Author: Anika Wilson

UMW Helps Avoid Area Electrical Brown Out

At the peak of last week’s heat wave, Dominion Power asked its large energy users along the East Coast to reduce consumption as much as possible. Last Wednesday, UMW asked the campus community to help manage the strain on the grid by allowing cooling temperatures to rise slightly and turn off electrical lights and equipment […]

Travel Training Information Session

Accounts Payable will be holding a travel training/overview session on September 4, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Red Room.  We encourage any employee who may travel or who organizes travel to attend the session.  A separate session for Admissions is being held the afternoon of September 5.

Parking Lot Closures as of August 1

Facilities Services will begin a pavement rehabilitation project on the Thornton Street lots (#28 & #29) and the Jefferson Square lot (#26) beginning on Thursday, August 1.  The project will include curb and gutter repair, milling, repaving and line painting. The date is a change from the previously announced starting date.To facilitate this project, both parking areas […]

Changes Coming to State Vehicle Procedures and Support

The University of Mary Washington is now enrolled in the Commonwealth’s Vehicle Management Control Center Program.  The program provides a centralized 24/7 roadside assistance service to users of state vehicles, whether in Virginia or other states.  Vehicle information packets have been updated to include the contact telephone number.Additionally UMW will be switching from the Shell […]

Organizational Changes

Athletic field maintenance staff and operations are being transferred from Facilities Services to Athletics, Health, and Physical Education effective on August 1, 2013.  The maintenance of the fields has been an integral part of Facilities Services since the days of the old nine-hole MWC golf course.As the Battleground Athletic Complex has grown over the past […]