Category: Announcements

The following message is from the UMW Police: 

Early this morning, Thursday, January 17, University Housekeeping discovered a break-in of several faculty offices on the third floor in DuPont Hall Currently, the incident is under investigation by University Police and the Virginia State Police. Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact Sergeant Brad Sullivan with University Police at (540) 654-1025.

As a reminder to the University community, the Police Communications Center at Brent House is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Anyone observing suspicious activity or unsafe conditions should call the University Police immediately at (540) 654-1025, 4444 from a university phone or by pressing the call button from any exterior Blue Light Station.  Anonymous tips or information may be reported to the University Police by visiting the web page Silent Witness. For your safety, after-hour safety escorts are available by calling the Police Communications Center.

The following message is from the UMW Police: 

This morning, Thursday, January 17, the University Police Department was contacted by a student who noticed an object in the Marshall parking lot that appeared to be a weapon. After investigation, the police officer recovered what appeared to be a 38- or 357-caliber revolver. Upon further examination, the officer found that the revolver was replica that cannot be fired. The owner of this revolver or anyone with information should contact the Sergeant Brad Sullivan with University Police at (540) 654-1025.

From the Office of Human Resources. For questions or concerns, please contact Benefits Administrator, Denise Frye at dfrye2@umw.edu. ,  

Availability Notice To All Employees: 

All University of Mary Washington employees including Wage and Adjunct are eligible to enroll in the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan and/or the 403(b) Tax Deferred Savings Plan. All contributions are pre-tax deductions.  

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased the deferral contribution limit for employees who participate in 457/403(b) from $17,000 to $17,500 for calendar year 2013. The catch-up contribution limit for those age 50 and over remains unchanged at $5,500. Also no changes to the Cash Match Plan; the agency cash match continues to be 50% of your contribution to one of the Plans, not to exceed $20 per pay date.  Wage and Adjunct employees are not eligible to receive the cash match.  

Full time salaried employees hired on or after January 1, 2008 are enrolled automatically in the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan for a pre-tax deduction of $20.00 and $10.00 to the cash match plan unless they have an existing 457 account or opted out of enrolling in the plan.   There are no automatic enrollments for the 403(b) Tax Deferred Savings Plan.  

To enroll or change your current pay period deductions: 

457 Deferred Compensation plan:

 • Online: Go to  https://vadcp.ingplans.com/eportal/welcome.do  (You will need your password)

• By phone: 1-VRS-DC-PLAN1(1-877-327-5261), option 1.

• Paper enrollment form only if you are unable to enroll using the above options. 

403(b) Tax Deferred Savings Plan:

• Select and contact a vendor from the attached approved provider list.
• Complete the Salary Reduction Agreement form (SRA).  SRA Form  For initial enrollment, the SRA should be completed by you and the Financial Advisor/Agent of the selected Provider and returned to Office of Human Resources for processing.
• To receive the Cash Match on the 403(b) account, complete the Cash Match Agreement Form and forward to the Office of Human Resources for processing.  Cash Match Form    

Beneficiaries:

Are your beneficiaries up to date?  Your beneficiary form should be updated after each

personal milestone such as a change in marital status, the birth or adoption of a child or as your life events change.

To update/change your beneficiary for your life insurance benefit and VRS Retirement, submit a new Designation of Beneficiary (VRS-2 ) to Office of Human Resources as soon as possible for processing. If you don’t know who you designated, you may also submit a new VRS-2  to Office of Human Resources for processing.    

To update/change your beneficiary for the 457 deferred compensation plan, complete the 457(b)/401(a) beneficiary form and mail to ING.  

To update your beneficiary with the Optional Retirement Plan or 403(b), please contact the Vendor directly.  

Thank you

From the Office of Human Resources 

Influenza (“flu”) activity continues to spread through our community.    

It is important to remember that certain people – including young children, persons aged 65 years or older, and those with underlying lung or heart conditions—are especially vulnerable to developing flu complications.   The good news is that each of us can take precautions to control the spread of flu.  

Attached are steps to protect you and your family from the increasing spread of the flu virus and links for additional information and resources.   Flu Brochure 2013

The following message is from Parking Management:  

Greetings to the UMW Campus Community:

Welcome back to campus! The Office of Parking Management would like to share a few reminders for the new semester.

The Parking Management Office is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient use of parking resources.  Under the umbrella of Business Services, our parking management team includes:

• Robin Jones, Supervisor
• Mark Graziano , Enforcement Officer
• William Barnett, Enforcement Officer

To ensure the availability of safe parking and the efficient use of the parking resources, the enforcement of all parking regulations will begin on Wednesday, January 16, 2013.  Please review the following information in order to prevent receiving citations and/or having your vehicle towed during the upcoming year.

Parking on Campus

Vehicles parked on campus must display a valid decal or temporary dash pass and be parked in a lot that corresponds with the decal designation.

• Reserved spaces and restricted lots are enforced at ALL times.
• College Avenue parking is available for commuters, faculty and staff with appropriate decals as well as University visitors.
• The parking website offers guidance on seeking a “parking pass” for overnight campus guests.

Parking Lot Designation

A listing of all lots and their designation may be found on the Parking website (includes guidelines for the UMW Parking Deck)

Permits 

Parking permit applications are available for eligible students and all faculty and staff through EagleNet.

Eagle Landing Parking 

Those residents of Eagle Landing who have purchased deck parking will receive RFID tags from the EL front desk.  These students have 24/7 access to the enclosed deck parking on floors 3-5 of Eagle Landing.  Eagle Landing guest spaces are for registered guests.  Guest passes are available from UMW Parking Management.

Note:  EAGLE VILLAGE is private property and parking is for tenants and customers of Eagle Village businesses only.  Towing in this location is enforced.

Parking in nearby Commercial & Residential Areas  

Students and faculty/staff members are cautioned not to park their vehicles in nearby commercial parking lots or residential communities while on campus.  The City of Fredericksburg and Commercial Businesses restrict parking to patrons or residents within designated city blocks. Violators are subject to fines and towing.

Construction Detours  

The Convergence Center construction continues and details on the project may be found on the Provost website: http://provost.umw.edu/convergence-center.  Construction parking will be within a designated area in the Sunken Road Lot.  A campus map of the pedestrian detour is found on the following site:  http://provost.umw.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/191/files/2012/08/Campus_Walk_Converge_Ctr_Detour_.pdf

Enforcement 

The university has been granted the authority under the Code of Virginia Sections 23-9.2:3, and 2.2-4800 to issue citations and collect fines.

Student Parking Advisory Committee   

An advisory committee to discuss campus parking issues was established during the Fall 2012 semester.  Interested students should contact Robin Jones.

Specific questions may be directed to:

Robin Jones

Parking Management Supervisor

540-654-1129

rjones@umw.edu

We wish you a successful academic semester.

Erma A. Baker   CPPO, VCO

Assistant Vice President for Business Services and CPO

ebaker@umw.edu

540-654-2043

The following message is from the Division of Student Affairs: 

Tomorrow we are welcoming our newest students for the January 2013 semester.  There are approximately 110 transfers and 10 first-time freshmen. New residential students (about 25) will be moving in during the morning, and the commuting students will arrive on campus late morning to attend Orientation events beginning in Lee Hall and at various other campus locations.  

Please join us in making our newest UMW community members feel at home.  

Doug Searcy, Ph.D.

Vice President for Student Affairs