Category: What’s New @ UMW

Bus Trip: Picasso in Richmond

Join the Friends of Belmont Wednesday, April 13 and enjoy the remarkable exhibit “Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris.”  Our day trip to Richmond will showcase the beautiful newly renovated Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts. You will have time to enjoy the permanent exhibits, as well as take in the current visiting Picasso masterpieces.

Cost of the trip is $50 for members, $60 for non-members, and includes transportation and admission. Enjoy lunch on your own at one of the two musuem cafes.

Our motor coach will leave Belmont at 9 a.m. and return by 4 p.m.

Registration deadline is March 30. Registration Form

For questions, please contact Special Events Coordinator Betsy Labar at 540-654-1848.

The Multicultural Fair generally attracts 3,000 to 4,000 people each year, and exemplifies UMW’s commitment to enhancing multicultural awareness. The Fair provides an entire day devoted to multicultural entertainment, children’s activities, international and American food, and ethnic craft vendors. Each year the Multicultural Student Affairs and James Farmer Multicultural Center work closely with UMW student organizations, faculty and staff in planning festivities. The University also partners with the greater Fredericksburg community, which plays an integral role in  successfully implementing the fair.

Learn the results of the UMW on line marketing survey conducted in February, and hear how UMW is planning to enhance our image and reputation in the months ahead. Educational Marketing Group consultants Bob and Marlene Brock will present their findings and observations about our university on Thursday, March 17, 11:30-12:30, in Lee Hall 411. Everyone is welcome.

March 29, 2011 :: Lee Hall, 411 :: 6 p.m.

The legacy of Black women’s writings in Latin American remains at best one of the least known bodies of literature in the Americas. This presentation takes up that issue as it seeks to confront some of the situations that surround that body of work, at times paying special attention to the writers themselves. Presented by Dr. Dawn Duke, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at The University of Tennessee . Dr. Duke specializes in Afro-Latin American literature and cultural studies.

The UMW Bookstore would like to invite you to a special book signing event.  UMW Professor of Modern Languages, Jim F. Gaines will be available to answer questions and sign copies of his new book, “Moliere and Paradox:  Skepticism and Theater in the Early Modern Age.” This event will be held in the bookstore on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 3 to 5 p.m.