August 24, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Galleries Reception, October 28

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An opening reception for the UMW Galleries exhibition “Computer Pictures: The Contemporary Language of Digital Media” will be held on Thursday, October 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. in both galleries. Artist Semi Ryu will give a live performance of “Parting on Z, Fredericksburg,” from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in Ridderhof Martin Gallery.  The performance focuses on the real-time emotional and physical interactions between a virtual puppet and its puppeteer.  Read the news release.

Healthy Living Series

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Please join us on the third Thursday of every month at 7 pm in the Wellness Resource Center located in the Fitness Center at Goolrick Hall for our Healthy Living Series. The focus of these presentations are on living well and making healthy choices. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend!

Oct. 21st – Open House
Nov. 18th – Nutrition
January 20th – Exercise
February 17th – Healthy Relationships
March 17th – Sleep Hygiene
April 21st – Alcohol

The Series is sponsored by CAPS, the Health Center, Judicial Affairs, and the Campus Rec. Fit.Center. For questions, please call 540-654-1053.

Meditation Space Opens Oct. 15

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The James Farmer Multicultural Center announces the official opening of the Meditation Space on Friday, October 15, at noon.  The Meditation Space is located in the Hamlet House using the entrance facing the Fairfax House.  The Meditation Space was designed to provide a supportive and spiritually nourishing environment for students from all backgrounds and cultures to pray, reflect, and relax.  Having a quiet space dedicated to individual self-knowledge and renewal will enhance the campus experience for many students.

There also will be an Open House for the Meditation Space on Wednesday, October 20, from  10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  The Open House is an opportunity for campus members to visit and tour the Meditation Space, as well as get more information regarding the facility and its services.

For more information regarding the hours of operation, access to the facility, and guidelines of the Meditation Space, please contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center at 540/654-1044 or at www.umw.edu/multicultural.

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at UMW, Oct. 18-19

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Herbert Gintis, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, will be at UMW on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 18-19.  Gintis is external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and professor of economics at Central European University (Budapest) where he heads a multidisciplinary research project, “The Social and Mental Dynamics of Cooperation.”  He was professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts from 1976 to 2002.  In addition, he is the author of Game Theory Evolving and The Bounds of Reason; and a coauthor of Schooling in Capitalist America, Foundations of Human Sociality, Moral Sentiments and Material Interests and, forthcoming, A Cooperative Species.  He is an editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and of Games.

Everyone is welcome to attend all the following events on the Fredericksburg campus.

Public Lecture

“The Evolution of Altruism in Human Society”

Monday, Oct. 18, 5 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411

Class Visits

Monday, Oct. 18,

  • 9 a.m., Annex A,  Room 110,  “Strong Reciprocity”
  • 11 a.m., Trinkle Hall, Room 36 Agent-based, “Models of Financial Instability”

Tuesday, Oct. 19

  • 9:30 a.m., CLAV, Room 102 (Economics House, 1004 College Ave.),  “Strong Reciprocity and the Welfare State”
  • 11 a.m.,   CLAV, Room 102 (Economics House, 1004 College Ave.)  “Parochialism, Altruism and War”

Robert S Rycroft, Secretary-Treasurer, Kappa of Virginia
UMW Professor of Economics
540/654-1500

UMW Volleyball Team ‘Digs Pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness

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During the past three years, UMW Volleyball has participated in the Dig Pink event.  If you are interested in helping us reach out goal please read the information below for more details.

Dig Pink® is the Side-Out Foundation’s trademark name for its fundraising events. All proceeds benefit Side-Out, which in turn awards grants to medical research organizations and entities dedicated to providing compassionate support to breast cancer patients and their families. Your participation gives the volleyball community the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of all breast cancer patients. Thank you for getting involved!

UMW VOLLEYBALL TEAM GOAL:  $1500.00

If you would like to help us reach our goal please visit http://umweagles.com/index.aspx?tab=volleyball&path=wvball

Click on the DIG PINK icon.

Thank you so much for your support.

Dee Conway
UMW Volleyball Team

Discounts to UMW Community

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The Museum Shop at Gari Melchers Home and Studio offers 20% discount on all purchases to UMW faculty, staff and students.  The Museum Shop offers a selection of Melchers branded items ( postcards, prints, mugs and magnets) as well as  unique home decor pieces.  We  offer a fine selection of books, with hard-to-find titles  in categories such as  art, history, biography, gardens and  photography.  Our art supply section is growing.  We  now carry M Graham paints, a very unique, hand crafted brand based on historic formulas and dedicated to using non-toxic materials.

The Museum Shop is open daily, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Visit our shop blog at  MuseumShop1.umwblogs.org

Remember, too, that admission to the Gari Melchers Home and Studio is free to staff, faculty and students.  Museum hours are 10 a.m – 5 p.m. Closed Wednesdays.

1st Discovery Day of Fall Semester this Saturday

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On Saturday, October 16, 2010 the Office of Admissions will be holding the first Discovery Day of the fall semester. The latest registration numbers indicate that over 300 prospective students and about 1000 total visitors will join us on campus on Saturday!
The Discovery Day schedule includes events and activities for our visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., although we expect our guests to begin arriving on campus earlier in the morning. Expect to see increased foot traffic on campus and a large amount of visitors in the campus dining facilities. Our visitors have been instructed to park in the parking garage, but with the amount of people we expect to attend they will most likely need to seek other parking options throughout campus and on neighboring side streets. Hopefully this information will allow you to plan accordingly for Saturday. Please welcome visitors to the University of Mary Washington.
The Office of Admissions

15th Annual In a Virginia Garden Plant Exchange

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Date and Time: Saturday October 16, 9 a.m. – noon

Location:  Ball Circle

Parking available at Chandler Hall parking lot off College Avenue

UMW map and directions can be found at http://www.umw.edu/visitors/directions/

Who Can Attend: Open to the public

Content: Fall is a great time for planting!  Bring whatever you have to share: perennials, saplings, bulbs, even gardening supplies you no longer use.  Please label all plants with a common name.  Bring your plants at 9 a.m. and browse around. The exchange will start promptly at 10 o’clock.  Following the exchange, join us as we plant native species to restore the riparian buffer at Woodard Campus Center.  Learn about this important natural filter and how you affect your watershed.

Cost: no charge

Sponsored By: University of Mary Washington

UMW Ecology Club

UMW Sustainability Organizers

Stafford Cooperative Extension Office

Registration Deadline: No registration is required

For more information please email jwilson@umw.edu

Annual James Monroe Lecture: Monday, October 18, 7 p.m.

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This year’s lecture, presented by Richard John, Professor in Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, is entitled: “James Monroe and the Communications Revolution in the Early Republic.” Professor John will speak on the epochal communications revolution that originated in the 1790s and accelerated during the presidential administration of James Monroe (1817-1825). He will analyze the main features of this revolution, with a focus on the newspaper press, the postal system, and the stagecoach business. The communications revolution in the early republic led to the creation of large inter-state associations, the mass party, and the nationwide market – three of most important institutions of the age.

Professor John’s lecture will be illustrated with contemporary images; it draws on his own extensive research on the history of communications in the United States.

The lecture – which will be held in the Great Hall in Woodard Campus Center – is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Call x1043 with any questions.