Author: Brynn Boyer

UMW recently received a $75,000 gift from Sally P. Blanchet ’42 to endow a scholarship for students within the College of Business. During her years at Mary Washington, Ms. Blanchet worked hard to pay her own tuition and other expenses through on-campus jobs, including a position as secretary to the dean of freshmen. In 1962, she and her husband founded Freehold Cartage, a successful company in Monmouth, N.J. The new scholarship will be named in memory of Ms. Blanchet’s younger sister, Jean Marie Phillis.

This message is from the Division of Advancement and University Relations.

The University of Mary Washington has named David A. Rettinger as executive director of the newly formed Center for Honor, Leadership and Service. Rettinger, a member of UMW’s psychology faculty since 2006, will remain in his role as associate professor.

As executive director, Rettinger will promote collaboration between faculty and student services, develop new programs and coursework and facilitate communication on campus about honor, service and leadership. He also will conduct research on academic integrity and serve as the content expert on honor.

The center aims to enhance and deepen student learning through best practices, educational competency and skill sets for leadership and service grounded in the core value of honor. Starting with the fall semester, the center will involve students in the areas of honor, leadership and service through leadership training and development, an annual leadership conference, honor training, service learning opportunities and immersion experiences, as well as special programs and events throughout the year.

“Honor, leadership and service are at the heart of UMW’s ethos and the center was created with the goal of placing these three virtues at the heart of the Mary Washington experience,” Rettinger said. “Our goal is to provide students with opportunities both within and beyond the curriculum to develop as leaders in pursuit of an honorable life in service to communities great and small.”

Rettinger has been the faculty advisor to the UMW Honor Council since 2008. An expert on moral decision making and academic integrity, his research on student cheating and academic honor issues has been widely published in academic journals, including most recently in Ethics & Behavior and Research in Higher Education.

In February, Rettinger presented “Impulsivity and Emotion: Leveraging Individual Differences to Reduce Cheating” at an international higher education conference in Germany. Also at the conference, Rettinger gave a presentation on UMW’s honor system and honor code.

Rettinger received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

For more information about the Center, visit http://students.umw.edu/chls/.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, was a featured guest on PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, August 15.

In the segment “Campaigns Vie for Virginia Voters, Especially Women,” he discusses Virginia’s importance in the upcoming presidential election and explains the role of Northern Virginia voters to the campaigns.

In “Virginia’s Boom Town — and Lots of Votes — Just Outside the Beltway,” Farnsworth explains the political dynamics of Northern Virginia and the strategies each campaign would need to employ to influence voters.

As an associate editor for the website Statistics on the Web, Professor of Mathematics Debra Hydorn recently published two lesson plans.  Titled “The Taste of Yellow” and “How Long is 30 Seconds?” these lesson plans serve as exemplars that follow the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education from the American Statistical Association and also meet standards set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Common Core for State Standards for Mathematics Practice.

August 2012 Updates and Announcements

• Parking Management
  • Welcome Mark Graziano!
  • Double Drive Changes
• Purchasing
  • Recent UMW Audits and Cardholder Recognition
  • eVA – 5 Day Rule & Browser Issues
  • SPCC News
  • SWaM – 35% SWaM Usage for FY12
  • Contract News
  • Surplus Property Form
• Copy Center
  • No Charge to Scan Documents

WELCOME MARK!

UMW welcomes the newest member of our Parking Management family Mark Graziano.  Mark joins the Parking team as a Community Service Officer, dealing with parking enforcement.  We wish him well in his new role at UMW.

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DOUBLE DRIVE CHANGES

With the completion of the Randolph/Mason renovation project, several additional parking spaces will be available on Double Drive.

Please direct any parking questions to Robin Jones, Parking Management Supervisor at 540-654-1129 or visit the website at: http://adminfinance.umw.edu/parking/

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THANK YOU SPCC CARDHOLDERS

Over the past few weeks, UMW has hosted Auditors from several different state agencies; these audits included reviews of UMW SPCC cardholder files.  The Purchasing Office appreciates the cooperation of all cardholders and extends a sincere word of thanks for your timely adherence to requests for documents.  We would also like to highlight a few observations made by DPS (Department of General Services/Division of Purchases and Supply).

• Best Practice for SPCC file
  • Theater and Dance SPCC checklist
  • Facilities SPCC/small business checklist
  • Pauline Jenkins was cited for having an exemplary SPCC file
• Best Practice for Contracts file
  • Melva Kishpaugh was commended for meticulous term contract files

Thank you!

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eVA is the first point of entry for purchase orders, in the unique circumstances where purchases are entered into eVA after the fact, the eVA confirming order must be entered within 5 days.

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eVA BROWSER ISSUES

Experiencing problems while using eVA? Updating browser to internet explorer 9 may eliminate issues.  To check what version of internet explorer is being used on your pc, go to the browser and select ‘About Internet Explorer’ from the Help menu.  If you are using an older version, try updating the browser for a better eVA experience.

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Beat the Sweep…SPCC Cardholders and Reviewers receive a monthly “Beat the Sweep” email from Melissa Myers, UMW SPCC Program Administrator.  The message advises cardholders and reviewers to code and sign-off of all transactions in advance of the 22^nd of each month in order to comply with program timelines.

This monthly message goes to all SPCC contacts, if coding and sign-offs are complete, we thank you in advance and no further action is needed.

If you have any questions, please contact the SPCC Program Administrator, Melissa Myers: mmyers@umw.edu or call x1057.

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CONTRACT NEWS

Recently Issued:

• Promo Contract will be established for users of these services.
• RFP on the street for Executive Search Services – Future search for a Provost.
• RFP for Architectural/Engineering Services – Design for renovation of Woodard Campus Center/Mercer Hall.  Evaluation in progress.

NO CHARGE TO SCAN DOCUMENTS

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Please contact Business Services for information and assistance at x1576.

Erma A. Baker   CPPO, VCO

Assistant Vice President for Business Services and CPO

University of Mary Washington

1301 College Avenue

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401

ebaker@umw.edu

540-654-2043