) and UMW advancement staff attended and presented at the annual MABUG meeting in Virginia Beach hosted by Old Dominion University. The Mid-Atlantic Banner Users Group (MABUG) is an association of colleges and universities in Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Of the 10 attendees from UMW, seven made presentations during the conference. Sessions included: Oracle Security on a Shoestring with Jim Rawlings, Data Base Administrator; Single Sign-on Manager for Banner with Jill Ellington, Applications Developer and Jim Rawlings, Data Base Administrator; Banner Security Life Cycle with John Symonds, Applications Data Base Administrator; Setting up Banner Mobile Applications with Shannon Swanson, IT Analyst/Developer, and The Best of: Advancement’s Reporting Services, Ben Kjar, Associate Director, Linda Lovin, SQL Server Data Base Administrator, and Jane Cariker, Director of Advancement IT Services. Also attending were: Linda Thornton, Associate Director, Business Process Analysis; Tom Cummings, Sr. Systems Analyst; and April Peterson, Applications Developer.
The topics encompassed all of the functional areas within a university using Banner. There were a total of 84 presentations given across the spectrum from admissions to technical. In attendance were 395 participants, representing 55 participating institutions, and 27 major vendors.
Participants remarked on the relevancy and the quality of UMW presentations. Conference organizers noted that UMW was third among all 55 attending organizations in number of presentations, preceded by Ellucian (Banner software vendor) and ODU (the host institution).
Singh and Al-Tikriti Participate in Middle East Studies Association Conference
On Oct. 10 to 13, Professors Ranjit Singh, political science and international affairs, and Nabil Al-Tikriti, history and American studies, attended the 2013 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference is the primary professional event for Middle East Studies in North America. On Oct. 11, Nabil Al-Tikriti chaired a panel entitled “Empire and Belonging: Ottoman Empire to Modern Turkey,” which brought together four scholars offering papers concerning intellectual luminaries in the late Ottoman Empire and early Republican Turkey. On Oct. 12, Ranjit Singh’s presentation on the “Teacher’s Dilemma” presented by new media was part of the “Media, Media Literacy, and Teaching Middle East Studies” panel sponsored by MESA’s Committee for Undergraduate Middle East Studies (CUMES).
Suzanne Houff Publishes Book
Suzanne G. Houff, College of Education department of curriculum and cnstruction professor and chair, recently authored Managing the Classroom Environment: Meeting the Needs of the Student. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Education, the book offers educators practical strategies for managing the classroom. Using William Glasser’s ideas as a foundation, the text covers the five basic needs and their relation to classroom management. Additional management theories and concepts are explored alongside developmental recommendations to offer an overarching classroom plan that focuses on meeting student needs and moving away from reward- and punishment-based systems.
Meadows Presents at STEM Conference
College of Education Professor George Meadows was an invited presenter at the STEM: Science with the Future in Mind Conference, held at the Virginia Military Institute Oct. 8 and 9. The target audience for the 2013 conference was high school teachers and students. Teachers were able to explore current scientific research as well as the pedagogy of science. High school students were given the opportunity to build relationships with mentors involved in STEM. Meadows presented workshops featuring the work being done in the College of Education’s LearnerSpace, including demonstrations of 3-D printing, microcontrollers, and alternative input devices such as the Makey Makey and the LEAP Motion Controller.
Anthes Speaks at Virginia Union University
Dre Anthes, Director of Graduate Admissions, was a guest speaker at Virginia Union University on Wednesday, Oct. 9. She presented information on graduate school to two different groups of students, including VUU’s Sydney Lewis School of Business.
Mark Snyder Performs at Breast Cancer Benefit
Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder performed with students Becky Brown and Paige Naylor at the Second Annual Under 40 Music Marathon, an event dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness in men and women under the age of 40.
From Sept. 27-29, Hard Rock Cafe – Washington, D.C., City of Hope, and Pink Jams! partnered for the Second Annual Under 40 Music Marathon. With the help of 250 local musicians and hundreds of supporters, the event raised over $15,000!
A wide variety of local, regional, and national musicians played back to back continuously for 39 hours and 59 minutes. All in the name of breast cancer awareness.
Donations from the Marathon will go to support City of Hope’s life-saving breast cancer research and treatment programs, and helps Pink Jams! eradicate the misconception that breast cancer awareness begins at age 40.