Three UMW mathematics majors, Morgan Brown, Peter Slattery, and Andrew Cole, traveled to the Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics conference – SUMS at JMU on Saturday, Sept. 29. The students presented their work completed under the direction of Dr. Leo Lee. Morgan gave a talk “How to Win Every Time” and Peter presented his poster “The Wave Equation in One Dimension”.
Chris Kilmartin is Featured Guest at DSLCC, 10/24
Christopher Kilmartin, professor of psychology, will present three sessions at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (DSLCC) on Wednesday, Oct. 24 in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. He will present “Guy-Fi: The Fictions that Rule Men’s Lives,” a hybrid storytelling, lecture and multimedia presentation, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. at the Rockbridge Regional Center in Buena Vista and from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. at DSLCC’s Moomaw Center in Clifton Forge.
Kilmartin will perform “Crimes Against Nature,” his original solo performance piece, from 6 to 7 p.m. at DSLCC’s Moomaw Center.
In addition to the three presentations open to the public, he will speak during classroom visits with DSLCC students enrolled in the practical nursing and massage therapy programs.
For more information, visit http://dslcc.edu/.
Dave Toth & Collaborators Win Grants
At the end of September, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Dave Toth and his colleagues from Merrimack College, Jimmy Franco (Chemistry) and Charlotte Berkes (Biology), were awarded two grants of supercomputing time to search for drugs to cure histoplasmosis and inhibit HIV. Their research team was awarded a total of 1,818,365 hours of compute time on the 40th fastest computer in the world, worth about $148,778. Toth will use the Ranger supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to conduct virtual screens of millions of molecules to find the best leads. Franco and Berkes will then test the best leads in their labs to determine how effective they are and try to devise better molecules based on the structure of the most effective molecules. The granting entity, the NSF-funded organization known as the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), awards grants of compute time to scientists, engineers, social scientists, and humanists for computationally intensive research.
Business Services – October eUpdate
October 2012 Updates and Announcements
- Parking
- Scheduled Paving
- Purchasing
- Welcome Pacifique!
- Reimbursements
- eVA Five (5) Day Rule
- Small Businesses Outreach
- VCE Orders – Alert
- Contract Activity
- Bookstore
- Pepsi Scholarship
- National Student Day
- Copy Center
- Desktop Printer Survey
PARKING LOTS TO BE PAVED DURING FALL BREAK
Saturday, October 13 – Tuesday, October 16. Areas to be impacted will be:
- All roads from back gates at Sunken Road to Lee Circle; including road to Woodard to point opposite Willard that was paved last year.
- Lots next to Monroe/Willard (lots 15 and 16).
Individuals may use campus walk to access Willard, Woodard, Monroe, Lee and Virginia.
Paving questions may be directed to Richard Blair.
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WELCOME PACIFIQUE!
UMW welcomes the newest member of our Purchasing family Pacifique Munezero. Pacifique joins the Purchasing team as a Customer Service Advocate (CSA). We wish her well in her new role at UMW.
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REIMBURSEMENT FOR PURCHASES
Reimbursements may not be used to avoid proper purchasing procedures. See recent advisory published in EagleEye, by VP Rick Pearce.
UMW procedures are included at the following links:
- Accounts Payable reimbursement information and procedures http://adminfinance.umw.edu/ap/reimbursements/
- Purchasing policies and procedures http://adminfinance.umw.edu/purchasing/umw-policies-and-procedures-2/
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eVA FIVE (5) DAY RULE
eVA purchase orders should be issued prior to contractors performing any work. However, should the agency find it necessary to issue any eVA confirming orders, the confirming orders must be placed in eVA within five (5) business days after directing the contractor to proceed.
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SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH
Are you aware of businesses in need of assistance with DMBE certification? Please email the purchasing office with the name of the business and a point-of-contact.
NO SWAM VENDORS?
Do you routinely purchase commodities where no small businesses are found? Contact Purchasing at ext. 1127.
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VCE ORDERS – CRITICAL ALERT
On Non-Catalog Orders to VCE you must select the VCE vendor from the Supplier Search list. Do Not use the ad hoc vendor feature to enter VCE vendor information. When copying an older Requisition, be sure that you select VCE on the Supplier Search in case you had ad hoc’d VCE on the previous requisition.
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CONTRACT ACTIVITY
-Executive Search Firm(s)
-International Recruitment Services
-Exclusive uniform provider (athletics)
-Various solicitations for Facilities Services
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PEPSI SCHOLARSHIP
By meeting 100% on-time course material adoption dates for Fall 2012, the Departments of Math & Theater and Dance won Pepsi textbook scholarships totaling $2,000.
The Stafford Campus Scholarship departments will be selected Spring 2013.
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NATIONAL STUDENT DAY
UMW joined with 1500 campuses across America to participate in National Student Day and demonstrated social responsibility by packaging 10,000 meals to help Stop Hunger Now!
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DESKTOP PRINTER SURVEY
UMW will conduct a print strategy study in FY13. Representatives from Pitney Bowes will be on campus this week to conduct a survey of desktop copiers.
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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
A Poet’s Perspective
Does Voting Early Prompt Hasty Choices? (National Public Radio)
Building Open-Learning Platforms in Canada (The Globe and Mail)
Affirmative Action’s Unlikely Allies (George Mason’s History News Network)
DTLT Presents at ELI Fall Focus Session
A Culture of Innovation from umwnewmedia on Vimeo.
Martha Burtis, Jim Groom, Tim Owens and Andy Rush of UMW’s Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (DTLT) presented on Tuesday, October 2 at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s Online Fall Focus Session on the theme of innovation in higher education. The basic question guiding the presentation, which was centered around the seven minute video above, was the following: how does a university like UMW consistently foster innovative projects like UMW Blogs, ds106, and, more recently, A Domain of One’s Own?
There’s no one adequate stock answer to such a question, so when preparing the presentation DTLT decided to interview students, faculty, and staff around campus to get a broader sense of the culture of innovation happening at UMW. What DTLT got in return for its labors was quite compelling. The video was shot and edited by Andy Rush, and it’s just a teaser for a much larger documentary that DTLT is planning on making this semester to start chronicling and narrating the culture of innovation at UMW.
UMW Students, Faculty and Staff Give Back
In the past two weeks, UMW students, faculty and staff have shown their generosity through Day of Service activities and National Student Day.
When Governor Bob McDonnell declared September 29, 2012 to be the “Day of Service in Virginia,” the UMW Staff Advisory Council (S.A.C.) moved into action. The S.A.C. Eagles in Service quickly replaced their school supply drive boxes with Day of Service food donation boxes and then went to work soliciting donations to fight hunger in Virginia.
When September 29 arrived, the group delivered 300 pounds of food to the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank. Priscilla Sullivan, S.A.C. activities chair, said she is very grateful to each UMW employee who donated to this crucial effort. The next donation campaign will kick off at the employee luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, more than 50 student volunteers gathered in Lee Hall for UMW’s Stop Hunger Now event. The students packaged 10,000 meals for children and families from impoverished areas who have been affected by natural disasters. The Center for Honor, Leadership and Service and the UMW Bookstore partnered to bring the event to UMW as part of National Student Day, a day that celebrates the volunteer work of students nationwide.