A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
It’s the season of Thanksgiving! What better time to think about what you’re grateful for? Expressing gratitude can boost your mood and help increase your happiness. When you’re feeling happy, you’re more likely to make better choices about your health, which can lead to weight loss.
Weight Watchers Thanks Giving
Our timeless tale of love makes us #12:12 ways a visit to the Fredericksburg region will surprise you.
To kick off the 2017-2018 season, UMW Athletics will host Eagle Madness presented by Chick-Fil-A and 99.3 The Vibe in Rosner Arena at the Anderson Center on, Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. In addition to the event, there will be a unique opportunity for children to meet the teams beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Anderson Center’s lobby.
Get ready to #RockTheRoz! Eagle Madness is a pep rally-style event with dance performances, fan contests, and great prizes! You won’t want to miss the kids dunk contest, 3-point contest between sharpshooters from both teams, a game featuring UMW faculty and staff versus students, and the grand finale $1,000 half-court shot!
Other important info for Eagle Madness:
Parking: Free parking is available in the UMW Parking Deck, entrance behind Anderson Center off of Route 1 (headed north) by the UMW pedestrian bridge.
For more information about Eagle Madness visit umweagles.com or email Ryan Greer at rgreer@umw.edu.
Deemed “well worth the drive,” Gari Melchers Home and Studio is featured in Culture Trip‘s article “Artists’ Home and Studios You Can Visit in Washington, DC.”
PETA just announced their Vegan Report Card scores for hundreds of college and university dining programs across the nation. UMW Dining Services is proud to be one of only seven universities in the commonwealth of Virginia to receive an A or higher score. The PETA report scores are based on vegan menu options, dedicated vegan stations, promotion of vegan options, inclusion of vegan students on student dining advisory boards and other factors.
UMW Dining Services is continually expanding and enhancing the vegan options at the Top of the UC. Special feature vegan entrees are offered at lunch and dinner daily at the Vegan Grill, and guests can also build their own vegan plate from ingredients at the Sustenance Station and have them grilled to order. In addition to the vegan sorbet offered at the Gelato Station, guests can now enjoy vegan cookies or cake at the Vegan Grill.
We’re very pleased that this year’s Student Culinary Council also includes vegan and vegetarian members. For additional information about the vegan options available at the Top of the UC contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu.
Campus Dining and UMW Athletes are cosponsoring Sodexo’s 12th annual Stop Hunger Food drive November 4-13. They are hoping to collect more than 8,000 pounds of food for the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank and are seeking participation and support from our UMW community.
Food donation bins will be located in every campus dining facility, Simpkins Library, and the UMW Bookstore, which will offer a discount on insignia items to those who make a food donation. Cash donations will also be accepted at the Top of of the UC, and a “Stop Hunger” Heart with the donor’s name will be posted to encourage others to support the drive.
Students wishing to purchase canned goods for the drive may do so at the Market in the Eagle’s Nest, and they may use up to $100 of their Flex dollars for the purchases.
On Nov. 10, the athletes will be selling canned goods and taking monetary donations at the Top of the UC between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. Students, faculty and staff may purchase the canned items or make monetary donations using cash or their EagleOne accounts.
The local YMCA and several area churches will also be participating in the drive. Campus Dining would welcome additional food collection opportunities here on campus or elsewhere in the Fredericksburg community. For further information on how you may support the drive please contact Rose Benedict or CaraMarie Christy at 540-654-2165 or dining@umw.edu.
Come hear from Lindsay Pugliese, the in-store nutritionist at Giant grocery store,
on Nov. 30 from 11 a.m. until noon. She will speak about Nutrition for Fitness Lovers. (Lee Hall 412)
Lindsay will have a food tasting, coupons and recipes to give out to her audience!
This is open to all UMW STUDENTS and STAFF.
Eagle Village Giant Food grocery store is offering a 5% discount to UMW staff and students. You must present your Eagle One ID card and it is valid at the Eagle Village location only.
The Office of University Relations would like to thank everyone who came out to be part of the Fox 5 event on campus last Friday, Oct. 20. The Washington, D.C., television station featured the University of Mary Washington in its “College Tour” series, filming live on Ball Circle, with morning show anchors Annie Yu and Kevin McCarthy from 7 to 11 a.m.
Special thanks to featured guests President Troy D. Paino, Professor of Historic Preservation Michael Spencer, Professor of Art and Art History Rosemary Jesionowski, Instructional Technology Specialist Lee Skallerup Bessette, Athletic Director Ken Tyler and our very own “Campus Hero,” longtime UMW employee Grace Anne Braxton – who were interviewed on camera.
Special thanks, too, to the Department of Theatre and Dance, and Dining Services, and Sammy D. Eagle and the UMW cheerleaders, who were with us all morning long.
But the pre-Homecoming broadcast could not have worked without help from the students (both Devils and Goats) and staff, faculty and administrators, club members and athletes who showed up to show off their Mary Washington spirit. Go, Eagles!
View photos and watch video clips from Fox 5’s “College Tour” stop at the University of Mary Washington.
Gari Melchers Home and Studio has been showing up in the news this month! Visit the links below to find out more.
How to get your best fall photos in the Fredericksburg region (Call Me Fred, October 24, 2017)
Stepping into the Fredericksburg Time Machine (Boomer Magazine, October 13, 2017)
12 Reasons Why You’ll Fall for Fredericksburg (Huffington Post, October 16, 2017)
You’re invited to bring your children, nieces/nephews, and/or grandchildren to COAR’s annual Pumpkin Palooza on Sunday, Oct. 29, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. There will be themed games and crafts being held on Ball Circle, as well as trick-or-treating across campus. Come in costume and enjoy an autumn afternoon! Our own students will be running the event and volunteering in many capacities- they would love to interact with you and your children there. Please email coarumw@gmail.com with any questions!
Event is cancelled in the case of significant rain.
SAVE THE DATE for the Spring Forward Festival on the Brompton Lawn: Sunday, April 8th, noon-4pm
Is this something you’d be able to do? Let me know-
Thank you so much!
Best,
Libby Simmons ‘17
Graduate Assistant for Service
Center for Honor, Leadership, & Service
(540) 654 – 5643