Esther Lee Yook, Speaking Center and Korea Program director recently had two publications:
“The Effect of Communication Centers on College Student Retention” accepted for publication in Journal of College Student Retention.
“A Connotative Semiological Analysis: An Analysis of Koreans’ Use of the of the Acronym “IMF” as Myth,” ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 67.4, 2010
Michelle Crow-Dolby, education coordinator at Gari Melchers Home and Studio, was awarded a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the University of Virginia
Janet Cropp, assistant dean of advising services, was awarded a certificate from the Advising Business Majors Commission of NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) for successful completion of the Professional Development Recognition Program. She received the certificate at the annual NACADA conference held in Orlando, Fla., in October.
Two UMW staff members presented sessions at the Mid-Atlantic Banner Users Group (MABUG) conference at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and a third staff member facilitated a session at the meeting, which was held in October in Wilmington, N.C.
Jane Cariker, director of advancement IT services, presented the session “Loading Parent Records from Student Information into Advancement.” Cariker discussed the process that creates parent records in Banner and outlined the benefits it has provided in establishing both immediate and personal communication with new UMW parents.
Edward Gray, systems integration specialist, presented the session “Automating Account Propagation in a Microsoft Environment.” Gray shared UMW’s experiences and insights in leveraging Banner data with Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007.
Linda Thornton, associate director of business systems analysis, facilitated the “Birds of a Feather” session on Virginia’s eVA Vendor Data Standards and the impact on Virginia Banner universities.
Other UMW attendees included Rita Dunston, registrar; Ben Kjar, associate director of enterprise applications services; Linda Lovin, applications developer; and John Symonds, applications database administrator.
UMW hosted the 2008 conference of MABUG, which is an association of colleges and universities in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Chris Kilmartin, professor of psychology, was named a divisional Researcher of the Year at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association (APA) held recently in San Diego, Calif. The award was given by the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51. This honor recognizes outstanding published research concerning males and masculinity. Read the news release.
Kilmartin had a commentary published in The Free Lance-Star in November. The piece was titled “Acquaintance Rape: The Common Story and the Real Story.”
