December 22, 2024

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

MyUMW Transition Training

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As UMW’s contract with OrgSync (the software that runs MyUMW) will be ending in March, the Office of Student Activities and Engagement will be offering two sessions to demonstrate how to save forms, form submissions, files, or anything else from portals on MyUMW. Staff will also be available to answer questions pertaining to OrgSync or the transition to the new software.

Upcoming training sessions will be held on the following dates:

  • Tuesday, February 19 at 12 p.m. in the Colonnade Room in the University Center
  • Wednesday, February 20 at 4 p.m. in the Colonnade Room in the University Center

Once the new software is in place, additional training sessions will be offered.

Questions about this can be sent to ssutphin@umw.edu.

Causarano Receives Online Teaching Award

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Penny Causarano

Penny Causarano, adjunct professor of Chinese

Penny Causarano, adjunct professor of Chinese, has received an award for excellence in online language teaching. The recognition was one of two annual awards given by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Distance Learning Special Interest Group (ACTFL DL SIG) in conjunction with the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), an organization devoted to research and development of technology. In addition to teaching Chinese at UMW, Causarano is a curriculum resource teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools.

For more about the award, visit ACTFL newsletter and CALICO.

 

 

 

Don’t Miss COAR’s Annual Variety Show on Friday

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The Annual Variety Show will be held on Friday, Feb 15, in Dodd Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m.. This event, sponsored by UMW’s Community Outreach and Resources (COAR), is a fundraiser for Mary Washington’s Alternative Service Break trips. It’s also a great opportunity to see a variety of talented acts, bid in the silent auction, and learn more about the University’s excellent Alternative Service Break programs operated in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Student groups, such as Bella Acapella and One Note Stand, will perform, as will community dance/theater groups.

Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for non-students, and $10 for families of 3 or more. Raffle tickets for prizes are $1 each, and there will also be a silent auction.

UMW Global Food Fair Promotes Study Abroad

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An article about a Global Food Fair dinner at Mary Washington was recently featured on Patch.com. The event was hosted by UMW Dining Services to celebrate international cuisines and help promote the University’s Center for International Education study abroad programs. To read the article, visit  https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/umw-global-food-fair-promotes-study-abroad.

SEA Hosts Conference on Trauma and Mental Health Struggles in the Classroom

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Secretary of Education Princess Moss

Princess Moss, Secretary of the National Education Association

The UMW Student Education Association will host a conference, “What it Takes to Save the Republic,” Saturday, Feb. 23,  from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in University Hall of the Stafford campus. The focus will be on handling trauma and mental health struggles in the classroom.

Princess Moss, secretary of the National Education Association, will be the keynote speaker. Moss is an alumna of UMW and won the Distinguished Alumnus award in 2006. Click here to read more about Moss’ achievements.

Click the REGISTER NOW button below to view the breakout sessions and to RSVP to the event. Cost to attend is $5 per person; this fee can be paid in advance in the COE suite in Trinkle Hall, or at check-in on the day of the conference. Registration is required and is requested by February 11.

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Alumna Donates to Create Historic Preservation Scholarship

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University of Mary Washington alumna Kerri S. Barile has carved a career and built a business out of her passion for, and education in, historic preservation. As co-founder and president of Dovetail Cultural Resource Group, she now is giving back to her alma mater while blazing a trail for UMW students to follow in her footsteps.

Kerri Barile '94 is co-owner of Dovetail Cultural Resources Group.

Kerri Barile ’94 is co-owner of Dovetail Cultural Resources Group.

Dovetail, under the direction of Barile and her business partner, Michael Carmody, recently donated $26,000 to create an endowed scholarship for UMW historic preservation students. Pending approval by the UMW Board of Visitors, it will be named the Dovetail Cultural Resource Group Scholarship for Historic Preservation.

“Mary Washington has given so much to me personally – and now is providing our company with close connections to professors, students and alumni,” said Barile, who graduated from the University in 1994 with a degree in historic preservation. Read more.

Kraus Featured in Wellness for Musicians Recital

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Andrew Kraus and Doug Gately at Melchers

On Monday, February 4, the Rappahannock Music Society  featured Adjunct Piano Professor Andrew Kraus in the workshop and recital called “Wellness for the Performing Musician,” held in the Central Rappahannock Regional Library theater.  Kraus’ workshop got the participants up on their feet to learn “The Relaxing Breath” and “5 Elements QiGong.” Kraus also introduced them to the seminal work on “Flow” by Czicentmihali and applications of that work by Dr. Joseph Parrente in his book The Positive Pianist. The program also included a joint recital featuring pieces that Kraus will perform at UMW later this spring  with Doug Gately, director of the UMW Jazz Ensemble.  The performance will focus on music by women composers. Kraus closed with Automne by Cecile Chaminade.

Slezak Contributes to Educause ‘2019 Top 10 IT Issues’

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Jerry Slezak, director of IT Support Services

Jerry Slezak, director of IT Support Services

Jerry Slezak, director of IT Support  Services, served as a member of the 2018–2019 EDUCAUSE IT Issues Panel and  contributed to the article “Top 10 IT Issues, 2019: The Student Genome  Project,” published in EDUCAUSE Review. The article focuses on the role IT plays in data security, privacy and creating more student-centered institutions.  To read the article, visit: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/1/top-10-it-issues-2019-the-student-genome-project.

Gorbachev Great Lives Lecture Rescheduled for Tonight

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The Crawley Great Lives lecture on Mikhail Gorbachev, originally scheduled for January 29, has been rescheduled for tonight, Thursday, Jan. 31. The talk will be given by William Taubman, the Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Amherst College. He is the author of the just-published Gorbachev: His Life and Times. His biography, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography.

This series is open to the public free of charge and no admission tickets are required. Programs begin at 7:30 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium in George Washington Hall.  Each lecture concludes with an audience Q&A session with the speaker and a book-signing. For a list of the upcoming lectures, visit https://www.umw.edu/greatlives.