Category: Announcements

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

Questions:  For more information or clarification on the process, please contact Judy Kwitnieski in the Office of Human Resources at jkwitnie@umw.edu or 654-2051. 

REMINDER:Thursday, January 31^st is the deadline for CLD Bonus Submissions 

RECOGNITION BONUSES FOR CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES AND DEGREES (CLDs) are awarded to administrative faculty and non-probationary classified and wage employees who have recently earned a certification, license or degree. 

To see if you or one or more of your employees qualify and to process the request, follow the steps below. 

1. Determine if the certification, license or degree was earned between the designated dates (see chart below) and meets the program guidelines outlined at the following link: http://adminfinance.umw.edu/hr/employee-relations/employee-recognition/cld-policy/ 

1. Complete the attached Recognition Award Notice and include the required documentation listed below (must be attached for submissions to be considered.) 

Ø  Certifications – Copy of the certification and attached Certification Checklist

Ø  Degrees – Official or unofficial transcripts

Ø  Licenses – Copy of the license 

1. Obtain the necessary approvals. The approval structure was set up so that supervisors and the Cabinet Vice President in each area can approve/disapprove bonuses in a consistent manner for their area. Supervisors and Cabinet Vice Presidents (or designees) should utilize the attached checklist as well as the guidance provided on the CLD website to determine whether the bonus request meets the required qualifications.

1. Submit the required documentation to Human Resources by January 31, 2013.  Completed Recognition Award Notice with attached documentation and all required signatures should be submitted to Judy Kwitnieski in the Office of Human Resources/Fairfax House by 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2013. 

Bonus issuance is contingent on budget availability. All approved bonuses will be issued to the employee within 30 days of approval. 

Questions:  For more information or clarification on the process, please contact Judy Kwitnieski in the Office of Human Resources at jkwitnie@umw.edu or 654-2051.

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Dear Colleagues: 

Last Monday, the Governor issued his recommended amendments for the final year of the 2012 – 2014 Biennial budget.  These amendments, if agreed to by the General Assembly  during their upcoming session, will become effective for the July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 Fiscal Year.  A summary of his proposed actions is attached. Gov budget highlights-12_17_12

Please feel free to contact Paul Messplay or me if you have questions. 

Happy Holidays to all. 

Rick 

Richard R. Pearce

Vice President for Administration and Finance and CFO

University of Mary Washington

1301 College Avenue

Fredericksburg, VA  22401

(540) 654-1020

(540) 654-1162 (fax)

rpearce@umw.edu

Dear UMW Community,

During the holiday season it is typical to see an increase in phishing and spam emails, and this year is no different.  UMW is seeing an increase in the amount of spam, phishing emails, and viruses so we ask you to be extra cautious.  During this time of year many people are buying items online and mailing or receiving packages, which may make you the perfect target of phishing emails that look very similar to an email you would receive from a legitimate company.  When in doubt, DELETE IT!

Providing your account information or clicking a link in an email from an unknown sender or in a suspicious email from a known sender not only can compromise your account – it can cause problems and delays to the entire UMW email system. 

UMW IT and other reputable organizations will never ask you to confirm your account information through email.

• Immediately delete any message that you receive asking for your credentials or any other personal information.  Do NOT respond to these messages!
• If you replied to a phishing message or believe that your account has been compromised, change your password immediately. 

Users who give out account information via email allow spammers and/or criminals to access their accounts either to send additional SPAM through our email system to internal and external users or access the content of your mailbox.  This is a serious security concern and may cause external email providers may elect to blacklist UMW (preventing email messages to be sent to or received from external senders including students).  Mailboxes that are used to send SPAM will be immediately suspended and users will be contacted until we can properly secure the account.

For more information on how UMW protects you and what you can do to protect yourself please visit the UMW page on phishing.  You can copy and paste the following link into your browser or search for “phishing” on the UMW home page (http://technology.umw.edu/information-security/phishing/)

Report suspicious emails. Suspicious emails or concerns about your account being compromised should be reported immediately to it-abuse@umw.edu.

• If you need assistance, please contact the Help Desk at HelpDesk@umw.edu or (540) 654-2255

Ray Usler,  CISSP, CISM                                                 John Sherman

Director of IT Security and ISO                                         IT Security Analyst

University of Mary Washington                                        University of Mary Washington

540-654-2152                                                                   540-654-1447

rusler@umw.edu                                                              jsherman@umw.edu

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