Cate Brewer, visiting assistant professor of Theatre and Dance, directed a piece from Four Riffs for a Sailor by Monica Raymond with The Guillotine Theatre Company (formerly Georgetown Theatre), for The Kennedy Center’s 11th annual Page-to-Stage Festival this weekend. Four Riffs for a Sailor examines the roles of several female characters woven throughout Homer’s Odyssey.
David Long’s Composition Performed in Slovenia
Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence David J. Long’s composition Homage to Normandy was performed on August 22, 2012 by the Prekmurska godba Bakovci in Slovenia.
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.
Rosalyn Cooperman Wins APSA Award
Rosalyn Cooperman
Rosalyn Cooperman, associate professor of political science, has been named a 2012 recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Jack L. Walker Outstanding Article Award. The award honors a paper published within the last two years that contributes to the discipline’s understanding of political organizations and parties.
Cooperman co-wrote “Activists and Conflict Extension in American Party Politics,” originally published in the American Political Science Review in 2010, with Geoffrey Layman of the University of Notre Dame, Thomas Carsey of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, John Green of the University of Akron and Richard Herrera of Arizona State University.
The article examines the recent growth of party polarization in American politics. Specifically, it identifies party activists as a main source of polarization between the Democratic and Republican parties as party activists with extreme views on a variety of issue dimensions encourage candidates to take non-centrist positions.
The political organizations and parties section of APSA has recognized outstanding articles through the Jack L. Walker Award since 1989. The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members across the world.
Melanie Szulczewki Presents at ACS National Meeting
Melanie Szulczewski, assistant professor of environmental science, presented “Examination of the Diverse Environmental Impacts of Long-Term Acid Mine Drainage on a Virginia Stream Ecosystem” in the environmental chemistry division at the 244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The national meeting was held in Philadelphia, Penn., August 19 to 23.
Erma Baker Named VP of National Organization
Erma Baker, assistant vice president for business services and chief purchasing officer, has been named vice president of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services-East (NACAS-East).
NACAS, headquartered in Charlottesville, is the largest auxiliary services support organization serving higher education. Established in 1969, NACAS is a nonprofit higher education association serving auxiliary services and student support services professional. The east region encompasses 13 states as well as Washington, D.C., Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Provinces, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Kristen LePine’s New Play at Kennedy Center Festival
On Monday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m., The Hub Theatre will present a staged reading of Kristen LePine’s latest play DIRE WOLVES as part of the Kennedy Center’s 11th Annual Page-to-Stage Festival.
Commissioned by The Hub Theatre, DIRE WOLVES examines how quick changes impact personal identity. Set in Evansville, Ind., six people are blindsided by the fierce pace of change and can either adapt and evolve, or face the possibility of extinction. The performance will be directed by Matt Bassett and feature JJ Area, Daniel Crane, Ilona Dulaski,Kristen Garaffo, Liz Manama, Tia Shearer and Chris Wilson.
Kristen teaches in the UMW Department of Theatre and Dance and has an MFA in Dramatic Writing.
The Details
What: DIRE WOLVES by Kristen LePine
When: Monday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Kennedy Center, Rehearsal Room #1
Cost: FREE
Keith Mellinger Publishes Research Article
Keith E. Mellinger, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, co-authored the article “Generalized Pellegrino caps ” which appears in the most recent issue of the journal Finite Fields and Their Applications. The journal publishes papers in various applications of finite fields including algebraic coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, pseudorandom number generation and linear recurring sequences.
Eddie Perry Named Vice President of VACLEA
Eddie Perry, chief of police, was recently voted vice president of the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (VACLEA). Chief Perry has previously served as the second vice president and as secretary of VACLEA.
VACLEA was started in 1973. It is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote professionalism in the field of law enforcement among the universities and colleges of Virginia, thereby establishing a climate conducive to the achievement of academic excellence.
For more information about VACLEA, visit http://www.vachiefs.org/index.php/affiliate_organizations/vaclea/ or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Association-of-Campus-Law-Enforcement-Administrators/362741047112674.
Stephen Farnsworth Co-Authors Research Paper
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was co-author of a research paper entitled, “Authors’ Response: Improving News Coverage in the 2012 Presidential Campaign and Beyond,” which was published in the August 2012 issue of Politics & Policy.
Nicole Crowder Presents at National Conference
Nicole Crowder, assistant professor of chemistry, presented the results of her research at the 244th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Philadelphia, Penn., August 19 to 23.
Her presentation, in the Inorganic Catalysis session, is entitled “Characterization and Quantitative Determination of Surface Loading of Phosphonate Monolayers on Copper for Electrocatalytic Applications.” These results are part of her larger research project that aims to artificially replicate photosynthesis to use carbon dioxide as a carbon feedstock material.