Michael McCarthy, a visiting instructor in the English department, has had his first poems accepted for publication. Poetry East, described by the American Library Association as “one of the best current journals of poetry,” will publish four of his poems in its fall issue. They are titled “On My Birth Certificate,” “Etch a Sketch,” “Enchanted,” and “Spiral Staircase.”
Beate A. Jensen, buildings and grounds preservation supervisor at Gari Melchers Home and Studio, has written an article on how to create and maintain meadows to sustain wildlife in the summer issue of Magnolia, the publication of the Southern Garden History Society. In addition to explaining how to make a meadow, the article also deals with why historic sites and other organizations that manage open land should consider converting non-native fescue lawns to native grass lands.
DTLT New Media Specialist Andy Rush presented “This Old New Media Center” at the 2010 NMC Summer Conference. Fashioned after the PBS television program “This Old House,” the presentation highlighted using new media tools in a Do-It-Yourself way. Andy demonstrated how to use a set of inexpensive tools to capture and stream a live presentation. He also talked about the future of video on the web, in the form of HTML5, discussed a toolkit that everyone using new media should have, and highlighted the Digital Media Cookbook site that provides new media recipes for managing, creating, and producing digital media.
Link to presentation page:
http://digitalmediacookbook.com/nmc-2010/
If you’re interested in learning more about ways to incorporate new media into your classroom or courses, feel free to contact Andy.
Jane Huffman’s former student, a CGPS grad, dropped a note to thank her for her support. Samantha Ludwig announced she had become an American Diplomat and was headed to Tripoli, Libya, to use the education skills she learned at UMW in the local schools in Tripoli and the American School of Tripoli.
Eddie Perry has been named UMW’s new chief of police. Perry, who started work this month, is responsible for the overall operations of the police department, including forming and controlling the annual budget as well as development and dissemination of police directives. In addition, he coordinates training and fostering departmental communication.
A state employee for the past 15 years, Perry most recently served as chief of police at Thomas Nelson Community College where he directed patrol sergeants and supervised departments. He also served as a police lieutenant at Virginia State University.
Perry is secretary for the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. In addition, he is a member of the Virginia Association of Chief of Police and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
