© 2024 WMRA and WEMC

NPR News & NPR Talk in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

The Spark

Mary Ann Alger

WMRA | By Martha Woodroof

Published March 21, 2014 at 6:20 PM EDT

Mary Ann Alger with husband and JMU's 6th President, Jonathan R. Alger. Photo credit: James Madison University

Before Mary Ann Alger, wife of JMU President John Alger, became a university’s First Lady, she had a high-flying career in international banking and finance. As her international banking career kicked off right after graduation from Auburn, she’ll be relaying her own experiences as part of this weekend’s conference at JMU, "Transition from College to Career.”

The Spark

Martha Woodroof

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.

See stories by Martha Woodroof

Related Content

The Spark

Eye on Art : Town-Coolness and Real Public Art

Terry Ward

Terry Ward's essay on public art and what impression it can make on visitors --and what constitutes "real" public art. (Virginia's fiberglass apples don't…
The Spark

He Helped Ginsberg HOWL

Martha Woodroof

The celebrated Beat poet Allen Ginsberg's upstate retreat/artists' colony/utopian crashpad was the East Hill Farm. The farmkeeper, Gordon Ball, now lives…
The Spark

College Admissions Guru Margee Greenfield

Martha Woodroof

What can you do with an art history major? Long-time school guidance counselor and college administrative staffer Margee Greenfield became a freelance…
The Spark

Hands Off The Speleothems

Martha Woodroof

Highland County’s Rick Lambert is a project caver. Rick has been caving for decades and tells about some of the changes along the way --and about the joys…
The Spark

Odd Old Va. Maps

Martha Woodroof

Bear right at the mountain-sized turkey (according to an antique map). Off our coast on a French-made nautical chart, exaggeratedly large French warships…
The Spark

Dance China

Martha Woodroof

JMU Dance Professor Shane O’Hara just got back from China, where he and a bunch of his students taught –and learned– some new steps. The differences in…
The Spark

Youthful APPeal

Martha Woodroof

A chat with wise youngperson Linzy Cumbia, who designed our APP. So if you listen to WMRA through an iPhone, thank him. You can find out more about the…
The Spark

Reaching (and Reaching and Reaching) for the Stars

Martha Woodroof

After a stream of rejections, Paul Bogard's book about light pollution, The End of Night, finally got published and got lots of praise. WMRA's Martha…

Load More