Janet Cropp, assistant dean of advising services, was awarded a certificate from the Advising Business Majors Commission of NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) for successful completion of the Professional Development Recognition Program. She received the certificate at the annual NACADA conference held in Orlando, Fla., in October.
UMW Staff Present at MABUG Conference
Two UMW staff members presented sessions at the Mid-Atlantic Banner Users Group (MABUG) conference at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and a third staff member facilitated a session at the meeting, which was held in October in Wilmington, N.C.
Jane Cariker, director of advancement IT services, presented the session “Loading Parent Records from Student Information into Advancement.” Cariker discussed the process that creates parent records in Banner and outlined the benefits it has provided in establishing both immediate and personal communication with new UMW parents.
Edward Gray, systems integration specialist, presented the session “Automating Account Propagation in a Microsoft Environment.” Gray shared UMW’s experiences and insights in leveraging Banner data with Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007.
Linda Thornton, associate director of business systems analysis, facilitated the “Birds of a Feather” session on Virginia’s eVA Vendor Data Standards and the impact on Virginia Banner universities.
Other UMW attendees included Rita Dunston, registrar; Ben Kjar, associate director of enterprise applications services; Linda Lovin, applications developer; and John Symonds, applications database administrator.
UMW hosted the 2008 conference of MABUG, which is an association of colleges and universities in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Stafford Campus Now Virginia Green Member
The conference facilities at the UMW Stafford Campus have been approved as a member of Virginia Green, a statewide program that promotes eco-friendly practices in Virginia’s tourism industry.
Virginia Green is a partnership of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Virginia Tourism Corporation and the Virginia Hospitality and Tourism Association.
On the Virginia Green website, the UMW profile outlines the green practices used at the Stafford campus, including recycling, minimal use of disposable food service products, solid waste reduction, and conservation of water and energy:
Learn more about the Virginia Green program at www.VirginiaGreenTravel.org.
The North Building at the Stafford Campus received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2007, the year the building opened.
Its green features include a reflective roof that reduces heat and contributes to the building’s energy efficiency. The monitoring system allows the tracking of mechanical equipment to ensure high performance and maximum efficiency over the building’s lifetime. Energy saving measures also include energy efficient glazing, additional wall and roof insulation, more efficient chillers and boilers, energy recovery ventilators and more efficient lighting than required by code.
Chris Kilmartin
Chris Kilmartin, professor of psychology, was named a divisional Researcher of the Year at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association (APA) held recently in San Diego, Calif. The award was given by the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51. This honor recognizes outstanding published research concerning males and masculinity. Read the news release.
Kilmartin had a commentary published in The Free Lance-Star in November. The piece was titled “Acquaintance Rape: The Common Story and the Real Story.”
Steve Watkins
“The Ledger” newspaper in Lakeland, Fla., is asking children to finish a Thanksgiving short story written by Professor Steve Watkins (http://www.theledger.com/article/20101116/NEWS/11165019/1326?p=1&tc=pg). The newspaper will publish the top three entries from children in grades 2-8. Professor Watkins, the award-winning author of “Down Sand Mountain,” grew up in the Brewster and Fort Meade areas of Florida. His next young adult book, “What Comes After,” is due out soon.
UMW Student Wins Human Rights Campaign Scholarship
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation awarded a Generation Equality Scholarship to University of Mary Washington junior Charles Girard ’12.
UMW Two Dollar Challenge Selected to Present at Global Conference
What began several years ago as a class project for an introductory macroeconomics course at the University of Mary Washington will gain national recognition during the first U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy in Washington, D.C.
Check Your UMW Parking Decal
All employees are asked to check their UMW parking permit decal – if you have a decal that expired in July, 2010 you need to request a new decal.
Updating your information and requesting your complimentary parking decal is easy and can be accomplished 24/7 from the comfort of your office or home – there is no need to go to Brent Hall and wait for window service.
Parking permit decals for employees are issued free of charge and you may have one for each vehicle you bring to campus on a regular basis.
Via EagleNet, select the Banner Self Service tab.
Once the page opens, select Personal Information and from the drop down list select parking management system.
Click on ‘purchase a parking permit.’ Remember, although the terminology reads “purchase” we do not charge employees for parking permits.
This will bring up a table with all the vehicles you currently have registered with the UMW Parking Services Division.
Select the tab at the bottom of the page titled “continue.”
Under “select the type of permit to purchase” select “Faculty/staff $0.00” from the drop down list. For the majority of employees, this will be the only selection available on the drop down list. Then, select continue at the bottom of the page.
The next screen you see allows you to update your vehicle listing. You may select the vehicles which you wish to register and you may also add new vehicles to the listing.
Your new decals will be sent to your office via campus mail.
If you have vehicles you wish to delete from the list or if you have questions regarding the process in general please contact Mr. David Sing, Parking Services Supervisor, at x1129 or via email to dsing@umw.edu.
Jefferson’s Pillow by Roger Wilkins
The bookstore has a limited number of copies of Jefferson’s Pillow available. Roger Wilkins will be speaking on campus this Thursday, November 18th in Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall.
Craig Naylor
The Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music is presenting the Midwest premiere of “our voices, for now, sustained,” composed by Craig Naylor. Naylor, dubbed a modern classical composer, wrote the composition based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry of Claudia Emerson, an Arrington distinguished chair in poetry and professor of English at UMW. Naylor has also composed such famous pieces as the soundtrack for the mountain climbing scenes in the IMAX film “To the Limit” and “On the Head of a Pin.”
For additional information about the Nov. 20 concert, contact the School of Music Office at (309) 556-3061.