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University of act inn i Magazine FALL/WINTER2010 Vol.34-No.3 HSl D E I StampofJustice Mxio of Deans An American Master Susan Wagner Lacy 70 created highly acclaimed PBS series ' .- r ' .' -'' CONTENTS Features New 20 Trio of Deans Sets Pace for Restructured University Collaborations are key as leaders conceptual 24 An American Master Susan Wagner Lacy's passion sparkedstellarPBS 32 Stamp of Justice Crusade seeks U.S. Postal Service recognition ofJ 35 Alumni College on the Road Ecuador offers an exciting and educationaldm Departments 4 On Campus UMWArts 14 16 Sports Q&A 38 39 Book Report 40 Get the Picture? 41 Notable & Quotable 44 Alumni Board 45 Class Notes 74 Closing Column y >%. \5* On thecover: SusanWagnerLacy "70 was photographed byTimothyGreenfield-Sanders, whose portraitsareinthe collectionsofThe Museum ofModern Art,The Metropolitan Museum,theWhitneyMuseum,andthe National Portrait Gallery,among others. In 2004, 700ofthe NewYorkCity photographer'sartworld portraitswereaccepted intothe permanentcollectionsofThe Museum ofModern Artandthe Museum ofFineArts, Houston. Greenfield-Sanders isa contributing photographerat Vanity Fairmagazine. Onthis rJ| RKfdentswerefired upduring Spirit Week pJBreding Homecoming,Oct. 23. Ata Thursday eveninjeonfireonJefferson Square, some students tool PhotobyNormS UNIVERSITY OF MARY ON CAMPUS UMW Good-bye Says to Mary Washington Longtime Friend %) {_JMagazine FALL/WINTER 2010 • VOLUME 34 NO. 3 The University ofMary Washington lost one ofits dearest friends Nov. 2, 2010, with ExecutiveEditor:AnnaBarronBillingsley the passing ofArabelle Laws Arrington '41 She and her husband of57 years, the ManagingEditor:NevaS.Trenis'00 . EditorialBoard:JackBales,WilliamB.CrawleyJr., late Walter N. Arrington, worked GeorgeFarrar,TorreMeringolo,MartyMorrison, side by side building their successful CynthiaL.Snyder'75,andMartinA.WilderJr. Designer:AJNewell Arrington Motor Sales and Alwington GraphicArtist: JunePadgett Farm in Warrenton, Va. UniversityofMary WashingtonMagazineispublished Arrington fell in love with Mary torthealumni,friends,faculty,andstaffofthe Washington when she and her UniversityofMaryWashingtonthreetimesa [email protected] mother, Blanche Laws, first visited UniversityofMaryWashingtonMagazine,University campus in 1937. In turn, Arrington ofMaryWashington, 1301 CollegeAvenue, Fredericksburg,VA22401-5300. UniversityofMary made it possible for others to WashingtonMagazinewelcomesyourcomments. attend the University, and she gave SendaddresschangestoUniversityofMary WashingtonOfficeofAlumniRelations, tirelessly to ensure that "her school" 1119HanoverStreet,Fredericksburg,VA22401-5412. maintained and honed its excellence. UniversityofMaryWashingtonMagazine Throughout most ofher 89 isprintedwithnonstatefundsandismadepossible years, Arrington gave generously throughprivatesupport. to Mary Washington, including Visit UniversityofMaryWashingtonMagazine onlineatwww.umw.edu/umwmagazine. substantial gifts to the Fund for Mary Washington, the Jepson Alumni f% Executive Center, and Friends tm % Thiseditionisprintedonrecycledpaper. ofthe Philharmonic Orchestra. She established challenge grants for nearly $500,000 in partfor Arabelle Laws Arrington Arrington Scholarships for children UMW of faculty and staff. She was the honorary chairofthe 1998 Centennial Campaign, which raised more than $75 million. In recent years, Arrington turned her support toward scholarships, endowments, University of and University projects about which she cared passionately. "I would like for Mary Washington young people not to have to struggle to payfor school," she told UniversityofMary Washington Magazine in 2006. "If can alleviate some ofthose fears about how to pay I for college, will be happy." I What the energetic alumna gave in dollars she more than matched in service to her alma mater. She served on the MaryWashington Board ofVisitors and the Alumni Association Board ofDirectors, and she was president ofthe Foundation Board of Directors. Her enthusiasm for MaryWashington inspired countless students to attend the school. UMW recognized Arrington with an honorary degree, the Doctor of Humane Letters, in 1998 and named Arrington Hall in her honor. Arrington was an active, civic-minded resident ofWarrenton and Fauquier County, and she was a devoted member ofthe Warrenton Baptist Church. Contributions in her memory may be made to University ofMary Washington, 1119 Hanover St., Fredericksburg,Va. 22401. UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 • Great Lives Returns 2011 Chappell Lecture Series rfluBRi <fy<ML Tuesday,Jan. k Ayn Rand I Jennifer Burns, assistant professorofhistory, The spring 2011 semester marks the eighth annual University ofVirginia offering ofthe Chappell Lecture Series, GreatLives: •MARTIN BiographicalApproaches to History. From Martin Luther Thursday,Jan. 20 - Martin Luther LUT1IIM to Mickey Mantle, from Abigail Adams to Oprah Winfrey, Martin E. Marty, professor emeritus, University ofChicago the popular series lineup includes some of history's most fascinating figures, discussed by some oftoday's foremost Tuesday,Jan. 25 -CharlesSchulz biographers. M.Thomas Inge, professorofhumanities, The 2011 program features recently published works Randolph-Macon College by acclaimed authors. These include the biography of Thursday,Jan. 27 - Abigail Adams George Washington by Ron Chernow, whose previous Woody Holton, associate professorofhistory studies ofAlexander Hamilton and John D. Rockefeller and American studies, UniversityofRichmond won widespread praise. Other featured works are Tuesday, Feb - Custer/Sitting Bull 1 biographies ofCornelius Vanderbilt by JT. Stiles, winner of Nathaniel Philbrick the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in biography, and Abigail Adams by Woody Holton, winner ofthe prestigious Bancroft Prize in Thursday, Feb. 3 - LouisArmstrong GaryGiddins 2010. The upcoming series also includes a number of Tuesday, Feb. 8 -Joseph Pulitzer nationally renowned biographers as speakers. Among James McGrath Morris them are religious scholar Martin Marty, who will speak Tuesday, Feb. 15 -WaltWhitman on Martin Luther; British historian Jeremy Black on James Mara Scanlon, associate professorofEnglish, UMW Bond; Newsweek's Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones; and jazz critic Gary Giddins on Louis Armstrong. Thursday, Feb. 17 - HarperLee Noted humor historian Thomas Inge of Randolph- CharlesJ. Shields Macon College will analyze the life and work ofPeanuts Thursday, Feb. 24-GeorgeWashington Mockingbird creator Charles Schulz. Discussing Amelia Earhart will Ron Chernow be Susan Butler, whose biography ofthe famed aviator Thursday, March 10-John PaulJones served as a basis forthe popular 2009 movie starring EvanThomas Hilary Swank. In celebration ofthe 50th anniversary ofthe 1961 Thursday, March 24- Lyndon B.Johnson Stephen Farnsworth, assistant professorof Freedom Rides, bus rides organized by James Farmer NE LEAVV communication, George Mason University Oprah to desegregate public transportation in the South, University ofSouth Florida professor Raymond Arsenault Tuesday, March 29-Amelia Earhart will talk about the Freedom Riders. His lecture will be in Susan Butler Kittv conjunction with a special showing on campus ofa new Thursday, March 31 -TheFreedom Riders Kollev documentary on that important aspect ofthe civil rights Raymond Arsenault, professorofSouthern movement. Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley will history, UniversityofSouth Florida discuss another iconic figure ofthe movement, Rosa Parks. Thursday, April 7 - MickeyMantle Also timed to highlight a milestone is Charles J. Shields' Jane Leavy presentation on Harper Lee, whose enduring ToKilla Mockingbirdwas published 50 years ago. Tuesday, April 12 -JamesBond UMW Jeremy Black, professorofhistory, Former political science professor Stephen University ofExeter Farnsworth, who is now at George Mason University, will UMW speak on Lyndon Johnson. Associate Professor of Thursday, April 14- CorneliusVanderbilt English Mara Scanlon will discuss Walt Whitman. T.J. Stiles The series will conclude with a lecture on Oprah Tuesday, April 19 - Rosa Parks Winfrey by America's best-known - and frequently Douglas Brinkley, professorofhistory, controversial - celebrity biographer, Kitty Kelley. Rice University JAMES Books are available for purchase and for signing by the BOND Thursday, April 21 - OprahWinfrey author following each lecture. For more information, call Kitty Kelley UMW the Special Events Office at 540/654-1065. UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 • ® ON CAMPUS Diverse Class entering students, 171 are from 25 states outside ofVirginia, including New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Greeted by Hurley Massachusetts, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire, Texas, and Colorado. The class and Host of Activities includes international students from Ethiopia, Romania, France, and Spain. Twenty percent ofthe students identified themselves as Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska native, In August, President Richard V. Hurley offered a hands- Asian, Black or African American, or Native Hawaiian or on welcome to a freshman class of 966 students. In the other Pacific Islander. sweltering temperatures of move-in day, Hurley circulated Members ofthis year's freshman class scored high on around campus, greeting new students and their parents. SAT tests, with the middle 50 percent scoring between 540 He even got down on his knees and helped assemble one and 630 in critical reading, 530 and 600 in math, and 530 new student's bunk bed. and 610 in writing. The middle 50 percent scored between After pitching in to help with the bed, Hurley extended 24 and 26 on the ACT, formerly the American College his hand to the student, Emma Eggers "14. "I'm the Testing program. The middle 50 percent of UMW freshmen president. just wanted to welcome you," he said. graduated from high school with a grade-point average I Eggers is among a diverse class of students. Ofthe 966 between 3.29 and 3.85. President Hurley, in the left photo directlyabove, welcomed newstudentstothe groundsofBromptonforan ice cream social of amazing proportions, as shown in the adjacent photograph. Hurley spentthe previous day helping students move in. UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 • Orientation 101: Upperclassmen becamefamiliarwith new living space in Eagle Landing,top left, especiallyenjoying the rotunda. The Eagle provided a friendlywelcometo all incoming students asthey participated in recreational and service activities. UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 Way area schools and agencies last year, including Habitatfor Service a is Humanity, theThurman Brisben Center, the Fredericksburg UMW Area Food Bank, Friends ofthe Rappahannock, the American of Life at Red Cross, and MaryWashington Hospital. Overthe pasttwo years, COAR has more than doubled its number ofservice UMW made the President's Higher Education Community hours to the community. Service Honor Roll for exemplary, innovative, and effective The Mid-Atlantic Region ofthe American Red Cross community service programs. The honor was presented to recognized COAR forthe second consecutive year with COAR, UMW's Community Outreach and Resources program, the College Campus Award for its outstanding blood drive UMW whose 500 students volunteered nearly 6,600 hours in the program. During the last academic year, the students community during the 2009-10 academic year. COAR also was collected 594 pints ofblood forthe Red Cross. COAR also was recognized this year by the American Red Cross and Stafford honored as a Community Partnerfor its tutoring program County, Va. at Stafford Junction, a partnership in Stafford County's Olde The annual Higher Education Community Service Honor Forge neighborhood. Roll award, which is administered by the Corporation for The student group also made an impressive showing as National and Community Service, recognizes more than 700 host ofthe University's inaugural Relay for Life, a volunteer- colleges and universities fortheir impact on issues ranging driven cancerfundraising event ofthe American Cancer from poverty and homelessness to environmentaljustice. Society. Last spring, COAR raised awareness and more than COAR members assisted more than 22 Fredericksburg- $35,000 to help save lives from cancer. Keltzy Bahena, 6, plays checkers UMW with freshman Heather Marshall (top right) atthe Bragg Hill Family Life Center in Fredericksburg in October. At left, as part offreshman orientation, students work togetherto clean up the banks ofthe Rappahannock River, less than a mile from the Fredericksburg campus. UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 • Fundraiser Makes day ofthe event was the largest the shop has ever had for a charity fundraiser. Indelible Mark "It was unbelievable. We were packed. We had probably UMW 20 people waiting from 10:30 on in the morning," Brown on Play Lab told the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Stor. When he opened on Saturday morning, a $20 donation had already been slipped under the door. Who would have had any inkling that UMW's new Play Lab, Nearly $10,000 was raised during the weekend. Several which offers play-based learning for children with autism, customers requested a tattoo ofa puzzle piece, a symbol that would get a financial boost from a tattoo parlor? has become associated with autism. UMW The weekend ofSept. 11 and 12, 100 percent ofthe Nicole Myers, associate professor ofeducation, proceeds from tattoos oversees the Play Lab. Proceeds from the fundraiser will purchased atJack Brown's provide scholarships forfamilies Tattoo Revival in Fredericksburg who are unable to afford the were donated to the Play Lab, Play Lab or who are already UMW which is run by students overwhelmed by expenses from and assists children with autism other autism-related therapies. UMW spectrum disorders. Myers said she hopes the It was the shop's fourth Play Lab will provide therapy in annual charity event for a the Fredericksburg area for local Fredericksburg-area grass-roots children whose parents have had PLAY LAB group.The turnout on the first to drive to Northern Virginia or Niccle Myers Richmond for assistance. Mary Washington like.' The University ofMary Washington - Kiplinger's PersonalFinance offers a first-rate liberal arts education. magazine's 100Best Values in Public Gets Rave It has the feel ofa private school with a Colleges named UMWto the 2010 list. public school price tag, and is an option The magazine ranked UMW the 38th Reviews that should be explored." best value for in-state tuition costs and Here's a sampling ofmore ofthe 42nd when comparing out-of-state national buzz about UMW: tuition. National independent evaluations give - U.S. News& WorldReport's2011 Best - Princeton Reviewincluded UMW in UMW high marks for both quality and Colleges, the most widely read annual its list ofthe 700Best ValueColleges for UMW value. ThePrinceton Reviewcalled college guide, ranked UMW 13th in 2010, which featured the top 50 public a public bastion ofthe liberal arts in the South among master's-granting and the top 50 private U.S. colleges and Virginia, saying it is "not too big and not institutions and fifth among public universities. It also featured UMW in its too small" and that Mary Washington institutions. 2010 edition of TheBest371 Colleges. offers "a private school education at half - Forbes.com 2010 listing of - Shine, an online Reader's Digest the cost." America's Best Values ranked UMW magazine, called Mary Washington A The highly selective FiskeGuide to the 13th best public college and 58th TopFinancialFind. UMW Colleges2011 named one ofthe among all universities in America. Of -The American Enterprise Institute's top 21 "Best Buys" in public education in the 600 undergraduate institutions that national Diplomas andDropouts America - the only institution ofhigher the magazine considers the nation's survey found that UMW had the third- education in Virginia, Maryland, or best, UMW placed in the top 20 percent, highest graduation rate among "very Washington, D.C., to make the list. ranking No. 121. competitive" Southern schools. The guide praised the school's -The Peace Corps' 2010 list of Top - Parade magazine's College A-List fine education, reasonable price, and Producing Collegesand Universities for the 2010-2011 academic year lovely campus. "Strolling among the ranked UMW No. 2 among small said UMW "combines the very best university's elegant buildings ofred colleges and universities. As of February personalized community qualities ofa brickwith white columns has led more 2010, 23 alumni were Peace Corps liberal arts college with the diversity and than one pleased parent to declare, volunteers. curricular breadth ofa university." 'Nowthis is what a college should look UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 • ON CAMPUS College of Business Marks Launch Official its Students in Creativity in Management class participated in a historic momentJuly LThey became official members UMW ofthe College of Business. ProfessorofManagement and Marketing Margaret Mi halted her lecture, and Acting Dean ofthe College Larry Penwell entered the Chandler Hall classroom along with several other business faculty members. Penwell presented a proclamation declaring that daythe official start ofthe College ofBusiness. Changing Faces coordinator in the Office ofthe Attorney General in Norfolk, where she maintained and supported an educational on the BOV program forVirginia schoolchildren. She also served on the City ofVirginia Beach Gang Task Force and was a regional managerfor the Keeping Virginia Safe and Strong programs. In July, Virginia Gov. Robert F. In addition, Cuellar served as family coordinator on Gov. McDonnell appointed two new McDonnell's inaugural committee, a political director during UMW members to the Board of McDonnell's campaign for governor, and a deputy scheduler Visitors: HollyTace Cuellar '89 in the Office ofthe Attorney General. She also served as ofVirginia Beach and Joseph legislative aide to McDonnell when he was a representative R. Wilson of Fredericksburg. to the Virginia House of Delegates. The governor also reappointed Wilson is owner and chiefexecutive officer ofPermaTreat Xavier R. Richardson, who will Pest Control in Fredericksburg. The one-time Fredericksburg serve a second term. Cuellar and City Councilman is vice chairman ofthe board ofthe Wilson, who succeed C. Maureen Fredericksburg Regional Chamber ofCommerce and a Daniel Steen Stinger '94 and J. William Poole, member of both the Commonwealth Pesticide Control Board each will serve a four-yearterm that expires June 30, 2014. and the Virginia Fire Services Board. Wilson serves on the The 12-person Board named Daniel K. Steen '84 of Fredericksburg Alliance Board of Arlington as rector and Pamela J. White '74 of Baltimore as Directors, the Mary Washington vice rector. Steen, who succeeds Nanalou West Sauder '56, Hospital Foundation Board of and White will serve two years in these positions. Patricia Trustees, and the finance and Branstetter Revere '63 of Midlothian, Va., will serve her community benefits committees second term as secretary. with the MaryWashington Richardson is executive Healthcare Board ofTrustees. vice president ofcorporate Among his honors, Wilson development and community has been named Virginia's affairs for Mary Washington Small Business Person of Healthcare. In this capacity, the Year bythe U.S. Small Joseph Wilson he also serves as president of Business Administration, was Mary Washington Hospital and the recipient ofthe Prince B. Woodard Citizenship Award Stafford Hospital foundations. by the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber ofCommerce, Cuellar was the Hampton and was named Distinguished Citizen ofthe Year by the , Roads community outreach Fredericksburg Chapter ofthe Jaycees. H, .ol.l.y Cuell..ar ' UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON MAGAZINE FALL/WINTER 2010 •