Category: Professional Notes

Erma Baker, assistant vice president for business services and chief purchasing officer, has been named vice president of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services-East  (NACAS-East).

NACAS, headquartered in Charlottesville, is the largest auxiliary services support organization serving higher education.  Established in 1969, NACAS is a nonprofit higher education association serving auxiliary services and student support services professional. The east region encompasses 13 states as well as Washington, D.C., Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Provinces, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

On Monday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m., The Hub Theatre will present a staged reading of Kristen LePine’s latest play DIRE WOLVES as part of the Kennedy Center’s 11th Annual Page-to-Stage Festival.

Commissioned by The Hub Theatre, DIRE WOLVES examines how quick changes impact personal identity. Set in Evansville, Ind., six people are blindsided by the fierce pace of change and can either adapt and evolve, or face the possibility of extinction. The performance will be directed by Matt Bassett and feature JJ Area, Daniel Crane, Ilona Dulaski,Kristen Garaffo, Liz Manama, Tia Shearer and Chris Wilson.

Kristen teaches in the UMW Department of Theatre and Dance and has an MFA in Dramatic Writing.

The Details
What: DIRE WOLVES by Kristen LePine
When: Monday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Kennedy Center, Rehearsal Room #1
Cost: FREE

Keith E. Mellinger, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, co-authored the article “Generalized Pellegrino caps ” which appears in the most recent issue of the journal Finite Fields and Their Applications.  The journal publishes papers in various applications of finite fields including algebraic coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, pseudorandom number generation and linear recurring sequences.

Eddie Perry, chief of police,  was recently voted vice president of the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (VACLEA).  Chief Perry has previously served as the second vice president and as secretary of VACLEA.

VACLEA was started in 1973. It is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote professionalism in the field of law enforcement among the universities and colleges of Virginia, thereby establishing a climate conducive to the achievement of academic excellence.

For more information about VACLEA, visit http://www.vachiefs.org/index.php/affiliate_organizations/vaclea/ or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Association-of-Campus-Law-Enforcement-Administrators/362741047112674.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was co-author of a research paper entitled, “Authors’ Response: Improving News Coverage in the 2012 Presidential Campaign and Beyond,”  which was published in the August 2012 issue of Politics & Policy.