University Librarian Rosemary Arneson has been elected to the Steering Committee of VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia. VIVA is the consortium of the nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of Virginia’s state-assisted colleges and universities, as well as 33 private, nonprofit institutions and the Library of Virginia. Arneson will serve a two year term, beginning in July 2012.
Margaret Mi Presents Paper at Global Business Development Institute Conference
Margaret Mi, professor of business, presented “Small Business Strategy: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” paper at the annual conference of the Global Business Development Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada last week. Papers were refereed through a double-blind review process. The paper suggests that it may be less costly for small businesses to pay the $2,000 per employee penalty per year for not offering a health care plan than providing their own. The paper is being reviewed for one of the organization’s two journals.
Alan Levine and Jim Groom Present at SXSWedu
Newest DTLT team member Alan Levine joined Jim Groom as invited speakers at the March 6-8, 2012 SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas. Sharing their experiences in teaching the ds106 Digital Storytelling Conference, Levine and Groom joined Philipp Schmidt (P2PU) and Karen Fasinpaur (K12 Open Ed) in a lively panel discussion on Developing a Culture of Openness.
Levine also led a hands on session, Create Something from the StoryBox where participants explored a storytelling digital time capsule project he conducted during a year of travel in 2011.
Nina Mikhalevsky Gave Keynote Speech at Dahlgren
Nina Mikhalevsky, professor of philosophy, was the keynote speaker for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division’s Women’s History Month observance on Wednesday, March 28. Her presentation focused on the history of women’s education and the current status of women’s education today, particularly in math, science and engineering.
Janet Cropp is Proposal Reader for Upcoming Conference
Janet Cropp, assistant dean of advising services for the College of Business, is serving as a proposal reader for the Annual Conference for the Adult Learners Commission of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) to be held in Nashville, Tenn., in October 2012.
She attended the semi-annual meeting of the Association of Virginia Individualized Studies Administrators (AVISA) at the University of Virginia on Friday, March 9.
Cassandra Good Publishes Research in Journal
Cassandra Good, assistant editor for the Papers of James Monroe, wrote an article that appears in the April 2012 issue of the international journal Gender & History. The article, “Friendly Relations: Situating Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic, 1780–1830,” features research from her doctoral dissertation in history.
Mark Snyder’s Composition to be Performed at Conference
Mark Snyder, assistant professor of music, will have his composition Messy for processed clarinet, electronics & video performed by Andrea Cheeseman on Saturday, March 31 at Christopher Newport University for the Society of Composers, (SCI) Region III Conference .
More information can be found here.
Students Represent UMW at Global Conference
Five UMW students, led by Associate Professor of Economics Shawn Humphrey, attended the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) meeting in Washington, D.C. The fifth annual meeting was held at George Washington University from Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1.
Students Sarah Alvarez, Ashley Cameron, Nicole Cochran, Santiago Sueiro and Daniel Tees were among 1,000 students from around the world at the meeting. The weekend includes working sessions, skills sessions and a large-scale service project. Humphrey is one of 30 commitment mentors at the meeting.
For more information about CGIU, visit http://www.cgiu.org/default.asp.
UMW Talks Educational Technology at the ACCS 2012 Conference
UMW was well represented at the Association of Collegiate Computing Services of Virginia Conference held in Charlottesville, March 14-16.
DTLT’s Lisa Ames, LMS Admin, gave a presentation on UMW’s adoption of a new learning management system titled “Designing from a Blank Canvas” while Tim Owens, ITS, partnered with Andy Rush, New Media Specialist, to lead a session called “Ad-free Streaming with the Change in Your Pocket.”
Webmasters Cathy Derecki and Curtiss Grymala led a birds-of-the-feather discussion on Web Redesign and Edward Gray, Systems Integration and Support Specialist, gave a presentation titled “Making a World of Difference: Inventory, Licensing and Software Management.”
President Hurley Receives National Recognition Award
The College Orchestra Directors Association has recognized UMW President Richard V. Hurley for his support of the university’s collegiate orchestra program. UMW Philharmonic Director Kevin P. Bartram presented Hurley with the national award during the orchestra’s “March Musical Mix” concert on Saturday, March 17.
The College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) is the largest professional organization of collegiate orchestra conductors across the country. The award honors individuals within member colleges and universities who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to support the work of college and university orchestras.
National CODA President Anthony Holland said that Hurley “surpasses expectations as a supporter of the Arts and of his community. It is apparent that President Hurley has demonstrated extraordinary faith in the ability of the UMW Philharmonic to promote the institution as a community partner. He sets an example for all of us.”
The honor, given every two years at the association’s national conference, is the organization’s most significant award. Past recipients have included major financial donors, presidents of institutions, board chairs, department heads and fellow college, university and community musicians.
For more information about the award, read the full news release from Saturday, March 17.