February 13, 2026

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Join UMW’s Largest Gratitude Meditation, Dec. 1

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Come join Campus Rec on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Chandler Ballroom for UMW’s Largest Gratitude Meditation event to close out the semester and the year!
Gratitude meditation is simply the practice of reflecting on the things in our lives we’re grateful for. It’s about experiencing that feeling of appreciation, whether for a loving family member or friend, a beautiful sunny day, or the pleasure of a good cup of tea. Join us for some guided meditation and light snacks. No registration required.
If you have any questions, please write us at campusrec@umw.edu  and follow us on Insatgram.
Your friends in Wellness,
The UMW Campus Recreation Team

Business Services eUpdate – Late Fall 2022

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Business Services

Bookstore

Faculty/Staff Appreciation Sale

Employees receive 20% off regular priced merchandise at the UMW Bookstore from December 5-9, in store only. Not valid on textbooks, regalia, or convenience items.

UMW Mug Giveaway

What do you love most about Mary Washington? Tell us your favorite thing about being an Eagle for your chance to win a UMW mug! Entries can only be completed in-store by writing your answer on one of the paper stars, putting it in an ornament (provided by store), and handing it in to a Bookseller.

You must include your UMW email address for your entry to be valid. One entry per person. The winner will be announced during Finals week, and you must be able to claim your prize in person.

Let’s see how many stars we can hang around the Bookstore!!!

Current Promotions

The University Bookstore has several new and upcoming promotions, both in-store and online. Some of these include:

  • Now through December 3, BOGO free on select apparel brands
  • Now through December 26, BOGO 50% off paperback favorites
  • Now through December 31, receive 25% off glassware, 25% off clearance, 25% off select audio, BOGO 50% Skullcandy headphones, and various sale on select Beats products
  • 11/11-11/20 Early Black Friday regular priced general reading: buy 2 get 3rd free
  • 11/20-11/28 40% off Nanobuds
  • 11/24-12/5 25% off Hydroflask (both regular and clearance priced)
  • 11/25-11/28: 20% off sitewide (web only)

Keep an eye out on the website and visit the store for more promos!
Cutter & Buck Quarter Zip 

Winter Break Hours

The Bookstore will have the following hours during Winter Break:

  • December 12-16: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • December 17: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • December 19-22: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • December 23 – January 2: closed
  • January 3-6: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • January 7 & 8: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

UMW Dining

Late Fall 2022 Semester Events & Updates

Faculty & Staff Thanksgiving Lunch on Thursday, November 17

Thanksgiving Cornucopia with various squashes

Lunch will be served 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Chandler Ballroom, CRUC. Cost for faculty & staff: $8.50. Cost for other guests: $13. Tickets are available for purchase now at the cashier stations on the 4th floor of the CRUC using credit card or EagleOne. Tickets purchased on the day at the Ballroom require credit card, but those using EagleOne may pay at the 4th floor cashier stations. The Restaurants at the Top of the CRUC will be closed from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the 17th to set up for the Thanksgiving dinner that will be served to students and other guests from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Taking Applications for Stop Hunger Scholarships

Stop Hunger

 

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation sponsors Stephen J. Brady Stop Hunger scholarships for students K-grad school (up to age 25) for those who have made meaningful contributions to help stop hunger.  The deadline to apply is December 7, 2022.  For more information, please visit Stop Hunger Scholarships.

Did you miss the October 20 Harvest Festival & Farmers’ Market in Ball Circle?

Become a UMWFoodie to be notified about special events and free food, as well as any changes in dining operational hours due to weather or other emergency situations. Just text the keyword UMWFOODIES to 82257 to opt in. Rose Benedict is the only one who sends you messages. You won’t get junk messages and your phone number will not be shared with other groups or companies.

Chef v. Chef “Chopped” Style Cooking Competition and Free Food!

Tuesday, December 6, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Top of the CRUC. Come watch the competition and enjoy the plant-based culinary creations without charge!
Chef V. Cehf competition details

Thanksgiving Break Schedule

  • All retail dining locations will close at 4 p.m. on November 22 and reopen with their normal schedules on Monday, November 28.
  •  The Restaurants at the Top of the CRUC will close at 8 p.m. on November 22 and reopen for dinner at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 27.

Winter Break Closing Schedule

  • All Retail Dining Shoppes will close at 4 pm on Friday, December 9.
  • The Restaurants at the Top of the CRUC will close at 7 pm on Friday, December 9.

For details on any dining programs, contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu or call 540-654-2169.

EagleOne

Farmer Vending Machines

With the construction in the James Farmer basement, the Pepsi and CRH snack vending machines have been relocated to the first floor, room 106.

Parking Management

New Employee

Please welcome UMW alumna Ariana Dodge as the new Community Services Officer. She can be reached at adodge@umw.edu.

Lot Reservation Calendar

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

Post Office

Postage Increases

USPS announced temporary 2022 Holiday Season price increases. The price of stamps will also increase permanently effective January 22, 2023. Take advantage of current forever stamp pricing by contacting the UMW Post Office now at 540-654-1049. Please allow three weeks lead time for large departmental orders.

The UMW Post Office has your holiday shipping needs covered! USPS services are in high demand, so visit soon!

Belmont Celebrates Home for the Holidays Through Dec. 30

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Gari Melchers Home and Studio presents Home for the Holidays through December 30. Enjoy the house decorated for the holidays in the spirit and style of American painter Gari Melchers and his talented artist-wife, Corinne. Dialogue-based guided holiday tours are offered daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s signature Christmas tree will feature dolls from around the world.

Volunteers Needed for Holiday Dining Event, Dec. 5

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Dining Volunteers Needed!

Holiday Volunteers Shannon Hauser, Jerry Slezak and Cartland Berge were very merry in their chef hats!

Very Merry Volunteer Servers

All members of UMW’s faculty and staff, and their friends and family members, are invited to join University Dining’s merry band of volunteer servers for one of the biggest dining events of the season: The free Exam Cram Ice Cream and Waffles event (9:30 to 10:30 pm on Monday, December 5th) at the Top of the Cedric Rucker University Center.

Get a group together from your office, bring members of your family (ages 12 and above), or just sign up as an individual.  No matter how you do it, you’re sure to have lots of fun, and the work is easy! Just put food on the plates of the excited and hungry students!  You’ll get free food, too!

Volunteers for each event are asked to work a 75-minute shift. To sign up, use this link to the Holiday Dining Volunteer form. Lots more information can be found on the form, but additional details are also available from Dining Marketing Manager and Concierge Rose Benedict, at rbenedic@umw.edu or 540-654-2169. Don’t miss out on these great opportunities to kick back, have fun and share some wonderful food with the students!

Gwen Hale Resource Center Updates

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Thanks to the support of many, many people across campus and in the wider community, the Gwen Hale Resource Center has been serving a LOT of folks this year. We have provided food, toiletries, clothing and more to community members – logging over 350 visits so far this academic year. (For comparison, last year by this time we had logged about 75 visits). We are also serving over 150 people every other week when the Food Bank comes to campus for a Fresh Market produce distribution on Thursdays, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Lee Hall. ALL are welcome and encouraged to come get fresh fruits and veggies!

We want to:

-make sure we all know that our students still have significant resource needs
-THANK YOU for your support (in donations, in volunteer time, in spreading the word)
-and ask for yet more support in the Spring.

There are several opportunities for support coming up in Spring 2023:

1. Our Food Bank Fresh Markets will occur the first Thursday and third Wednesday of each month, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. We aim to have student volunteers at these distributions, but help from fac/staff would always be so welcome. Please just let me know if you’d like to join – or show up on the day, that is great too.

2. Through the Food Bank, we have developed a partnership with the Giant in Eagle Village, and we pick up donations there every Tuesday morning at 9. I am recruiting volunteers who would be willing to take a turn doing this pick up, and dropping off at GHRC. If you’re interested, please let me know and I’ll send more info and a link to a sign-up form.

3. We can always use more donations, honestly. “In kind” donations are the easiest for us to handle – you know, food. We have a steady need for bars (granola, breakfast, snack, you name it), snacks of any kind, breakfast food. But anything you’d care to provide, we would be delighted to receive. Donations can be dropped off outside of the Center for Community Engagement (UC 320) or at the GHRC itself (Lee Hall Attic).

Thanks again for your support.

Leslie Martin
Associate Professor of Sociology

Racial Justice Book Club Interest Survey

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Hello Colleagues!

Over the past several semesters, an evolving group of faculty and staff have gathered a few times a semester to discuss a book we all agree to read. We talk informally about the reading, and about how it relates to the work we do together here at UMW. We have read Kendi’s How to be an Anti-Racist, McGhee’s The Sum of Us and Wilkerson’s Caste.

We are hoping to reconvene in the spring semester, and we invite any interested folks to join us! Let us know you’re interested by completing this short google form. Please respond by Friday, Dec. 16, at 5 p.m., so we can begin to plan for spring.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Leslie Martin or Shavonne Shorter.

Faculty Needed for Alumni College During Reunion Weekend

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Plans for Reunion Weekend 2023 are well underway. Classes ending in 3 and 8 will be celebrating their reunions on campus June 1-4, 2023. An integral part of the weekend are Alumni College lectures by UMW faculty. Lectures are an hour long and span all topics and disciplines. The alumni engagement office invites all faculty who are interested in presenting during Reunion Weekend to contact Mark Thaden at mark.thaden@umw.edu or ext. 2160 by December 14 to discuss further. Thank you in advance!

Women’s Leadership Colloquium Coffee Talk, Dec. 13

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December’s Women’s Leadership Colloquium Coffee Talk will be held in person on Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Jepson Alumni and Executive Center Board Room, 1119 Hanover St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. Parking is available on Hanover Street. The Coffee Talk will be led by Janel Donohue, President, Rappahannock United Way, discussing Celebrating Your Excellence! What better way to end the year than with an empowering conversation that will leave you feeling ready to take on anything in 2023. Your excellence is a powerful tool you can utilize to have the best year yet. Register for the event.