University of Mary Washington - Index

University of Mary Washington - summer08 - Index

Marathon photos by Karen Pearlman
Sponsored by
Professor Theodore Cachey and The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante
Studies, the University of Notre Dame; The Simpson Program in Medieval Studies;
Albert Russell Ascoli, Terrill Distinguished Professor, University of California, Berkeley;
Professor Millicent Marcus, Chair, Italian Language and Literature, Yale University.
TRA AMICI:
A Symposium in Honor of
Giuseppe Mazzotta March 27-30, 2008
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Mazzotta
University of
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
Abstracts due by February 15, 2008 to:
Professor Teresa Kennedy,
UMW, 1301 College Ave.
Fredericksburg, Va 22401.
For more information about
the conference visit
www.umw.edu/mazzotta
Portrait of Six Tuscan Poets by
Giorgio Vasari used with permission
from The John R. Van Derlip and
William Hood Dunwoody Funds.
Nearly 100 professors from more
than 50 colleges and universities
in the United States and Europe
attended UMW’s “Tra Amici”
in March. The celebratory
symposium honored the career
of Giuseppe Mazzotta, author
of groundbreaking books on
literary figures of the Renaissance,
and Sterling professor of
humanities for Italian and director
of graduate studies at Yale
University.
Throngs of military personnel, community
members, athletes, and out-of-town
guests attended the marathon.
UMW Relay Team Finishes
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UMW students, employees, and alumni
took part in the Centennial Relay during
the May début of the U.S. Marine Corps
Historic Half Marathon in Fredericksburg,
an event the University helped sponsor.
Thirteen fervent runners and one
feathered eagle, as well as a team of
water stop volunteers, represented the
University of Mary Washington during
the inaugural U.S. Marine Corps Historic
Half Marathon in Fredericksburg. UMW
helped sponsor the mid-May marathon,
which featured a “Centennial Relay”
that included 13 University employees,
students, and alumni. Each UMW runner
completed one mile of the race while
wearing bib No. 100. The school’s
spirited eagle mascot ran the final tenth
of a mile of the 13.1-mile race.
In addition to its role in sponsoring
the marathon, the University staffed a
water stop that stretched along Sunken
Road below the campus. UMW’s Dining
Services provided refreshments to help
draw spectators and garner support for
the runners. The day before the event,
Mary Washington hosted in Palmieri
Circle a free public concert featuring the
music of funk band Midnight Spaghetti,
as well as tours of the University.
The Fredericksburg Expo and
Conference Center at Celebrate Virginia
served as the event’s hub and was the
site of the race’s start and finish lines. Tim
Young, a rising senior at James Madison
University and former track star at James
Monroe High School in Fredericksburg,
finished first, beating out nearly 6,000
runners from across the nation and from
six other countries. Young is the son of
Karen Young, an accountant, who works
in UMW’s Office of Business and Finance.
The race, publicized in Runner’s
World and TRAVELHOST magazines, and
on the Marine Corps Marathon website,
provided an economic boost for the
City of Fredericksburg and is slated to
become an annual event.
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