NEWS AND EVENTS AT VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE // JUNE 3, 2016
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Caughell's "Political Battle of the Sexes"
"The link between sex and politics has a long and nuanced history," writes Virginia Wesleyan College Assistant Professor of Political Science Leslie Caughell in the introduction to her recently released book, The Political Battle of the Sexes: Exploring the Sources of Gender Gaps in Policy Preferences (Lexington Books, 2016).
As an unprecedentedly contentious election season heats up and women's and gender issues remain front and center in political debate, Caughell offers new insight into the overall role gender plays in political preferences and how those preferences translate to the ballot box.
Her work provides the first comprehensive look at political gender gaps on a range of policy issues from the 1980s to the present and provides a theoretical framework for explaining them.
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History Professor Receives Mednick Award VFIC fellowship supports Kathleen Casey's social and cultural biography of the purse,
The Things She Carried. Wansink Selected for Interfaith Understanding Seminar Religious studies professor chosen from nationwide pool to participate in teaching seminar July 31-August 4.
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Virginia Wesleyan College President Scott D. Miller's monthly column appeared in the on May 8, titled, "New overtime rules will hobble colleges." The column also appeared in the earlier this month. Photos from Virginia Wesleyan College's 47th Commencement Ceremony appeared in the on May 14. Honorary degree recipient George Y. Birdsong, CEO and General Counsel for the Birdsong Corporation and VWC Trustee Emeritus, was also featured in the .
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"Choose Optimism"
by Investing Now
"As you gaze toward the horizon, Class of 2016, I would urge you to choose optimism," Peace Corps Director and Keynote Speaker Carrie Hessler-Radelet told graduates during Virginia Wesleyan College's 47th Commencement Ceremony on May 14. "Choose to look at the world as it is, and believe in what it can become."
Although the world headlines of the past year can prompt anything but optimism sometimes, we can all feel good about where our newest Virginia Wesleyan alumni, and those who are following them, are headed.
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Rev. Karla Kincannon (1976) has been appointed executive pastor at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
Dr. Clair Berube (1983), an assistant professor for Hampton University's Department of Professional Education, received the 2016 Executive Vice President and Provost's Innovation Teaching Award. She and a colleague helped create a textbook of nanoscience modules, or lessons, that teachers can use in their classes. Berube used the modules in her science methods classes this year.
Russell "Rusty" Price (1995) passed away on April 11, 2016.
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Amy Insley (1997), a theatre teacher at York High School, was among 14 teachers nationwide who received the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. This prestigious national award offers a $10,000 grant and is designed to recognize teachers by spotlighting their extraordinary impact on students.
Victoria Blaze Byrd (2011) has been appointed as communications manager for the Elite Clubs National League in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Nancy Kelly (2015) passed away on April 24, 2016.
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Read about other distinguished graduates in the section of our website.
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