Category: Professional Notes

Richardson: Just Say No (The Free Lance-Star)Several conversations I’ve had in recent weeks have concerned the appropriate time to say no to opportunities.https://fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-just-say-no/article_c36db004-79b0-50d6-84a4-88f69fe8e801.htmlRichardson: Filling big shoes is not an easy task (Fredericksburg.com)People come and go in organizations. When some leave, there’s barely a ripple. We recruit for and hire a new employee.https://www.fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-filling-big-shoes-is-not-an-easy-task/article_a2590523-379c-5f7e-a213-3e9e04cbf15f.html

On June 9, Professor of English Chris Foss presented a paper (in partial fulfillment of his Summer 2018 Faculty Research Grant) entitled As he is no longer beautiful he is no longer useful: Reading Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Happy Prince’ through the Lens of Disability Studies at the inaugural John Andrén Foundation International Conference on Oscar Wilde […]

Tevya Zukor, director of the Talley Center for Counseling Services, recently published a column in The Group Psychologist, the newsletter of the Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy.Entitled Civilians Die From Suicide, Not by Murder, Zukor reflects on the deaths of fashion designer and icon Kate Spade as well as celebrity chef, author and TV […]

On June 18, 2018, the Middle East Report (MER) published an article Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti submitted, entitled “Civilians in Mosul’s Battle of Annihilation.” This article was partially informed by Prof. Al-Tikriti’s service as MSF / Doctors Without Borders USA Vice-President in 2016-17, when he attended presentations on violence and participants’ conduct during the […]

Doug Gately recently performed with the National Symphony Orchestra for their televised A Capital Fourth concert on July 4 that featured The Temptations, Jimmy Buffet, Beach Boys, Rene Fleming, Joshua Bell, and more.  He is also performing with NSO for the Bernstein at 100, A Celebration concert, July 27 at Wolftrap.