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Iceland Hit by Fresh Volcanic Eruption
David Kitchen, associate dean for professional education & special programs and professor of geology, is quoted in this Newsweek article updating the status of the Sundhnúks crater in Iceland.
[Photo credit: Newsweek]
Deep in Data
Chris Chmura, adjunct assistant professor of HR management and co-founder of Chmura Economics and Analytics, is featured in this Richmond Times-Dispatch Metro Business article.

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Bob Spires
Spires Interviewed on Teach & Tell Podcast

Bob Spires, associate professor of education, was the featured guest on episode 31 of the Teach & Tell podcast. Host Mike Raymer talks with Spires about encouraging students who “always wanted to be a teacher” and finding ways to promote the upside of being a teacher.

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Andrew Schoeneman
Schoeneman Presents VAIS Keynote

Andrew Schoeneman, associate professor and chair of nonprofit studies, gave the keynote address, titled Strengthening Communities, Building Movements & Facilitating Change: Independent Schools as Civil Society Organizations, at the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) Advancement Institute in Staunton.

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Lisa L. Micou
Micou Publishes Essay on K-12 Student Well-Being

Lisa Micou, SPCS adjunct associate professor of education, published an essay titled “Using Universal Screening to Improve Student Well-Being” in eSchool News, advocating an approach to well-being using a dual model resilience and risk framework that promotes early identification and prevention of risk factors.

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Ma'asehyahu Isra-Ul
Isra-Ul Leads Black Judaic Heritage Center Event

Ma’asehyahu Isra-Ul, SPCS adjunct assistant professor of education and founder of the Black Judaic Heritage Center, gives a talk titled Through The Spectacles of Ethiopia: Garveyism, Black Judaism and the Virginia Commonwealth at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

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