Category: Professional Notes

Whalen Appointed to MLA Information Technology Committee

Zach Whalen, Assistant Professor of English, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Modern Language Association’s Information Technology Committee charged with advising on various technological initiatives and projects within the MLA. The Modern Language Association is the preeminent professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature and includes some […]

UMW Faculty and Staff Receive PTAC Grants

The University of Mary Washington President’s Technology Advisory Council, PTAC, recently awarded 10 PTAC Innovation Fund Grants to UMW faculty and staff members.PTAC Innovation Fund Grants, which can range from $500 to $25,000, are intended to help jump-start innovative uses of technology in learning, teaching and exploration at UMW. This year’s grant recipients were: “3-D […]

UMW Cares Wins “Prevention” Award at NASPA

UMW Cares won the “Prevention” category award at the NASPA Campus Safety Knowledge Community meeting in March. NASPA is the professional organization for Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.  The award – an engraved plaque – was presented to Doug Searcy at the annual conference in Baltimore, Md. Congratulations to the UMW Cares Team for […]

Elizabeth Larus Presents National Security Lecture

Elizabeth F. Larus, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, presented a lecture, “The U.S. Pivot to the Western Pacific: Implications for Security in the Asia-Pacific,” on April 11, 2014 to Command and Staff of the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWACS) as part of the National Securities Lecture Series at the UMW Dahlgren Campus. Professor Larus’ […]