Jon Pineda, assistant professor of English, recently showcased his novel Apology at a trio of the nation’s foremost literary festivals. On October 5, he was a panelist/featured reader at the Page Turner Festival, held in Brooklyn, NY and sponsored by the Asian American Writers Workshop. On October 12, he was a panelist/featured reader at the Southern Festival […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, delivered a lecture to foreign service officers at the U.S. State Department entitled, “International News about the US: Challenges for Public Diplomacy,” on Nov. 1. The talk was drawn from his new co-authored book, “The Global President: International […]
On Monday, October 28, UMW Procurement Services received the Supplier Diversity Pacesetter Award during the Governor’s 2013 Supplier Diversity Awards Program. The award was presented by Ida McPherson, director of the Department of Minority Business Enterprise, in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Virginia Procurement Forum.The award highlights the achievements of a division or agency that […]
Dr. Doug Searcy, vice president for Student Affairs, and Dr. David Rettinger, executive director of the Center for Honor, Leadership, and Service, presented a program on UMW’s Center for Honor, Leadership and Service at the 64th Annual Conference of the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 2 to 4.The presentation […]
Surupa Gupta, associate professor of political science and international affairs, spoke on India’s engagement with global economic institutions such as the WTO, IMF and World Bank at a workshop titled “India and the Liberal World Order” at the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. […]
