Category: What’s New @ UMW

Professor of English and Chair St. Joseph’s College Kerry Driscoll will present “Scout and Huck: Race, Voice, and Controversy in Two American Classics” on Saturday, Nov. 20, 3-4:30 p.m. in Combs Hall 139.
A public reception will follow at La Petite Auberge, 311 William Street, in downtown Fredericksburg at 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication; the Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry; and the Mark Twain Society of Virginia
For more information, contact the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication at (540) 654-1035

Now Available at the UMW Bookstore.

Jazz flute at its best! Impressive melodic and improvisational work with great grooves and some Latin flair. How can an album be exciting and relaxing at the same time?! The album features three UMW faculty members, including Doug Gately on flute, Bruce Middle on guitar and Paul Henry on bass, as well as Toby Fairchild on drums and percussion. ($12.00)

Doug Gately Quartet will be performing at our December 8 Holiday Open House and available to sign copies of the cd.

Enjoy Mockingbird at Fifty, Thursday Nov. 18, at 6 p.m. in Chandler 102
A Celebration of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” in a panel discussion with:

Professor Claudia Emerson
approaching the novel through the lens of gender

Professor Chris Foss
analyzing the novel through the lens of contemporary disability studies

Professor Jim Goehring
commenting on the Christ imagery of the film adaptation

Professor Gary Richards
assessing the novel and film adaptation via sexuality studies

Professor Danny Tweedy
responding to the novel through discourses of race

A screening of the 1962 film adaptation will follow the panel discussion (8:00-10:00 p.m.).
Sponsored by the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication; the Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry; and the Mark Twain Society of Virginia
For more information, contact the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication at (540) 654-1035

CPR and AED training for faculty and staff will be available Tuesday, November 30 and Friday, December 17, in Lee Hall room 412. Classes for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on those dates.
Contact Jessica Murphy at 654-1097 to register.

Members of the 2011 Black History Month (BHM) Celebration Committee invite you to join us in planning for this year’s program.  You are encouraged to submit an Event Proposal Form for a program you are interested in sponsoring during the month.

Click here to download an event proposal.

Please send your completed form by November 22, 2010 to Marion Sanford via email (msanford@umw.edu) or campus mail to the James Farmer Multicultural Center (Lee Hall, Room 211).

Also, you may choose to offer an “Open Class,” where you might have a lecture, class discussion or other event planned for one of your spring courses that you would like included as part of the Black History Month Celebration.  If you have an open class in mind that relates to the BHM theme, we urge you to submit it for inclusion on the BHM calendar by November 22, 2010.

If you have any questions or need additional information about the 2011 Black History Month Celebration, please feel free to contact me at X1044 or via email.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Marion Sanford, Director

Multicultural Student Affairs/

James Farmer Multicultural Center