Category: Professional Notes

Lee Skallerup Bessette Featured in EdSurge

Lee Skallerup Bessette was recently featured in a story on EdSurge.com:Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization? (EdSurge.com)Lee Skallerup Bessette, an instructional technology specialist at the University of Mary Washington, has been teaching with Caulfield’s guide to her Introduction to Digital Studies course, which typically has about 25 students.https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-03-22-can-a-new-approach-to-information-literacy-reduce-digital-polarization

UMW Music Department Professors Judge Local Music Scholarship Competition

On Saturday, March 24, University of Mary Washington Adjunct Professors Andrew Kraus and Theresa Steward judged over 30 talented entrants competing for the 2018 Rappahannock Music Society Scholarship and a chance to perform in the Scholarship Honors Recital to be held on April 8th at Ferry Farm Baptist Church.Open to students of local teachers Grade […]

Lynne Richardson’s Weekly Column Featured in FLS

Richardson: Agree to Disagree (The Free Lance-Star)My mom used to tell me that there were two topics off limits in conversation: politics and religion.http://www.fredericksburg.com/business/columns/richardson-agree-to-disagree/article_15740a01-3fa6-5cfb-ab3a-cc6d4b661cbb.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Fredericksburg%20Business%20InsiderActive%20Subscribers&utm_campaign=Fredericksburg%20Business%20Insider

Farnsworth Publishes Book on Presidential Communication

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is author of a new book, Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump, published earlier this week by Routledge Press.The publisher’s description is below:This book traces the evolution of […]