December 18, 2024

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

February Business Services Updates

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 February Business Services Updates


Procurement Services:

  • TSRC OFFICE SUPPLY EVA PUNCHOUT CATALOG

The Supply Room Companies (TSRC) customized UMW office supply eVA punchout catalog is live!  Users will likely see a few edits this month as we kick-the-tires on this new catalog.   For your convenience, TSRC has crafted the a helpful User Guide.

Questions?  Contact:  Dale Elethorp delethor@umw.edu

 

  • ANNUAL SPCC TRAINING

The annual SPCC training is required for all cardholders and cardholder approvers.  The training is available in UMW Global and needs to be completed by Feb. 27, 2015.      SPCC Training Step-by-Step Guide

Questions? Contact Monique SanPietro at (540) 654-1057

 

  • CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING

The required annual contract administrator training and quiz is available on UMW Global and should be completed no later than March 27, 2015. Instructions for accessing the training can be found here.

Administrators may search all contracts by entering your name in the “Contract Administrator” field  in our online contract management system CobbleStone.

 

  • 2015 SPCC/GOLD BILLING CYCLE DATES AVAILABLE

The billing cycle dates and deadlines are available on the Procurement Services website: 2015 Billing Cycle

A PDF document is also available for cardholders and approvers to download, print or save: 2015 Billing Cycle PDF

 

  • AMAZON SALES TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM

Please see the following information on how to enroll in the Amazon Tax Exempt Program (ATEP) to avoid being charged Virginia sales tax on purchases: Amazon Tax Exempt Steps

 

  • EVA TOP DEPARTMENT SWAM SPEND (JUL 2014 – DEC 2014)

Want to check your department’s SWaM spend? Follow these easy steps: eVA Department SWaM Spend Guide

 

Department % SWaM Spend
Administration and Finance 100%
Bachelor of Liberal Studies 100%
Nursing 100%
Design Center 90%
Multicultural Center 89%
Modern Foreign Language 87%
Enroll Mgt-Student Services 81%
Mathematics 78%
Central Stores 73%

 

 

  • NEW SURPLUS PROPERTY FORM

Have any surplus property?  Do you plan on relocating any equipment?  Central Storeroom has a new online form for reporting surplus, relocated, or stolen property.  You will no longer need to email the Storeroom your form; simply fill it out, hit submit, and we will be notified automatically.

Contact Dale Elethorp at delethor@umw.edu if you have any questions.

 

  • CAMPUS STOCK REQUEST ITEMS

As of Feb. 9, we will be removing the online Campus Stock Request form.  Requests for supplies can be made using the new Supply Room punchout catalog.

 

  • LAST CALL FOR MODULAR FURNITURE

There are assorted modular units available in the Central Storeroom’s surplus inventory:  walls, drawers, countertops and more.  These units offer flexibility and maneuverability.  Interested?  Contact the Storeroom.

 

  • Buyer Beware

Two UMW department buyers recently reported receiving calls from someone who wanted the number printed on the front of the nearby copier, the savvy Buyers directed the caller to the UMW Copy Center and in both cases the caller hung up the phone.  Beware of similar scams to sell toner or replenish supplies.

 

Parking Management:

  • FACULTY/STAFF/CONTRACTOR/VENDOR DECAL RE-REGISTRATION 2015

All Faculty and Staff decals expire on July 1, 2015.  Beginning Monday, March 2, 2015, UMW employees may re-register all current vehicle through the Eaglenet Portal, decals will be issued via campus mail.

Questions?  Contact Robin Jones, (540) 654-1129.

 

  • ADMISSIONS DAYS

As the spring progresses, please be aware changes in parking reservations as we host prospective students on our campus.

 

Bookstore:

  • UMW BOOKSTORE SPRING BREAK HOURS:

Saturday, Feb. 28 – Sunday, March 1:CLOSED

Monday, March 2 – Thursday, March 5:  8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8: CLOSED

The UMW Bookstore will resume regular operating hours on Monday, March 9 at 8 a.m.

 

  • VALENTINE’S DAY HOLIDAY SALES

Get 14% off one regularly priced UMW clothing or insignia item in store on February 13 & 14

 

  •  UMW BOOKSTORE FINANCIAL AID VOUCHERS

UMW Bookstore Financial Aid Vouchers will be available through February 25, 2015.

 

  • COURSE MATERIAL ADOPTION DUE DATES

-Adoptions for Summer 2015 classes are due on or before March 13, 2015

-Adoptions for Fall 2015 are due on or before April 13, 2015

-Adoptions may be sent to textbooks@umw.edu.com

Visit www.umw.edu/bookstore and select Faculty Page for course material adoption forms and more information.  Please call with questions: DJ Garcia:(540) 654-1648

 

  • Professors –  Inform your students …

GRAD NIGHTS

Grad Nights, February 10 – 11 from 5-7 p.m. in the North Atrium building at the Stafford Campus for UMW Graduate students.

-Order regalia, rings and announcements

-Photographer on site

-UMW Apparel and Gifts available

-Diploma Frames

 

  • GIFT PURCHASES from UMW BOOKSTORE

Purchasing gifts?  Please note that when gifts cards/certificates or physical gifts are purchased through the UMW Bookstore, completion of a Gift Log Form is required. For full details regarding gift giving please seehttp://adminfinance.umw.edu/ap/gift-giving/.

 

Post Office:

  • MAILING JOBS

Have a mailing that needs to go out? Maybe we can help with inserting, printing addresses on the envelopes and any postal discounts that may apply. Contact us for more info.

 

 EagleOne:

  •  EAGLEONE PAYROLL DEDUCTION = 1 FREE LUNCH PER MONTH

Sign up for direct deposit automatic payroll deductions. Get one free lunch per month in Seacobeck with a minimum deduction of $10 per pay period.  Simply fill out the online payroll deduction form at  http://adminfinance.umw.edu/business-services/2012/09/07/eagleone-payroll-deduction/, or contact EagleOne for information and assistance.

 

 

Please contact Business Services for information and assistance at x1576.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aminrazavi Co-Edits Book

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Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of Philosophy and Religion, recently co-edited From the School of Shiraz to the Twentieth Century, the fifth volume of An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia.

The fifth and final volume of An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deals with some seven centuries of Islamic thought stretching from the era following the Mongol invasion to the end of the Qajar period early in the 20th century.

http://www.ibtauris.com/Search%20Results.aspx?query=an+anthology+of+philosophy+in+persia

Klein to Present Paper

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Steve Klein, adjunct instructor of English, Linguistics and Communication, will be presenting a paper, “Hugh S. Fullerton, the Black Sox Scandal, and the Ethical Impulse in Sports Writing,” at the annual NINE Spring Training Baseball Conference in Tempe, Arizona, on March 13.

He also had a book review published in the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) December newsletter of Tim Hornbaker’s “Turning the Black Sox White: The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Comiskey.”

Students Presented Work at Research and Creativity Symposium

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Hundreds of University of Mary Washington students presented their research as part of the annual Undergraduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium on Friday, April 25. The event, in its eighth year at UMW, celebrates excellence in undergraduate student research by giving students the opportunity to share their work with faculty, their peers and the public.

Students discuss their research in Jepson Hall as part of the ninth Research and Creativity Symposium.

Students discuss their research in Jepson Hall as part of the ninth Research and Creativity Symposium.

The presentations represented various disciplines, including the sciences, history, humanities, mathematics, social sciences and the arts.

Many student oral and poster presentations took place in Jepson Hall, filling the building with students, faculty and family members. Presentation topics ranged from biodegradable polymers and erosion in the Chesapeake Bay to food security and advertising.

“It’s fun learning about the real life applications of the chemistry we’ve been learning,” said Rachel Thomas, a sophomore biology major and chemistry minor who presented on alternative methods for closing wounds. “You learn more as you go, and people ask questions to really help you think about your research.”

An art student shares her work.

An art student shares her work.

Student performed original music and scenes from plays in duPont Hall, with art and art history presentations and works in Melchers.

In conjunction with the symposium, additional presentations took place across campus in the areas of English, math, history and geography.

“We hope that our research will help inspire future UMW students,” said David Chambers, a senior geography major who co-presented with junior Ray Humiston on the results of their field work on deforestation in Guatemala.

The symposium kicked-off on Thursday, April 24 with the keynote lecture “Structural Color – Origin and Evolution,” by Hui Cao, professor of applied physics and physics at Yale University.

The Undergraduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium is funded by the Class of 1959 Endowment. For a full list of student presentations, visit http://cas.umw.edu/student-research-and-creativity-symposium/.

UMW Faculty and Staff Receive PTAC Grants

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The University of Mary Washington President’s Technology Advisory Council, PTAC, recently awarded 10 PTAC Innovation Fund Grants to UMW faculty and staff members.

PTAC Innovation Fund Grants, which can range from $500 to $25,000, are intended to help jump-start innovative uses of technology in learning, teaching and exploration at UMW. This year’s grant recipients were:

  • “3-D Pedagogy through LEGOs,” by Andrea Smith, assistant professor of historic preservation;
  • “Bridging Boundaries: Innovative Film and Video across Disciplines,” by Jean Ann Dabb, professor of art and art history;
  • “Digital Gallery Exhibit Development,” by Rosemary Arneson, university librarian, and Carolyn Parsons, special collections librarian;
  • “Digital Voice Recorders for Sociolinguistics,” by Janie Lee, assistant professor of English, linguistics and communication;
  • “Educational Technology and Curriculum Support Collection,” by Paul Boger, Stafford library manager, Danielle Willgruber, library assistant, Elizabeth Heitsch, reference librarian and Nicole St. John, library assistant;
  • “Hearing their Stories,” by Janine Davis, assistant professor in the College of Education;
  • “Integrating Embedded Devices,” by David Toth, assistant professor of computer science, Ian Finlayson, assistant professor of computer science and Ronald Zacharski, associate professor of computer science;
  • “Providing STEM Learning Activities for Children with Disabilities,” by Nicole Myers, associate professor in the College of Education;
  • “Representation, Presentation, Documentation,” by Gary Stanton, associate professor of historic preservation, and Michael Spencer, assistant professor of historic preservation;
  • “Simulated Environments to Train Teacher Candidates,” by Roberta Gentry, assistant professor in the College of education.

The President’s Technology Advisory Council is a presidentially appointed committee of faculty, students and staff established in 2012 as a recommendation within the University Strategic Plan.

PTAC advises the president on technology issues, provides input on the purchasing of digital systems, and fosters and enables academic technologies and libraries at UMW. For more information visit http://president.umw.edu/ptac/grant/.

UMW to Host Psi Chi Symposium, April 17-18

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James P. Morris, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, will deliver the keynote address at the 29th annual Psi Chi Symposium for Undergraduate Research in Psychology at the University of Mary Washington. The lecture, “Characterizing Individual Variability in Neural Circuitry Underlying Social Perception,” will be delivered at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 18 in Lee Hall, Room 411.

James P. Morris, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Virginia

James P. Morris, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Virginia

UMW students will present their research as part of the symposium on Thursday, April 17from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Friday, April 18from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Lee Hall, Room 411. Morris’s lecture and the symposium are free and open to the public.

Morris is the head of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Virginia.  He also teaches courses in human neuroscience, social neuroscience and social neuroscience research at UVA.  In his research, Morris focuses on how social perception is represented in the brain, with research relating specifically to the neuroscience of autism spectrum disorder, epigenetics and social perception. He is a member of the International Society for Autism Research, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology and the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society.

Sponsored by UMW’s chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology, the symposium provides a forum for students to share their research and findings with their professors and peers.

For more information, contact Mindy Erchull, associate professor of psychology, at (540) 654-1557.