Category: Professional Notes

Lynne Richardson’s most recent weekly column in the The Free Lance-Star explores how exit interviews can identify issues for organizations.“You work in an organization that seems to be experiencing an unusually high turnover rate in the past few months. Why?” Richardson writes.Read the whole column here:http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-exit-interviews-can-identify-issues-for-organizations/article_a107df18-7c6d-570a-874b-7f0a64cdf81b.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Fredericksburg%20Business%20InsiderActive%20Subscribers&utm_campaign=Fredericksburg%20Business%20Insider

Elizabeth Larus, Professor of Political Science, appears on “The Heat” talking about U.S. economy under the Trump administration. To view the interviews go to:https://america.cgtn.com/2018/02/27/the-heat-us-economy-under-trump-administration and https://eblnews.com/video/heat-us-economy-under-trump-administration-pt-2-340350.  

History professor Jason Sellers was recently featured in a column in The Free Lance-Star called Friends of Rappahannock rolling out connections to river via new oral history program.“To create the program, FOR started working with faculty from UMW’s Department of History and American Studies in 2016, and not long after engaged a UMW student intern […]

Marissa Miller, Associate Coordinator of Student Conduct and Responsibility, recently won an award at a national conference.On February 21-24, the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) held its annual conference in Jacksonville, Fla. Miller entered a case study competition for Mid-Level Professionals. The goal for each team was to review a case and present the […]

Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English who specializes in the writing of creative non-fiction, gave a reading at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, as part of their English Reading Series on February 16, 2018.