March 31, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

2022 UMW Employee Salary Increases!

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Dear Colleagues,

I have good news for you!  A state-wide five percent increase was authorized by the 2022 Virginia Acts of Assembly, Special Session I.  The even better news is that UMW Classified, A/P faculty, full-time teaching faculty, adjunct faculty and wage employees are all eligible to receive this pay increase per the criteria described below:

2022 UMW Salary Increase FAQs

Classified Staff

  • Classified staff hired on or before April 10, 2022 and remaining employed as of July 10, 2022 will receive a 5% base pay increase effective July 10, 2022, provided they received a rating of “Contributor” or satisfactory on their last performance evaluation or more recent interim evaluation.

A/P Faculty

  • A/P faculty hired on or before April 10, 2022 and remaining employed as of July 10, 2022 will receive a 5% base pay increase effective July 10, 2022, provided they received a rating of “Contributor” or satisfactory on their last performance evaluation or more recent interim evaluation.

Pay increases for both classified staff and A/P faculty will appear in paychecks beginning August 1, 2022.

Full-Time and Adjunct Teaching Faculty

  • Full-time and adjunct teaching faculty should have received their increase information in their appointment or reappointment letter.

Wage Staff

  • All wage staff hired on or before April 10, 2022 and remaining employed as of July 10, 2022 will receive a 5% hourly rate increase effective July 18, 2022.

Pay rate increases for wage staff will appear in paychecks beginning August 12, 2022.

Deferred Compensation

Part or all of the salary increase may be deferred, subject to relevant plan guidelines and limitations.  Please see FAQ document for detailed guidance to enroll in or change contribution amounts for the 403b Pre-tax Annuity.

You may contact Human Resources with questions about salary increase eligibility.  Please also see the FAQ document for more detailed information: 2022 UMW Salary Increase FAQs.

Thank you for all you do to make UMW such an outstanding university!

Beth

Beth Williams

Executive Director for Human Resources

University of Mary Washington

540 654-1294

bwilli22@umw.edu

1301 College Avenue

George Washington Hall, Room 203

Fredericksburg, VA 22401

 

Upcoming out of office: July 18-22

Singh Shares Opinion on Biden Trip to Middle East

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Associate Professor Ranjit Singh, Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Ranjit Singh’s views were recently quoted in an article titled “What to Expect from Biden’s Trip to the Middle East,” appearing in the New Arab magazine. New Arab is a news and current affairs website focused on the Arab world. It draws on the editorial staff of al-Araby al-Jadeed, one of the largest and most read Arabic language websites, focused on the region’s political, social and cultural issues.

Candidate Biden was extremely critical of Saudi leadership following the alleged murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Yet, according to Singh, President Biden, “who prides himself on his foreign policy acumen, is traveling to the region with an extraordinarily weak hand…  almost everything he’ll be saying and doing will be with his domestic political scene in mind.” In need of good headlines back home, especially vis-à-vis Ukraine, Biden is unlikely to trumpet any favors he grants the Saudis, but Riyadh can at least expect to extract some gains from his visit. Read more.

Grothe Receives NSF Award for Coral Research

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Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe received a prestigious National Science Foundation Research Opportunity Award for her work, “A multi-coral genus approach to reconstructing central tropical Pacific during the 19th and 20th centuries.” Read more.

Gately Performs with National Symphony Orchestra

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Doug Gately, senior lecturer in the Department of Music

Doug Gately, senior lecturer in the Department of Music

Doug Gately, senior lecturer in the Department of Music, performed with the National Symphony Orchestra’s televised Capital Fourth Concert on July 5. The NSO was conducted by Jack Everly and hosted by country singer Mickey Guyton. This year’s concert included performances by Yolanda Adams, Gloria Gaynor, Keb’ Mo’, Darren Criss, Jake Owen, Cynthia Erivo and Andy Grammer, accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra.

Davidson Weighs in on NATO With Slovakian Newspaper

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Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson contributed to an article titled “NATO Summit: Alliance vs. Russia?” which ran in the daily Pravda newspaper. “NATO has responded better than I would have thought possible in sending troops, aircraft, and ships to defend the members on its Eastern Flank,” Davidson wrote. “What has been particularly striking is the extent to which those countries so far from Russia–and that historically have not been concerned with Russia–have contributed to efforts to defend members bordering Russia.” See the original article or read the English translation.

Wilson Comments on Highland Park, Chicago Sun Times, ABC7

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Dr. Laura Wilson

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Laura Wilson

Associate Professor of Psychological Science Laura Wilson commented for a piece entitled Highland Park parade mass murder suspect Robert E. Crimo III through people who knew him, police reports in the Chicago Sun Times and ABC 7. “We don’t really know much about how to predict mass shootings, and we don’t really have a profile of a shooter, what the characteristics are. They are shared by millions of people,” says Laura Wilson, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. “There aren’t any clear-cut characteristics that we can definitively say, this is the mold.”

Wynn Speaks With ‘U.S. News’ on Student, Faculty Interaction

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April Wynn

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences April Wynn

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the First-Year Experience April Wynn spoke with U.S. News and World Report for an article titled “7 Guidelines for College Student-Professor Interactions.” In the article, Wynn said, “We talk a lot with students about self-advocacy because that is something that we find folks develop over time at college,” Wynn says. “That gets them ready to be out there in the world past college.” Read more.

The article also was featured on WTOP.

Farnsworth Lectures on Disinformation

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Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth

Professor of Political Science Stephen Farnsworth

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “How Disinformation Threatens Democracy,” to mark U.S. Independence Day with the students and faculty at Methodist College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The talk was drawn from Dr. Farnsworth’s forthcoming book on disinformation. Dr. Farnsworth was a Fulbright Specialist at the college during 2019.