Internal announcements of interest to faculty and staff.
The location for today’s blood drive has been moved to Dodd Auditorium Foyer. The blood drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m.
Walk-ins are welcome. Please make sure to eat a good breakfast or lunch and drink fluids before your donation.
For more information, contact Christina Eggenberger at 540/654-1061.
The University of Mary Washington volleyball team will begin its quest for the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament championship this evening at the Anderson Center, when the Eagles host St. Mary’s College in first round action. The match begins at 7 p.m. The Eagle men’s soccer team will host York College of Pa. on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in a CAC Tournament semifinal match. Fans are encouraged to come out in strong numbers and cheer the Eagles to important victories!
On Wednesday, November 9,FEMA, DHS and FCC will conduct the first national test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. This nationwide test will kick off at 2 p.m. EST and run concurrently across all time zones.
This system test is the first of its kind, designed to broadcast a nationwide message to the American public. In the history of the country, nothing like it has been conducted on such a level. As you may be aware, there have been tests in the past, but not of this magnitude encompassing all regions of the nation simultaneously. The three-minute test will run concurrently on all radio and TV band stations exceeding the previous messages broadcast which were anywhere from a 30 second to one-minute message.
There is great concern in local police and emergency management circles about undue public anxiety over this test. The test message on TV might not indicate that it is just a test. Fear is that the lack of an explanation regarding the message might create panic. Please share this information with your family and friends so they are aware of the test.
Below are two websites that will provide more information regarding this test:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm
https://nationaldialogue-emergencyalertsystem.ideascale.com/
THE UMW ALERT SYSTEM WILL NOT BE ACTIVATED. ONLY MEDIA SYSTEMS WILL BE PARTICIPATING SO NOT TO CONFUSE THE UMW COMMUNITY DURING THE ACTIVATION.
If you have any questions, please contact Ruth Lovelace at (540) 654-2096.
The following message is from the Accounts Payable Office:
Please remember to reset your bookmarks and favorites to the new Accounts Payable web address http://adminfinance.umw.edu/ap/. If you use bookmarks or favorites to get to specific parts of our Accounts Payable site or to get to frequently used forms on our site, you will need to re-establish those bookmarks or favorites links.
In addition, please be sure to use the website to get the latest forms that have the new website addresses within the forms. If you use the search feature on the UMW website and cannot find the AP information you are looking for, please go directly to our site http://adminfinance.umw.edu/ap/. If you continue to have trouble finding the Accounts Payable information that you need, please email payables@umw.edu or call Julie Smith, the Accounts Payable Manager, at 654-1226 to let us know your specific problem.
Thank you.
Join the newly formed Eagle Business Book Club on Friday, November 11 at 7:30 a.m. in the Minor Board Room of the Jepson Alumni Executive Center.
The club was formed to give UMW faculty and staff an opportunity to read books that pertain to our work environment—our goal is to learn and share best practices in the workplace! To that end, each month we will read a different ‘business book’ and then discuss it.
The first book selected is a classic. Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” written in 1936, is one of the most widely read and impactful books worldwide. Pick up a copy, read it and join us on November 11 for a discussion on how we can use Carnegie’s ideas at UMW.
The Eagle Book Club Steering Committee members are Rosemary Arneson, Erma Baker, Donna Mejia, Fred Pierce, Lynne Richardson, Doug Searcy and Justin Webb. If you have specific questions, please contact a member of the Steering Committee. And we hope to see you on November 11th. Oh, and it’s BYOC (Bring Your Own Coffee)!
— Lynne Richardson, Dean, College of Business
