Daniel Preston, editor of the Papers of James Monroe, was interviewed by Voice of America for a segment on Elizabeth Monroe, wife of President James Monroe. The interview will be part of program broadcast in South Korea and North Korea on May 8.
Claudia Emerson Receives Waple Award for Professional Achievement
Claudia Emerson, Arrington Distinguished Chair of Poetry and professor of English, is the recipient of the university’s inaugural Waple Award for Professional Achievement. The award was announced during the General Faculty Meeting on April 24.
The award, based on faculty nominations, recognizes Emerson’s scholarly, creative and professional achievements.
Three Faculty Awarded Waple Professorships
Three faculty members have received Waple Professorships to support two years of research and scholarship. In the inaugural year of the professorships, awards went to one faculty member from each of the three colleges: Allyson Poska, professor of history; George Meadows, professor of education; and Dave Henderson, assistant professor of accounting and management information systems.
The professorships are supported by an endowment from the estate of Shirley Van Epps Waple’52. For more information about the professorships, visit http://cas.umw.edu/dean/waple-professorship/.
Ken Tyler Featured on WFVA
Athletic Director Ken Tyler was the featured guest on the WFVA 1230 program “Town Talk” on Tuesday, April 23. The interview is available in four segments: Segment #1; Segment #2; Segment #3; Segment #4.
Julius Esunge Receives National Science Foundation Grant
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Julius Esunge received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support his participation in the Summer School and Conference on Financial and Actuarial Mathematics in Cameroon. The conference will be held at the University of Buea in Cameroon from April 22 to May 3. As part of the grant, Esunge will present a series of lectures from May 5 to 10.
Leo Lee Presents Research at Regional Conference
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Jangwoon “Leo” Lee, traveled to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, last weekend to deliver an invited talk at the Spring Central Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society. His talk was titled Discretization of Stochastic Optimal Control Problems by the h x p Version of the Stochastic Galerkin FEM.
Mark Snyder at FSU, Peabody Conservatory & SEAMUS
Mark Snyder, Assistant Professor of Music, had his multimedia work, Butterfly for processed clarinet, electronics and video performed at the 2013 Society of ElectroAcoustic Musicians in the United States (SEAMUS) conference in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 19th.
On April 10th, Mark gave a master class about his music and video art to the computer music department at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore Maryland.
On April 5th, Mark was a guest artist at Fairmont State University in Fairmont West Virginia. In addition to concertizing his own work and giving a masterclass, Mark took Junior Music and Computer Science major Becky Brown along so she could perform one of her original compositions, Rex for processed harp and voice, and she also gave a master class on harp performance and processing. Out of all his accomplishments this semester, he was most pleased with this since host composer Dan Eichenbaum requested it after hearing Becky perform her piece in composition class when he came to visit UMW.
Becky Brown discussing the harp and live processing.
Mark Snyder at Peabody Conservatory
Andrea Livi Smith Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Post
Andréa Livi Smith, assistant professor of historic preservation and director of the Center for Historic Preservation, wrote an op-ed, “We Don’t Need a Modern-Looking Metro,” for The Washington Post. The piece, which argues that the D.C. metro system’s distinctive design should be appreciated and maintained, appeared in the print edition of the newspaper on Sunday, April 21.
Ben LaBreche Receives Fellowship at Folger Shakespeare Library
Ben LaBreche, assistant professor of English, has been awarded a month-long fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. His research will focus on Milton’s conception of liberty, 17th-century natural law, and debates in modern political theory.
LaBreche also is the recipient of a fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas-Austin, a Clark Short-Term Fellowship for research at the University of California, Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, and of a year-long Solmsen Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities.
Speaking Center Staff Present at Conference
(From left to right): Mariah Young, Danielle DeVille, Professor Esther Yook, Russell Michaelson, and Tom Pacheco.
Four UMW Speaking Center consultants and Speaking Center Director Esther Yook presented papers at the National Association of Communication Centers conference held at the University of North Carolina Greensboro from April 19 – 21.
Mariah Young and Danielle DeVille received the Undergraduate Research Award for their research “Achieving the Unachievable: The Effectiveness of a Communication Center in the Absence of a Communication Department.” They, along with Tom Pacheco and Russell Michelson, will be presenting at the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Day on Friday, April 26.