NEWS AND EVENTS AT VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE // MAY 6, 2016
Nusbaum Named Founding Fellow
Community civic leader recognized April 25 as Founding Fellow of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom.
Spring 2016 Honors Convocation
Students celebrated April 29 for academic and leadership accomplishments.
Marlins Claim ODAC Softball Title
Virginia Wesleyan captures title with 10-9 victory over Eastern Mennonite.
Theatre Alumna is National Star
York High School theatre teacher Amy Insley '97 receives Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award.
VWC in the Media
Director of the Peace Corps was noted as Virginia Wesleyan's 2016 Commencement speaker in the April 30 edition of the . VWC Vice President for Enrollment David Waggoner discussed the importance of relationship building in the college admissions process in a May 1 column. The ODAC Championship win by the Virginia Wesleyan College Softball Team was covered widely, including articles in the and the website. For the first time in school history, VWC softball is the in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 poll standings.
Marlin Chronicle Awarded for Nationwide Excellence; "Face Off" Showcases Senior Art; Faculty, Staff Showcase Feathers in Their Caps; Softball Announces $17,206 Raised for Strike Out Cancer.
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VWC junior Stephanie Deach and Brock Curator of American Art Alex Mann. (Photo by Kathleen Casey)
From Chrysler to Curator
By Laurissa Senecal '16
During her fall internship at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia Wesleyan history major Stephanie Deach '17 had what might be called a well-decorated workspace. A large percentage of her time was spent looking through the Chrysler's expansive storage rooms, all while trying not to bump into various masterpieces as she worked as a museum curator coordinating a new exhibit.
The Chrysler Museum gave Deach what at first felt like a daunting task. She was instructed to work alongside the Brock Curator of American Art Dr. Crawford Alexander Mann III to put together an exhibit of about 50 photographs taken by 20th-century Norfolk photographer Harry C. Mann (1866-1926). She learned about different aspects of photography, studied Mann's pictures with a magnifying glass noting advertisements and faces in the background, made dozens of wall texts describing each photo, and became an expert on Mann's life through hours of individual research. The Harry Cowles Mann exhibition opened April 16 in the Willoughby-Baylor House in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood.
Deach says she is overwhelmingly grateful to Virginia Wesleyan for the internship experience she had at the Chrysler Museum. Support of The Excellence Fund helps create opportunities like these for VWC students, preparing them for the next step in their lives and careers. Make a secure online gift today at www.vwu.edu/giveonline.
Edited from an article originally published in The Marlin Chronicle
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