Provost Jay Harper recently participated as a new member of the Army War College 5th Annual Strategy Implementation Seminar in Carlisle, Pa. He was one of approximately 71 business, government, academic, and community leaders from across the country who took part in the three-day seminar held in July. The seminar is the capstone event of the two-year distance education curriculum at the Army War College, the Army’s senior educational institution.
The principal purpose of the seminar is to enhance student learning through exposure to a cross-section of American perspectives by reaching out to community leaders across America. Each new member is assigned to one of 20 student seminar groups and becomes an active participant in seminar discussions, sharing from their own background, experience, beliefs, and perspectives on these issues.
Leah Cox
Leah Cox, assistant dean and director of the James Farmer Scholars program, describes highlights of the program in an article in Fredericksburg Parents magazine. The feature story focuses on a rising eighth grader who wants to be a neurologist and find a cure for brain cancer. You can read the whole story at: http://www.fredericksburgparent.net/index.php/education/403-its-ok-to-be-bright-its-cool-to-be-smart
Nicole Myers
Nicole Myers and the UMW Play Lab are still in the running for the Pepsi Refresh Challenge $25,000 grant. You can vote for the project every day through the month of August at http://www.refresheverything.com/umwautismclinicplaylab If you have not heard the exciting news about the UMW Autism Clinic and UMW Play Lab and are interested in finding out more, send an email to Nicole at nmyers@umw.edu to be placed on a listserv. At this time, she working out final details for the first Play Lab session and will be sending out application materials and information through this listserv to interested parents and agencies. Check out the UMW Autism blog at http://umwautism.umwblogs.org/.
Warren Rochelle
Professor of English Warren Rochelle has published his third novel, The Called. Find out about upcoming readings and read reviews at http://warrenrochelle.com.
Rochelle was interviewed about The Called on WTVR’s “Virginia This Morning” program in October.
Patrick Murray-John
Patrick Murray-John of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies was among a select group of participants in the One Week | One Tool workshop, organized by the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University. Together, they developed Anthologize, a free, open source tool to publish weblog content in a variety of book formats. Read the press release for more information.