Category: What’s New @ UMW

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.

A member of President Obama’s Select Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership, Dr. Melissa Rogers, will present a lecture March 16 titled “Continuity and Change: Faith-Based Partnerships under Presidents Bush and Obama.” The presentation will be in the Woodard Campus Center, Red Room, and begins at 4 p.m. Rogers is director of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity Center for Religion and Public Affairs, and is the former director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. http://divinity.wfu.edu/rogers.html

Please visit the UMW Bookstore to see our selection of Women’s History titles.

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A few openings remain for the first Alumni College on the Road. Register today to take part in this educational adventure from June 28 through July 8, 2011. Journey with UMW Associate Professor Andrew S. Dolby to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, and participate in the optional extension to Peru. All arrangements and activities are being coordinated through Classic Escapes, a travel company known and respected for their special nature and cultural excursions. Read more about Alumni College on the Road here http://www.umw.edu/gift/alumnicollegeotr

Photos:
Bird–Jorge Cruz
Turtle–Metropolitan Touring

There are always new and exciting things happening at Gari Melchers Home and Studio.

The time has come for our Spring museum trip. This season we are delighted to announce a weekday excursion to Richmond, Virginia to visit the newly renovated Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The VMFA is currently hosting Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris. Our April 13 trip will include admission to this stunning exhibition.

Rates are available for both Friends of Belmont and the general public. If you are not currently a Friend of Belmont, there is not time like the present! Our SPRING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE is going on now.

For more information on our trip and a registration form, please click here.