Wendy Hageman Smith presented “How Does Applying A Constructivist Theory of Teaching Affect Student Outcomes and Attitudes in the Post-Secondary General Education Math Class?” at the Maryland-DC-Virginia MAA Sectional Meeting at VMI on October 27, 2012.
Filed under: Faculty News Notes, Mathematics & Computer Science | Tagged: Wendy Smith | Leave a Comment »
“DEMOCRACY, EXTENDED” by Mark Daniel Harley, Richmond Arts Review
Filed under: Art, Uncategorized | Tagged: Michael Mergen | Leave a Comment »
Colleagues from the STEM disciplines have published an article in Science Education and Civic Engagement. Co-written by Suzanne Donnelly (Assistant Professor of Science Education), Alix Fink (Associate Professor of Biology and Dean of the Cormier Honors College), Mark Fink (Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences), Leigh Lunsford (Associate Professor of Mathematics), Melissa Rhoten (Professor of Chemistry), and Kelsey Scheitlin (Assistant Professor of Geography), “Full Immersion: The Chesapeake Bay Watershed as an Environment for Learning Science in a Civic Context” appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of the journal.
Filed under: Biological & Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Faculty News Notes, Mathematics & Computer Science | Tagged: Alix_Fink, Leigh Lunsford, Mark_Fink, Melissa_Rhoten, Suzanne_Donnelly | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Robert Webber, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, has published an article in PRIMUS (Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies). Entitled “Using Spreadsheets to Help Students Think Recursively,” the article appeared Volume 22, Issue 5, p. 365-372.
Filed under: Faculty News Notes, Mathematics & Computer Science | Tagged: Robert Webber | Leave a Comment »
Michael Mergen, assistant professor of art, just returned from a lecture in Chicago, where he took part in a two-person panel discussion, “America’s Competitive Edge and Global Standing,” in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s exhibition, “Peripheral Views: States of America, featuring 15 works from Michael’s 1600 Pennsylvania series.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Lorain, OH, 2008
Filed under: Art | Leave a Comment »
An article co-authored by Assistant Professor of English Sean Ruday and Jen Wilson of the Field School of Charlottesville has been accepted for publication by the Virginia English Bulletin. This article, titled “‘Like Being on the Inside:’ Analyzing Advertisements with Adolescent Males” describes middle school boys’ experiences critiquing advertisements and provides educators with recommendations for engaging students in a critical examination of advertisements.
In addition, Sean Ruday received a contract for his book The Grammar Toolbox: Grammar Instruction, Metacognition, and the Common Core Standards. This book, which provides elementary-school teachers with research-based recommendation for grammar instruction, will be published by Eye on Education.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Sean Ruday | Leave a Comment »
Gordon Van Ness recently published an essay in the online James Dickey Newsletter
titled “The Question of Poetics: James Dickey and the Modernists.” In addition, he
has finished editing Death, and the Day’s Light, the last manuscript Dickey was
working on when he died and which has been approved for publication by the Estate.
Filed under: English & Modern Languages | Tagged: Gordon VanNess | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Thomas Wears, assistant professor of mathematics, has been selected to participate in Project NExT (New Experience in Teaching), a national professional development program for new or recent Ph.D.’s in the mathematical sciences intended to enrich all aspects (teaching, scholarship, service) of a faculty member’s career. Dr. Wears is the fourth department member to be a NExT participant.
Filed under: Faculty News Notes, Mathematics & Computer Science | Tagged: Thomas Wears | Leave a Comment »
“Short Twig: a collection of paper works” is an exhibition of prints, broadsides, and artists’ books consisting of handmade paper and various printmaking processes. This show features pieces created by current and former Longwood University Art students within the Printmaking/Book Arts BFA program. The artists include: Kevin Biddle, Caleb Briggs, Brittany Claud, Chelsea Colon, Andrea Damiano, Lindsay Decker, Melissa Dorton, Liz Hale, Amanda Haymans, Amy Jackson, Alexander Leonhart, Kristin MacQuarrie, Katie Miller, Hannah Newton, Antrice Petty, M. Spencer, Alyssa Strackbein, Dane Summerell. See the artwork at the Main Art Gallery exhibition in Richmond, VA. The show will be up through August 31, 2012.
Filed under: Art | Tagged: Art Exhibition | Leave a Comment »
Tim Holmstrom, Assistant Professor of Physics, Alvin Palmer, 2011 Longwood graduate, Ben Babineau, Longwood senior, and colleagues at Jefferson Lab have had their paper “Measurement of the Neutron Radius of 208Pb Through Parity-Violation in Electron Scattering” published in Physical Review Letters, volume 108, 2012
Filed under: Chemistry and Physics | Leave a Comment »
