Minutes from the Leadership Council Meeting on April 24 and the Cabinet meetings on May 1 and May 8 are now available in PDF format:
Leadership Council Meeting – 4/24/2013
President’s Cabinet Meeting – 5/1/2013
President’s Cabinet Meeting – 5/8/2013
Hanna & Farnsworth Publish Research Article
Stephen Hanna
Stephen Farnsworth
Stephen P. Hanna, professor of geography, and Stephen J. Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, are co-authors of a research article, “Visualizing Virginia’s Changing Electorate: Mapping Presidential Elections from 2000 to 2012,” which was published in the May 2013 issue of The Virginia News Letter. The Virginia News Letter is published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
Students Presented at Kemp Symposium & Joined Lambda Iota Tau
On Thursday, April 25, the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication inducted 17 people into the Eta Chapter of Lambda Iota Tau, the international honor society for students of literature. Inductees are majors in English who had completed at least 12 credit hours in literature and with a GPA of at least 3.5 in those credit hours.
Inductees included: Ana Rebecca Bice, Taylor Rae Chadman, Colleen D. Clark, Theresa Davidson, Danielle Paige DeSimone, Chelsea J. Dicus, Ellen R. Dreher, Michaela P. Godfrey, Catherine S. Kellogg, Gabrielle Kuhn, Catherine R. LeBouton, Danica Leninsky, Joseph Samuel Deitell Pugach, Charlotte Rodina, Bryanne Elise Salazar, Brittany Anne Vitner, and Amanda K. Wikle.
Danny Tweedy, Assistant Professor of English, gave the Taddesse Adera Memorial Address.
The induction ceremony was part of the Ninth Annual William Kemp Symposium for Majors in English, Linguistics, and Communication at which approximately 100 students in upper-division courses in English, linguistics, and communication presented original research and creative works. This year’s symposium featured 18 panel sessions and ran April 25 and 26.
Five to Receive Emeritus Status at UMW (Fredericksburg.Com)
Area Business, Civic Leaders to Participate in UMW Dancing Event (Fredericksburg.Com)
Experts: GOP Lt. Governor Nomination is Anybody’s Game (Fredericksburg.Patch.Com)
Ultimate Subaru Partners with University of Mary Washington (imakenews.com)
Business Services eUpdate – May 2013
May 2013 Updates and Announcements
- Procurement Services
- SPCC News
- Vacation Reminder (to manage sign-off)
- Violations & Consequences
- Clean Sweep!
- eVA Search
- IT Purchases now FY14
- Fall Purchases – plan now!
- Contract Activity
- Surplus Items Available Online
- SPCC News
- Parking
- Chandler Lot Closure
- Scheduled Lot Maintenance
- Bookstore
- Fac/Staff Discount Day!
- EagleOne
VACATION INFO
SPCC cardholders and supervisor reviewers are responsible for contacting Procurement Services before taking a leave of absence; ie vacation, sabbatical. The PA will work with individuals and their departments, to ensure that card activity is accounted for and signed off prior to leave of absence.
For assistance with SPCC, please contact Melissa Myers @ 1057.
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SPCC VIOLATIONS & CONSEQUENCES
The SPCC Violations & Consequences have been revised. Please visit the website to view the updated information: SPCC Violations & Consequences
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CLEAN SWEEP!
You did it again! … No transactions were swept for April 2013. Thank you all for your timely action in coding and signing-off on transactions.
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eVA SEARCH
Please view the following document in order to see step-by-step instructions on how to view multiple vendor locations within the same eVA search.
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eVA Problems?
If you are experiencing problems with eVA, please contact Pacifique Munezero in Procurement Services at x1127.
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IT PURCHASES NOW FY14
IT Purchases being entered now will hit the FY14 budget.
http://adminfinance.umw.edu/tess/files/2012/03/FY13-year-end-memo.pdf
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FALL PURCHASES – THINK AHEAD
If you have already identified equipment, services or possible contracts that will be needed for the Fall 2013 semester, please contact Procurement Services. The purchasing staff can assist in planning and ensuring that orders/contracts are ready in a timely manner.
Procurement Services or x1127
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CONTRACT ACTIVITY
- Campus wide Janitorial Contract – Intent to Award Contract has been posted
- Background Checks – A new contract will be available for use later this month.
- Promotional Items – Awarded: Contact Pacifique Munezero
- Athletic Hotel – Awarded
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SURPLUS ITEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The University of Mary Washington, offers surplus property for sale to other state agencies and local governments which may be purchased from www.govdeals.com. State employees are eligible to purchase surplus property in an amount less than $500
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CHANDLER LOT CLOSURE
The Chandler Lot will be going offline later this month to support construction of the new Campus Center. A new surface parking lot on Thornton Street will be available for use in August.
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SCHEDULED LOT MAINTENANCE
Please view the following memo for scheduled lot closures occurring during the week of May 6 – May 10, there may be changes due to weather:
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FAC/STAFF DISCOUNT DAY!
The UMW Bookstore will offer 20% off the purchase of regularly priced clothing and insignia items* during Employee Appreciation Day. (*Some exceptions apply)
Store hours on May 13, 2013 are:
- 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Get your UMW gear early, and wear Eagle Pride throughout the day!
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OFF-CAMPUS MERCHANTS AVAILABLE ALL SUMMER
Our office-campus merchant partners accept EagleOne all summer long.
http://adminfinance.umw.edu/eagleone/eagleone-off-campus-2
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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
540-654-2043
Virginia GOP Convention Over Primary: Good Move? (Fredericksburg.Patch.Com)
Bonds Publishes Teaching Article
Eric Bonds
Eric Bonds recently published an article, entitled “Grappling with Structure, Social Construction, and Morality: Towards a Human Rights Approach to Social Problems Instruction,” in the journal Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences. In the article, Bonds makes the case for a human rights approach and situates it within the theoretical traditions more traditionally used in social problems classes. The article includes a sample syllabus and an overview of Bonds’ Social Issues class taught at UMW. The article can be accessed here.