Janusz Konieczny, professor of mathematics, has co-authored a research article, Sn-normal semigroups of partial transformations, published in the journal Algebra Colloquium. The article has been written jointly with two UMW graduates, Sean Droms and Roberto Palomba, and contains the results of undergraduate research that Sean and Roberto did when they were mathematics students at the University of Mary Washington.
Brian Baker Presents at VBIA Conference
Brian Baker, Executive Director for Entrepreneurship and Vice President of the Virginia Business Incubation Association, presented at the VBIA Annual Conference on October 23 in Charlottesville. He was invited to speak on the programs and economic benefits of the University of Mary Washington Office of Entrepreneurship. Those programs include the UMW Small Business Development Center, the EagleWorks Accelerator and Innovation Center where the La Ceiba and Esfuerzo de Amor programs are housed, the emerging “Incubation Corridor” in collaboration with George Mason University, Rural Business Development in Virginia’s Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, and collaboration with faculty and students. In 2012, 38 students have been involved in applied skills projects at the Office of Entrepreneurship. Notable faculty collaborations include a business analytics project featuring Dr. Christopher Garcia and Dr. Gail Brooks of the College of Business, a master’s level analysis engagement featuring Dr. Louis Martinette of the College of Business, and the La Ceiba and Esfuerzo de Amor programs featuring Dr. Shawn Humphrey of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2011 the SBDC was involved in over 425 business projects that yielded 174 new jobs, 394 retained jobs, 51 new business openings, over $5.9 million in increased sales, and over $13 million in new capital investment.
The Office of Entrepreneurship is a division of the University of Mary Washington Center for Economic Development and hosts the UMW Small Business Development Center, the EagleWorks Accelerator and Innovation Center, the Engagement Council, and the Virginia Business Incubation Association.
Elizabeth Lewis Gives Paper in Cádiz, Spain
Elizabeth Lewis, professor of Spanish, gave a paper titled “La verdadera Ilustración en Fernando en Zaragoza, Una visión de Frasquita Larrea (1814)” at the meeting of the Sociedad Española de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (SEESXVII) October 24-26, which was held in Cádiz, Spain to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the ratification of Spain’s first constitution. Her paper was on a pamphlet criticizing the constitution, published by the mother of Spain’s first realist novelist, Cecilia Bohl de Faber.
Will Mackintosh Presents at Pop Culture Conference
On Nov. 2, Will Mackintosh, assistant professor of history, presented a paper on transatlantic tourist satire at the 23rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Conference in Pittsburgh, as part of that conference’s larger focus on tourism and travel as popular culture.
Michael McCarthy’s Poems Appear in The Southern Review
Michael McCarthy, a senior lecturer in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication, had four poems published in the Autumn 2012 issue of The Southern Review. The poems, “Mothering,” “Harp Hung on Willows,” “Beneath,” and “Autumnal,” are his first in the prestigious journal, which is edited at Louisiana State University and was co-founded in 1935 by Robert Penn Warren.
Faculty and Alumni Participate in MARAC Conference
Jeffrey McClurken, associate professor of history and American studies, and Cristina Turdean, associate professor of historic preservation, presented at the recent Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) in Richmond. Their session, “Embedded: Special Collections & Archives in the Academic Curriculum,” focused on innovative ways faculty are structuring their academic curriculum and embedding primary resources into undergraduate instruction.
Carolyn Parsons, university archivist, served on the MARAC program committee, and two recent Mary Washington graduates, Kelsey Conway ’12 and Justine Rothbart’11, were awarded scholarships to attend the conference.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) promotes communication and learning among professionals interested in archives and records management, current digital initiatives, and preservation of historic and cultural resources.
Mark Scharf’s Play Nominated for Awards
Adjunct Instructor of Theatre & Dance Mark Scharf’s play “Hired Gun” has been nominated for six awards by BroadwayWorld.com, including Best New Play or Musical and Best Direction of a Play or Musical.
Stephen Farnsworth Elected Chair of APSA Section
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has been elected chair of the political communication section of the American Political Science Association.
Farnsworth will lead the section, which includes nearly 500 political scientists who study media and politics, for two years. He previously served as vice chair of the section, as a member of its executive council, and as the section’s conference program chair.
Cate Brewer Performs at Keegan Theatre
Cate Brewer, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, is currently playing Sue Bayliss in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at Keegan Theatre. See the Washington Post review below.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/at-keegan-theatre-all-my-sons-is-a-family-circle-of-secrets/2012/11/07/a1732354-290c-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html
Jim Groom Keynotes JMU’s Teaching & Learning with Technology Conference
Image Credit: Grover Saunders made this Animated GIF during the presentation with Echograph (neat!)
Jim Groom, director of the Division of teaching and Learning Technologies, delivered the keynote presentation at James Madison University’s 9th Annual Teaching and Learning with Technology conference (you can see video of the presentation here). This presentation focused more specifically on the questions of universities outsourcing their expertise, how to design for online education, and how to build community online. The theme of the presentation was the overstatement of the death of higher ed in the media currently and how we can start to shed some of the reactionary rhetoric and start returning teaching and learning innovation to the colleges and universities rather than corporations like Pearson.
Slides from the presentation along with links are available below: