Jerry Slezak (jslezak)

Director, Digital Learning Support

Hurley Convergence Center Room 410
jslezak@umw.edu
540-654-2118

Jerry Slezak in the News

Back to the Future: UMW’s Hurley Convergence Center Turns 10

A University of Mary Washington building created to embrace the future is flashing back to its past. A new Hurley Convergence Center (HCC) exhibit – “A Decade of Digital Convergence” – celebrates the first 10 years of a space meant to tap into emerging technology, bring a campus together and Read more…

Professors Pool Resources to Focus on ‘Compelling Courses’

To teach mitosis, April Wynn has students in her class act out the process, portraying chromosomes that divide into nuclei. The assistant professor of biological sciences hopes to replicate lively exercises like this – but virtually – in the fall. “My goal is to promote the same level of engagement, energy Read more…

Professors Pool Resources to Focus on ‘Compelling Courses’

UMW Professors Find Creative Ways to Teach Through COVID-19

Teaching at Mary Washington looks a bit different lately. Andi Smith films YouTube videos with her children to demonstrate architectural principles. Zach Whalen uses cartoons to teach a digital studies lesson. Smita Jain Oxford holds Zoom office hours for business majors on her daily jog. When the University moved to Read more…

Important Information for Zoom Users

The following information is important for anyone using Zoom to host meetings. If you do not use Zoom, you can disregard this message. With the increasingly widespread use of Zoom, we’re seeing a rush of “Zoom bombing” - uninvited participants dropping into Zoom meetings to share inappropriate or distracting audio, video, Read more…

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