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UMW gives top honors

UMW awards top honors

Date published: 5/10/2009

The University of Mary Washington presented its top honors during commencement yesterday.

Christine Linman Exley of Norfolk received the Colgate W. Darden Jr. Award, which is presented annually to the student with the highest grade-point average in the four-year undergraduate program. She finished with a 3.99 GPA.

Jean Ann Dabb, associate professor and chairwoman of the Department of Art and Art History, received both the Grellet C. Simpson Award and the Mary W. Pinschmidt Award.

The Simpson Award is given each year as the institution's most prestigious award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The recipient is usually a senior member of the faculty. The Pinschmidt Award is presented by the graduating class to the faculty member "whom they will most likely remember as the one who had the greatest impact on their lives."

Dabb, who has taught at Mary Washington since 1992, specializes in the Romanesque period, medieval France, iconography and Greek and Roman art. She holds a bachelor's degree from Weber State College, a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

Dabb is proficient in French, German and Latin and has traveled extensively throughout Europe. While living in France, she gave numerous interviews to the French press on the church of St. Nicholas at Civray, the topic of her doctoral dissertation. She has published many articles on the subject of mosaics.

Shawn Humphrey, assistant professor of economics, received the UMW Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award, which is presented annually to an exceptional member of the faculty who has served the institution for at least two years but no more than five years.

Kimberley L. Kinsley, assistant professor of leadership and management, received the College of Graduate and Professional Studies Outstanding Faculty Member Award, which is presented annually to recognize an exceptional full-time faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and professional leadership, and who has taught at the Stafford campus for at least two years.

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Date published: 5/10/2009