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This exhibition showcases a large array of artwork that spans the career of artist and VWU Faculty Emeritus Sharon Swift who retired from teaching at VWU in Spring 2024.

How did American public education begin? How has it been used or denied? Why does any of this matter in a democracy? This presentation highlights how public education was started and how it has changed in the United States, why some motives and strategies undermine public education, and why teachers today face challenges unlike anything they have experienced before. Desegregation, anti-intellectualism, unique religious forces, the Red Scare, and gun culture all have created challenges in public schools. A 1983 alumna of VWU, Clair Berube, Ph.D., earned her master’s and doctorate degrees in urban studies and education at Old Dominion University before returning to VWU as a faculty member in 2020. She is co-author of The End of School Reform (2006), The Moral University (2010), and the recently published The Investments: An American Conspiracy (2020).

For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu.

Many Americans have expressed concerns about the U.S. election system, albeit for different reasons. Is the process of voting too hard? Is the system too easy to manipulate? Do our rules make voting fair and accessible to all? Are we doing enough to ensure accuracy and credibility? In this moderated deliberation, participants explore options for addressing voting concerns, consider diverse viewpoints, and weigh the advantages, drawbacks, and trade-offs of different approaches. Public deliberation has been shown to improve mutual understanding of differing viewpoints and offers a constructive alternative to shouting past one another across political divides. Participation is limited.  now.

For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu.

In the course of their education, early Virginians like Thomas Jefferson encountered Greek and Latin texts, monuments, and constitutional ideas. So, it’s no surprise that those texts and ideas would end up shaping and influencing the cultural history of Virginia’s Tidewater region. Haller’s most recent book looks at how Jefferson’s readings in Greek and Roman texts led him to articulate ideals of religious freedom and a conviction that all human beings are created equal.  Learn how the rediscovery of a lost palimpsest may have inspired a plan for a planetarium—never completed—in the Rotunda at UVA, how a paint chip prised from a metope at UVA sheds light on Jefferson's engagement in the question of whether the Greeks painted their statues, and how a tiny inaccuracy in John Trumbull's famous painting of Independence Hall sheds  light on Jefferson's ideas about Greek democracy. Benjamin Haller, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Classics at VWU.

For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu.

Virginia Wesleyan’s Career Development Program will host this Education Networking Event. This is a smaller event, focused on introducing opportunities in the field of education. Even if you don’t plan to teach in a traditional classroom setting, a career in education might be the right opportunity for you.

Careers in education can include education administration, school counseling, or even social work, and recreation Join us to learn more about full-time, and part-time opportunities in the field of education. This fair is open to all students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Employers interested in participating must register through Handshake. Contact Alice Jones, Director of Career Development for more information (ajones@vwu.edu)

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In the nearly 250 years of America's existence, only 45 men have held its highest office, a strange assortment of politicians, citizens, generals, businessmen, schemers, dreamers, heroes, and failures. Convinced he might find something new to say about the Chief Executives, essayist Colin Rafferty wrote short creative works that took on each president. In his book Execute the Office, George Washington's teeth dance the Virginia Reel while Ronald Reagan meets John Wayne in a film script. Franklin Pierce gets diagnosed, Rutherford B. Hayes sends postcards from home, George W. Bush watches the hurricane index rise, and we consider what the notion that anyone can become president really means to us. Colin Rafferty received an MFA from the University of Alabama and teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Mary Washington. He writes about monuments and memorials (Hallow This Ground, Break Away Books, published in 2016), presidents (Execute the Office, Baobab Press, published in 2021), and Vietnam (book in-process).

For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu.

Virginia Wesleyan’s Career Development Program will host this Careers in Arts, Humanities & Social Science Expo & Networking Event. This is a smaller event focused on introducing career, internship and volunteer opportunities to students in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Join us to learn more about full-time and part-time opportunities with employers who have a need for students who are creative, interested in public service, or helping others. This fair is open to all students, alumni, faculty, and staff Employers interested in participating must register through Handshake. Contact Alice Jones, Director of Career Development for more information (ajones@vwu.edu)

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Buttons supporting William Jennings Bryan endorsed him—in Yiddish. Fans of Herbert Hoover, a Quaker, demanded “A Christian in the White House,” even though he was running against a Catholic. Bahais proudly declared their support for Barack Obama on their lapels, as did Buddhists, Catholics, Confucians, Druze, and many others. As former New York Mayor Ed Koch declared, “Buttons, stickers, and songs . . . are the sparkle and glitter of which our campaigns are made.”  This exploration of presidential campaign buttons examines the diversity of religious terms, images, and symbols and how they have been used to communicate both positive and negative messages to potential voters. Eric M. Mazur, Ph.D., is the Gloria and David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies at VWU and serves as the Fellow for Religion, Law, and Politics for the Robert Nusbaum Center.

For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu.

Derek Eley is an assistant professor of art at VWU. He is teaching his first semester at the university this fall. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Virginia Wesleyan’s Career Development Program will host this STEM and Health Careers Expo and Networking Event. This is a smaller event, focused on introducing career, internship and volunteer opportunities to students and alumni interested in STEM and Health Careers.

Join us to learn more about full-time and part-time opportunities with employers who have a need for students who are creative, interested in Computers, Information Technology, Mathematics, Environmental and Medical Sciences, and Healthcare. This fair is open to all students, alumni, faculty and staff. Employers interested in participating must register through Handshake. Contact Alice Jones, Director of Career Development for more information (ajones@vwu.edu)

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The 小奶猫直播 Careers in Business Expo & Networking Event is a 1-day event hosted in collaboration with the Marlin Business Conference. This event designed to give VWU students and alumni an opportunity to explore careers in business while also connecting with potential employers for internships, volunteer opportunities and jobs after graduation. This event is scheduled for November 19th from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM in the Jane Batten Student Center. Join us to learn more about various organizations as well as internships, full-time, and part-time opportunities. This fair is open to all faculty, students and alumni. For more information feel free to contact Alice Jones, Director of Career Development (ajones@vwu.edu). Registration and details are available in Handshake.

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Join The Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra for their first concert under new musical director Alexander Chen, of the VSO. The Orchestra will perform a variety of classic and new works.   

Under the direction of Cory Franklin, the VWU Jazz ensemble will perform well known jazz standards, Funk, and Latin Jazz favorites.

Students from the directing course lead this festival presentation featuring one-acts spanning genres and topics. The wildly popular festival features casts of performers from across campus. Admission is free to all, but seating is limited to first-come, first-served.

Join Virginia Wesleyan Bravura, Camerata and Vox Vera for a concert of traditional and contemporary songs for the holidays.

Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. & Saturday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m.

Join Virginia Wesleyan Bravura, Camerata and Vox Vera for a concert of traditional and contemporary songs for the holidays.

Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. & Saturday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m.

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(No classes meet, Faculty offer alternative assignments)

This unique retelling of Shakespeare's classic is a collaboration between the VWU Theatre and Music programs. The fairies groove a cappella and the visual vibe can only be described as "far out, man." Join us for a spring production full of Peace, Love, and (Mis)Understanding.

This unique retelling of Shakespeare's classic is a collaboration between the VWU Theatre and Music programs. The fairies groove a cappella and the visual vibe can only be described as "far out, man." Join us for a spring production full of Peace, Love, and (Mis)Understanding.

Virginia Wesleyan Camerata, under the direction of Bryson Mortensen, presents their annual spring concert.

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Join Vox Vera for a fun evening of contemporary acapella music, from the Beatles to Stevie Nicks and more!

The Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra, will complete its first year under new musical director, Alexander Chen, with a Spring concert full of traditional classics and new modern works.

Under the direction of Cory Franklin, the VWU Jazz ensemble will perform well known jazz standards, Funk, and Latin Jazz favorites.