A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Tune in at 8 a.m. on Sunday, September 4 for President Rick Hurley’s interview on WFVA
‘s Business Link (1230 AM). He will discuss his upcoming inauguration, the Anderson Center, Eagle Village and challenges facing higher education.
Tune in at 8 a.m. on Sunday, September 4 for President Rick Hurley’s interview on WFVA‘s Business Link (1230 AM). He will discuss his upcoming inauguration, the Anderson Center, Eagle Village and challenges facing higher education.
Ernie Ackermann, professor of computer science, has been recognized with the J. Christopher Bill Outstanding Faculty Service Award for his contributions to the university as well as involvement and leadership in the community.
An endowment that funds the service award was established through the generosity of the former students, colleagues, friends and family of the late Christopher Bill, professor of psychology. The award recognizes Bill’s extraordinary service as a member of the UMW teaching faculty from 1972 to 2001. Bill died in December 2001.
Helen Housley, associate professor of theatre and dance, presented a paper, “Playing the Consonants: Shakespeare’s Instruction to the Actor,” at the annual conference of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) held in August in Chicago, Ill.
Rosalyn Cooperman, associate professor of political science, was a featured guest on Voice of Russia Radio on August 17. In the interview, Cooperman discusses the implications and significance of President Barack Obama’s Midwest bus tour.
University of Mary Washington Associate Professor and Chair of History and American Studies Jeffrey McClurken will discuss how Confederate veteran families adjusted to life in the postwar South during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program beginning Saturday, August 20.
The interview can be heard on August 20 at 4:30 p.m. on WCVE 88.9 FM and on Monday, August 22 at 12:30 a.m. on WAMU 88.5 FM. The segment, “Confederate Outlaw,” is expected to be available online beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/08/confederate-outlaw.
University of Mary Washington Associate Professor and Chair of History and American Studies Jeffrey McClurken will discuss how Confederate veteran families adjusted to life in the postwar South during an interview on the “With Good Reason” public radio program beginning Saturday, August 20.
The interview can be heard on August 20 at 4:30 p.m. on WCVE 88.9 FM and on Monday, August 22 at 12:30 a.m. on WAMU 88.5 FM. The segment, “Confederate Outlaw,” is expected to be available online beginning the week of the show at http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/08/confederate-outlaw.
John Broome, director of undergraduate secondary education and PreK-12 programs and assistant professor in the College of Education, wrote an op-ed that appeared in a recent edition of The Free Lance-Star.
In the op-ed, Broome discusses ways to improve American history instruction in the United States.
John Broome, director of undergraduate secondary education and PreK-12 programs and assistant professor in the College of Education, wrote an op-ed that appeared in a recent edition of The Free Lance-Star.
In the op-ed, Broome discusses ways to improve American history instruction in the United States.
Kristen LePine’s original play, “Foolish Fire,” took top honors at the 2011 Firehouse Theatre’s Festival of New American Plays in Richmond, Va. LePine’s winning play explores the American identity and dream in a bleak, post-subprime mortgage crisis world.
LePine’s new play, “Laundry Blows,” will be presented at the 2011 Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival over Labor Day weekend.
