Spider Insider: Fall 2019

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ENCOMPASS: GLOBAL EXPERIENCES WITHIN REACH

For faculty & staff at the UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Fall 2019

JUST CHILLIN’ Lynn Roberston, business services and employee events manager (retired), and Cindy Stearns, assistant director of marketing and special programs, enjoy a game of miniature golf at Springfest in May. This year’s event, Grillin’ & Chillin’ Country Style, brought together faculty and staff for food, games, and a celebration of 40-plus years of Springfests.

Photography by Jamie Betts

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Vice president for University Communications John M. Barry Assistant vice president for communications and digital engagement Phillip Gravely

Pooling Resources Biology professor Kristine Grayson (right) and students study species diversity in James River rock pool communities.

Editor Cheryl Spain Director of creative services Samantha Tannich Graphic designer, publications Gordon Schmidt Photographer Jamie Betts Staff contributors: Ashley Bentley, Sunni Brown, Lindsey Campbell, Sam Campbell, Kevin Creamer, Catherine Amos Cribbs, Chad Devers, Matthew Dewald, Joedy Felts, Pryor Green, Debbie Hardy, Kevin Heraldo, Alicia Hubbard, Brian Ivasauskas, Pamela Lee, Katie McBride, Joe Minick, Cynthia Price, and Aggrey Sam Spider Insider is printed on paper that is FSC® Certified, with 10% post-consumer recycled content and certified fiber.

ON THE COVER: UR faculty and staff — Bob Spires, Monti Datta, and Sara Rock — led six students on a trip to Thailand and Cambodia in May as part of International Education’s EnCompass program. In addition to studying the effects of human trafficking, the group visited sites such as the Royal Palace in Bangkok, where they immersed themselves in Thai and Khmer culture.

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PEOPLE

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A Testament to Generosity

Web Refresh

16 Naturally Inquisitive

Record donor response furthers UR’s culture of philanthropy

3 Gone Phishing

Cybersecurity remains top priority for Information Services

Social Buzz

4 Travelers Wanted; No Experience Needed EnCompass aims to equip more students to navigate the world

6 $4.42 Million Gift Endows a Scholarship and Honors a Revered UR Chemistry Professor Media Mentions

7 Driving Change from Within First sustainability plan calls campus community to action

8 Breathe Mindfulness initiative equips faculty and staff to help students manage stress

University websites to get technical and visual updates

A Class of Their Own

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All-Around Champions Athletics leadership program engages campus to enhance student-athlete experience

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Institutional Coordinating Council brings together UR initiatives that bolster inclusive excellence

Accolades First Foward UR recognized for commitment to first-generation college students

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19 Distinguished Educators 20 Omicron Delta Kappa Epsilon Circle Inductees

Bridging the Gap

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18 Accomplishments

21 New and Reappointed Endowed Position Holders 22 International Education Awards 23 Recent Appointments 25 Caps Off!

In Our Hands Campuswide commitment to stewardship critical to securing UR’s future

Employee graduates

26 New Hires, Moves, and Retirements 28 Ready, Set, Go!

MAKING A DIFFERENCE While major gifts are critical in helping the University build and invest for the future, dedicated annual giving is also critically important. Even at modest levels, annual giving creates a broad and diverse base of support and a pipeline of future philanthropy, especially in planned giving. High levels of participation — particularly by alumni, faculty, and staff — can also inspire major donors, corporations, and foundations to increase their own support of the University.

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A Testament to Generosity Record donor response furthers UR’s culture of philanthropy Changing a giving culture is hard — especially at an institution with a $2.5 billion endowment.

With resources like that, it’s often difficult for potential donors to recognize the importance of giving and the impact their gifts will have on the University and its students.

When E. Claiborne Robins Sr., R’31, made his $50 million pledge in 1969, he fundamentally changed the trajectory of the University and made known a vision for a world-class institution. But Robins recognized that even given its size, his gift alone wouldn’t be enough for the University to continue to grow in impact and stature. To that end, he underscored the importance of sustained philanthropy and called on all Spiders to follow his lead. Robins knew there was strength in solidarity and a common purpose and that it would take many like-minded people for Richmond to thrive for decades to come.

Over the past few years, UR’s Advancement team has focused its efforts toward creating a supportive culture of philanthropy, encouraging Spiders to make gifts year after year while also working to attract new donors.

And donors at all levels are responding.

This year, the University celebrates one of its most successful giving years to date, having raised new commitments and gifts totaling $46.3 million, notching $24.3 million in cash and increasing donor participation for the first time in five years.

And faculty and staff have gotten involved like never before, with 543 faculty and staff giving back philanthropically, 222 for the first time. This unprecedented response further demonstrates the commitment of individuals who contribute

their talents to the University daily.

“The growth in philanthropy is a testament to the generosity of our Spider community and how much this place and our students mean to us all,” said Martha Callaghan, interim vice president for advancement.

Last fall, a new Spiders Helping Spiders campaign introduced donors to the Student Emergency Fund, which joined the Career Opportunity Fund and Student Financial Aid and was designed to help students cover unanticipated expenses. In its first exposure to an opportunity of this type, the Spider community provided more than $70,000 and engaged more than 200 first-time donors.

In January, UR welcomed more than 8,000 members into the Robins Society, a new loyalty giving group that recognizes members of the community who give to the University in consecutive years, regardless of the amount.

In April, the University celebrated its first giving day, UR Here. Over the course of 36 hours, donors were invited to give to the area or fund that meant the most to them. The support shattered expectations and raised more than $350,000 to benefit 138 different areas of campus.

This success is nothing short of inspiring.

“Spiders — particularly our faculty and staff — really showed their commitment to the welfare of the University,” Callaghan said. “We look forward to continuing to build on this good will and momentum this year and beyond and to expanding our partnerships across campus as we work to advance the University.”

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Gone Phishing Cybersecurity remains top priority for Information Services According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, internet-enabled theft, fraud, and exploitation were responsible for a staggering $2.7 billion in financial losses in 2018. While UR’s security systems block the vast majority of spam or malicious emails sent to faculty and staff, the chance remains that someone could be the target of a cyberattack and open an infected link or attachment — compromising personal data like passwords or Social Security, credit card, or bank account numbers. In fact, in the 2017–18 fiscal year, 174 users were infected by malware after clicking a link in a message, 102 had to reset their passwords as a result of phishing, and 52 had to reset their passwords as a result of account information being found on the dark web.

In October, the University will once again participate in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month as a way to educate the campus community on the dangers lurking behind the screen. Planned activities include a cybersecurity awareness fair where faculty, staff, and students can find out how long it would take a hacker to crack their passwords, get assistance setting up LastPass, and play computer games that focus on cybersecurity. Also planned is a learning session in which Shana Bumpas, director of information security, will discuss cyberthreats and methods for staying safe online.

“Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility,” said Keith W. “Mac” McIntosh, vice president for information services and chief information officer. “It’s vital for all members of the University community to stay safe online and vigilant when it comes to protecting both UR and their personal data.”

As part of its efforts to promote cybersecurity awareness and gauge UR’s susceptibility to cyberattacks, Information Services conducted a phishing test in April, sending phony email messages to 2,163 staff and faculty. The result: 139 people responded to the test message, either by clicking on a link, opening the file attachment, or replying to the message.

“We did OK for the first phishing test, but there’s more work to be done because any of the people who responded to the message potentially gave an attacker access to the University network,” Bumpas said. “If an email looks suspicious, conveys a sense of urgency, and asks you to click on a link or enter your NetID and password, do not follow the instructions.” Instead, faculty and staff should forward suspicious emails to spam@richmond.edu.

“If an email looks suspicious, conveys a sense of urgency, and asks you to click on a link or enter your NetID and password, do not follow the instructions.”

Congratulations Nancy [Bagranoff]! You were an amazing leader for our Business School. Thanks for all you did and accomplished!

—Melanie Healey via Facebook Referencing Nancy Bagranoff’s legacy as Robins School dean

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SOCIAL BUZZ

Congratulations! He is one of the most engaging and challenging teachers in the business school.

No one deserves this recognition more than Professor [Joe Ben] Hoyle.

—Debbie Schaad Deihl via Facebook Referencing the accounting fellowship established by the Robins School in Joe Ben Hoyle’s honor

Richmond has the two best Lacrosse coaches in the Country. Go Spiders !!!

—John Henry via Facebook Referencing the women’s lacrosse team’s back-to-back A-10 titles She is [the] best! No one cares more about her students than [Linda] Hobgood!

—Ken Hart via Facebook My father was a WWII veteran. I am a former United States Marine.

Dr. [E. Bruce] Heilman made it possible for me to complete my education. I shall never forget the kindness and respect he gave to me … GO SPIDERS! —Howard Peace Jr. via Facebook

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Students with Monti Datta and Bob Spires’ EnCompass trip visited The Freedom Story, a nonprofit organization that prevents exploitation in Chiang Rai, Thailand, through scholarships, classes, mentorship, and counseling for atrisk students.

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Travelers Wanted; No Experience Needed EnCompass aims to equip more students to navigate the world

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As worn-out students lounged nearby, Sara Rock, a staffer in the Office of International Education, and SPCS professor Bob Spires sat in a high-ceilinged hotel lobby in northern Thailand going over a receipt for a third time, a fourth, and then a fifth. Something didn’t make sense, and everything on the receipt was written in Thai.

This minor hiccup illustrates the complexities large and small of a new program called EnCompass. For this group abroad and the faculty and staff who led them, there would also be rescheduled flights, last-minute hotel cancellations, and commutes through Bangkok’s legendary traffic, but far more meaningful were the luminous insights that international education experiences are meant to conjure for students.

EnCompass, developed by International Education, owes its successful launch to determined students willing to take new risks and a deep campus network of able partners ready to assist them. They include faculty thinking creatively

about how to internationalize the curriculum and staff who provide the support necessary for successful international experiences. The purpose of these efforts is ambitious: to make international experiences more accessible to the students who are the least likely to go abroad.

It’s a point of institutional pride that two-thirds of traditional undergraduates at UR study abroad, but that still leaves one-third of students who do not. Students fall into this other third for various reasons.

For some, the barrier is financial, but data also show that students who major in STEM fields study abroad less, as do student-athletes, students of color, male students, and first-generation students. An undercurrent of fear of the unknown sometimes plays a role, too, said Martha Merritt, dean of international education, especially for students whose parents have not traveled abroad.

“EnCompass is the first time in my career I’ve had the opportunity to reach out to people” who

Photography by Matt Dewald

wouldn’t naturally self-select, she said.

The effort to reach EnCompass’ target populations begins with the trips’ structure — short-term, faculty-led, and with itineraries that combine academics and cultural immersion.

Generous funding provided by Carole Weinstein, W’75, G’77, and H’04, a decades-long supporter of international education, removed economic barriers for the pilot year.

“Engaging directly with the financial piece at least cracks the door open,” Merritt said.

“When you make it ridiculously easy, as EnCompass tries to do, even a student who has that resistance at a certain point feels, ‘How can I not do this?’”

Campus partnerships make the rest work. When biology professor Dan Pierce mentioned to School of Arts & Sciences Dean Patrice Rankine that he was interested in taking students along on his regular trips to northern India, Rankine urged him to share his interest with Merritt.

“Literally, on the eve of launching EnCompass, this biology professor I’ve never met walks in with the perfect opportunity,” Merritt said. “I said, ‘Have I got the program for you.’”

The pair of professors who led the Thailand and Cambodia trip — Spires and political science professor Monti Datta — partnered across schools based on their mutual interest in human trafficking issues. The six students who traveled with them alternated their time between

meeting with activists and NGOs and immersing themselves in the regional culture. Often, the two directions powerfully intersected.

On the grounds of Wat Arun, a landmark temple in central Bangkok, former Buddhist monk and businessman Hartanto Gunawan hosted the students at the Community Learning Centre, which serves girls in abusive or vulnerable circumstances. Since its 2007 launch, it has prepared approximately 200 students for admission to nursing programs through a blend of Buddhist practices and academic preparation.

As the hot afternoon sun gave way to storm clouds, wind gusts swept across the bells that hung seemingly everywhere in the temple complex. With their clamor in the background, Hartanto described a student schedule that begins with meditation at 4 a.m., followed by chores and study. He then guided the Richmond students through a brief meditation that introduced them to concepts of mindfulness that he said were essential for his program.

Through moments like this, students can begin to “know the vastness of what they didn’t know,” Merritt said. As EnCompass develops, such experiences will become accessible to more Richmond students whose education knows no bounds.

“Engaging directly with the financial piece at least cracks the door open.”

• Patricia Herrera, associate professor of theatre, and Mariela Mendez, associate professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, traveled with two students to Cuba to study theater performance and lay the groundwork for a larger follow-up trip next spring.

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GLOBAL EXPERIENCES The launch of EnCompass included five trips to three continents between spring break and early summer.

• Jenny Pribble, associate professor of political science and international studies, traveled with students to Chile during spring break to study political leadership and democracy.

• Dan Pierce, assistant professor of biology, traveled with students to India, where they taught science to Tibetan monks.

• Laura Browder, Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor of American Studies, and Elizabeth Schlatter, deputy director and curator of exhibitions, traveled to South Africa as part of an ongoing partnership with the Museum of Inequality in Johannesburg.

• Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, and Bob Spires, assistant professor of education, traveled with students to Thailand and Cambodia to study NGOs that are addressing human trafficking.

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MEDIA MENTIONS “When a Black Student Plays Along With the K.K.K. Joke, What’s a College to Do?” “These racial conversations are deeply uncomfortable at times. But they are just as necessary as they are difficult, if colleges are to match the aspiration of our mission statements: to be a welcoming place for young people of every background. Those of us who lead in higher education have no higher calling than to embrace this challenge head on. Our students — past, present, and future — deserve no less,” wrote PRESIDENT RONALD A. CRUTCHER in this opinion piece.

$4.42 MILLION GIFT ENDOWS A SCHOLARSHIP AND HONORS A REVERED UR CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR A recent foundation gift to the University of Richmond promotes access to education for local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students and honors the legacy of John Gupton, a beloved science professor at the University.

“We are deeply appreciative of this gift, which provides opportunities to local and regional students for whom attending college might otherwise be a hardship. The University of Richmond is committed to providing access,” said President Ronald A. Crutcher. “Naming the summer fellows in honor of Dr. Gupton is a lovely tribute to a professor who is revered by his students and colleagues and has contributed much to the field of chemistry.”

The $4.42 million gift permanently endows a scholarship fund for STEM students from the region and provides five years of summer support for STEM students (and their mentors) pursuing their second and/or third year of research or internship experience. The 15 students in the summer program will be identified as the Gupton Science Fellows during each of the five program years.

Gupton was named to the 2017 class of American Chemical Society Fellows, which includes scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry. He has mentored and trained more than 140 undergraduate students and published more than 100 scholarly articles, most of which have included student co-authors.

“I am deeply honored on behalf of the students who will be identified as Gupton Science Fellows,” Gupton said. “This gift will enable the students to pursue their passions while also working side by side with a faculty mentor to develop the research experience critical to securing top scientific jobs upon graduation, as well as success in graduate school.”

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“Why your mom may be the mother of all heroes” “Many of Americans’ most cherished heroes credit their mothers for teaching them fundamental truths about life,” wrote SCOTT ALLISON, psychology professor and expert on heroes. Allison’s piece, originally published in The Conversation, appeared in more than 100 additional outlets.

“You’ve Goat to be Kidding” “The ongoing successful revitalization of the Gambles Mill Eco-Corridor has not only emphasized the power of collaboration at the University of Richmond, it has also helped us to expand our vision of how to live our values,” wrote ROB ANDREJEWSKI, director of sustainability, in a piece that highlighted campus sustainability efforts, including the use of goats to clear invasive plants.

“New York City turns to dry ice to control its rat population” “[Rats] — They’re exquisitely adapted to reproduce, and to reproduce really fast,” said JONATHAN RICHARDSON, a biology professor who studies urban species, during a podcast interview. The segment appeared on more than a dozen NPR stations across the country.

“Death penalty with dignity? Supreme Court reopens debate.”

“We have to care, because we can’t use the baseline of horrible crimes as our standard for civilized society,” said CORINNA LAIN, S.D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law and constitutional law scholar with a focus on the field of capital punishment, on why people should care about execution methods.

“Argentina’s ‘Zero Poverty’ President Fights for Re-Election – After Increasing Poverty” “The social and human costs of this poverty and the devastating effects of deprivation for long-term human development loom large in Argentina,” wrote Latin American politics expert JENNIFER PRIBBLE, associate professor of political science and international studies, in this opinion piece.

“It’s time to stop talking about politicians’ charisma” “The first problem with charisma is the way that it disproportionately benefits some kinds of candidates and disadvantages others,” wrote JESSICA FLANIGAN, associate professor of leadership studies and philosophy, politics, ethics, and law. This piece originally appeared in The Conversation.

Visit news.richmond.edu to view additional media mentions or connect with University Communications’ Media and Public Relations team, Cynthia Price, Sunni Brown, and Lindsey Campbell.

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First sustainability plan calls campus community to action When President Ronald A. Crutcher approved the University’s first sustainability plan earlier this year, there was plenty of momentum on which to build.

In 2004, Weinstein Hall became the first building in Central Virginia to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The solar array on the roof of the Weinstein Center for Recreation was the first solar project in the commonwealth under a program enacted by the General Assembly in 2013. And the announcement of Spider Solar in 2018 kickstarted an effort to make UR the first institution of higher education in the Southeast to match 100% of its electricity needs with solar energy.

The new sustainability plan provides a blueprint for building on these achievements and advancing the University’s sustainability efforts through 2025.

“Our ability to thrive as a community and endure as an institution of higher education rests upon a shared commitment to act as responsible stewards of our resources,” Crutcher said. “To successfully weave sustainability into the fabric of the University, we all must take part.”

The plan is the culmination of a yearlong collaborative effort. More than 30 faculty and staff participated in committees and working groups representing more than 20 divisions and disciplines across campus. In all, more than 1,000 faculty, staff, and students engaged in the development of the sustainability plan, whether providing their input through surveys and interviews or attending workshops and presentations.

“It was imperative that everyone — faculty, staff, and students, from all corners of campus — share what sustainability means to them,” said Rob Andrejewski, director of sustainability.

“The plan calls for each of us to commit to taking an active role in the creation of a campus that supports the well-being of both people and the natural world.”

The plan heavily focuses on daily workflows and existing processes on campus where sustainable action can be incorporated. The 2019–20 academic year marks the first of the plan’s three implementation phases.

Many efforts are already underway. The eco-corridor project, slated to open this fall, will position the University as a steward of the James River. Additionally, Paul Lozo, former director of maintenance, has transitioned into the position of director of environmental operations and will oversee University Facilities-led stewardship initiatives on campus, such as energy conservation and sustainable landscape practices.

Sustainability is also being incorporated into student and staff orientation programs as well as high-impact educational practices like themed semesters and living-learning communities.

Beginning in the spring of 2020, the School of Arts & Sciences will offer faculty development sessions that help faculty identify how they can incorporate sustainability into their curricula.

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Driving Change from Within

The eco-corridor project comprises four main components: invasive plant removal, stormwater management, restoration of Little Westham Creek, and construction of a multi-use recreational trail between Westhampton Way and River Road.

GOAL-ORIENTED The sustainability plan is organized around four goals: 1. Integrate sustainability into a University of Richmond education.

2. Increase understanding of sustainability issues and provide resources and opportunities for individuals and groups to enact sustainable behaviors on campus.

3. Implement sustainable practices in campus operations and services that steward the natural world and support human health and well-being.

4. Identify and activate organizational systems, resources, partnerships, and processes that support weaving sustainability into the fabric of the University.

To read the full plan and learn more about getting involved in its implementation, visit sustainability. richmond.edu.

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Breathe

Mindfulness initiative equips faculty and staff to help students manage stress Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, or experiences in the present moment — being completely in the here and now. When practiced regularly, it can help reduce stress and anxiety and instill a sense of calmness, vastly improving mood, productivity, sleep habits, and learning ability.

As the University aims to create a thriving and inclusive campus community, including the benefits of a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle, the Office of the Provost has launched a mindfulness initiative to give faculty and staff the tools they need to assist students in coping with today’s stressors. The initiative continues to build upon the well-being efforts of other departments across campus and programs such as guided mindfulness practice, Kairos Contemplative Service, Midday Prayer, Tai Chi, and Zen Meditation.

This summer, 21 faculty and staff attended Koru Mindfulness teacher training, an evidence-based mindfulness training geared toward those teaching and mentoring young adults.

Attendees leave the program with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach mindfulness,

meditation, and stress management to students, ultimately helping them thrive in an academic environment and in later life.

“We wanted to try to foster a sense of security and peace so that students can respond better to the stresses in their lives,” said Sandra Joireman, associate provost for faculty.

The Koru workshop was part of an effort among several individuals, including Joireman and Kathleen Skerrett, University Professor and former dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, to cast a broader net at UR among participants from a faculty learning community who had been practicing mindfulness the past several years.

Monti Datta, associate professor of political science, began experimenting with mindfulness in the classroom following a yearlong sabbatical in Southeast Asia.

“When I got back to UR, I began each class with a short breath awareness meditation,” Datta said. “To my surprise and delight, nearly all of my students seemed interested and, in some cases, even hungry for more. I came to realize how much stress pervades higher education today, and students need time literally to be able to

“My main hope was that we could begin to seed an ecosystem of mindfulness practitioners and begin to influence our administrative, social, and pedagogical environment in deeper and more fulfilling ways,”

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breathe more. I now find that class seems to run more smoothly when we can take a couple of minutes at the start of each session to check in with our minds, hearts, spirits, and bodies.”

Datta isn’t alone in his assessment of the impact mindfulness can have on students.

Jennifer Cable, professor of music, was familiar with qi gong, a pillar of traditional Chinese medicine that can be thought of as embodied meditation. When she used qi gong body movement to begin a music scene class, she said students responded to it quite well.

“In the vocal studio, focusing on one’s breath is a given, and the type of diaphragmatic breathing that we use as singers is similar to the breathing that we use in qi gong practice as well as in Koru meditation,” Cable said. The mindfulness practice has been helpful for her singing students in freeing the voice, engaging with both body and breath, and relieving tension and stress.

As a follow-up to the Koru training, faculty and staff are invited to propose guest lecturers or apply for grants of up to $5,000 to attend conferences or additional training on mindfulness and well-being. Several have already taken advantage of the grants, and some are now pursuing Koru teacher certification.

“My main hope was that we could begin to seed an ecosystem of mindfulness practitioners and begin to influence our administrative, social, and pedagogical environment in deeper and more fulfilling ways,” Datta said.

And how will those leading the charge know if students are truly benefiting from the increased focus on well-being?

“We intend to collect data that we anticipate will demonstrate some quantifiable success,” Joireman said. “We expect to see that students are doing better and feeling better.”

Well-Balanced Lives The well-being strategic plan outlines a collaborative approach to creating a community of well-being. It’s organized around five key goals: • Integrate and align well-being programs and services to better steward our resources, share our experiences, and provide improved and coordinated care.

• Provide a holistic and collaborative approach toward well-being to create and promote a healthy campus community in which to live, learn, teach, play, work, and visit.

• Develop an upstream well-being approach focused on education and prevention to decrease high-risk behaviors and improve supports to allow people to achieve their full health potential.

• Increase awareness and understanding of campus well-being resources, programs, and services and their potential benefits and contributions to creating a community of wellbeing that will thrive and flourish.

WELL-BEING CENTER The increased focus on mindfulness is part of a larger campuswide wellbeing initiative aimed at helping members of the campus community achieve well-balanced lives.

A major component of the initiative is the construction of the Well-Being Center, a comprehensive and integrated facility that will bring together all campus health care — Counseling and Psychological Services, the Student Health Center, and Health Promotion — under one roof. Construction on the Center is scheduled to conclude in fall 2020.

To learn more about the Well-Being Center, visit richmond.edu/ well-being/about.

• Change the campus culture by making well-being a central component of the college experience to increase the capacity and readiness to learn and fully engage in educational experiences inside and outside the classroom and contribute to their community well beyond University life.

To learn more about how UR is building a culture of well-being, visit richmond.edu/well-being.

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Web Refresh

University websites to get technical and visual updates Because best practices include regularly refreshing websites — typically about every five years — as new tools and upgrades in technology allow for enhanced functionality and evolve the expectations of web users, the University soon will implement a refresh of its institutional sites. The University’s refresh will include a modernized technical infrastructure and code base; updates to the visual elements of the website templates; and updates to the content strategy for the most visited University sites for prospective students, including the University’s homepage.

The web refresh also includes a number of important updates to further compliance with web accessibility guidelines, which ensure all web visitors can effectively use the sites — including those who require auditory, visual, or physical accommodations.

The rollout of the updates will have minimal impact on the majority of site users across campus, said Phillip Gravely, assistant vice president for communications and digital engagement.

“While this is a big lift for University Communications and Information Services, it is not a big shift for the University,” Gravely added. “Web editors across campus will continue to manage all of our sites through Cascade, our shared content management system.”

Though the public-facing portion of the project is just beginning, the web team has been working for more than a year studying analytics data, conducting content strategy analysis, researching competitors and other institutions considered “best in class,” and researching evolving best practices in web technologies. The team has already rebuilt the code base that supports the sites and upgraded Cascade to optimally integrate with the updated infrastructure, among other technical preparations. The refresh is being informed by ongoing conversations with representatives from across the campus community.

The external manifestations of the refresh will begin to appear later this academic year and continue over the next 12 to 24 months. Site managers and campus units will receive notification before their sites are migrated.

Ongoing Cascade training will continue, and additional web accessibility training will be available to equip site managers with the necessary tools to maintain their content.

“While this is a big lift for University Communications and Information Services, it is not a big shift for the University.”

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A CLASS OF THEIR OWN A phone accessory patent holder. A clarinetist who has performed at Carnegie Hall. A five-time national champion rock climber. A paperie owner who donates all profits to charity.

What do they have in common? They’re all part of the recently arrived Class of 2023.

UR received a staggering 12,356 applications for the first-year class that arrived in August — a 4% increase over last year and a record high for the University, proving that Richmond remains in demand among top students. They’re truly in an academic class of their own, and they would not be here without the efforts of all University faculty and staff.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENTERING CLASS • 835 first-year students and 48 transfers • Highest average GPA (3.67) and SAT scores (1365) on record • 28.3% students of color • 114 first-generation students (10th time over 100 in 12 years) • 8.1% international students from 27 countries “Every single faculty and staff member on this campus touches these students and impacts their beliefs in terms of what Richmond is going to be like for them,” said Stephanie Dupaul, vice president for enrollment management. “I’m grateful for the positive impression every member of our campus community leaves on these students and for the work that Gil Villanueva [associate vice president and dean of admission] and his team do to recruit students who are at the top of their game academically.”

Learn more about the Class of 2023 at enrollment.richmond.edu/reports.

The information above is preliminary as of Aug. 15, 2019. Official information will be available after the University’s census date, Oct. 1, via the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

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Laura Browder, professor of American studies, meets with men’s basketball player Nick Sherod following a summer 2018 trip to South Africa to explore education and social justice. The experience was part of the Spider Athletics Leadership Initiative, an emerging program designed to help student-athletes build and exercise leadership skills.

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All-Around Champions Athletics leadership program engages campus to enhance student-athlete experience Between balancing the academic rigor of the University of Richmond with training for and competing in athletic events, the schedules of Spider student-athletes don’t allow for much free time.

“As an athlete, there’s just so many more things coming at you,” said Lauren Wicklund, UR’s associate athletic director for leadership development.

Enter the Spider Athletics Leadership Initiative, a comprehensive program that fully launches in the fall semester and is centered on the unique college experience of student-athletes. Led by Wicklund, the initiative is designed to enhance student-athletes’ personal and professional development through leadership and assist them with maintaining the balance necessary to thrive — both during and after college.

While the initiative is based in Athletics, a wide swath of University faculty and staff have a collective hand in it, giving it a campuswide footprint.

“I love the collaborative feeling of it,” Wicklund said. “There’s been a ton of people across campus that I’ve gotten to work with who are helping to support this program.

“This is a built-from-the-ground-up effort that’s authentic and true to Richmond.”

Richmond student-athletes will participate in the initiative through separate tracks encompassing their time on campus. Athletics staffers will teach a wellness course focused on leadership development for first-year student-athletes and lead a workshop for seniors transitioning to life after college.

Team captains and other student-athletes with leadership roles in their respective sports will be part of the Champion Leaders track, focusing on real-time leadership issues that impact their teams, such as holding teammates accountable.

Meanwhile, sophomores and juniors selected by their coaches will have the opportunity to join a cohort of future leaders of Spider student-athletes.

Athletics has partnered with the Office of Alumni Relations and Career Services to help student-athletes structure internships around their busy schedules, the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to assist in planning community engagement events, and the Office of International Education on study-abroad trips to Cuba and South Africa, just to cite a few examples of cross-campus collaboration.

“We want them to feel like they can thrive here and they can do anything they want,” Wicklund said. “Some of them will have a chance at playing professional sports, but many of them will also have a chance at becoming doctors and lawyers and running big organizations.”

An executive cohort of head coaches and another group that includes assistant coaches and other Athletics staff will also have the opportunity for ongoing development of their leadership skills.

“Spider Athletics is committed to making sure our student-athletes graduate with the tools and training to be the next generation of transformational leaders,” said John Hardt, vice president and director of athletics.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Through the initiative’s immersivelearning component, a small group of UR student-athletes traveled to Shenandoah National Park during fall break of 2018 for two days of hiking, camping, and leadership activities.

Another group spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day visiting historic sites in downtown Richmond — guided

by Bruce Matthews, the University’s associate athletic director for academics and regarded as Athletics’ in-house history scholar — and reflecting upon the role leadership played in events that shaped the city and the country.

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THE REPORT To learn more about the University’s pursuit of inclusive excellence and the recommendations outlined in Making Excellence Inclusive: University Report and Recommendations, visit president.richmond.edu/inclusive excellence.

Bridging the Gap Institutional Coordinating Council brings together UR initiatives that bolster inclusive excellence While there are a multitude of ongoing initiatives aimed at thriving, inclusion, diversity, and equity (TIDE) at the University of Richmond, those efforts haven’t always been synchronized.

Institutional gaps have resulted from various departments and schools operating TIDE-related programming in a well-meaning yet siloed fashion.

Through the new Institutional Coordinating Council for Thriving, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ICC), these efforts are now operating in a more cohesive and integrated fashion.

In July, the University issued Making Excellence Inclusive: University Report and Recommendations, addressing inclusive excellence at Richmond through the lens of three priorities: representation, belonging, and capability. The ICC’s predecessor — the Interim Coordinating Council — was tasked with “initiating strategic

and constructive connections” related to UR’s TIDE efforts, work that has resulted in the formation of the new permanent council.

“This is about really coordinating and aligning what our vision is,” said Patricia Herrera, ICC cochair and associate professor of theatre. “Diversity, inclusivity, and equity — what will it look like in five years, in 10 years? And what does it mean to have progress? We’ve been doing initiatives and projects that might perhaps remedy it for the shortterm perspective, but not necessarily for the long-term agenda.”

“Let’s come together and see if there are commonalities of opportunity and challenge that we can identify and address from more of an institution-wide perspective,” added Glyn Hughes, ICC co-chair and director of the Office of Common Ground.

Comprising 15 faculty and staff from across

“Let’s come together and see if there are commonalities of opportunity and challenge that we can identify and address from more of an institution-wide perspective.”

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campus, the ICC uses a distributed leadership model — a collaborative, non-hierarchical approach — to ensure units throughout the University are represented in the process. And per the report and recommendations the council submitted over the summer, Richmond’s senior administrators will lead the charge in supporting the institution’s TIDE values on a departmental level.

“Inclusive excellence, diversity work, TIDE, whatever you want to call it, cannot exist as this extra thing that’s added on to the top,” said Carthene Bazemore-Walker, assistant dean for diversity, thriving, and inclusion in the School of Arts & Sciences and a member of the ICC. “It has to become part of the fabric of the institution, where every unit sees how this impacts the work that they do on a daily basis, and they may need help with that vision.”

Perhaps the most noticeable recommendation made by the council was the University hiring a cabinet-level senior administrative officer to guide and implement cross-institutional TIDE work.

As opposed to immediately hiring an individual who will need time to understand the campus culture, Amy Howard, assistant vice president of community initiatives and the Bonner Center for

Civic Engagement, will serve in an interim role.

The ICC will work with Howard to help establish groundwork for the eventual permanent hire, creating TIDE practices specific to UR along the way.

“It can’t belong to one person or one office for it to really take hold and be fully a part of who we are,” Howard said. “If we’re able to build the ICC into a robust council that is a thought partner to the institution, a sounding board and a great connector and collaborator of TIDE work that’s happening on campus, I think we will have a strong foundation to welcome someone new into a sustained long-term position here, to hit the ground running and to be successful quickly.”

Personnel aside, the council is committed to building a sustainable infrastructure that will preserve Richmond’s TIDE values for years to come. Although the senior administrative officer position will be focused on TIDE efforts, they won’t be alone in working toward institutional goals.

“No person, or group of people, can complete this important work by themselves,” said President Ronald A. Crutcher. “Our success will depend on the many contributions of our entire community.”

“No person, or group of people, can complete this important work by themselves. Our success will depend on the many contributions of our entire community.”

OPEN-DOOR POLICY The introspective nature of the ICC extends to all Richmond employees. As individual units work to meet departmental TIDE goals, faculty and staff will be able to contribute their thoughts about the progress being made in their departments.

Howard, who is on leave from the Bonner Center for Civic Engagment while serving as interim senior administrative officer, encourages faculty and staff to reach out to her with their feedback.

“I’ve been here for 15 years, and I care deeply about the people who work here,” she said. “My door is open, my email inbox is open, my phone is available, and I want to make that known to people.”

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ACCOLADES The Council for Advancement and Support of Education awarded Spider Insider a bronze 2019 CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE AWARD in the Publications/Internal Audience Publications/Print category.

The Princeton Review ranked UR No. 2 on its list of “BEST CAREER SERVICES” in the 2020 edition of The Best 385 Colleges.

Richmond also appeared on 12 additional lists, including No. 4 for “BEST SCHOOLS FOR INTERNSHIPS” and No. 5 for “BEST-RUN COLLEGES.”

The Fiske Guide to Colleges selected UR for its 2020 edition featuring the “BEST AND MOST INTERESTING” colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland. The publication touted UR as “a force for progressive liberal arts.”

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named UR to its “400 BEST COLLEGE VALUES” list for 2019, ranking Richmond No. 26 on the list of 100 best values in private liberal arts colleges.

Money ranked UR No. 6 on its list of “BEST COLLEGES FOR BUSINESS MAJORS” for the second year in a row.

College Consensus, a college review aggregator, ranked UR No. 25 on its 2019 list of “BEST NATIONAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES.”

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education awarded UR a STARS GOLD RATING in recognition of sustainability achievements. It’s the first time UR has earned a gold rating.

The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Suder Foundation, selected UR — specifically citing the Spider Firsts program — as one of an inaugural cohort of FIRST FORWARD institutions.

The American Heart Association awarded UR SILVER RECOGNITION in its 2018 Workplace Health Achievement Index for the implementation of quality workplace health programs and a culture of health best practices.

Cigna awarded UR Well Employee’s wellness fair FIRST PLACE for innovative ideas in recognition of its signage and transparency of benefits information.

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First Forward UR recognized for commitment to first-generation college students First-generation college students — students whose parents did not complete a four-year degree — may have a more difficult time navigating college due to limited familiarity with the process and less exposure to many aspects of campus life. At Richmond, faculty and staff are working hard to offset that reality and ensure “first-gen” students are successful in their years on campus and beyond.

One shining example of that commitment is Spider Firsts, a program through the Office of Common Ground, which aids first-gen students in their college transition by providing and coordinating a wide range of campus services, including career planning assistance, addressing financial concerns, offering emotional support, and more.

“We are beginning our sixth year of Spider Firsts,” said Lisa Miles, coordinator of first-gen student support. “The goal is to develop a sense of community and pride among our first-gen population and point these students toward high-impact practices like study abroad and living-learning programs.”

On campus, first-gens have numerous opportunities to engage with their peers, faculty, staff, and alumni for support, advice, and, importantly, fun.

Students attend a welcome dinner with faculty and staff and a first-gen faculty speaker and connect through monthly social events, weekly topic-driven conversations, and networking events with employers and first-gen alumni.

At commencement, students mark their academic accomplishment with a special first-gen designation cord.

The University’s commitment to first-gen students was recognized nationally when UR was selected as one of an inaugural cohort of First Forward institutions by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Suder Foundation. Selected institutions receive professional development, community-building experiences, and special access to the center’s research and resources.

“This national recognition is richly deserved for Lisa and her team,” said Steve Bisese, vice president for student development. “They have worked hard to create a community of thriving first-gen students.”

Spider Firsts would love to hear from even more faculty and staff, especially those who identify as first-gen, who might be interested in serving as mentors and participating in events. One such event is Common Ground’s Thanksgiving dinner, which provides an opportunity for students — many of whom are first-gens — staying on campus to share a meal together. Faculty and staff can attend and assist with serving students or host a student in their home. Other opportunities also are available.

For more information about Spider Firsts or ways you can support UR’s first-gen students, contact Lisa Miles at lmiles@richmond.edu or visit commonground.richmond.edu/first-gen.

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Campuswide commitment to stewardship critical to securing UR’s future With the launch of the University’s strategic plan, Forging Our Future, Building from Strength, in May 2017, the University community was issued a charge: Ensure the health and vibrancy of the University by serving as careful stewards of our vital environmental, financial, and human resources.

It’s something David Donaldson, operations and summer programs manager, had already embraced. He and others in his office helped transform commencement into a “rethink waste” event.

New behind-thescenes processes have reduced materials and costs associated with tickets and programs and diverted most food and tableware away from landfills.

“We saw the changes we were making in Events, Conferences, and Support Services as an easy way to make a positive impact on the University,” Donaldson said.

This is just one example of the substantial progress in stewardship the University is accelerating through the strategic plan. Since its launch, the ongoing efforts of Advancement colleagues to create a culture of philanthropy at UR have led to the University celebrating one of its most successful giving years to date (see Page 2). UR Better, which launched in 2018, has been the impetus behind such improvements as implementing an automated major/minor declaration process for students and making the employee expense reimbursement program much more ef-

ficient. And the Office of Sustainability, working across the University, has developed the University’s first sustainability strategic plan, which will guide efforts to integrate sustainability more fully into the life of the University (see Page 7).

But when it comes to securing UR’s future, we must all remain diligent. Higher education is under increasing and very real financial pressure as the costs of attendance increase, national birthrates decline, and questions about the value of higher education persist, especially in light of the national student debt crisis.

Although UR is not immune to this pressure, it is in a strong position. Undergraduate applications have increased, and the University is aided by its endowment, which helps make a University of Richmond education accessible and affordable for our talented students.

But maintaining these advantages depends on wise decision-making, and success depends on faculty and staff in every corner of campus, said David Hale, executive vice president and chief operating officer.

“We see it every single day — faculty and staff going above and beyond,” Hale said. “Our obligation for stewardship is about trying to ensure that we can continue to offer an outstanding educational experience for our students. My hope is that 20 years or 50 years from now, we’re in just as strong a position to do that as we are today.”

Higher education is under increasing and very real financial pressure as the costs of attendance increase, national birthrates decline, and questions about the value of higher education persist ...

BY THE NUMBERS One aspect of being good stewards of the University is carefully managing UR’s operating budget so the University can continue to deliver on its commitment to providing an extraordinary educational experience for students.

That means balancing new ideas with current commitments such as paying employees competitively and taking care of facilities.

About 60% of annual expenditures goes directly to salaries (including this year’s 3% aggregate salary pool increase) and benefits.

Another 22% goes toward operating expenses. The remainder is dedicated to building maintenance and other new projects and initiatives. This year, those initiatives will include continued maintenance and improvements to existing campus facilities, a new information security analyst position, and a new position in disability services.

Additional money was also earmarked for inclusive excellence and strategic plan initiatives.

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An accomplished scholar of black literature and culture, English and American Studies Professor Bert Ashe turned his decision to grow and wear dreadlocks into a memoir about hair, race, and self-image.

Whether examining his personal experience or analyzing the impact of aspects of African American culture on society, Ashe teaches students how to step outside of their own comfort zones and seek the significance within the things they encounter every day.

“My classes are designed to be able to form a critical context for scenes that pop up in people’s lives,” he said.

Ashe prompts students to engage with topics that may have even more meaning after they leave the confines of the Richmond campus. In the class Black Literary Leadership, students explore the contentious issue of Civil War monuments through the lenses of classic and contemporary African American literature.

His instruction leads students to find an inquisitive instinct that will guide them through their ongoing adult lives — and in their understanding of themselves.

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OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS We celebrate the accomplishments of UR’s talented faculty and staff.

See more accomplishments and submit your own grant, publication, or honor at richmond.edu/ faculty-staff.

ROD ADAMS, visiting assistant professor of law, co-authored “The Eroding Off-Label Drug Use Promotion Prohibition” in the Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law.

SCOTT ALLISON, professor of psychology; Al Goethals, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies; and undergraduate co-authors published “The Metamorphosis of the Hero: Principles, Processes, and Purpose” in Frontiers in Psychology. Allison also co-published Heroic Humility: What the Science of Humility Can Say to People Raised on Self-Focus (American Psychological Association).

ROB ANDREJEWSKI, director of sustainability, was awarded the Green Giant Award for 2018 from the Falls of the James Group of the Sierra Club.

The award recognizes outstanding efforts in environmental advocacy and education in the central Virginia region.

ASHLEY AUSTIN, assistant professor of accounting, and a colleague from Bentley University received a $15,000 research award by the American Institute of CPAs Assurance Research Advisory Group for “A Blockchain Halo?

The Effects of Clients’ Maturity with Emerging Technologies on Auditors’ Professional Skepticism.” The award also provides access to auditors to further their blockchain research.

EDWARD AYERS, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus, was named a charter member of the St. John’s Church Foundation Leadership Council.

TIMOTHY BARNEY, associate professor of rhetoric and communication studies; Justin Madron, GIS project manager and analyst in the Digital Scholarship Lab; and Nicole Sackley, associate professor of history and American studies, received a $4,000 grant from the Rockefeller Archive Center for “Mapping the Foundations: US Philanthropy in a Cold War World, 1947–1991.” The project also recently received $10,000 in startup funds from the provost’s Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship initiative. Barney was awarded the Donald H. Ecroyd and Carolyn Drummond Ecroyd Teaching Excellence Award from the Eastern Communication Association.

ADAM BARTLETT, HVAC mechanic II, received University Facilities’ CHEERS (Co-workers Honoring Excellent Employees with Rewards) Award for first quarter 2019. Winners are selected from a pool of peer-submitted nominees.

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KRISTIN BEZIO, associate professor of leadership studies, published “‘Munday I Sweare Shalbee a Hollidaye’: The Politics of Anthony Munday, from Anti-Catholic Spy to Civic Pageanteer (1579–1630)” in Études Anglaises.

JENNIFER BOWIE, associate professor of political science, received a $144,651 grant from the National Science Foundation for her collaborative project “Dynamic Learning in Comparative Courts: A Cross-National Analysis of Judicial Decision Making in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom,” which explores the judicial interactions and relationships between lower court judges and their Supreme Court counterparts.

DAVID BRANDENBERGER, professor of history and international studies, received an $18,000 Title VIII National Research Competition grant from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research for The Leningrad Affair: The Purge of Stalin’s Would-Be Successors, 1949–1952.

SUNNI BROWN, assistant director of media and public relations, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ communications contest in the News or Feature Release category for “Bees saved from tornado-downed tree.” Brown also placed first in the Media Pitch category for “Andy Spalding on the Olympics.” Brown; Lindsey Campbell, media relations specialist; and Cynthia Price, director of media and public relations, presented “Maximizing Media Placements” at the College Communicators Association spring conference at Sweet Briar College.

CINDY BUKACH, MacEldin Trawick Professor of Psychology, with colleagues and an undergraduate co-author, published “Using Collaborative Models to Overcome Obstacles to Undergraduate Publication in Cognitive Neuroscience” in Frontiers in Psychology.

LINDSEY CAMPBELL, media relations specialist; Sunni Brown, assistant director of media and public relations; and Cynthia Price, director of media and public relations, presented “Maximizing Media Placements” at the College Communicators Association spring conference at Sweet Briar College.

JESSICA CHAN, assistant professor of Chinese studies, published Chinese Revolutionary Cinema: Propaganda, Aesthetics, and Internationalism 1949–1966 (I.B. Tauris).

RONALD. A. CRUTCHER published “Toward a Thriving and Inclusive Intercultural Community” in Liberal Education, the flagship journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

JAMES DAVIS, professor of mathematics, received a $25,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support “Finite Fields and their Applications at Simon Fraser University,” a biannual conference in Vancouver, Canada, that explores finite fields, an area of discrete mathematics.

Professor of Chemistry KELLING DONALD’s research “Coordination and Insertion: Competitive Channels for Borylene Reactions” was featured in an online issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry highlighting research in physical chemistry at undergraduate institutions.

PEOPLE 2019 Distinguished Educators Congratulations to this year’s Distinguished Educator honorees, who were recognized at Colloquy in August.

This distinction honors outstanding contributions to excellence in education by University faculty.

JAVIER HIDALGO Associate Professor of Leadership Studies VIOLET HO Professor of Management NICOLE MAURANTONIO Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies JENNIFER PRIBBLE Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies OMAR QUINTERO Associate Professor of Biology DORON SAMUELSIEGEL Professor of Law, Legal Practice

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JEREMY DRUMMOND, associate professor of art, co-produced the moving-image installation “Dark Holler,” screened at the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Hawick, Scotland.

DELLA DUMBAUGH, professor of mathematics, published “Rudy Lee Horne: The Hidden Figure of Hidden Figures, 1968–2017” in Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Dumbaugh was awarded the John M. Smith Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching from the Mathematical Association of America’s Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia Section.

MATTHEW EDINGER, adjunct professor of education, co-published “Improving Teacher Job Satisfaction: The Roles of Social Capital, Teacher Efficacy, and Support” in the Journal of Psychology.

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Spring 2019 Epsilon Circle Inductees These national leadership honor society inductions recognize individuals who have demonstrated exemplary character and leadership achievements in one of five phases of campus life: scholarship, athletics, service, communications, and arts.

AL GOETHALS, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies; Scott Allison, professor of psychology; and undergraduate co-authors published “The Metamorphosis of the Hero: Principles, Processes, and Purpose” in Frontiers in Psychology.

JAN FRENCH Associate Professor of Anthropology School of Arts & Sciences

ERIC GROLLMAN, associate professor of sociology, co-edited Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance (Routledge).

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SLADE GORMUS, registered nurse in the Student Health Center, and the student peer education group Wellness Education Bandits received an $8,000 grant from the American Cancer Society and CVS Health Foundation for “UR Air is My Air,” an on-campus campaign with the goal of proposing a 100% smoke-free and tobacco-free policy at UR

by April 2020.

DIETER GUNKEL, assistant professor of historical linguistics, co-edited the volume Vina Diem Celebrent: Studies in Linguistics and Philology in Honor of Brent Vine (Beech Stave Press), to which he contributed the case study “Localizational Evidence for the Restoration of Rigvedic *mimihí ‘measure.’”

Gunkel presented “Poetic meter, lexical distributions, and linguistic reconstruction” at the SOAS University of London workshop Recent Advances in Comparative Linguistic Reconstruction.

MIMI HANAOKA, associate professor of religious studies in Islam, was awarded a Mednick Fellowship by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges for her book project Views of the Asian Other: Educational Reform and Models of Modernity for Japan and Muslim Reformers. Hanaoka was also awarded a $7,500 Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship: InterAsian Contexts and Connections New Paradigms grant from the Social Science Research Council.

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PHIL HAYES, shop foreman, was awarded a 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion for his work as Region IV Festival technical director.

JULIAN HAYTER, associate professor of leadership studies, was appointed to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s nine-member History and Culture Commission.

DANIEL HOCUTT, web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, presented “UX Studies of Complex Websites: Proposing Methods for Studying Posthuman UX” at the 2019 Symposium for Communicating Complex Information in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Hocutt also presented research on holding digital search algorithms accountable at the annual conference of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing in Pittsburgh.

HAYES HOLDERNESS, assistant professor of law, was a panelist for the session “The State of State Tax Planning” at the May Tax Meeting of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation in Washington, D.C. CRYSTAL HOYT, Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership; Barry Lawson, professor of computer science; and researchers from four other universities co-published “A Growth Mind-Set Intervention Improves Interest but Not Academic Performance in the Field of Computer Science” in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

SANDRA JOIREMAN, associate provost for faculty and Weinstein Chair in International Studies, was awarded the Oxford Development Studies 2018 Sanjaya Lall Prize for the best paper published for “Protecting future rights for future citizens: children’s property rights in fragile environments.” Joireman co-published “Do Economic Linkages through FDI Lead to Institutional Change? Assessing Outcomes in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan” in Europe-Asia Studies.

ELIZABETH KISSLING, assistant professor of Spanish and applied linguistics, published “Pronunciation Instruction Can Improve L2 Learners’ Bottom-Up Processing for Listening” in The Modern Language Journal.

KELLY LAMBERT, MacEldin Trawick Professor of Psychology, received a $437,061 Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institutes of Health for her research on using behavior therapy to treat psychiatric illness. Lambert co-published “Challenges to the parental brain: Neuroethological and translational considerations” in Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology and “Maternal-induced shifts in allostatic demands: Reproductive experience alters emotional and cognitive biobehavioral responses in rats (Rattus norvegicus)” in Neuroscience Letters.

New & Reappointed Endowed Position Holders These academic honors recognize an individual’s attainment of the highest levels of teaching, scholarship, research, and service in their discipline or field.

CHRISTOPHER COTROPIA Dennis I. Belcher Professor of Law JESSICA FLANIGAN Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values CRYSTAL HOYT Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership SANDRA JOIREMAN Weinstein Chair in International Studies KELLY LAMBERT MacEldin Trawick Professorship in Psychology CAROL PARISH Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry DAVID WILKINS E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies

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BARRY LAWSON, professor of computer science; Crystal Hoyt, Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership; and researchers from four other universities co-published “A Growth Mind-Set Intervention Improves Interest but Not Academic Performance in the Field of Computer Science” in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

LAURANETT LEE, visiting lecturer of leadership studies, was named a charter member of the St. John’s Church Foundation Leadership Council.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Awards These annual awards recognize faculty, staff, students, and alumni who perform exemplary acts of internationalization to benefit the University of Richmond and communities beyond.

LIZ BUEHLER Assistant Director, Events, Conferences, and Support Services For her poise, expert management, and creativity in supporting international education events, including the International Film Series and International Education Week

For a complete list of award winners, visit international. richmond.edu.

KASONGO KAPANGA Professor of French and Francophone Studies For his leadership and contributions to South Africa Week (above) and bringing cultures together in mutual understanding for generations of students TODD LOOKINGBILL Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment For his multiple contributions to South Africa Week, his resolve to make the world a better place, and for instilling that sense of purpose in his students

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MICHAEL LEOPOLD, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry; Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Halogen Bonding Interactions for Aromatic and Nonaromatic Explosive Detection” in ACS Sensors. Leopold; Julie Pollock, assistant professor of chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Adaptable Xerogel-Layered Amperometric Biosensor Platforms on Wire Electrodes for Clinically Relevant Measurements” in Sensors.

TODD LOOKINGBILL, associate professor of biology and associate professor of geography and the environment, received the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology in recognition of exceptional contributions to the organization and the field.

JUSTIN MADRON, GIS project manager and analyst in the Digital Scholarship Lab; Timothy Barney, associate professor of rhetoric and communication studies; and Nicole Sackley, associate professor of history and American studies, received a $4,000 grant from the Rockefeller Archive Center for “Mapping the Foundations: US Philanthropy in a Cold War World, 1947–1991.” The project also recently received $10,000 in startup funds from the provost’s Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship initiative.

EUGENE MAURAKIS, visiting research scientist, was awarded funding from the Virginia Academy of Science for his research project “Testing the General Public’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Nest-building Fishes in Virginia.”

NICOLE MAURANTONIO, associate professor of rhetoric and communication studies, co-edited Communicating Memory & History (Peter Lang).

ERNEST MCGOWEN, associate professor of political science, was interviewed on a New Books Network podcast about his latest book, African Americans in White Suburbia: Social Networks and Political Behavior (University Press of Kansas), which explores how social networks and environments affect political behavior.

MARIELA MENDEZ, associate professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, presented at the international workshop “Cultural Intervention in Latin American Magazines,” held at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) in Chile. While in Chile she also presented “From the press to the television: The

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feminine correio of Clarice Lispector” for students in the comparative literature master’s program at UAI. Mendez also presented “Discursive Transvestism” at Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Minas Gerais, and gave a talk, “Clarice in Fantástico: Performance and Materialities,” at Universidade Federal de São Paulo in Brazil.

MARTHA MERRITT, dean of international education, received a Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar Award to travel to Japan. Her discussions with faculty, government officials, and leading educational experts at Japan’s public and private institutions are intended to develop connections between UR and partners in Japan.

MARILEE MIFSUD, professor of rhetoric, published “To the humanities: what does communication studies give?” in Review of Communication.

DAVE MYERS, adjunct associate professor of education, was named assistant superintendent of data for the Virginia Department of Education.

ROB NELSON, director of the Digital Scholarship Lab, and Kimberly Wolfe, digital collections librarian, have been selected to participate in the Authenticity Project, a national collaboration launched by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance and the Digital Library Federation to create a more diverse and inclusive digital library workforce.

ERIK NIELSON, associate professor of liberal arts, with rappers, industry leaders, and other scholars, co-filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Jamal Knox v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Rapper Jamal Knox was convicted of issuing terroristic threats and witness intimidation based largely on his lyrics.

Research by CAROL PARISH, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry, “A Computational Study of the Reactivity of 3,5-(Oxo/Thioxo) Derivatives of 2,7-Dimethyl-1,2,4-Triazepines. Keto–Enol Tautomerization and Potential for Hydrogen Storage,” was featured in a virtual issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry highlighting research in physical chemistry at undergraduate institutions. Parish; Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Halogen Bonding Interactions for Aromatic and Nonaromatic Explosive Detection” in ACS Sensors.

JULIE POLLOCK, assistant professor of chemistry, and undergraduate researchers published “Synthesis and characterization of hydrogen peroxide activated estrogen receptor beta ligands” in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. The graphical abstract is featured on the cover. Pollock; Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Adaptable Xerogel-Layered Amperometric Biosensor Platforms on Wire Electrodes for Clinically Relevant Measurements” in Sensors.

MIGUEL QUIÑONES Dean of the Robins School of Business Miguel “Mickey” Quiñones officially became dean of the Robins School of Business on July 1.

Prior to joining UR, Quiñones served as the O. Paul Corley Distinguished Chair in Organizational Behavior and Administration and department chair in the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. He is an internationally recognized expert and widely published author in the areas of individual and organizational development, as well as the strategic management of human capital.

Quiñones has received numerous teaching awards including the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching at Rice University and the MBA Outstanding Teaching Award at SMU Cox. In 2014, he was named an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, the highest recognition given at SMU for teaching effectiveness.

“Mickey understands our deep commitment to students and to delivering a distinct business education with strong connection to the liberal arts,” said Jeffrey Legro, executive vice president and provost. “He has a strong record of building innovative programs and bringing creative people together to accomplish significant aims.”

CYNTHIA PRICE, director of media and public relations, won first place in the Virginia Professional Communicators’ communications contest in the Audiovisuals category for “PowerPoint of 60 Minutes,” a behind-the-scenes look at Associate Professor of Leadership Studies Julian Hayter’s appearance on

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60 Minutes. Price also placed first in the Single Photograph — News or Feature category for a photo from the 60 Minutes segment. Price; Sunni Brown, assistant director of media and public relations; and Lindsey Campbell, media relations specialist, presented “Maximizing Media Placements” at the College Communicators Association spring conference at Sweet Briar College.

PATRICE RANKINE, dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, published “The Classics, Race, and Community-Engaged or Public Scholarship” in the American Journal of Philology.

MARY CATHERINE RAYMOND, School of Professional and Continuing Studies senior program manager, professional education and youth, presented “Professional Development and Personal Enrichment Programming for Au Pairs Living in the U.S.” at the ninth annual Continuing Education Training Institute in Nashville, Tennessee.

BEDELIA RICHARDS, associate professor of sociology, published a chapter entitled “Faculty Assessments as Tools of Oppression: A Black Woman’s Reflections on (Colorblind) Racism in the Academy” in Intersectionality and Higher Education: Identity and Inequality on College Campuses (Rutgers University Press). Richards also published “How to Create Inclusive Environments for Black Students on Predominantly White College Campuses” with Scholars Strategy Network.

CAROL PARISH Associate Provost for Academic Integration Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair in Chemistry, began her new role as associate provost for academic integration on July 1.

In this position, Parish is responsible for helping integrate the academic experience across the curriculum, among schools, and in cocurricular activities. Her role includes assisting in developing interconnected pathways linking high-impact undergraduate learning experiences, supporting interdisciplinary programs across schools, and coordinating external reviews of academic programs and units.

“Carol has a stellar record of collaboration with fellow faculty across disciplines, and her commitment to student mentorship and undergraduate research has been recognized nationally,” said Jeffrey Legro, executive vice president and provost. “Her experience and scholarly interests provide the right combination for this role.”

Parish is co-founder of UR’s Integrated and Inclusive Science program and has mentored more than 100 undergraduate students in outcome-oriented research, resulting in numerous awards in recognition of that work, including this year’s national American Chemical Society Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution.

NOAH SACHS, professor of law, co-authored “The Threat of Climate-Driven Chemical Disaster in Virginia’s James River Watershed.” The report, released by the Center for Progressive Reform, identifies flood-exposed communities in the James River watershed that are socially vulnerable to disasters as well as potential chemical contamination from local industrial facilities.

NICOLE SACKLEY, associate professor of history and American studies; Timothy Barney, associate professor of rhetoric and communication studies; and Justin Madron, GIS project manager and analyst in the Digital Scholarship Lab, received a $4,000 grant from the Rockefeller Archive Center for “Mapping the Foundations: US Philanthropy in a Cold War World, 1947–1991.” The project also recently received $10,000 in startup funds from the provost’s Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship initiative.

GARY SHAPIRO, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Philosophy emeritus, published “Reading Dostoevsky in Turin: The Antichrist’s Accelerationism” in Nietzsche and the Antichrist: Religion, Politics, and Culture in Late Modernity (Bloomsbury).

JULIETTA SINGH, associate professor of English and women, gender, and sexuality studies, received a $95,000 Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars from the American Council of Learned Societies for her book project On the Verge: Experiments in Extinction.

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CARL SORENSEN, senior associate vice president for human resources, and higher education HR leaders from several states met with members of Congress and congressional staff to share perspectives on the proposed overtime rule, the Raise the Wage Act, the Equality Act, and the Department of Education’s proposed changes to Title IX. The event on Capitol Hill was led by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) government relations team. Sorensen was appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of CUPA-HR. ANDY SPALDING, professor of law, received an Advanced Olympic Research Grant from the Olympic Studies Center of the International Olympic Committee to further his study of anti-corruption efforts surrounding the Olympic Games. The grant will support efforts to continue to explore the unfolding governance legacy as France prepares for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

STEPHANIE SPERA, assistant professor of climate change and remote sensing, was awarded a Second Century Stewardship fellowship for research at Acadia National Park.

BOB SPIRES, assistant professor of education, co-presented “An Exploratory Case Study on Rural Cambodian Border Youth: Social and Educational Barriers with Implications for Development” at the Comparative & International Education Society’s Education for Sustainability conference in San Francisco. Spires also served on the panel “Inequality and Human Trafficking” at the Atlanta Global Studies Symposium at Georgia Tech.

AMY TREONIS, associate professor of biology, received a Fulbright Scholar award for travel to Namibia for her project “Immortality and Fairy Circles: Nematode Ecology of the Namib Desert.”

THAD WILLIAMSON, associate professor of leadership studies and philosophy, politics, economics, and law, gave the keynote address at the Political Philosophy Conference, Equality and Democracy in Local and City Government, in York, England.

DOUGLAS WINIARSKI, professor of religious studies and American studies, was awarded a $6,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend for his book project Shakers and the Shawnee Prophet: A Microhistory of Religious Violence on the Early American Frontier, 1805–1815.

KIMBERLY WOLFE, digital collections librarian, and Rob Nelson, director of the Digital Scholarship Lab, have been selected to participate in the Authenticity Project, a national collaboration launched by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance and the Digital Library Federation to create a more diverse and inclusive digital library workforce.

Caps Off !

Congratulations to UR’s most recent employee graduates.

Bravo, Spiders!

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ISAAC SKROMNE, assistant professor of biology, co-published “CDX4 regulates the progression of neural maturation in the spinal cord” in Developmental Biology.

ASHLEY BENTLEY...................................................................................Master of Liberal Arts Digital Production Specialist, University Communications MATTHEW BROCK.................................................................Certificate in Applied Science Truck Driver, Catering AMY GALLAGHER...........................................Master of Human Resource Management Assistant Director, Class Giving, Office of Annual Giving MERIWETHER GILMORE......................................................................Master of Liberal Arts Administrative Coordinator, Counseling and Psychological Services JON GUNTER..............................................................................................Master of Liberal Arts Marketing Director, Modlin Center for the Arts ALLISON OLIVIA JOHNSON.............................................Certificate in Applied Science Financial Analyst, Planning and Budget PAUL JUST...............................................................................Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Café Lead, Lou’s Café MATT LEE....................................................... Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies Manager and Chef, Richmond on Broad Café MALORIE OLIVIER..............Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management Administrative Coordinator, Boatwright Memorial Library CHRIS O’NEIL................................................................................Master of Nonprofit Studies Operations and Front-of-House Business Manager, Modlin Center for the Arts RICHARD THOMAS................................... Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies Floating Manager, Dining Services ANNA KAY TRAVIS..............................................................Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Operations Coordinator, SPCS Administration KEESHA TRIM................................................................. Master of Business Administration Director of Risk Management and Insurance, Risk Management MAYA VINCELLI....................................................................Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts Assistant Director of Retail Operations, Passport Café JOSH WRONIEWICZ.....................................Master of Human Resource Management Purchasing Director, Dining Services

Employees listed above graduated in December 2018, May 2019, or August 2019. Many, if not all, received their undergraduate or graduate degrees using the University’s tuition remission program. Visit hr.richmond.edu/ benefits for more details.

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We offer a warm welcome to our new colleagues and congratulations to colleagues taking their next steps.

The following includes employment status changes for full- and part-time faculty and staff from Feb. 1 to June 30, 2019.

NEW HIRES STAFF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Emeline Alexander Digital Publications Humanities Research Assistant, Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Stefanie Massony Assistant to the Vice President of Advancement Clare Pugsley Major Gift Officer

Michael Armstrong Graduate Student Researcher, Physics

ATHLETICS Ryland Adkins Director, Women’s Basketball Operations

Alexis Blake Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Integrated Inclusive Science, Biology

Will Gipe Director, Men’s Basketball Operations

Rose Nicholson Administrative Coordinator, Chemistry SCHOOL OF LAW Rhianna Shabsin Director, Law School Alumni Relations, Dean’s Office Jenika Simmons Administrative Assistant, Instruction Daniel Turner Law Library Associate, Digital Collections and Archives JEPSON SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES Katherine Rockwell Administrative Coordinator, Dean’s Office PROVOST Sharon Arredondo Software Support Administrator, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement Brittany Jezouit Program Manager, Community-Engaged Learning Sheetal Lee Administrative Coordinator, International Education Jessica Winkler International Education Fellow for Communication SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES Stacy Hull Program Coordinator, Partners in the Arts Nell Smith Program Coordinator, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute ADVANCEMENT Katie Bell Associate Director, Donor Relations

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Emily Janto Gift Processing and Records Coordinator, Advancement Systems

Darren Guensch Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Erik Henderson Head Football Equipment Manager John Hogan Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach Eric Hulse Director, Marketing and Sales, Sports Promotion Brandon Lacy Assistant Football Coach Bobby Maffei Assistant Football Coach Jack McCarroll Assistant Athletics Director, Facilities and Events

Christy Fontana SpiderShop Merchandiser Crystal Hamilton Event Management System Administrator and Event Coordinator, Events, Conferences, and Support Services

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Kaitlin Jones Facility Supervisor, Operations

Nathan Hucks Cook II, Heilman Dining Center

Josh Kirby Desk Assistant, Center for Student Involvement

Thomas Martin Concierge, Events, Conferences, and Support Services

David Kraft Facility Supervisor, Operations

Dianne Melia Event Coordinator, Events, Conferences, and Support Services Monica Taylor Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center

Da’Jonae Wood Cook I, Tyler’s Grill

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FACILITIES Cody Arbaugh Groundskeeper Carleen Brown Custodian Sara Card Team Leader, Custodial Anthony Dileo Food Service Mechanic

Calle Nielson Head Women’s Golf Coach

Matt Krouch Groundskeeper

Aaron Roussell Head Women’s Basketball Coach John Studer Director, Women’s Basketball Operations Allie Ware Associate Director, Parent and Major Giving, Athletics Development BUSINESS AFFAIRS Jeff Hires Director, Public Markets, Spider Management Co. CAMPUS SERVICES Brandon Butts Cook I, Heilman Dining Center

Kaylin Tingle Sexual Misconduct Prevention Educator UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Alicia Hubbard Web Designer/Developer

Hirut Getachew Custodian

Jeanine Radice Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Lisa McCoy Greek Life Coordinator, Center for Student Involvement

James Wallace Cook II, Heilman Dining Center

Julius McNair Assistant Football Coach

Brittany Pinkney Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Meghan Wall President’s Scheduler

Mauricio Lopez Recycle and Custodial Support Associate Slavi Milev Team Leader, Custodial Seylar Pring Interior Designer Assistant Darius Pulliam Painter Dame Thiam Boiler Plant Operator/ REACT FINANCE/ADMIN Steven Herring Planner, Emergency Management SECURITY Samantha Engels Communications Officer, Campus Safety ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Kimberly Lewis Associate Director, Richmond Scholars Program

STAFF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Carolyn Smart Assistant to the Dean Dylan Vavra Research Lab Specialist, Psychology June Wise Administrative Coordinator, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures PROVOST Anthony Crenshaw Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement Leigh Ann Martin Metadata Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library ATHLETICS Steve Thomas Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach BUSINESS AFFAIRS CAMPUS SERVICES Scott Akins Events and Projects Technician, Support Services — Setups Matthew Brock Truck Driver, Catering Tiffany Defreitas Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center Michael LaRue Lead Cook, Heilman Dining Center

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Jaynob Lee Cashier, Heilman Dining Center Michael Smyth Sous Chef, The Cellar FACILITIES John Whitty Gardener ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT Erica Riesbeck Associate Director of Admission, Undergraduate Admissions Kathryn Shourds Slate Technology Specialist, Undergraduate Admissions INFORMATION SERVICES Mitch Hanley System Administrator, Data Centers LeVonne Johnson Supervisor of Operations, Data Centers John Wheeler Learning Management System Administrator, Academic Computing Services UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Katie McBride Associate Director of Design Services

RETIREMENTS 34 YEARS ROB SMITH

University Facilities — Carpentry

31 YEARS BOB LITTLEPAGE

Data Centers

28 YEARS CAROLYN FOSTER

Undergraduate Admissions

21 YEARS ELLEN WALK

SPCS Administration

20 YEARS PRESTON CAVE

Undergraduate Admissions

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LET US HELP YOU TELL IT. Explore our brand resources, housed within our Online Brand Center, to find helpful creative assets to enhance your presentations and branded materials.

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UR faculty and staff — 185 of them to be exact — showed their Spider Pride at the 2019 Anthem Corporate Run in June. Some ran. Some walked.

But everyone enjoyed their time together outside of the office.

“Faculty and staff love the social connection they make with their colleagues at this event,” said Heather Sadowski, director of health promotion. “It’s wonderful to see each other in a different setting and share laughs, smiles, and a great run together.”

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Promise resounds within us.

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, WE MAKE OUR NAME KNOWN. We set ourselves apart with notably unique student instruction, and our innovative research garners attention and coverage on a national scale. Richmond Spiders are driven by an insatiable appetite for knowledge and achievement — and with this tenacity, there’s no limit to what we can do.

See what’s within us and the impact we make at within.richmond.edu.

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Show your SPIDER PRIDE by wearing Spider gear and visiting the Commons for the Street Festival and Spider Shop discounts.

NOV. 4–15 OPEN ENROLLMENT The one time during the year to make changes to your benefit elections without a qualifying event Benefit Fairs Nov. 7, 13, 15 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Weinstein Center for Recreation Open enrollment assistance, free flu shots, health assessments, chair massages, and more

Oct. 18 Preview Richmond Open house for prospective students and their families Oct. 19, 6 p.m.

Employee Appreciation Day at Robins Stadium Limited free tickets for faculty/staff

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Oct. 21 MOVE (Multicultural Overnight Visitation Experience) Overnight introduction to UR for prospective students of color

OCTOBER Oct. 4–6 Family Weekend

NOVEMBER Nov. 1 Spider Day Nov. 1–3 Homecoming

Nov. 27–29 Thanksgiving Break DECEMBER Dec. 6, 2–4 p.m.

Winter Celebration THC, Alice Haynes Room Dec. 6 Last Day of Undergraduate Fall Classes Dec. 24–31 Winter Break JANUARY Jan. 1 New Year’s Day Jan. 13 First Day of Spring Classes Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

USAC The University Staff Advisory Council represents the needs of staff to senior administration and works proactively to make the University of Richmond an employer of choice.

Meetings* Oct. 8 Nov. 12 Dec. 10 Jan. 14 1–3 p.m.

Visit usac.richmond. edu for meeting locations.

FACULTY SENATE The University of Richmond Faculty Senate is the body authorized by both the University faculty and the Board of Trustees to represent the faculty in the University’s governance process on matters that impact the University or affect more than one school.

Meetings* Oct. 25 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 Jan. 24 3–4:30 p.m.

Visit facultysenate.richmond.edu for meeting locations.

*Unless otherwise noted, meetings are open to all faculty and staff.