Charles Tate, assistant dean of admissions, is featured in an interview on GradSchools.com. In in the interview, Tate discusses the application process for UMW’s College of Business and College of Education graduate programs, as well as advice for prospective students.
Claudia Emerson, Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry, is featured in the Tuesday, March 20 edition of The Paris Review. The article, “Two Poets,” retells the author’s encounters with Emerson and includes excerpts from “Secure the Shadow.”
Charles J. Shields, associate director of the Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series, will present a talk at Mary Baldwin College on Wednesday, March 28. The public reading is part of the SWAG Writers (Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Blue Ridge Writers Club) Reading Series. For more information about the reading, visit http://augustafreepress.com/2012/03/20/swag-writers-presents-biographer-kurt-vonnegut-harper-lee/.
Deena Applebury, coach of the women’s basketball team, is the Atlantic Region women’s basketball coach of the year. Applebury led the Eagles to a 30–1 record and a trip to the NCAA Division III tournament’s Elite Eight.
Mindy Erchull, associate professor of psychology, presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology entitled “A Traditional Shift? Differences in Beliefs and Behaviors Among Feminist Mothers and Non-Mothers” on which Miriam Liss served as co-author. Erchull also helped facilitate two structured discussions: “Live to Tell: The Experiences of Early Career Feminists” and “ Early Career Research: Fitting it All In.”
