Category: Professional Notes

UMW Jazz in the Community

Music Department Faculty members Doug Gately and Paul Rawlins recently performed for the Marine Corp Marathon Reception. Here they are posing with the Marine Corp Marathon Mascot at the Snowden House, Fredericksburg. UMW Jazz in the Community continues to be an important component in the Music Department’s commitment to supporting community events.

Richardson to Conduct Session on “Working Smarter, Not Harder”

Lynne Richardson, dean of the College of Business, will conduct the session “Working Smarter, Not Harder,” on Thursday, June 9. The interactive session, pre-approved for CMP certification credit by the Convention Industry Council will focus on how to work successfully with colleagues, communicate more effectively, motivate staff and volunteers, provide feedback on performance and resolve […]

Ohl Publishes Book Chapter

Jessy Ohl, assistant professor of communication, has had his essay “Rhetorical Field Methods in the Tradition of Imitatio,” co-authored with Josh Ewalt and Damien Pfister, included in Field + Text: Innovations in Rhetorical Method, edited by Sara L. McKinnon, Robert Asen, Karma R. Chávez, and Robert Glenn Howard and published by Pennsylvania State University Press.In that chapter, Ohl and his […]

Al-Tikriti Speaks on BBC Live 5 Show

On Friday, April 29, UMW Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History and MSF/Doctors Without Borders USA Board Member Nabil Al-Tikriti spoke on BBC’s “Up All Night” radio program on BBC Radio 5 Live about the bombing of hospitals and other health facilities in Syria and other conflict zones.  In the course of his interview with […]