Congratulations to our service award recipients for the month of April. Please click on the link below to view the list.
http://adminfinance.umw.edu/hr/files/2011/08/April-13-Service-Award-Recipients.pdf
At UMW, Tuition Increases on the Table (The Free Lance-Star)
Rosemary Arneson Presents at Conference
University Librarian Rosemary Arneson is presenting a session on the ThinkLab makerspace at the Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Indianapolis this week. The session, titled “Made in the Library” is part of the ACRL CyberZedShed series on innovative uses of technologies in academic libraries. The UMW ThinkLab is among the first general-purpose 3D printing labs in an academic library in the country. Arneson will also present a poster session showcasing items created in the ThinkLab.
Reinventing Ramen
Erik Bruner-Yang ’07 is the owner and chef of one of Washington, D.C.’s hottest new restaurants.
Office Sustainability Tip of the Week Wrap Up
With the Spring 2013 semester quickly coming to a close, we wanted to thank everyone for reading the “Office Sustainability Tip of the Week” series throughout this academic year. Hopefully you enjoyed reading the entries and learned some new information that you can put into practice in your daily lives (in AND outside of the office). We covered a lot of ground, so here’s a quick re-cap of the different topics we discussed with links to the original articles:
Utilizing MS Outlook to Conserve Paper
Conserving Energy in the Office
Coffee & Sustainability (K-Cups)
Whoa — that’s a lot of topics! We know you’ve probably already committed each one to memory, but feel free to go back and read through each one to see if you may have missed anything. We guarantee you’ll learn something new! The PCS Action Group members that came up with ideas, wrote, and edited the “Office Sustainability Tip of the Week” series this academic year were Kevin Caffrey, Elizabeth Sanders, Robert Louzek, and Dre Anthes.
Jim Groom invited to Open Learning Hackathon at MIT
As part of an attempt to start imagining what open systems for publishing and sharing a community’s work—as UMW has done exceptionally well with UMW Blogs, ds106, and Domain of One’s Own—Jim Groom (the Director of the Division of teaching and Learning Technologies) has been invited to the Open Learning Hackathon at MIT this weekend to work with a range of thinkers to start framing an architecture that might harness and expose the power of loosely coupled syndication systems modelled on the qweb rather than monolithic information systems..
Story Ideas about Graduating Seniors
The Office of News and Public Information welcomes interesting or notable story ideas about graduating students. We share the ideas with local and regional news media and add them to our list of future story possibilities.
If you know of a student who has a noteworthy accomplishment or who has another type of unique story, please send a description of the student’s achievement and/or background to Marty Morrison at mmorris3@umw.edu or Brynn Boyer at bboyer@umw.edu. Please include the student’s contact information, including cell phone number if available.
Please send your ideas by the end of business on Friday, April 19, so that suggestions can be passed on to the news media in a timely manner.
Jeffrey Pugh Named Excellent Eagle Employee
Congratulations to Jeffrey Pugh, A/V Systems Manager, who has been selected as the Excellent Eagle Employee for the month of April. A parking spot of his choosing has been reserved for him through the end of the month.
Here is what one of his co-workers said about him:
“I would like to recommend Jeff Pugh for the Excellent Eagle Employee. We have had several recurring AV/IT issues at the Stafford Campus that he was able to get resolved in a timely matter. He responded immediately to troubleshoot the problems and got the issues taken care of. Jeff is always professional, follows through with everything he does and takes initiative. Jeff is a great asset to UMW.”
To nominate someone who you believe is an Excellent Eagle Employee, send an email to Priscilla Sullivan (psulliva@umw.edu) with Excellent Eagle Employee in the subject line. In your email, be sure to list the person’s name, department, work location (with the most convenient parking lot), and of course, the reason why you believe they should be recognized. Please spread the word to other employees about this wonderful opportunity to recognize a co-worker(s).
Act! Speak! Build! Week Events
UMW students build picnic tables to support Habitat for Humanity
As part of national Act! Speak! Build! Week, UMW’s Community Outreach and Resources (COAR) will hold activities and events from Wednesday, April 10 through Tuesday, April 16. COAR encourages faculty, staff and students to participate:
Wednesday, April 10 — Hunger Banquet — Woodard Campus Center’s Great Hall from 6 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 11 — Picnic Table Build for Habitat for Humanity — outside Lee Hall — 3 to 6 p.m.
Monday, April 15 — Assembling Snack Packs — outside Lee Hall — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 16 — TOMS’ A Day Without Shoes — outside Lee Hall — 12:15 to 4:45 p.m.
experience what different types of terrain feel like for those without shoes
Tuesday, April 16 — Dance Walk — Fredericksburg campus — 5 p.m.
For more information, contact COAR at coarumw@gmail.com.
Walk for Mental Wellness, 5/4
The Mental Health America (MHA) of Fredericksburg will hold its sixth annual Walk for Mental Wellness on Saturday, May 4. The one or three-mile walk, which begins at 10 a.m. at Hurkamp Park, will raise money for people with mental illnesses in the Fredericksburg community. The walk also will include music, a moon bounce, food, and a silent auction featuring art by local artists. For more information or to register, visit http://www.mhafred.org/ or call (540) 371-2704.