Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is quoted in the article “Partisan Squabble Derails Meeting” in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
On Thursday, July 19, Farnsworth was a featured guest on 1140 WRVA. In the interview, he discusses the issues and tactics of the 2012 presidential candidates.
Assistant Professor of Music Mark Snyder’s composition Harvey for processed clarinet, electronics & video will be performed by Eric Honour on Thursday, July 26 at the Kansas City Fringe Festival Experimental Music Showcase.
The KC Fringe Festival — now in its eigth year — is jam-packed with live theater, dance, performance art, visual art, spoken word, puppetry, storytelling, film and fashion. The 2012 festival, like its predecessors, is a celebration of local, regional and national artists, presenting events at venues throughout Kansas City.
More information can be found here.
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Dr. Adria Hoffman has just been appointed to serve on the Music Educators Journal Editorial Committee. The Music Educators Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly and practical articles on music teaching approaches and philosophies, instructional techniques, current trends and issues in music education and reviews of the latest products and services. The journal aims to provide a multidisciplinary forum for debate and discussion within the field. Her term began on July 1, 2012 and will end on June 30, 2016.
Brian Baker, executive director for entrepreneurship at the University of Mary Washington Center for Economic Development, was elected vice president of the Virginia Business Incubation Association (VBIA) at the July 10 Board of Director’s meeting. In that role Baker will head the communications committee and support the role of the president.
VBIA is beginning its 12th year of existence as Virginia’s leading organization dedicated to advancing incubator-based best practices in entrepreneurship and small business development. On July 1, the VBIA headquarters moved from Virginia Tech KnowledgeWorks to the UMW Center for Economic Development. The program will be managed by Baker and Heather Wheeler.
VBIA hosts an annual conference, regional roundtable workshops, a monthly newsletter, and a wealth of web-based publications in the members-only library. Membership is made up of individuals, educators and students, city and county executives, local and regional economic developers, chamber of commerce officials, public and private business assistance providers.
A recent study by Associate Professors of Psychology Miriam Liss and Holly Schiffrin and 2012 graduate Kathryn Rizzo appears in the article “Smother Mother: Why Intensive Child Rearing Hurts Parents and Kids,” published on Time.com on Friday, July 13.
The study, “Insight into the Parenthood Paradox: Mental Health Outcomes of Intensive Mothering,” also is mentioned in a recent op-ed in the New York Post.
