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Thank you to the 2009-10Dean’s Advisory Council

Scott E. Strickler, UC’87, ChairPatricia H. Gallagher, SCS’97, Vice ChairValerie J. Agnew, SCS’96, G’05Cordell BriggsAnn B. EstesAndrew J. Gibb, UC’83ThorntonM. “Tim” Hill, UC’67H.William Kuehl, Jr., UC’73Charles D.Martin, Sr., UC’71Charles E.McCabeW. Joseph Owen, III, Esq., B’72StephenW. Story, UC’91Angela T.WilkesThomasW.Winfree, UC’77W. JosephWinston, UC’71

Thank you to the 2009-10Alumni Association Board

President: Alice K. Campbell, SCS’01Vice President: Lin Koch, SCS’03Secretary: Dorothy J. Hannan, SCS’98,G’04Treasurer: James (Jim) Morgan, SCS’06Past President: Mary Ramsey Evans,SCS’02, G’06Directors:Dianne St. John, SCS’07Cynthia Johnson, SCS’02Catherine Outland, UC’71Cheri Cousins, SCS’08Kevin Dobbins, SCS’09Howard Lee III, SCS’07Dwight (Nick) Nicholas, SCS’08Karen Pascual, SCS’08HeatherWerkmeister, SCS’06LindaWhitaker, SCS’07Tammy Alexander, SCS’05Catherine Eagles, SCS’00Kari Dottellis, SCS’09Cliff Middlebrook, SCS’07Robert Rose, UC’69

Supporting SPCSYour gift, small or large, enables theSchool of Professional and ContinuingStudies to fulfill its mission, To enrich livesand careers. The School is committedto providing exceptional programs bypassionate faculty and staff with worldclass student support services. SPCS iscommitted to the values of responsive-ness, caring, collaboration, and learning.

Why is your support important to SCS?

Our mission, to enrich lives and careers,is manifested by exemplary service tothe metropolitan Richmond community.To do so, our course fees must remainaffordable to the general public. Yourgenerosity keeps our courses affordableto the widest possible audience and stillmaintains the highest quality of instruc-tion. With your gift, we will have theresources to better serve our studentsand our community.

Howwill my support make a difference?

Each gift, regardless of size, is valued forwhat it enables SPCS to accomplish,particularly increasing financial aid fordeserving SPCS students. Each year wehave more requests for support, andeach year we must generate increasedfunds for this purpose.

How do I make a gift?

There are several easy ways you canbecome a part of the SPCS mission toenrich lives and careers. The quickestand easiest is by donating online at:

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Dear Friends:

I am delighted to present the 2010-2011Annual Progress Report for the School of Pro-fessional and Continuing Studies. For thisyear’s report, we have chosen to focus on ourprograms for K-12 educators, which representa significant portion of our overall School ac-tivity. We are proud of all of our programs buttake particular delight in helping to enhance the abilities andknowledge of K-12 school teachers and administrators.

To begin, we highlight the Joan Oates Institute (JOI) of Part-ners in the Arts, which has helped elementary and secondaryteachers from the region integrate arts into their teachingacross core subjects for 17 years. You will also learn aboutJoan Oates herself, whose passion for education led to thecreation of Partners in the Arts and whose generosity will in-sure that the JOI Summer Institute will continue forever.

Next we showcase our Teacher Licensure Program anddemonstrate how the program has helped transform the lifeof one of our students. Also featured is the Master of Educa-tion degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, ourinnovative partnership with the Jepson School of LeadershipStudies, designed to develop the leadership abilities of K-12administrators.

The last K-12 program featured is one of our eight summer in-stitutes, the Sustainability and Nature Institute, which wasspun out of our highly successful Landscape Design program.

Finally, there is a section on Commencement 2011, the daywe celebrate this major accomplishment in the lives of ourstudents.

We enjoyed another outstanding year in the SPCS, made pos-sible by the dedication of our students, faculty, and staff andenriched by the ongoing commitment and generous supportof our alumni and friends.

On behalf of the SPCS family, I wish you a happy and prosper-ous new year.

Sincerely,

James L. Narduzzi, Ph.D.Dean

From the Dean

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Joan OatesSharing her passion for the arts andeducation

Music has always struck a deep chord inJoan Oates’ life. Beginning with her educa-tion at Bennington College, a small liberalarts school in Vermont, she has incorpo-rated music into her everyday life. Today,she continues this tradition by endowingthe Partners in the Arts (PIA) program atthe University of Richmond.

Partners in the Arts was established in 1994 when the National En-dowment for the Arts funded a proposal, submitted by Joan Oatesand the Arts Council of Richmond, for an arts-in-education program.

Seventeen years ago, Oates never could have imagined the programblossoming into the success it has become today.

Oates discovered the power of art at a young age through her stud-ies in art and music at Bennington. As many prominent artists com-muted from Bennington into New York City on the train, Oates recallsinteracting with a number of influential artists during her time there.

After relocating to Richmond years later, Oates was able to share herpassion for the arts in Central Virginia as a member of the Arts Coun-cil of Richmond and teacher at Collegiate School. One day at Colle-giate, she was asked to fill the role of a music teacher. It was this rolethat sparked a cross-curriculum learning experiment through art.

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“My second graders had an interest insnowflakes one day, and that sparked amulti-subject education through art,”Oates recalls from a snowy day at Colle-giate. “They started writing poemsabout snowflakes, learning the scienceof snowflakes, we even did a play aboutsnowflakes... and here I thought thiswould begin as a music lesson incorpo-rating snowflakes.”

This lesson led to a concept in whichteachers could come as a group, “justlike children,” and integrate the arts toteach all subjects.

After obtaining the initial grant thatfunded Partners in the Arts, findingclassroom space in which the first batchof teachers could meet was the only lo-gistical issue remaining for PIA foundersOates and Adrienne G. Hines of the ArtCouncil.

Oates recalls overcoming this chal-lenge. “The first day, I rememberStephanie Micas, a former professorhere, marching right into [School ofContinuing Studies Dean] James Nar-duzzi’s office and asking him for a room.He had no choice but to say yes andhas been an adamant supporter of theprogram ever since.”

The School of Continuing Studies andthe Partners in the Arts program fit eachother naturally, and the program has re-mained connected to the School since.Senior Associate Dean Patricia Brownnow oversees the program for theSchool.

Recruiting twelve area teachers fromwell-regarded schools for the first yearof PIA, Oates still keeps in touch withteachers from that first graduating class.

Under the direction of Dr. ElizabethSheehan, the Summer Institute is nowopen to all public school teachers in theCity of Richmond and the counties ofChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico andPowhatan, as well as to K-12 teachersfrom a number of private schools.

From networking experiences to pro-gram exploration, Oates has seen theprogram evolve to attract a greaternumber and range of teachers. Withteachers from all subject areas andgrade levels, a unique bond forms

among teachers who would not nor-mally interact on the same level at theirhome schools.

“Teachers usually arrive in a group fromthe same school, yet they do not evenknow each other that well. By the endof the program, teachers from differentsubject areas share a close bond thatthey can bring back to their schools andcollaborate on lesson plans to sharewith their students.”

The program empowers teachers to de-velop projects themselves and write in-dividual project proposals that competefor funding from Partners in the Arts.Oates finds this aspect of the programallows “teachers to do what they knowbest.”

Just as Oates originally put her energyinto funding Partners in the Arts whenRichmond’s Art Council called her in1990 to start an arts-in-education pro-gram, she continues to work to fund theprogram for the future with the help ofoutside grants from Altria, Verizon,MeadWestvaco, and a number of othercorporate foundations.

Looking towards the future, Oates con-tinues to be just as involved as she wasalmost twenty years ago when she andHines established the program.

She embraces the program’s collabora-tion with the University of Richmond.“The University continues to supportour growing program and provide rele-vant resources that cannot be foundmany other places.” University muse-ums, arts faculty and studio facilities,and expertise in new media are just afew examples of this.

Partners in the Arts, including the newlyendowed and renamed Joan Oates In-stitute for Partners in the Arts, looks for-ward to the possibility of expandinginto two summer institutes and even toestablishing a graduate program—alltaking place, of course, with the contin-ual support and compelling drive ofJoan Oates.

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Cliff GambleTeacher Licensure Program enables careershift from accounting to teaching

Transitioning from cost accounting to teachingShakespeare is a lot easier said than done for most.But for Cliff Gamble, C’12, the shift in careers fromthe corporate world to the classroom is the pursuitof his lifelong dream to become a secondary Eng-lish teacher.

Since beginning his studies in theTeacher Licensure Program in Septem-ber 2010, Gamble hasn’t looked backon his decision to leave a high-profilejob in the business world.

“I have always had an affinity for teach-ing,” says Gamble. “My father was ascience teacher, principal and assistantsuperintendent for 30 years, while mymother worked in several teaching po-sitions as a media and library techni-cian. Teaching is in my blood.”

Prior to enrolling at Richmond, Gam-ble’s education included an economicsdegree from DePauw University and anMBA in finance fromWebster Univer-sity.

Shortly after finishing school, Gamblebegan working at Baxter Internationaland eventually landed a position withGeneral Electric. From there, he spi-raled up the corporate ladder over twodecades with an impressive résuméthat includes positions at NBC, Scher-ing-Plough, Amazon and most recentlyLexmark International.

With the support of his wife and kids,he decided that he had reached thepoint in life when it made sense to re-turn to education. All that remainedwas finding a program that suited hisneeds.

“I was determined to completelychange my career,” Gamble recalls.“The teaching program at Richmond

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spends a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of education, and all of theprofessors I have had thus far are long-term teachers and administra-tors. Learning the art and discipline of teaching through their experi-ences has been invaluable.”

The success of graduates from the Teacher Licensure Program addsto the prestige of receiving an education from University of Rich-mond. Gamble remembers a key factor in researching programs.“The school has a very high success rate with teachers — areaschools hold the program in high regard and recruit students fromthe program for that reason.”

While returning to teaching in the middle of a successful careermight appear strange to some, the biggest surprise might be his pur-suit of an endorsement in secondary English. While many otherteachers in the program have teaching experience or majors in theirsubject matter, Gamble was not an English major.

Gamble reports, “Teachers that I have liked the most were very pas-sionate about what they taught. They made learning relevant and en-couraged students to have an opinion. They made every studentbelieve their opinion was important, if well thought out and appropri-ately presented... Business was my vocation, but I have always beenpassionate about reading, writing and discussing all forms of litera-ture. So, I chose English as my primary endorsement.”

He plans on obtaining an endorsement in business and economics inaddition to English in order to be as well-rounded as possible and toutilize his business background.

At Richmond, Gamble has the opportunity to experience “real-life”classrooms that he hopes to apply as a teacher himself. Professors inthe Teacher Licensure Program are themselves successful educationprofessionals; they have experiences in departments of educationand school administration. As a result, professors come prepared todemonstrate how to deal with real situations in real time.

Before making the final decision to become a teacher, Gamble rec-ommends sitting in on a classroom to see if you really feel comfort-able.

“This [sitting in on a class] isn’t something I had the foresight to dobefore I began the program... luckily I am fortunate to have a lot ofteachers in my family that I have had the opportunity to interview ormonitor their classrooms,” he says. “To be a teacher you really needto care about kids, and most teachers can tell if you really have thecapacity to care for and teach students.”

As he looks forward to student teaching, Gamble has finally begun tofulfill the dream of his late father as an educator.

“My father always said that a student has no idea what they want todo at age 18, so it is your responsibility as a teacher to create well-rounded students with the ability to take whatever path theychoose,” recalls Gamble. “A lot of people end up in businessbecause they think it is what they are supposed to do, but it is mostimportant to really enjoy what you are doing.”

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Seventy teachers participate inthe first Joan Oates Institute

The 2011 JoanOates Institute

On June 27, 2011, Partners in the Artslaunched its 17th annual Summer Instituteunder a new name. The course that empow-ers K-12 teachers to use the arts to teachall subjects is now the Joan Oates SummerInstitute.

“For 17 years, Joan Oates has been the driving force behindthe Institute,” said Dr. James Narduzzi, dean of the School ofProfessional and Continuing Studies. “Now she has providedthe financial support that will allow the Institute to serve areateachers in perpetuity.”

A former teacher and lifelong supporter of the arts, Oates hasattended every Institute in person.

“Joan Oates’ contributions have impacted the Institute in amyriad of ways,” said Dr. Liz Sheehan, Partners in the Arts di-

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rector. “She has always been acheerleader and a role model forthe teachers who have attended,and the teachers recognize thatPartners in the Arts – her vision –serves their goals of becomingbetter educators and providingnew sources of inspiration to theirstudents.”

Last summer, 70 teachers frompublic and private schools in thecity of Richmond and Chester-field, Henrico, Hanover, Powhatan,and Goochland counties engagedwith fine and performing artistsand fellow educators at the Mod-lin Center for the Arts.

“The JOI experience was a totallyeducational immersion experi-ence in all the arts,” said EllyDozier of J.B. Watkins ElementarySchool. “The opportunity to col-laborate with wonderful, creativearea teachers and top-notch pre-senters has generated an enthusi-asm to try new ideas in my classesand share them with other teach-ers in my building.”

New workshops for this year’s In-stitute included Google Docs andDigital Storytelling, Drawing fromNew Media, Impresario Training:Jazzing up STEM, Virginia Folklife:Music, and Mail Art. Participantsalso enjoyed a presentation bythe University’s Digital ScholarshipLab and a field trip to the MartinAgency, a leading advertisingfirm, to learn about collaboration,lateral thinking, and creative prob-lem solving.

The addition of several workshopsthat focused on new media wasintentional.

“Using the arts across the curricu-lum is a pedagogical approachthat can be enhanced by usingthe tools of technology and new

media,” said Rob McAdams, Part-ners in the Arts program coordina-tor.

During the weeklong Institute,participants also worked withteachers from their school to de-velop unit plans that incorporatethe arts into core subjects such asgeometry, biology, and U.S. his-tory. Each group presented theirideas on stage on the last day.

“I am always amazed by the en-ergy and creativity our teachersbring to the presentations, de-spite having gone through a weekof rigorous work and new experi-ences,” said Sheehan.

For participating in the programand submitting a cross-curricularunit plan, teachers earn three un-dergraduate or graduate creditsthrough the SPCS. For the firsttime, teachers used Google Apps,the Institute’s new platform forsubmitting unit plans and ex-changing ideas.

“The sites we asked participantsto create serve as an electronicportfolio that can house almostunlimited images, videos, pod-casts, and all forms of media,along with the capacity to gener-ate and embed new documents inreal-time collaboration with otheraccount holders,” said McAdams.

Partners in the Arts provides feed-back on final unit plans and con-tinues to support teachers duringthe school year through grantawards to fund and facilitate out-standing projects in arts integra-tion.

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What’s the difference between a leader and a man-ager? What makes a school successful? Students inthe inaugural class of the University of Richmond’snew master’s program in educational leadershipand policy are learning firsthand the answers tothese questions.

This interdisciplinary program combines the resources of the School of Professionaland Continuing Studies with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. The result isa unique emphasis on leadership theory and its practical application not oftenfound in similar graduate-level programs.

“In the field of education, the thinking is changing so that we’re thinking moreabout creating school leaders rather than managers,” says Dr. Thomas Shields, di-rector for the Center for Leadership in Education. It’s an important distinction.

Shields explains that managers are transactional, while leaders are transformational.“A manager is someone who will make sure the buses show up on time, and thatthe bells will ring,” he says. A school leader, however, is someone who has a trans-formative vision for the future of the school.

“Most people go into school leadership to be transformative,” he says. “We wantsomeone who wants to look beyond the state-prescribed standards to take theirschool to the next level.”

Leading the FutureMaster’s in educational leadership aims tocreate transformative leaders

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Graduates of the program arequalified to earn an endorsementfrom the state Department of Ed-ucation to be a school principal.For those who already have amaster’s degree in another field,SPCS also offers a graduate cer-tificate in educational leadershipand policy studies.

The program’s courses include:educational leadership studies,leading and supervising instruc-tion, school law and ethics, lead-ership and school culture, andothers. Each core course requiresan outside practicum. The pro-gram also includes a reflectiveleadership course, where stu-dents experience many of thereal-life situations that schoolleaders encounter.

Catherine McGehee, director ofthe Upper School at St. Cather-ine’s, an all-girls independentschool in Richmond, was at-tracted to the program becauseof its emphasis on leadershiptheory. “There is no question ithas already made me look at effi-ciency within my school and lookat how we interact as a school,”she says.

While McGehee is interested inimproving her own leadershipskills, she also looks forward tosharing what she has learned withher students. “Part of our mission[at St. Catherine’s] is teachingyoung women to become lead-ers,” she says. “There is a directapplication for me.”

Randy Wright, R’77, has been amiddle school physics teacher inHanover County, Va., for the past20 years. He enrolled in the edu-cational leadership program sothat he can become a schoolprincipal.

“I have looked at a lot of pro-grams, and this was by far themost appealing,” he says. “I

wanted a program that put anemphasis on leading and visionand the idea of bringing peopletogether and working towardsgoals, and not just tasks.”

Wright has especially enjoyed thediversity of experience foundamongst his cohort, which in-cludes teachers and administra-tors at both public and privateschools of all grade levels.

“The program combines lots ofphilosophy with lots of practicalthinking,” he says. “The combi-nation of books, teachers andstudents really melds togetherwell.”

Shields says the cohorts are smallby design so that students canreceive one-on-one attention.Local school principals and ad-ministrators serve as leadershipsupervisors to help coach stu-dents through their requiredpracticums.

McGehee, who considered en-rolling in a distance-learningprogram, says one of the bestthings about the program is thenetworking opportunities it pro-vides. “[The program] has intro-duced me to a variety of differentpositions in the city and in the re-gion,” she says. “It is very ap-pealing to me both professionallyand personally.”

Students are required to gain ex-perience working in a school thatis different from their own. An el-ementary-school teacher mightspend time in a middle or highschool; an independent schooladministrator such as McGeheewould be required to experiencea public school.

“Theory is important, but at theend of the day we need to pro-duce leaders who can go out andhead up a school,” Shields says.“Practical leadership knowledgeis really key.”

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While it’s a proven fact that outdoor learn-ing spaces bring any number of benefits tochildren, many K-12 teachers face evenmore questions about where to beginbuilding an outdoor classroom. CaryJamieson, program specialist with theSchool of Professional and ContinuingStudies’ (SPCS) Landscape Design Pro-gram, knew the University of Richmondcould offer the answers.

That’s why she helped lead the way in launching the Sustain-ability and Nature Institute for Educators — one of the firstprograms of its kind — to equip teachers with the tools theyneed to build an outdoor learning experience from theground up.

Sustainability andNature InstituteK-12 teachers learn how to bring theclassroom outside

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“Students are spending a tremen-dous amount of time in front of ascreen,” says Jamieson. “Theydon’t have the same freedom toexplore nature as generations thatcame before them. It’s becomethe responsibility of the teachersto expose them to outdoor set-tings in the safety of the school.”

Teachers from schools in bothrural and urban Virginia, and evenas far away as Florida, gatheredfor one week in July to learn theart and science behind outdoorclassrooms from John Hayden,professor of biology, and StevenKoprowski, instructor of landscapedesign.

Guest speakers, such as Gerry Mc-Carthy, director of the Virginia En-vironmental Endowment; CarolHeiser, education coordinatorfrom the Virginia Department ofGame and Inland Fisheries; andMegan Litke, University sustain-ability coordinator, provided addi-tional instruction on everythingfrom grant funding sources to in-sect collection to community par-ticipation to sustainabilityinitiatives. Field trips to Lewis Gin-ter Botanical Gardens and localschools rounded out the programwith a firsthand look at gardensand outdoor programs.

At first blush, outdoor classroomsseem to apply only to biology andother natural science topics. How-ever, participants learned how theconcept can apply to a variety ofsubjects: teaching Shakespeare isenhanced by writing nature-in-spired poetry, creating a gourd or-chestra brings life to musicclasses, and measuring trees andsidewalks shows the application ofmath principles. As Jamieson ex-plains, the idea is “really justabout engaging with the naturalenvironment.”

“[Outdoor classrooms] don’t haveto just be math and science,” saysMelinda Adamonis, a languagearts and social sciences teacher atThree Chopt Elementary School.“It can encompass all learning in aschool, and all grades.”

The institute also addressed thedisparities that teachers in ruralversus urban schools face. “Peo-ple in urban settings don’t realizeall of the resources they do haveon their school grounds,”Jamieson says. “Sometimesthere’s just a natural element, likea group of trees, leaves andmulch. [Meanwhile,] we had ateacher who lives in a rural com-munity and [her students] all havevegetable gardens at home. Shewas concentrating on how to usenatural elements outdoors to fos-ter more understanding.”

Despite the breadth and depth ofinstruction during the weeklongsession, Jamieson says thebiggest message was to keep itsimple. “You don’t have to have ahuge vegetable or flower gardenthat takes a tremendous amountof time and energy and money,”Jamieson says. “It can be justwalking around school groundsand observing nature. We’re try-ing to make [the idea] as accessi-ble to others as possible, andrethink the way that teachers uti-lize an outdoor space.”

Admonis agrees with the simpleapproach. “Everybody should un-derstand how not being outside isnegatively impacting our children,and what we can do to help. [Theyshouldn’t] look at an outsidelearning classroom as somethingthat’s unattainable.”

Photo: Steven Koprowski, instructor of landscape design with SPCS, and Melinda Adamonis, a language arts andsocial sciences teacher at Three Chopt Elementary School.

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Jerry P. Clemmer, C’11, director of residential din-ing at the University, offered remarks to fellowgraduation candidates and gathered guests as stu-dent speaker during the 2011 Commencement cer-emony for the School of Continuing Studies.

Clemmer earned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the School; he also stud-ied accounting for three years at the University of Memphis.

Clemmer reminded fellow graduation candidates that, as they walkedacross the stage to receive their diplomas, they would be receiving “anew type of key... one for which [they] have worked very hard” that wouldsolve the problem many of them faced when they made the decision toenter the School: being “locked out of many opportunities.”

He admonished classmates to avoid complacency once they receivedtheir new key.

Commencement2O11Student Commencement speaker encouragesclassmates to remain ‘bodies in motion’

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“If you’re a person at rest,because you now have a de-gree, you may think that youhave achieved the ultimategoal you wanted in life—thatyou’re finished—there’snothing left to do.” saidClemmer.

Instead, Clemmer encour-aged his classmates to be-come a “body in motion”rather than remain a “bodyat rest.” To use, rather thansimply hold, “the keys tocontrol of [their] future.”

He concluded his remarkswith a one-question “finalexam.”

“So I ask you the one-ques-tion final exam that I wantyou to ask yourself when youare up here,” said Clemmer.“From this point on, will yoube a body at rest or in mo-tion?”

“IN MOTION!” answeredthe graduates enthusiasti-cally.

Clemmer came to the schoolafter 24 years in collegiate,hotel, and restaurant man-agement. In his position asdirector of residential diningat the University, he is re-

sponsible for managing themain dining hall and super-vising catering, meal plansand summer camps.

He also created and imple-mented a six-month man-ager training program forhourly employees and co-chaired the 2011 NationalAssociation of College andUniversity Food ServicesMid-Atlantic Region Confer-ence.

Prior to his current position,Clemmer served as directorof food and beverage atOmni Richmond Hotel; gen-eral manager of DepuyCanal House, a historic fine-dining restaurant in upstateNew York; and a wine pourercaptain for Kevin Zraly’sWine School.

Clemmer is a member of theboard of directors for theVCU Medical Center’s ASKpediatric cancer foundation.He is a past president of theBrandermill-Midlothian-Woodlake Lions Club andparticipated in annualfundraisers for the Children’sMiracle Network.

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August 2010Human Resource Managementprogram chair presents researchon immigration at internationalconference

Dr. Patricia Strait, chair of the Human ResourceManagement program at SPCS, presented herpaper titled “When Societies Collide: An Im-migration Model for the 21st Century” at theFifth International Conference on Interdiscpli-nary Social Sciences.

The conference was held in Cambridge, Eng-land. Strait presented her research on immi-gration during the 30-minute paperpresentation on August 5, 2010.

AnnaM.McRay, SCS’04, ‘06 & ‘10,named by Virginia governor toSecure Commonwealth Panel

School of Continuing Studies graduate AnnaM.McRay, SCS’04, ‘06 and ‘10, was named tothe Secure Commonwealth Board by VirginiaGovernor Bob McDonnell. The announcementcame in a release from the governor’s office onAugust 13, 2010.

McRay is the Deputy Coordinator of Emer-gency Management with the County of Hen-rico Division of Fire.

Before joining Henrico County in 2007, sheserved as the Evacuation and Shelter Planneras well as the Citizen Corps/CERT Training Co-ordinator with the Virginia Department ofEmergency Management and as the Commu-nications Center Supervisor with the Universityof Richmond Police Department.

She has been involved in EMS in HenricoCounty since 1988 and is a state-registeredparamedic.

McRay has spent most of her academic careerat the School of Continuing Studies. Sheearned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in EmergencyServices Management in 2004, a GraduateCertificate in Disaster Science in 2006, and aMaster of Disaster Science in May. 2010

The Secure Commonwealth Panel is an advi-sory board to the Commonwealth’s executivebranch, operating through the office of the As-sistant to the Governor for CommonwealthPreparedness in Governor McDonnell’s cabi-net.

Information Systems andManage-ment professors co-author studyon enrollment management

Dr. EllenWalk, chair of the Information Sys-tems program in the School of ContinuingStudies, and Dr. Lewis “Andy” Litteral, associateprofessor of management in the RobinsSchool of Business, co-authored a study ofenrollment management that appears in thePalmetto Business and Economic Review.

The article, “The Application of Little’s Law toEnrollment Management: Improving StudentPersistence in Part-Time Degree Programs,” ap-peared in the 2010 issue of the journal. Thejournal is published by the University of SouthCarolina Upstate’s Johnson College of Busi-ness and Economics.

September 2010Partners in the Arts awards grantsto area schools

Nine public schools in the Richmond regionwere awarded grants totaling more than$65,000 from Partners in the Arts, SPCS’s artsintergration program.

The grants are for cross-curricular projects thatuse the arts to teach core subjects, such as so-cial studies,math, and English. The grantsallow schools to bring in visiting artists and tobuy special supplies. Each year, Partners in theArts awards up to $10,000 each to schools inthe greater Richmond area whose teachers de-velop competitive and sustainable arts inte-gration projects.

Paralegal Studies chair quoted inABA Journal article about ‘moralsclauses’

Professor Porcher L. Taylor III, chair of the Para-legal Studies program in the School of Contin-uing Studies at the University of Richmond,was quoted and referenced in an article titled“Hold That Tiger: After Woods Scandal,MoreLawyers Are Teeing Up ‘Morals Clauses’“ in theSeptember 2010 issue of ABA Journal.

The article addresses the topic of celebrity con-tracts including ‘morals clauses’ that alter con-tractual terms as a result of celebrity actionsdeemed unacceptable by their employers.

Taylor has written about the “morals clause”concept from the perspective of endorsers

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who sponsor athletes, professional teams and othercelebrities. These so-called “reverse morals clauses”would enable endorsers to break contracts with thosethey sponsor when the sponsor’s actions cast the en-dorser in a negative light.

Taylor’s groundbreaking article on reverse-moralsclauses, co-written with attorney Fernando Pingueloand Seton Hall law grad Timothy D. Cedrone, waspublished last April in Cardozo’s Arts & Entertain-ment Law Journal.

On the question of whether reverse-morals clausesmight become standard in endorsement contracts,Taylor offers this conclusion: “It’s probably an ideawhose time will never come.”

October 2010Director of External Relations tappedinto National Leadership Honor Society

Virginia (Ginny) Carlson, Director of External Rela-tions for the School of Continuing Studies, wastapped into the University of Richmond’s EpsilonCircle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), the NationalLeadership Honor Society.

Carlson’s selection recognized her service to theUniversity, particularly her dedication to the Friendsof Boatwright Library program.

The formal initiation ceremony was held Tuesday,November 9, on the University campus.

November 2010Weekend College coordinator selectedas Pittsylvania Schools employee of theweek

Laurie C. Dishman, C’10,Weekend College site coor-dinator at Danville Community College, was namedEmployee of theWeek by her employer,Pittsylvania County Schools.

Dishman, who graduated in August 2010 from theSPCS’sWeekend College program with a Bachelor ofLiberal Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, works as Exec-utive Administrative Assistant in the school system’sNetwork Operators Center.

Dishman also serves as part-time site coordinator forthe DanvilleWeekend College program.As a recentgraduate of the program and a graduate of DanvilleCommunity College, Dishman knows the area, thestudents and the program well.

December 2010David Naoroz, C’08, among three cred-ited with saving elderly woman fromfire

Richmond Police Sergeant David Naoroz, C’08, wasamong three police officers credited with saving anelderly woman’s life by pulling her from a smoke-filled home.

Naoroz, Sgt. Jean-Guy LeGouffe, and Officer Jill Si-mons were treated for smoke-inhalation followingthe incident, then released to return to duty.

The three were featured in a story titled “Three Rich-mond Officers Talk About Saving Elderly Woman” onthe NBC12 website on November 18, 2010.

Naoroz participated in the now-discontinued PublicSafety University, a two-year degree-completion pro-gram through SPCS’s Human Resource Manage-ment program for police officers, firefighters,emergency personnel and other public safetyprofessionals.

Naoroz earned a Bachelor of Applied Studies inHuman Resource Management with a minor inLeadership through the program.

January 2011Annette Branch, SCS’09, inducted intoWestminster Canterbury TWCWHall ofFame

Annette Branch, SCS’09, was inducted into theWest-minster Canterbury “TheWestminster CanterburyWay” (TWCW) Hall of Fame.

Induction in the TWCWHall of Fame is the higheststaff honor at Westminster Canterbury, where Branchis a Buyer in the Materials Management depart-ment.

Inductees “demonstrate the corporate value of caringfor residents and staff by always looking for ways tooffer help and brighten the days of others,” accordingto the December 6, 2010, release.

Branch earned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree witha minor in Paralegal Studies. During the School’s2009 Commencement, Branch earned the honor ofbearing the U.S. flag during the procession.

George Hiller, L’91, recognized for serv-ice to Fulbright Scholar Program reviewcommittee

George Hiller, L’91, adjunct associate professor in theSchool of Continuing Studies, was recognized for hisservice to the U.S. Department of State and the Insti-tute for International Education (IIE), Department ofScholar and Professional programs.

Hiller was recognized by the staff at the Council forInternational Exchange of Scholars (CIES) for his par-ticipation on the Scholar In Residence Peer ReviewCommittee to consider 2011-2012 Fulbright Schol-ars Program applications.

As a member of the review committee, Hiller workedwith other members to assess applications and rec-ommend candidates for further consideration to pro-grams in nearly 130 countries.

The committee forwards its recommendations forfinal selection to the J.William Fulbright ForeignScholarship Board, a board appointed by the U.S.president.

Debra S. Egan, CIES Director of Scholar Programs,writes of Hiller’s service: “Reviewers donate substan-tial time to read and evaluate applications. IIE/CIES isgrateful to Mr. Hiller for performing this valued serv-

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ice. The annual involvement of scholars and profession-als in the merit review process, along with the supportof their home institutions, is a key to the ability of theFulbright Scholar Program to foster mutual understand-ing through international academic exchange.”

In addition to working as a member of the SCS adjunctfaculty, Hiller is an international business consultantand the Director of International Programs at the South-west Virginia Higher Education Center.

February 2011Information Systems chair presents paper

Dr. Ellen M.Walk, chair of the Information Systems pro-gram, presented a paper with Robins School of Busi-ness student Julia Brannan, ‘11, at the 41st AnnualMeeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute.

Brannan, who completed an independent study withWalk during her 2010 summer internship with the En-vironmental Protection Agency, had been a student inWalk’s Information Technology and Operations Man-agement classes.

Walk and Brannan’s peer-reviewed conference paper istitled “Buidling a Sustainable Processes for AnalyzingEnvironmental Agency Constituent input Via Social Net-works.” The paper was also be published in the confer-ence proceedings.

The annual meeting of the Southeast Decision SciencesInstitute was held February 23-25, 2011, in Savannah,Georgia.

SCS staff and faculty volunteer, strengthenVirginia – Santa Catarina, Brazil partner-ship

Patricia Strait, chair of the Human Resource Manage-ment program, joined Patricia Brown, senior associatedean, and her husband, Dewey Brown, adjunct profes-sor, in strengthening the Partners of the Americas Vir-ginia–Santa Catarina Partnership during separate visitsin late 2010.

Partners of the Americas is an international grassrootsnetwork that connects volunteers, institutions and com-munities to serve and to change lives. The organizationencourages collaboration and assistance between chap-ters in partnerships. The Virginia (U.S.) – Santa Catarina(Brazil) Partnership is one of 60 partnerships developedbetween 120 Partners of the Americas chapters.

Dewey Brown, who is president of the Virginia Chapterof Partners of the Americas, traveled with Patricia Brownfrom Richmond on November 21. The twomet withSanta Catarina chapter president Fabiano Zoldan, alongwith others involved in projects related to the Partner-ship, while in Santa Catarina.

The chapter presidents from the partner states—in thiscase, Dewey Brown of Virginia and Fabiano Zoldan ofSanta Catarina—alternate visits each year to the otherchapter’s state. The purpose of these visits is to collabo-rate on updating the partnership’s Biennial Plan. Zoldanvisited Virginia in 2009.

The Browns successfully collaborated to update the2010-2011 Biennial Plan. The update was published inthe February 2011 issue of Noticias, the newsletter ofthe Virginia–Santa Catarina Partnership.

Patricia and Dewey are not the only School-affiliatedpersonnel to participate in the Partnership.

Patricia Strait is involved in developing distance learn-ing partnerships among universities in the partnerstates. She visited Santa Catarina separately from theBrowns, in early November, to study the feasibility of ajoint teaching project using U.S. and Brazilian faculties.

Following her 10-day visit, Strait and her Brazilian coun-terparts determined that the Distance Learning Projectcould move forward, commencing the partnership witha 2012 pilot project between UNISUL (Universidade deSul de Santa Catarina) and the University of Richmond.

March 2011Joan Oates endows Partners in the Artssummer institute

Joan Oates of Richmond, Va.,made a gift to the Univer-sity of Richmond’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS)to endow a summer institute that helps teachers learnto integrate the arts into the K-12 curriculum.

The Joan Oates Institute for Partners in the Arts will con-tinue permanently a tradition of helping teachers createcurricula and lesson plans to bring the arts into theteaching of such subjects as math, social studies, sci-ence and language arts. The summer institute has beenheld at the University of Richmond since its inception in1995, and participating teachers earn three creditsthrough SCS. The entire Partners in the Arts (PIA) pro-gram became a part of the university in September2009.

“The educational model for PIA generally, and for thesummer institute in particular, is so powerful that partic-ipants routinely comment about the transformative na-ture of the experience — imparting knowledge andpedagogical skills for sure, but also changing the waythey teach and the way students learn,” said James Nar-duzzi, SCS dean.

Stephen Allred, Richmond provost, serves with Oates onthe board of CultureWorks. “I know firsthand her deepcommitment to the arts. Her gracious gift will help theUniversity of Richmondmaintain its partnership withteachers in promoting the arts for years to come.”

“We’re honored to be part of the University of Rich-mond now because the university will allow us to keepgrowing every year,” said Oates.

April 2011Adjunct professor of education namedChesterfield County Schools principalof the year

Dr. Brenda R.Mayo, Principal of Cosby High School andAdjunct Associate Professor of Education in the Schoolof Continuing Studies, was selected as ChesterfieldCounty’s 2011 Principal of the Year, recipient of theR.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership.

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Mayo is one of four principals—one each fromthe City of Richmond and counties of Chester-field, Hanover and Henrico Public Schools—toreceive the 2011 R.E.B. Award for Distin-guished Educational Leadership. The Commu-nity Foundation (serving Richmond andCentral Virginia) and the R.E.B. Foundation an-nually manage the process of identifying andselecting Award winners from each of the fourschool divisions.

Mayo has worked as an adjunct professor ofeducation for the School since 2005, and shehas taught curriculum methods for the M.Ed.in Curriculum and Instruction program since2009.

Mayo also teaches for MSI: Richmond, a part-nership between the University of Richmond’sDepartment of Education, the Richmond CityPublic Schools and the Altria Group.MSI: Rich-mond brings middle and high school studentsto the University each summer for five weeksof intensive science andmath classes and labexperience.

The R.E.B. Award for Distinguished EducationalLeadership was created to recognize thoseprincipals who go beyond the day-to-day de-mands of their position to create an excep-tional educational environment.

May 2011Cathy Herweyer, C’00 & G’03,adjunct professor, named 2011Itzkowitz Family DistinguishedFaculty Award

Cathy Herweyer, C’00 & G’03, adjunct associ-ate professor of liberal arts, was named the2011 Itzkowitz Family Distinguished FacultyAward winner.

The award was announced during SCS NightonWednesday,May 4, where she was pre-sented a commemorative University chair forthe award.

The award winner, selected by student ballotfrom among the adjunct faculty, is a professorwho has challenged students to be betterthinkers, organizers, students and/or persons.The award has been generously endowed bythe Itzkowotz family.

As the award winner, Heryewer earned the op-portunity to address the graduation candidatesduring the Commencement ceremony on Sat-urday, May 7.

Herweyer, adjunct associate professor of liberalarts, has taught for the School since 2003,leading several different undergraduatecourses in the liberal arts including “ScienceFiction,” “The History of Human Expression,”“The Legend of King Arthur” and “Art Apprecia-tion.”

Herweyer earned a Bachelor of Liberal Artswith a focus in communication from theSchool in 2000. She returned to the Universityto earn a Master of Liberal Arts in literature andart history in 2003.

She has worked with Luck Companies—for-merly Luck Stone Corporation—since 1995.She began as a construction aggregates proj-ect administrator, responsible for developingand delivering training for new technology.

Today, as an instructional designer, Herweyercreates and delivers a wide range of curricula,training sessions, and learning environments,both in the classroom and online, for morethan 800 associates.

Herweyer also is a member of theWorldFuture Society, a nonprofit educational andscientific organization.

D. Erik Nielson hired as assistantprofessor of liberal arts

D. Erik Nielson was appointed as assistant pro-fessor of liberal arts effective August 1, 2011.

Nielson most recently served as an assistantprofessor at Northern Virginia CommunityCollege in Annandale. He comes to the Univer-sity with extensive teaching and administrativeexperience.

Nielson holds a bachelor of arts from theUniversity of Virginia, where he studied asan Echols Scholar in the University HonorsProgram.

He holds a master of arts in English from Uni-versity College London, University of London.

He earned his doctoral degree, a Ph.D. in Eng-lish from the University of Sheffield, followingdefense and acceptance of his dissertation ti-tled “Under Surveillance: The Evolution ofBlack Arts in the United States.”

Nielson’s professional experiences prior to hisprofessorship at Northern Virginia CommunityCollege include a teaching assistanceship atUniversity of Maryland University College, alectureship at Anne Arundel Community Col-lege, editorial responsibilities in the publica-tions unit of the criminal division of the U.S.Dept. of Justice, and work as an English in-structor in Santiago, Chile.

Nielson’s scholarship interests are focused onpopular arts and culture, especially African-American culture and literature. Forthcomingpublications include articles in African Ameri-can Review (2012) and the International Jour-nal of Cultural Studies (2011) and an essay inthe monograph Mothering and Hip Hop Cul-ture (2012).

Nielson has published several additional arti-

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cles in the past two years in addition to work-ing as a specialist reviewer for Hacker’s Rulesfor Writers, Aaron’s LB Brief and Troyka &Hesse’s Quick Access Compact.

Among other duties, Nielson will be responsi-ble for overseeing the School’s Communica-tions Core, the coursework required of allSPCS students before they begin takingcoursework in their majors.

Scott E. Strickler, C’87, named GibbFamily Distinguished Alumnus for2011

Scott E. Strickler, C’87, was named the 2011Gibb Family Distinguished Alumnus, an honorawarded to a graduate of University College orthe School of Continuing Studies who re-mains dedicated to representing the School inthe Richmond and broader community.

Strickler graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor ofApplied Studies. He now serves as chair of theSchool’s Dean’s Advisory Council.

In his remarks during the 2011 Commence-ment ceremony, Strickler reflected on the cir-cuitous path that led him to enroll in—andgraduate from—the School. He noted thatmany graduation candidates also followed a“less traveled” path to arrive at Commence-ment.

Strickler reminded graduating students thatthey were graduating from “the University ofRichmond, one of the most highly regardeduniversities in the nation.” As a result, employ-ers reviewing resumes, upon seeing a degreeearned from the School of Continuing Studies,“will know they are considering a person ofspecial character with the capacity to grow.”

Strickler speaks from experience: “I know thisis true, because it happened to me.”

He concluded by encouraging graduates to re-main engaged in the School.

“Perhaps one day you will even get call fromthe SCS asking you to become engaged as agraduate,” said Strickler. “Please take that call,listen and then do what your heart tells you todo.”

“I took such a call and have become a betterperson for it and come to knowmany specialpeople along the way,” remembered Strickler.“The school’s mission is to enrich lives and ca-reers and it has not stopped doing that for me.If you allow it, it will continue to do the samefor you.”

Strickler began as a traditional student at theUniversity, but soon realized he was lookingfor a different path. He found the School ofContinuing Studies—then known as UniversityCollege—fit his work schedule and offered the

business courses he wanted for a successfulcareer foundation.

Strickler has 33 years of experience as a rela-tionship manager in the financial service in-dustry, specializing in insurance productstailored to medical professionals. He is cur-rently treasurer of Robins Insurance Agency, anindependent insurance agency with offices inRichmond’sWest End and Heathsville, Vir-ginia.

Strickler volunteers extensively in the commu-nity and serves on several boards, includingthe Richmond Chamber of Commerce Foun-dation. He is past chairman of the TuckahoeYMCA, as well as past president and currentmembership director of theWestern HenricoRotary Club and a past Rotary District 7600 as-sistant governor.

Catherine Jackson, ‘06, C’10,named Sandston ElementaryTeacher of the Year

Catherine Jackson, ‘06, C’10, was selected asthe 2011 Teacher of the Year for Sandston Ele-mentary School in Henrico County PublicSchools.

Jackson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree insociology in 2006, then returned to the Uni-versity to earn a Master of Education degree incurriculum and instruction in 2010.

Jackson was honored during the 2011 Schoolof Continuing Studies Night award ceremonyonWednesday,May 4, 2011. She was recog-nized with a departmental award for passingwith distinction the M.Ed. comprehensive writ-ten examination.

Dr. Jamelle S.Wilson, adjunctprofessor of education, namedHanover County schoolssuperintendent

Dr. JamelleWilson, adjunct assistant professorof education in the School of ContinuingStudies, was appointed the 12th superintend-ent of Hanover County Public Schools.

Wilson, formerly Hanover County PublicSchool’s Assistant Superintendent of Instruc-tional Leadership, was appointed Superin-tendent onMay 11, 2011. She started hernew position on July 1. Her appointment rep-resents the first superintendent hired fromwithin the school system in “modern memory,”according to the Hanover County news re-lease.

Wilson is an instructor in the School’s gradu-ate program in Educational Leadership andPolicy Studies. She teaches EDUC 604U: Lead-ing and Communicating.

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the Governance Committee of Partners in the Arts,and she is a former chair of that group.

Human Resource Management chairand graduate student co-publish paperin international journal

Dr. Patricia Strait, chair of the Human Resource Man-agement program, andMary Hagood, C’11, receivednotification that their co-authored paper has been ac-cepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of TheGlobal Studies Journal.

Their paper, titled “Left Behind but Not Forgotten: AnExamination of Transnational Family Economies inMexico and the United States,” addresses the “phe-nomenon of transnational family economies in Mex-ico and the United States” according to the paper’sabstract.

Strait and Hagood made a virtual presentation of thepaper during the Fourth Global Studies Conferencein Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil, in July.

Hagood earned her Master of Human ResourceManagement degree during Commencement onMay 7, 2011.

In a note to School colleagues, Strait writes, “I thinkthis may represent the first time that an SCS studentco-wrote an article with an SCS prof[essor] which re-sulted in publication in an international journal.”

The Global Studies Journal is one of four aspects ofglobal studies at onglobalisation.com: the GlobalStudies conference, the scholarly journal, a book se-ries and an online knowledge community.

The peer-reviewed journal is “devoted to mappingand interpreting new trends and patterns in global-ization. This journal attempts to do this from manypoints of view, from many locations in the world, andin a wide-angle kaleidoscopic fashion.”

June 2011M.Ed. students earn promotions inChesterfield County Public Schools

Three students in the School’s Master of Education(M.Ed.) program in Educational Leadership and Pol-icy Studies have earned administrative promotions inChesterfield County Public Schools.

Autumn Nabors, C’11, has been named ProgramManager in the Department of Professional Develop-ment for the school division. Nabors had served pre-viously as English and leadership teacher at JamesRiver High School and coordinator for instructionalleadership at Tomahawk Creek Middle School.

Nabors was also recognized during the School’s2011 awards ceremony for passing with distinctionthe M.Ed. comprehensive written examination.

Leslie V.Waller has been named Dean of Students atMatoaca High School. Leslie had served previouslyas biology teacher at Matoaca High.

QuincyWaller has been named Dean of Students at

L.C. Byrd High School. Quincy had served previouslyas social studies teacher at Maggie L.Walker Gover-nor’s School.

The M.Ed. program in Educational Leadership andPolicy Studies is intended for educators who seek tobecome school leaders. Promotion to positions ofleadership in schools is the goal of the program’sgraduates. The program is a partnership with theUniversity’s Center for Leadership in Education.

Information Systems chair publishesarticle in business education journal

Dr. Ellen M.Walk, Information Systems programchair, was notified that she will have an article pub-lished in the June 2011 issue of the Business Educa-tion Innovation Journal.

Walk’s paper, titled “Documented Problem Solvingas a Learning and Assessment Technique in Opera-tions Management,” will appear in the first issue ofthe journal’s third volume.

Business Education Innovation Journal features peer-reviewed articles addressing topics that describe in-novative teaching and learning methods of value tothe field of business education.

July 2011Teacher Licensure Program coordinatorselected for study tour to Germany

Dr. Patricia Amann, Coordinator of the Teacher Licen-sure Program (TLP) and Associate Professor of Educa-tion, was selected among 15 other candidates toparticipate in an exclusive study tour of Germany.

The two-week tour, lasting July 8-23, was sponsoredby the Transatlantic Outreach Program of the Goethe-Institut USA.

Amann and other tour participants spent their timein Germany connecting with educational leadersfrom German states and with other professional de-velopment providers and institutions.

These connections and related tours offered insightinto Germany’s educational system and standards oflearning related to global literacy, legacy of the Holo-caust, culture, immigration, andmany other topics.

The study tour was part of an extensive exchange ofideas among participants—German and Americanalike—in order to, as Amann’s letter of invitationstates, “identify new viewpoints and approaches tosolving urgent educational issues.”

Brenda Neckvatal, C’09, accepts positionat ADP TotalSource

Brenda Neckvatal, C’09, accepted a position withADP TotalSource as a Human Resource BusinessPartner.

Neckvatal, the 2009 recipient of the Jean H. ProffittStudent Service Award, earned her Bachelor of Ap-plied Studies degree in Human Resource Manage-ment in 2009 as a magna cum laude graduate. She

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is also a recently-appointed member of the School’sAlumni Association Board of Directors.

ADP TotalSource is the small business division of ADP, amajor professional employer organization (PEO) thatprovides a single source of outsourced human re-source services to small business owners.

Neckvatal will remain in the Richmond area whileworking to grow this newmarket for ADP. Her role “willessentially be all things HR to roughly 50 small busi-ness PEO subscribers in and around Richmond.”

Dr. Christine Contrada joins the School asassistant professor of liberal arts

The School of Continuing Studies appointed Dr. Chris-tine Contrada to the position of Assistant Professor ofLiberal Arts effective August 1, 2011.

Contrada joined Dr. Erik Nielson as the second ap-pointment in as many months to the liberal arts fac-ulty, on which they will join program chair Dr. DanielRoberts.

Contrada comes to the University most recently fromGermanna Community College in Fredericksburg, Vir-ginia, where she held the position of Associate Profes-sor of History.While at Germanna, Contrada alsoserved as adjunct assistant professor in the School’sWeekend College program.

In addition to her experience at Germanna, Contradahas taught at MaryWashington University, State Uni-versity of New York at Stony Brook, and Suffolk CountyCommunity College in New York.

Contrada earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in historyand secondary eduction from James Madison Univer-sity, and she earned both a Master of Arts degree and adoctorate in history from the State University of NewYork at Stony Brook.

Contrada has studied extensively in Italy and annuallyleads a student study abroad group to Italy and othercountries.

August 2011Paralegal studies chair sought for insightinto military veteran entrepreneurs

Porcher L. Taylor III, JD, Paralegal Studies programchair, was contacted for insight into military veteran en-trepreneurs by the producer of Venture Studio in NewYork City.

Venture Studio is an online talk show that covers tech-nology startup companies, technology investment,and the technology scene in New York. The show is de-voting new episodes to military veteran entrepreneurs.

The show’s producer, Jay Irani, sought out Taylor as a

result of reading Taylor’s op-ed in The Daily titled “TheBrainchild Battalion: Pentagon Should Recruit YoungEntrepreneurs for Military Service.”

Taylor was asked to recommend New York City-areamilitary veteran entrepreneurs to appear on episodesof Venture Studio.

Dean Brown re-appointed to scholarshipaward committee

Dr. Patricia Johnson Brown, Senior Associate Dean forAcademic Programs, has been re-appointed by Gover-nor McDonnell to the Commonwealth’s Brown v. Boardof Education Scholarship Award Committee.

Brown was initially appointed to this committee in2009 by former Governor Kaine.

The purpose of the Scholarship Award Committee is toevaluate applications for, and select recipients of,scholarships awarded to those who were or have beennegatively affected by closure of public schools in Vir-ginia as a result of Massive Resistence between 1954and 1964.

In 1954, when Brown v. Board of Education overturnedthe “separate but equal” Plessy v. Ferguson decision of1896 that allowed state-sponsored segregation, sev-eral jurisdictions in Virginia resisted the call to desgre-gate and closed public schools rather than comply withthe ruling to end segregation.

The Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Programseeks to provide funding for GED and CLEP prepara-tion, career and technical education or training, anddegree programs to those affected by Massive Re-sistence in those Commonwealth jurisdictions thatclosed public schools.

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Thank you to the 2009-10Dean’s Advisory Council

Scott E. Strickler, UC’87, ChairPatricia H. Gallagher, SCS’97, Vice ChairValerie J. Agnew, SCS’96, G’05Cordell BriggsAnn B. EstesAndrew J. Gibb, UC’83ThorntonM. “Tim” Hill, UC’67H.William Kuehl, Jr., UC’73Charles D.Martin, Sr., UC’71Charles E.McCabeW. Joseph Owen, III, Esq., B’72StephenW. Story, UC’91Angela T.WilkesThomasW.Winfree, UC’77W. JosephWinston, UC’71

Thank you to the 2009-10Alumni Association Board

President: Alice K. Campbell, SCS’01Vice President: Lin Koch, SCS’03Secretary: Dorothy J. Hannan, SCS’98,G’04Treasurer: James (Jim) Morgan, SCS’06Past President: Mary Ramsey Evans,SCS’02, G’06Directors:Dianne St. John, SCS’07Cynthia Johnson, SCS’02Catherine Outland, UC’71Cheri Cousins, SCS’08Kevin Dobbins, SCS’09Howard Lee III, SCS’07Dwight (Nick) Nicholas, SCS’08Karen Pascual, SCS’08HeatherWerkmeister, SCS’06LindaWhitaker, SCS’07Tammy Alexander, SCS’05Catherine Eagles, SCS’00Kari Dottellis, SCS’09Cliff Middlebrook, SCS’07Robert Rose, UC’69

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