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Get Paid for Losing Weight
University of Mary Washington is privileged to have a Weight Watchers at Work program. This means that Weight Watchers sends a leader and all its materials and products to campus once a week. Not only does the WW@Work program offer more convenience and more benefits than regular Weight Watchers, the Commonwealth provides incentive pay to full-time employees for up to half the cost of the program. (So, not quite the same as getting paid, but you get to participate in one of the top weight loss programs at a bargain price!)
Join us! We meet each Thursday from 12:15 to 12:45 in Room 111 at the ITCC. All weigh-in information is strictly confidential and no judgment is ever passed. With a wide variety of folks – faculty and staff – from all sectors of the university, we have LOADS of fun and laughter. The camaraderie is a bonus – need help with your department budget, want some media attention for your program, or interested in some landscaping? You’d be surprised and delighted by the people you meet and network with at WW@Work.
Please seriously consider taking advantage of this wonderful benefit. If participation wanes, we can no longer continue the program. As this semester begins, resolve to be fit – we promote a healthy lifestyle, not a diet.
McClurken to Co-Chair AHA Digital History Working Group
Jeffrey McClurken, professor of history and American studies and special assistant to the provost, has been named as Co-Chair of the American Historical Association’s newly created Digital History Working Group. The group, created to help history departments and faculty navigate the tenure and promotion process with regard to digital scholarship, “will be available to advise departments considering these issues, help them define their own guidelines, and recommend external reviewers.” In addition, the group “will also develop materials to provide further guidance for departments, such as…a curated gallery of ongoing digital scholarship so that historians can learn directly from one another as they conceive, build, and interpret new forms of scholarship.” For more detail, including the rest of the Working Group and the AHA’s new guidelines on Evaluating Digital Projects, see here.
Supplier Diversity Advocate Institute a Success at UMW
The Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing (VAGP) and Virginia Association of College and University Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP), co-sponsored the Supplier Diversity Advocate Institute (SDAI), held on August 7, at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. The day provided attendees with knowledgeable speakers, informative training sessions and networking opportunities.
Opening remarks were given by Erma Baker, Assistant VP for Business Services and Chief Procurement Officer (UMW), the Honorable Mary Katherine Greenlaw, Mayor of Fredericksburg, and Tracey Jeter, Virginia Small Business and Supplier Diversity Director, and were followed by training sessions, which included topics such as Engaging SWaM Vendors in Contracts and Promoting the Use of Diverse Professional Services Businesses and Suppliers.
UMW received great feedback on the value of the event, the beauty of the campus, and the unique design and technological capabilities of the ITCC!
ICMA-RC Representative on Campus, Sept. 14
Do you have questions about the COV 457 deferred compensation or the Roth 457 deferred compensation or your Hybrid Retirement Account? Our ICMA-RC Representative will be on campus on Monday, September 14th in George Washington Hall, Room 106 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Click here to make your appointment.
Hybrid Retirement Plan Members Deadline
Hybrid Retirement Plan Members ( hired after 01/01/2014):
The quarterly deadline for making voluntary contribution elections or changes in the Hybrid 457 Deferred Compensation Plan is 4 p.m. on September 15, 2015. You may log into your account at: http://www.varetirement.org/hybrid. html.
Instructions to access your account are at:http://www.icmarc.org/prebuilt/apps/downloadDoc.asp. Or, you may call 1-877-327-5261.
R.A.D. Class Offered to UMW Women
The following message is from the UMW Police Department:
The University of Mary Washington’s Police Department is offering the R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense) for Women class to female UMW students, faculty, and staff, over the course of three nights – Monday, Sept. 14, Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, from 6-9 p.m., located each night in Dance Room #5, Goolrick Hall on the pool level.
R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense) for Women is founded on four basic principles: Risk Awareness, Risk Reduction, Risk Recognition, and Risk Avoidance. These principles are the basis for 90 percent of self-defense education.
The R.A.D. Basic Physical Defense Program is a self-defense class designed for women of all ages and taught by men and women to teach methods to defend against potential attacks and educate women about risk awareness, risk reduction, risk recognition, and risk avoidance. The R.A.D. Systems Basic Physical Defense instructional objective is “to develop and enhance the options of self-defense, so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked.”
R.A.D. Basic is a three-day course (3 hours per day) offered to female faculty/staff/students of the UMW community FREE of charge. This class will be taught by Sgt. Bobby Somers, who is a certified R.A.D. Instructor and Advanced R.A.D. Systems Instructor. Sgt. Somers serves as a Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor and is a former U.S. Army Special Operations Self-Defense and Survival Specialist. Sgt. Somers is currently a patrol sergeant and field training officer with the UMW Police Department. Sgt. Somers will be assisted by Officer Tegan Lewis. Officer Lewis is also a certified R.A.D instructor and Advanced R.A.D Systems instructor. Officer Lewis is currently a patrol officer with the UMW Police Department and was a former U.S. Army Military Police officer.
The class dates are Sept. 14, 15 and 18, 2015. YOU MUST ATTEND ALL THREE!
If you’re interested in taking this self-defense course, please contact Sgt. Bobby Somers by email at wsomers@umw.edu to register. Spaces are limited!
University Police
University of Mary Washington (Brent House)
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5300
540-654-1025
Upcoming Food Drive
The Staff Advisory Council is asking for donations to help the homeless and needy in the area with a non-perishable food drive. The drive will begin in September and continue through the holidays. In particular, the drive is looking for seasonal donations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Remember to pick up a couple of extra non-perishable items to put in one of the S.A.C’s collection boxes. If you cannot find a box to place your donations, please contact an S.A.C member.
Note of Thanks to Back-To-School Donors
The Staff Advisory Council would like to thank everyone that donated to the back-to-school drive. The final pick-up was today, and Stafford County School students say “Thank you!” We truly could not have done it without you all being so generous.