The University of Mary

Washington is in the process of

transitioning student course

evaluations from in-class to on-

line. UMW began the process in

fall 2010 and held their first pilot

test last spring.

Following the success of the

first pilot, the University will be

conducting a second pilot this

semester.

Assistance Provost for Insti-

tutional Analysis and Effective-

ness Taiwo Ande explained that

the university is hoping to in-

crease the number of participat-

ing courses each semester as the

online program gains more

recognition.

The University is aiming to

increase the number or partici-

pating courses from 27 to more

than 100 from spring 2011 to

this semester, according to

Ande.

Ande hopes that every se-

mester more professors will

make the switch, until all student

course evaluations are com-

pleted online.

Several factors prompted the

shift to an online evaluation tool,

including concern over the cost

of assessing the evaluations, the

rate in which the professors were

receiving feedback and the de-

sire for a more environmentally

friendly method for conducting

the survey.

The report, “Online Course

Evaluation Pilot Study,” re-

leased by the Office of Institu-

tional Analysis and

Effectiveness states, “In spring

2011, faculty members were in-

vited to participate in the online

course evaluation pilot to deter-

mine the appropriateness of the

use of online course evaluation

management system at UMW.”

According to the Office of In-

stitutional Analysis and Effec-

tiveness, students complete

around 20,000 student course

evaluations over a three-week

period, taking up both class-time

and resources, every semester. It

then takes several months for the

evaluations to be collected, or-

ganized and shipped to a con-

tractor to compile and assess the

data, before being returned to

the University and professors.

Ande explained that the

multi-month process costs the

university thousands of dollars

every year and often leaves

teachers with very little time to

review their critiques and adjust

their lesson plans accordingly.

By switching to online eval-

uations, the University hopes to

diminish costs, as well as pro-

vide professors with almost in-

stantaneous feedback, according

to Ande.

Furthermore, students will be

able to complete the evaluations

on their own time, instead of

taking time out of class. Besides

The University of Mary

Washington Counseling and

Psychological Services (CAPS)

Program has been the first col-

lege or university in Virginia to

decrease their program’s funding

and have a significant decrease

in employment in the past five

years, according to the 2010-

2011 CAPS Annual Report.

Tevya Zukor, previous direc-

tor of the CAPS program, re-

cently left the UMW CAPS

program to become the Director

of the Counseling Center at the

University of Pittsburgh.

For the past few years, there

have been four full-time psy-

chologists working at the UMW

program. However, this summer,

CAPS lost Cynthia Holshoe, a

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By MARIAH YOUNG

Town hall forums last week entertained discussion of Chandler Hall as site of new campus center.

The University of Mary

Washington’s College of Educa-

tion has announced a set of new

programs being developed for

the institution for as soon as fall

2012.

Dean of the College of Edu-

cation Mary Gendernalik-

Cooper expressed excitement

about three new pathways and

one new degree opportunity for

students. A pathway is a prede-

termined course of study that

leads students through specific

classes, with the ultimate goal of

completing both graduate and

undergraduate work in educa-

tion.

Faculty committees from the

College of Arts and Sciences, as

well as the College of Educa-

tion, are working in conjunction

to expand interdisciplinary stud-

ies and resources for students in-

terested in the educational field,

including but not limited to

teaching in a traditional setting.

UMW already offers a well-

established education program,

including the option to procure a

Masters of Elementary Educa-

tion during a fifth year. Two of

the new pathways will allow stu-

dents studying Secondary Edu-

cation or PreK-12 focus areas,

like music, theatre and art, to ob-

tain a Masters of Education dur-

ing a fifth year at the Stafford

Campus.

Gendernalik-Cooper ex-

plained that there are a number

of program pathways being de-

veloped for students on the Fred-

ericksburg campus. While the

Master of Education program al-

ready exists, the fifth year com-

pletion is not currently offered to

students enrolled in Secondary

or PreK-12 programs, whereas it

is for students completing re-

quirements for Elementary Edu-

cation.

New Programs

Added to College

Of Education

By KYLE LEFLER

Students and community members protested Karl Rove’s speech at the Freder-

icksburg Forum on Wednesday night. Full Story next week.

Three new ‘pathways’ expand

existing student opportunities

Chandler Slated to Be Site ForNew Campus Student Center

Online evaluations are said tosave costs, time and resources

PROGRAMS, page 94

UMW AdoptsOnline CourseEvaluations

By BETH REHBEHN

Plans for the new campus

center to take the place of Chan-

dler Hall were released and dis-

cussed at a series of “town hall”

meetings around campus last

week.

Students, faculty and the sur-

rounding UMW community

were invited to the meeting on

Tuesday; Wednesday afternoon

consisted of students only; and

Thursday was the staff and fac-

ulty.

Burt Hill, the leading archi-

tecture firm for the project, led

discussion of the plans and pur-

pose of the campus center during

each meeting, followed by audi-

ence commentary.

Scott Sullivan from Burt Hill

is project manager of the new

center. He said at the forums that

he wants the university to create

their “own story” through the

process of planning this much

needed addition.

Sullivan wants to not only

add new features to the building

but is pushing for the renewal of

campus as well.

“We need to work with what

we already have here,” he said,

referring to the historical ele-

ments of the area.

Burt Hill has been consulting

Mary Washington Historic

Preservation professor Micheal

Spencer about the project's

movements and preservation of

the grounds.

Seacobeck , the student din-

ing hall, will also be renovated

to house an updated dining facil-

ity for students. However, the

plan is not to completely demol-

ish the two buildings, but have

the new campus center honor

their historical relevance to the

campus, according to Burt Hill.

Spencer said that Chandler it-

self has a long history of housing

students in classrooms, begin-

ning with the teaching facility

located in Chandler during the

1930s and early 1940s.

The portico outside of Chan-

dler Hall, which was added

around 1938, is the “most signif-

icant portion that retains in-

tegrity,” according to Spencer.

He added that t is difficult to

say whether the plans for the

new campus will use the historic

portico, but they do not want to

destroy it.

Although one of the primary

goals is to keep the historical as-

pect of campus, there are also

goals which Sullivan said would

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for President

Hurley’s inaugura-

tion.

As President Hurley's

inauguration approaches,

the Bullet offers some ad-

vice for a successful presi-

dency.

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third installment in a

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Does it hold up to the

hype? Find out.

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UMW wins first

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in the country.

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With the new academic year

comes a noted addition to the

University of Mary Washington’s

faculty. Charles J. Shields, the

new associate director of the

Great Lives series, is a

renowned journalist, teacher

and biographer, whose current

project is the biography of the

late author Kurt Vonnegut.

He recently took time out of

his schedule to answer some of

the Bullet’s questions regarding

his new position, the biography

and UMW.

What made you decide to

want the position of associate

director of the Great Lives se-

ries?

I was a Great Lives speaker

last spring, presenting about the

life of Harper Lee with stories

taken from my book, Mocking-

bird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. A

friend of mine, James McGrath

Morris, author of Pulitzer: A

Life in Politics, Print, and Power

had also presented here earlier,

and told me, "You'll love it.

They really roll out the red car-

pet."

And it was true! From begin-

ning to end, being a guest of the

Great Lives program was the

most memorable experience I've

had as an author. And that's say-

ing a lot because I've given talks

all over the country to more than

100 audiences. Also, about 400

people attended my talk, which

is an exceptionally large audi-

ence for an author.

Then at the conference of Bi-

ographers International Organi-

zation (BIO) last May at the

National Press Club in Washing-

ton, I had a chance to talk with

Great Lives director William

Crawley, and Torre Meringolo,

vice president for advancement

and university relations. Profes-

sor Crawley mentioned that

since his former co-director,

Carter Hudgins, would be more

involved with historic preserva-

tion work in Charleston, he

needed an associate. It was an

ideal opportunity for me because

I like books, students and ideas.

What kind of responsibili-

ties does the associate director

have?

Well, the job keeps expand-

ing because more and more pos-

sibilities keep presenting

themselves! Fundamentally, I

work with professor Crawley on

choosing and inviting speakers.

But we're brainstorming how to

grow the program.

What kind of speakers are

you going to try to get?

We're going to have presenta-

tions about inventors, a scientist,

the founder of the Girl Scouts,

Anne Frank in the first graphic

biography of her life and

Madam C. J. Walker, an entre-

preneur who was first in the field

producing cosmetics for black

women, among others. We're ap-

pealing to young people, and

longtime supporters in the com-

munity too, of course. Great

Lives has a exceptional reputa-

tion and people have high expec-

tations.

Is there going to be any

kind of theme to your lectures,

such as a historical or literary

focus?

The theme is "what makes a

great life"?

Are you going to try and in-

stitute any major changes to

the program?

I have three goals: to increase

the visibility of the course in bi-

ography taught by Dr. Crawley;

to make Great Lives a greater

part of the educational experi-

ence for UMW students; and ul-

timately, to bring Great Lives to

national prominence.

As far as we know, no one

else has written a biography

about Kurt Vonnegut. How

did you get the job? What was

it like writing on such a famed

author?

You're right— there's never

been a complete biography of

Kurt Vonnegut. I approached

Vonnegut by writing him, telling

him a bit about myself, and say-

ing what I wanted: which was to

write a biography of him. At first

he said no. But the second time

I wrote him, he said yes.

Kurt was a haunted man, as if

he had truly seen a ghost, and I

attribute that to his mother's sui-

cide when he was home on leave

during World War II on Mother's

Day, 1944, and as a result of his

experiences in Dresden as a

POW. He witnessed the fire-

bombing of one of the most

beautiful cities in Europe, which

left more than 35,000 people

dead. For weeks, he waded

through dark, flooded basements

retrieving bodies and stacking

them in the streets on grills made

of railroad ties to be burned—

entire families.

I could never get Kurt to

laugh. He enjoyed friendship,

but he seemed to be thinking

about something that preoccu-

pied him. His dilemma was ex-

istential: he wasn't sure of the

purpose of life, or as he put it in

his first novel, Player Piano,

"What are people for?"

You have a twitter and a

blog; do you feel these social

networking sites have helped

you as an author?

I was skeptical at first about

the value of social networking,

because on Facebook people

kept circulating pictures of cats

and babies. But then I realized

that I didn't have to post pictures

of cats and babies. I can post

whatever I want. So there's no

reason why social networking

can't be just an extension of who

you are, and what you're inter-

ested in. Over the past six

months, I taught myself Word-

Press, and iMovie. I blog once a

week; I made a book trailer; I

tweet; and I have a web site that

will go live after the book comes

out.

You see, publishers are no

longer sending authors out on

book tours. Instead they put their

marketing into Internet efforts.

To be part of the worldwide con-

versation about books and ideas,

as an author, you have to jump

into the digital ocean.

Finally, what have been

your first impressions of the

UMW campus and commu-

nity?

For years, I've been hearing

educator friends of mine say, "I

want to teach at a small college."

Then they'd describe a place

with bright students, engaged in-

structors, high standards, and a

lovely setting.

I found it! It's the University

of Mary Washington.

Shield’s latest biography, And

So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A

Life, will be released in Novem-

ber. He can be found on twitter

at twitter.com/charlesjshields.

This information was compiled with help from

Police Department Business Manager James DeLoatch,

and Fredericksburg Police Department Public Information Officer Natatia Bledsoe.

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Sept. 22

Fredericksburg police reported

that a UMW student, 21, of

Fredericksburg was arrested for

public intoxication and assault

on law enforcement.

Sept. 23

Fredericksburg police reported

that a UMW student, 20, of

Chesapeake was arrested for

underage possession of alcohol,

and hit and run.

Sept. 26

Fredericksburg police reported

that a UMW student, 22, of

Fredericksburg was arrested for

violation of the noise ordinance.

Sept. 26

Fredericksburg police reported

that a UMW student, 21, of

Fredericksburg was arrested for

violation of the noise ordinance.

Sept. 26

Fredericksburg police reported

that a UMW student, 21, of

Fredericksburg was arrested for

violation of the noise ordinance.

Sept. 27

UMW police reported that at

1:15 p.m. there was a report of

curse and abuse between stu-

dents on campus in front of

Westmoreland Hall. The case

was referred to the magistrate

and UMW administration.

Sept. 27

A UMW student reported to the

Fredericksburg police that she

accidentally left her purse on

her vehicle on the 500 block of

Jefferson Davis Highway be-

tween the hours of 4:00 p.m.

and 8:00 p.m. and drove away,

losing the purse at an unknown

location. She later checked her

credit card accounts and saw

that someone had tried to use

one of her cards at a business in

the area. The investigation is

ongoing.

By EMILY MONTGOMERY

News Editor

Emerson Presents atNational Book Festival

This past Saturday Claudia

Emerson, Pulitzer-prize winning

author and University of Mary

Washington professor in the

English, linguistics and commu-

nication department, spoke at

the National Book Festival on

the National Mall in Washing-

ton, D.C.

The event, hosted by the Li-

brary of Congress, included

such notable authors as Garrison

Keiller, David McCullough and

Dave Eggers.

During the event, Emerson

read from some of her works

and discussed her experience in

becoming a writer.

“I am so proud of Claudia's

accomplishments,” said Teresa

Kennedy, chair of the English,

linguistics and communications

department. “Her presence at

this event is just one more indi-

cation of the power of her writ-

ing and its recognition on the

national stage, and of the quality

of our creative writing program.

I know the department joins me

in congratulating her.”

At the festival, Emerson

touched on many of the events

that inspired her writing, such as

her previous marriage, during

which se repaired old farm-

houses in rural Virginia.

This marriage ended in a di-

vorce, but inspired her Pulitzer-

prize winning book, Late Wife.

She read poems about the

more emotional moments of her

life, including her difficult tran-

sition from her previous mar-

riage and the double tragedy of

her brother and father's deaths.

She also mentioned teaching

at UMW and encouraging her

students to be true to the poem

and not reality, but said that

when writing Late Wife she

“wouldn't allow [herself] any

liberties.”

Emerson holds the Arrington

Distinguished Chair of Poetry at

UMW.

Last spring she was awarded

a prestigious fellowship by the

John Simon Guggenheim Foun-

dation and was inducted into the

Fellowship of Southern Writers.

President Rick Hurley will be

formally inducted into the office

of President of the University of

Mary Washington during his in-

stallation ceremony this Friday,

Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. in Dodd Audi-

torium.

According to the inaugura-

tion website the installation will

“include traditional pomp and

circumstance with a colorful

procession of university faculty,

delegates from other academic

institutions, student leaders, and

dignitaries.”

Immediately following the

installation will be a reception,

weather permitting, on the ter-

race of Lee Hall, lasting from

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

An email sent to the entire

student body stated that the In-

augural Ball will be black-tie op-

tional and held in the newly

opened William M. Anderson

Center from 7:30 p.m. Friday

until midnight Saturday morn-

ing.

Tickets to the ball cost $15

per student and $45 per “Friend

of UMW,” according to the

UMW website.

Guests are invited to “enjoy

wonderful food, delicious

drinks, and dancing the night

away.”

Festivities this week includ

guest lectures and social service

projects that will continue into

the weekend, including Karl

Rove’s guest lecture for the

Fredericksburg Forum on Sept.

28, Habitat for Humanity’s “A

Legacy of Service” event Thurs-

day afternoon on Ball Circle,

and “Engaging Minds: Teach-

ing, Service Learning, and Re-

search,” a series of lectures, also

on Thursday, held in Lee Hall

from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The final event, “Into the

Streets,” will be held on Satur-

day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

throughout the Fredericksburg

area and include environmental,

social and historical events, ac-

cording to Community Outreach

and Resources’ blog.

Online reservations for the

installation ceremonies are

closed, but tickets but tickets to

the inaugural ball are available

online.

Student reaction to Hurley’s

inauguration has been over-

whelmingly positive.

"I think the community serv-

ice aspect of the week is really

innovative and a great way to get

students involved," said sopho-

more Thomas Pacheco.

"We love president Hurley

and he deserves this week to cel-

ebrate,” said sophomore Kelly

Hastings.

Mariah Young contributed to

this article.

UMW Inauguration Week,Hurley to be Installed Friday

By EVE CEDERBAUM

Service and

leadership

chosen as

week’s theme

By EMILY MONTGOMERY

Jeffrey Anderson contributed to

this report.

New ‘Great Lives’ HireHas Big Plans for UMWBy ALEX VAN BEEK

the physical format and costs,

the course evaluations will

mostly remain the same. The

evaluation questions are identi-

cal to the paper versions used in

the past, including space for stu-

dents to write their own personal

comments.

Student anonymity will be

maintained as well. Ande

stressed that through online

evaluations, professors will not

know which students completed

the assessments, nor will they be

given the results until after final

grades had been submitted.

Ande stated, “Students have

to realize the importance of

course evaluations.” He empha-

sized the significance of student

course evaluations as the most

direct way for students to voice

their opinions to the university,

sometimes even influencing

how courses are taught in the fu-

ture.

Still, Ande said, the biggest

challenge facing online student

course evaluations is ensuring

that students will participate.

Senior Tanika King stated, “If

it’s not required, students are not

going to do it, especially if it’s

online.”

However, in the first pilot

study report, data shows that of

the 589 students enrolled in the

27 participating courses, close to

70 percent submitted evalua-

tions, with only two of the 27

classes having less than a 50 per-

cent response rate.

Through the second pilot this

fall, UMW will continue to en-

courage students and faculty to

participate in the study as they

continue the shift to online

course evaluations. Anne Elder/Bullet

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bring the “wow” factor to cam-

pus.

New dining, commuter and

residential student activities, and

club organizational space are

considered ideas.

“We want flexibility for the

current and future students at

UMW,” Sullivan said.

Before the meetings oc-

curred, online surveys went out

to students, faculty, and staff,

garnering responses from 17

percent of students and 33 per-

cent of staff and faculty.

The survey had a similar pur-

pose as the focus groups, in

which 10 or more students and

some faculty and staff were ran-

domly chosen to give their opin-

ions through a series of activities

that pertained to an all-student

dedicated center.

Many recent issues with cam-

pus were brought up, both online

and in the groups. A lack of

meeting rooms, poor seating

arrangement in the dining areas,

a small mail room and the un-

inviting space of Woodard were

just some of the few concerns.

Some of Sullivan’s sugges-

tions for the new center are a

new ballroom, an active outdoor

space, and twenty-four hour

lounges, while allowing the

building to feel like “home” to

the students and become the

“heart of campus.”

Many students at the forum

wanted full space for organiza-

tions to hold meetings and stor-

age facilities. Club members at

the meeting said they have to

pay a costly price to store items

in outside storage. “Wet” rooms

(which include hands on activity

items such as poster board,

markers) and full-sized com-

puter rooms are being consid-

ered for student use only.

Sullivan mentioned sugges-

tions for upgrading the current

mailbox system, such as having

one student per mailbox or hav-

ing roommates share mailboxes.

The dining issue was also ad-

dressed. In the online surveys,

students called for name brand

food like Panera and Chick-Fil-

A, while others called for afford-

able meal plans, such as options

for students who want to spend

less on their meals on campus.

Sustainability was also an im-

portant concern for the new

campus building. Burt Hill took

suggestions from the students on

that subject on Wednesday

evening.

Establishing solar panels,

more recycling bins, possible

composting practices and recy-

cling water were all taken down

as possible ideas to conserve en-

ergy within the building.

The plan is to keep the build-

ings open while construction is

going on. Sullivan said the ap-

proximate time suggested for the

building to be completed is two

years.

“Right now, we are just plan-

ning,” Sullivan said. “That is

why the university community

input is vital right now. As stu-

dents, faculty and staff continue

to provide ideas about the new

campus center, the more of a

welcoming space it will be.”

New Campus Center toTake Place of Chandler

staff counselor.

“We lost what I would say is

the most valued and skilled staff

member, so it was a significant

loss and it was hard to replace

someone like that. It’s difficult

because of her skill and the way

she was able to engage with stu-

dents,” Zukor said.

CAPS has been searching to

hire a new full-time employee to

make up for this loss, which will

help cover the previous budget

loss. The new employee

would be working more hours,

but paid less than the previous

employee. According to the

Board of Visitors, the job search

was scheduled to close on Sept.

17.

As of now, one of the two re-

maining counselors will be on

maternity leave before Novem-

ber.

Until a new director is hired,

Doug Searcy will be the acting

director of CAPS, according to

the UMW website.

Searcy holds a bachelor’s de-

gree in communications, public

relations and English, a master’s

degree in education, and a doc-

tor of philosophy in administra-

tion and instruction, but has no

previous certification in psycho-

logical counseling, according to

the university website.

He is also vice president of

student affairs and has had eight

years of experience supervising

counseling centers.

UMW is in the process of

finding a permanent director to

head CAPS along with an addi-

tional staff counselor.

According to International

Association of Counseling Serv-

ices (IACS) trends and guide-

lines, the CAPS program does

not currently meet professional

standards of the recommended

student to staff ratio being 1,000

to one.

The ratio reported in the

CAPS 2010-2011 report for

UMW was one staff member for

every 1,611 undergraduate and

graduate students.

“Two years ago Student Af-

fairs was asked to contribute to

the University budget cuts by re-

ducing our operating budget by

$266,000,” said Searcy. “At the

same time there was a resigna-

tion by the Associate Vice Pres-

ident and CAPS Director, whose

salary was $108,000.”

The position was eventually

frozen to help with the budget,

according to Searcy.

To compensate for the lack of

funding and faculty, CAPS has

made a few changes to their pro-

gram, such as speeding up wait

time and adding a faculty in res-

idence, Christopher Kilmartin.

His role is to work in the educa-

tional aspects of CAPS and see

students on a limited basis.

"I would say that, unfortu-

nately, just about every non-aca-

demic department at the

university has suffered from

budget reductions due to the

state of the economy and reduc-

tion in state funding,” said Pres-

ident Rick Hurley. “I am,

however, assured that when we

fill any CAPS vacancies, we will

be staffed at a level to satisfac-

torily meet the needs of our cam-

pus.”

The CAPS program at UMW

is the only counseling center in

Virginia that has reduced

staffing since the Virginia Tech

shooting in 2007, while other

universities have increased staff

by at least one full-time em-

ployee, according to the UMW

CAPS Annual Report.

Compared to peer universi-

ties (schools with enrollment

under 10,000), UMW is falling

behind six of the eight schools

for full-time employees. The

university’s current lack of

staffing was part of what led to

this ranking. They plan to ad-

dress this problem with the new

staff member that will be hired

to replace Holshoe.

“The University feels it is ad-

equately staffed,” said Rick

Pearce, vice president for ad-

ministration and finance.

In comparison, Christopher

Newport University, around the

same size as UMW, has seven

full time employees, according

to their Executive Director of

Counseling and Health Services

Bill Ritchey.

Marymount University, on

the other hand, has three full-

time employees and one part-

time employee. Their annual

budget given to the center by the

university is considered “ade-

quately funded” according to

Peggy Axelrod, director of

Budget and Risk Management at

Marymount. They declined fur-

ther comment.

In 2011, the College of

William and Mary had 14 full-

time employees, according to

the UMW CAPS Annual Report.

According to the school web-

site, CAPS offers counseling to

students in need of services such

as anxiety, depression, adjust-

ment and relationships.

“The professionals working

with CAPS have the best interest

of students at heart,’ said Searcy.

“They are creative and use all

available resources to maximize

services and support students at

the highest level. Program qual-

ity and services have continued

to expand even through transi-

tion.”

According to Zukor, CAPS is

also well-known for their train-

ing program. Graduate students

from all different universities

around the state come and work

with the staff members at UMW.

The program is to be in-

creased by 300 percent this year

and continue to grow in the fu-

ture. The interns collect over 40

hours a week, taking as much of

a role as a full-time employee,

according to Zukor.

Also according to both Zukor

and Searcy, another way that

CAPS makes up for its decrease

in staffing is group therapy.

They offer three different

group therapy sessions that meet

together. CAPS claims that

group therapy is just as, if not

more effective than one-on-one

personal sessions. UMW CAPS

is the first Virginia university

program to offer a transgender

and gender identity group for all

students that begin in the fall

every year, according to Zukor.

“I think our role as a mental

health provider and safety pro-

tection highlights the importance

of our work,” said Zukor. “I

would always be concerned that

cutting resources at CAPS is

problematic. With the amount of

difficult and significant situa-

tions, I think the university is

well aware and they are passion-

ate about wanting to make sure

we stay funded.”

UMW First Va. School to Cut CAPS Funds

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Counseling and Psychological Services office in Lee Hall.

The third pathway will cul-

minate in the opportunity to re-

ceive a Masters of Education

with a focus in special-educa-

tion.

The pathway format of class

requirements and practicum as-

signments will allow undergrad-

uates to further investigate a

possible interest in Special Edu-

cation and put them on track for

post-baccalaureate work with

Mary Washington.

“I think a program like that

would be awesome,” said junior

Mary Beth Moody, currently a

history and education major. “I

really enjoyed the one special

education class that I took, and I

think there would be a demand

for more classes and practicum

placements if they existed.”

“The College of Education is

also working with the College of

Arts and Sciences to create an

interdisciplinary STEM (sci-

ence, technology, engineering,

math) major,” Gendernalik-

Cooper said of the new degree.

She emphasized the impor-

tance of a well-prepared elemen-

tary school teacher, as they must

introduce children to almost

every discipline.

“Our target population for the

program would be prospective

elementary educators,” she said,

but also expressed that the major

would be available to anyone.

According to Gendernalik-

Cooper, such a program requires

intensive planning from multiple

departments and may take some

time to establish.

The new programs will be

marketed especially to the class

of 2016 as an advantage of the

UMW College of Education, in

comparison to similar under-

graduate programs.

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3CHANDLER, page 1

Courtesy of UMW Special CollectiontStudents in front of Chandler Hall during the 1939-1940 school year.