Dan Hirshberg, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Director of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, and Director of the Contemplative Studies program, participated in the Mind & Life Institute’s first International Research Institute in Kyoto, Japan as a Senior Investigator.Held at Myoshin-ji, a fourteenth-century Zen monastery, the Institute drew scholars, scientists, professionals, and contemplatives […]
Digital Resources Librarian Angie White presented at the Society of American Archivist’s annual conference in August. She presented at the Users Group meeting for Preservica, the digital preservation software used by UMW Libraries, and also at a midweek automation and transparency in digital preservation session. In the latter session, White discussed the implementation experience of […]
An article that appears in the most recent issue of the White House History Quarterly takes a deep dive into 1909 when Charles Lang Freer commissioned American artist Gari Melchers to paint President Theodore Roosevelt’s portrait. The author puts puts the event into a broader context and cites education and communications manager Michelle Crow-Dolby’s blog post “Painting a President” […]
Keith Mellinger, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the CCI Blueprint Advisory Council, a group of diverse stakeholders in the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, which recently held its first meeting.CCI is working to develop Virginia into a global leader in cybersecurity and address the critical shortage in the cyber workforce. […]
President Troy Paino has been appointed to the NCAA Division III Chancellors/Presidents Advisory Group.Paino is among 23 presidents and chancellors from across the U.S. who will advise the Division III Presidents Council, the highest governing body in the division.The Council establishes and directs the general policy of the Division, while also establishing Division III’s strategic […]
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