The following parking lot reservations are in place for Thursday, Feb. 16:

• The Fairfax Lot will be reserved from  10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the COAR Volunteer Fair.
• The Simpson Library and the Jepson Science Center lots will be reserved from 2 to 6 p.m. for attendees of the Board of Visitors reception.
• Additionally, twenty spaces adjacent to College Avenue within the George Washington lot will be reserved from 2 to 6 p.m. for the Career Center STEM Speed Networking Event.

Parking for faculty and staff will remain available in all other designated and unreserved faculty and staff lots.

As a reminder:

• Accessible parking spaces are available in all open lots to any vehicles with DMV-issued accessible placards or license plates.
• The UMW Police Department provides escorts when needed and may be reached at ext. 1025. Please visit the Safety Escort webpage for more information.

For a calendar view of lot reservations visit the Parking Lot Reservations Calendar webpage.

Please contact Maie Makin in Parking Management with any parking related questions: mmakin2@umw.edu, 540/654-1129.

There will be a Student Employment Fair held on Tuesday, February 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the living rooms of the Cedric Rucker University Center. This is a great opportunity for departments to promote open student staff positions they will have available for the 2023-24 academic year. If your department is interested in participating, please submit the registration form here: https://umw.presence.io/form/student-employment-fair-registration-form

If your department oversees student employees, interns, mentors, etc. who are graduating this May, they are eligible for involvement cords as a part of their graduation regalia. For more information and to submit their names for eligibility, please complete this form: https://umw.presence.io/form/seniors-eligible-for-graduation-cords 

If you have any questions about these items, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Sandrine Sutphin at ssutphin@umw.edu or Michael Middleton at mmiddlet@umw.edu.

American Red Cross Blood DriveFebruary 22nd, 11:00 AM-5:00 PM | CRUC Chandler Ballroom
The Red Cross Student Organization at UMW is hosting its second blood drive of the semester in partnership with the American Red Cross. We are looking for VOLUNTEERS to help scan donors in and blood DONORS to donate! Our goal is 53 donors. To donate blood, you must sign up for an appointment via the website linked below. You must also have a valid state ID to bring with you on the day of the drive. Sign up to volunteer or sign up to donate.

Safe Zone is excited to announce the date for our most popular annual spring event. We will be hosting a faculty/staff book club on Wednesday, Feb, 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Red Dragon Brewery (1419 Princess Anne St). We will be reading “Detransition, Baby” by Torrey Peters, which has won multiple awards and is a National Bestseller. The first 12 people to sign up will receive a free book. If you would like to sign up for the book club or have questions, please email Laura Wilson. Registration is required to attend.

On Monday, February 27, UMW will hold a Celebration of Excellence! This buffet lunch in the Cedric Rucker University Center, Chandler Ballroom, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will include awards and prizes and an update from President Paino. Please let us know if you are coming by sending an email to rsvp@umw.edu.

The Celebration of Excellence luncheon will feature the announcement of several staff awards, including the Hurley and Coleman Award from fall 2022 for which nominations were accepted in February 2022, and the Atkins Award for which nominations are open now through Feb. 3. All three awards will then open for nominations again in September to be back on an annual cycle. Learn more about each award and see the list of past recipients online.

Note: The fall staff appreciation event will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

2023 Eagle Award Nominations!

Do you know of an Eagle who has gone above and beyond? Nominate them for our annual Eagle Awards! Award category topics range from service, character, Faculty engagement, and departmental awards! The nomination form will be open until March 10th!

Find the nomination form in Presence!
Get more information about the award categories!

President Paino invites you to join him at a Conversations with the President session, offering an informal opportunity to share insights and engage in candid discussions that are aligned with our community values and in support of making University of Mary Washington the best it can be. Occasionally, the sessions may focus on a particular issue facing us or may include other leaders who represent areas critical to institutional progress.

• Thursday, March 23         1:30-2:30 p.m., In-person session in the Digital Auditorium of the Hurley Convergence Center

Call for Proposals!

Please encourage students to submit their work for presentation at our annual Undergraduate Research Forum on Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. We welcome projects from all disciplines and of all kinds (original research, creative project, collaborative work). The work should be on a subject related to women, gender, and/or sexuality studies and produced for any UMW class during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Works in progress are welcome! Cash prizes awarded to this year’s outstanding presenter AND poster in recognition of student research in women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

Submit the following materials to Dr. Ray Levy (rlevy@umw.edu) via email by Friday, March 10: 1. Your name (and co-presenters names) and UMW email address(es) 2. Proposal (1-2 pages, typed, double spaced) describing original research or creative project to be presented in a 7-minute presentation or as a poster (please clearly specify if you will be doing a presentation OR poster in this proposal) 3. Equipment or technology beyond a computer you will need and will supply 4. Project title, course # and title for which it was produced; instructor, and semester/year course was taken 5. Required: IRB approval letter for research involving human subjects.

Participants will be notified of their proposal status by Monday, March 13. The forum will take place Wednesday, March 29, from 4 to 6 p.m., in Lee Hall 411. This annual forum is sponsored by UMW Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.

Contact Ray Levy or Surupa Gupta with questions.