Category: Professional Notes

Foss Discusses “Psychic Messages from Oscar Wilde” at Conference in New Orleans

Professor of English Chris Foss presented a conference paper entitled “Temporal Fusion(s) in Psychic Messages from Oscar Wilde” at last month’s Nineteenth Century Studies Association Annual Conference in New Orleans.Foss explored how Hester Travers Smith’s 1923 book detailing her conversations with the dead man represents a fascinating instance of such fusion, a unique dramatic rendering […]

Ellard and Porter Participate in Emergency Exercise by VDH and VDEM

Director of Emergency Management/Safety Brandy Ellard and Assistant Dean of Students CJ Porter participated in a Hybrid Tabletop Exercise facilitated by Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) recently. The topic was a local drinking water emergency.The exercise provided a platform to openly discuss actions the City of Fredericksburg would […]

Catullo is Speaker at Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce Business of Sports Event

Director of Athletics Patrick Catullo was a panel speaker at the Business of Sports event put on this month by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. Sports, business and community all intersected at the event as local sports leaders discussed how athletics drives economic impact, builds community pride and creates opportunities for regional growth. Other […]

Delgado-Poust Appears on ‘With Good Reason’ Radio Program

University of Mary Washington Associate Professor of Spanish Antonia Delgado-Poust appeared on Virginia Humanities’ With Good Reason radio program Friday, March 21 to discuss detective fiction written by Spanish women in the late ’90s and early 2000s. In an episode titled “The Game’s Afoot,” detective stories are discussed – sometimes they get a reputation as […]