An informational meeting about the trip to Guatemala during Spring Break is scheduled TWICE this week. You may come to 112 Annex A on Wednesday at 6 pm or Thursday at 6 pm. Application forms and fliers will be available.… Read the rest
President Erin will bring snacks for tea tomorrow, 4pm in Annex B 105… I can’t be there as I have 3rd grade orientation closely followed by 8th grade orientation… sigh.… Read the rest
As you’ve probably read, the first phase of the Mary Washington Foundation’s Eagle Village project opened this Summer. Over 600 students now live where Rose’s used to be. Last month, Jeff Rountree and I worked with Susan Hedenberg of Flying H Photography to take aerial photographs of the area.… Read the rest
Whenever I travel, I take far more photographs that I can possibly include in my blog entries. I have therefore been working on putting together an online collection of photographs from some of journeys. You can find the collection at picasaweb.google.com/donaldNR/. Please feel free to stop by and browse… Read the rest… Read the rest
I hope everybody had a great summer. I spent five weeks during June and July taking classes in Spain. I was living in Bilbao, which is about 250 miles north of Madrid. Bilbao is historically industrial city, but in the last thirty years has undergone a major urban renewal. The program I did was called “UMW in Spain”, and I highly recommend it for anybody looking to study abroad for a month in the summer.… Read the rest
Taxi driver (Aged 60-ish, driving me home from the airport last week): Where have you been?
Me: South Africa.
Driver: Were you there on business?
Me: Yes, and I also visited family.
Driver: You’re from there? You speak good English.
It has been a busy week in Monrovia… all the faculty has been in getting ready for classes, students are now around and about, I have at least four likely new geography majors from my Class of 2014 advising group!… Read the rest
Classes start Monday, only 2 weeks prior to Labor Day this year. While we might not yet be ready for such an early start, geography faculty and students are very excited to be back in Monrovia (now with a new and improved roof!!). We’re starting the year with around 75 majors – after graduating nearly 30 last year. We are also thankful that President Rick Hurley will provide Mary Washington with stable and forward-looking leadership.… Read the rest
From Mary Washington Alumna Jacqueline Nolan:
I just saw this job announcement; it closes on 8/26/10. It is a position as a cartographer with the Board on Geographic Names, and looks like they are trying to recruit younger interests to build a knowledge base and community links. The USGS BGN Secretariat is Lou Yost: lyost@usgs.gov; 703-648-4552. In past experience, the student may be able to work out an arrangement with the USGS hiring body, to accept the job, work … Read the rest
I spent the past weekend wandering around the remains of the pre-industrial world’s largest city. From the 9th to the 15th century C.E., it was a sprawling low-density complex of temples homes, rice fields, and roads, sustained by a sophisticated network of reservoirs and canals. It covered about 1,000 square… Read the rest… Read the rest
