On Saturday and Sunday, December 18 and 19, the UMW Faculty Brass Quintet, led by UMW Philharmonic Director Kevin Bartram, will perform two free holiday shows. The Saturday performance is from 1-2 p.m. at the Spotsylania Towne Centre Food Court. The show will be repeated on Sunday outside of Joseph-Beth Booksellers also at the Towne Centre.

Anthropology and Egalitarianism is a provocative and accessible introduction to key ideas in cultural anthropology, focusing on the experience of fieldwork and the concept of culture.  Writing in a deeply personal style and using material from his field work in three dramatically different locales–Indonesia, West Africa and Monticello the historic home of Thomas Jefferson–Eric Gable shows why the ethnographic encounter is the core of the discipline’s method and the basis of its unique contribution to understanding the human condition.  Gable weaves together vignettes from the field and discussion of major works as he explores the development of the idea of culture through the experience of cultural contrast, anthropology’s fraught relationship to racism and colonialism, and other enduring themes.

Indiana University Press

Martin Luther King Day Art Workshop
Drawing for the Rest of Us:  An Introduction to Drawing
Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sixth grade through adult

pencil sketch by Gari Melchers

This workshop is an introduction to basic drawing tools, warming-up exercises, and techniques that can be used to help build a foundation to experience the joy of drawing.

Cost:  $20 members and UMW staff/students; $25 non-members.  To register, contact Education Coordinator Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.

The 2010 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) is in full swing and you still have time to participate.  Your gift, of any size, will go to the Virginia charity of your choice out of 1300 different options – go to http://www.cvc.vipnet.org/donors/directorylist.htm to see the list.

Congratulations to Judy Singleton, the winner of the Giant gift card!

We are encouraging everyone to donate ONLINE through EmployeeDirect by visiting the CVC website and clicking on the “Give Now” green button in the middle of the home page: http://www.cvc.vipnet.org/index.html.  Donations can also be made by completing a pledge card and returning the completed card to the Administration and Finance Office in George Washington Hall, Room 105.

Please note: Donations DO NOT automatically roll over.  You must complete a new pledge card or make your donation online each year. For pledge cards or questions please contact a CVC team member: Priscilla Sullivan, Rick Pearce, and Anika Wilson.

Thank you.

“Decoding a Pictorial Tradition: Images of the Annunciation”
Sunday, December 12, 2 p.m.
In an illustrated presentation, Belmont Curator Joanna Catron traces the depiction of this favorite biblical episode through art history, unlocking the doctrinal symbolism at its core.
Free

“The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century”
December 4 through February 27, 2011
Organized by the International Guild of Realism, The New Reality not only showcases the latest developments in Realist painting around the world, but compares those artworks with their historical predecessors.   Fifty-six artists are represented from the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Korea, Russia, France, Iceland, Romania, Norway and Finland with close to 60 paintings in a wide variety of media.

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Best,
Michelle Crow-Dolby

As we approach the holidays and a new year, weight loss looms heavy. Nothing could be easier than joining Weight Watchers for a discount, attending meetings right on campus, and having your colleagues encourage you! If you haven’t already noticed, UMW coworkers are disappearing . . . pounds at a time through Weight Watchers at Work (WW@W) held weekly on the Fredericksburg campus. UMW participants have shed nearly 900 pounds since the program began in October 2009.

You can join them. Get a jump on your New Year’s resolution and SAVE! A new WW@W session starts Wednesday, December 8.

• Receive 20 weeks membership for the price of 18
• 50 percent reimbursement for UMW WW@W members*
• WW@W members receive free eTools** online resource for tracking progress
• Payment options are available

Check out a meeting for free on Monday, November 22 at noon in the Red Room of Woodard Campus Center.

Can’t make the meeting, but would like more information?

Contact:  Pam Taggert (ptaggert@umw.edu <mailto:ptaggert@umw.edu> ) 654-1018 or Joan Greco-WW leader (joangreco65@yahoo.com <mailto:joangreco65@yahoo.com> )

*reimbursement is available to employees eligible for state employee medical benefits.  Reimbursement is NOT contingent on weight loss.
**must enroll at the start of the session to receive free eTools

The conference facilities at the UMW Stafford Campus have been approved as a member of Virginia Green, a statewide program that promotes eco-friendly practices in Virginia’s tourism industry.

Virginia Green is a partnership of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Virginia Tourism Corporation and the Virginia Hospitality and Tourism Association. 

On the Virginia Green website, the UMW profile outlines the green practices used at the Stafford campus, including recycling, minimal use of disposable food service products, solid waste reduction, and conservation of water and energy:

http://www.deq.virginia.gov/export/sites/default/p2/virginiagreen/pdf/univ_mary_washington_stafford_campus.pdf

Learn more about the Virginia Green program at www.VirginiaGreenTravel.org.

The North Building at the Stafford Campus received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2007, the year the building opened.

Its green features include a reflective roof that reduces heat and contributes to the building’s energy efficiency. The monitoring system allows the tracking of mechanical equipment to ensure high performance and maximum efficiency over the building’s lifetime. Energy saving measures also include energy efficient glazing, additional wall and roof insulation, more efficient chillers and boilers, energy recovery ventilators and more efficient lighting than required by code.