Thirty-two students from six sections of FSEM (Race & Revolution) and Racism and Contemporary American Philosophy visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Oct 27. Four faculty accompanied them: Melina Patterson, Suzanne Sumner, Craig Vasey and Wanda Simpkins (James Farmer Post-Doctoral Fellow). The museum is very impressive, and students were struck by the variety of exhibits and the amount of information concerning our history that is overlooked in what they learn in school. To our surprise, however, we found that if you do not already know who James Farmer is, and what CORE was, you will not learn it from the current set of exhibits!
Experience Eagle Madness on Election Night
College basketball is back!
UMW Athletics will host Eagle Madness, a midnight madness-style event presented by Chick-Fil-A in Rosner Arena at the Anderson Center on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., with a unique opportunity for children beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Vote UMW for more CAC Championships and get ready to #RockTheRoz in 2016-2017!
Admission to “Eagle Madness” is FREE. Throughout the night UMW Athletics will raffle off prizes and run several contests on the court with both fans and players! Don’t miss the 3-point contest between the women’s and the men’s sharpshooters and the grand finale half-court shot, where one lucky fan could go home with a very big check!
Other important info for Eagle Madness:
- In conjunction with the Junior Eagle Kid’s Club, children 12 & under will have a unique opportunity to meet and take photos with the players beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the court level lobby. Enter the Anderson Center through the Ticket Office.
- Admission to Eagle Madness is FREE, but help your Eagles Stop Hunger Now and bring canned food items for the UMW Athletics S.A.A.C Food Drive which helps the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank!
- The first 100 fans who enter the Ticket Office with an “I Voted” sticker will receive a UMW Eagles cell phone wallet!
- UMW Students, Faculty and Staff – please bring your Eagle One cards to swipe as you enter the Ticket Office.
- Vocelli Pizza is teaming up with Residence Life and will be sponsoring a pizza party for the campus dorm with the largest attendance at Eagle Madness.
- The Chick-Fil-A Fowl Shot and the Vocelli VIP Sofa are back for the ’16-’17 season, and both will be incorporated into the Eagle Madness program.
- Each fan in attendance will receive a raffle ticket upon entrance through the Ticket Office. Hold on to that ticket, because periodically all night we will be raffling off some great prizes!
- Basketball Season Passes will be on sale in the Anderson Center’s main lobby. All 26 home games for just $100, or new this year $60 season pass for seniors (60+) and military.
- Concessions and the UMW Bookstore will be on site and open for Eagle Nation fanatics.
- UMW Admissions and Alumni Relations will be joining the fun and will have booths set up in the Anderson Lobby.
- Practice Eagle Nation chants and cheers with Sammy D. Eagle and hear from UMW’s new President, Dr. Troy Paino!
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 Philip Pierce at ppierce@umw.edu
Excellent Eagle Employee and SAC News
Congratulations to Jean Elliott, SAC’s Excellent Eagle Employee for November 2016!
In nominating Jean, her champion, Pam Verbeck, wrote: “I would like to nominate Jean Elliott, Parking Management Supervisor, for the Excellent Eagle award. I received a phone call today from a 66-year old adult full-time student who wanted to let people know how Jean Elliott went above and beyond the call of duty to help her this week. She has a leg injury and was having extreme pain and difficulty trying to get back and forth to her classes from the George Washington lot. On short notice, Jean picked the student up and delivered her to her class, and then made special arrangements for her and added an additional reserved spot close to the student’s classes.”
To nominate your co-workers, supervisor, or employees for the Excellent Eagle Employee award, simply send an email to eenominations@umw.edu with Excellent Eagle Employee in the subject line. Be sure to provide the person’s name, department, and work location with the most convenient parking lot, and the reason they should be recognized.
SAC ELECTIONS
You should have received an email on Oct. 18 from Staff Advisory Council with Staff Advisory Council Nominations as the subject. Click on the Take the survey link in your email, and you will be able to nominate yourself or a colleague to become a member of SAC. Visit SAC’s website for more information about the council and for a list of current members. Voting will take place on election day, Nov. 8.
Please make sure your area is represented!
FACULTY/STAFF MIXER
Bring your co-workers and join SAC at Home Team Grill for a Faculty/Staff Mixer on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 4:30 – 6:30. Enjoy Home Team’s happy hour pricing on food and drinks. Relax, have fun, and get to know your UMW teammates. There will be raffle prizes. After the mixer plan to head to Rosner Arena at the Anderson Center for a 7 p.m. tip-off of the UMW Men’s Basketball game.
FOOD DRIVE
SAC is collecting non-perishable food items through Friday, Dec. 16. Donations will benefit the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank. If you’re interested in having a donation collection box in your area please contact SAC Activities.
100% of SAC’s One Can Hope donations collected between Nov. 6-11 will benefit our Student Athletes’ STOP Hunger Now Food Drive.
FLSA INFO
- Classified and A/P Faculty staff reclassified as non-exempt will punch starting Nov.25.
- Exempt employees (classified and A/P Faculty) begin the 80-hour schedule period/2-week work period on Nov. 28.
- AP Faculty (exempt and non-exempt) record all leave taken in quarter-hour increments starting Nov. 25.
MyTime FLSA Training Registration is now available. Visit the HR website for information or to ask a question on how changes may impact you.
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, & FEEDBACK
Your input and suggestions are important to us! Share your thoughts and ideas with S.A.C. by completing the suggestions form on our website. Let us know what’s on your mind. What can we do to help make UMW a great place to work?
UPCOMING MEETING
Thursday, Nov. 17, in Lee Hall 412 at 1 p.m. Our speaker is Kevin Bartram, UMW Philharmonic Orchestra Director. Come find out about the exciting things going on in the Music Department this year.
Meetings are open to all UMW staff members.
For more SAC news visit our website sac.umwblogs.org and check your email for our monthly newsletter that went out earlier this week.
Nov. 1 Conference on Dementia: Supporting the Caregiver
UMW’s BSN Completion Program is hosting a conference titled “Dementia: Supporting the Caregiver” on Tuesday, Nov. 1, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Gates-Hudson Building, UMW Stafford Campus.
The conference is aimed at both family member caregivers and professional caregivers. The keynote speaker will be UMW alum Rachael Wonderlin (’11). She is the author of “When Someone You Know is Living in a Dementia Care Community: Words to Say and Things to Do,” due to be released on Oct. 9, 2016.
Rachael Wonderlin is a gerontologist, dementia care expert and popular dementia care blogger who helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions and anxieties that they and their loved one may experience. She will be available for book signing during the conference.
For more information, contact the BSN Completion Program, 540-286-8084 or email mhall7@umw.edu.
Registration is limited to 90 participants. You can register at http://cas.umw.edu/nursing. The conference is offered at no charge to UMW staff and faculty.
UMW Faculty Collaborate for Dance & Music Performance in Digital Auditorium
Sinuous Accord takes place Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hurley Convergence Center’s Digital Auditorium and features choreography by UMW Dance Faculty and Next Reflex Dance Collective’s Artistic Director Roxann Morgan Rowley and original musical composition and performance by UMW Music Faculty Mark Snyder.
Rowley and Snyder team up to present an evening of dance and music featuring dance performance by Next Reflex Dance Collective. This concert premiers Rowley and Snyder’s collaborative project “The INtimate Window” which is inspired by Michele Iversons’s photography series “Night Surveillance.” The choreography paints an intimate look at what we do when we think no one is watching. Original musical composition by Mark Snyder with live musical performance by Mark Snyder, Becky Brown, Austin O’Rourke, Kaylee Payne, Luke Payne and Zach Payne.
The concert also features Rowley’s choreography “On the Verge” with original musical composition and live performance by UMW Alumni Nate Masters and “Point,” with choreography by UMW Alumni Covenant Babatunde.
During the performance the audience is invited to get up close and personal as the work is presented in a nontraditional seating arrangement and audience members are invited to take pictures during the performance of our private, intimate moments. The audience is also invited to chat with the artists afterward in an intimate artistic conversation about process and collaboration.
Sinuous Accord
Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
UMW’s Hurley Convergence Center’s Digital Auditorium.
Ethical Online Learning Town Hall Nov. 1
UMW’s Division of Teaching and Learning Technology invites you to our next Digital Liberal Arts town hall conversation. We will be joined by an international group with experience researching online education, teaching online, teaching MOOCs, administering online programs and more. The event will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. in the HCC Digital Auditorium.
PANELISTS:
Elizabeth Losh, William & Mary
Sean Michael Morris, Middlebury College
Kate Bowles, University of Wollongong, Australia
Alan Levine, Independent Speaker and Consultant
Together, they will push us to think about new approaches to online learning. Panelists will each offer short position statements before engaging our community in an open conversation moderated by DTLT Executive Director Jesse Stommel.
Some of the questions we’ll consider include:
What would a liberal arts-inflected online program look like? How can we imagine online learning that is “high-touch,” “socially engaged,” “critical” and “active”? How would such a program be functionally and pedagogically different than a conventional online program? What are some of the models for this kind of work?
What does online teaching look like? What are the possible pitfalls? What are the challenges in administering online programs? How can we effectively integrate online learning at on-ground institutions?
If you can’t make it in person, the discussion will be live-streamed and available here: http://umwdtlt.com/live/
And you can join the backchannel on Twitter with #DoOO.
Full schedule of the Town Halls and Design Sprints in the Digital Liberal Arts Series: http://umwdtlt.com/what-is-the-digital-liberal-arts/
UMW To Host 1st Congressional District Debate, Oct. 24
The University of Mary Washington will host a 1st Congressional District Debate on Monday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium.
Independent candidate Gail Parker will join Democratic challenger Matt Rowe and incumbent Republican Rep. Rob Wittman. The 1st District includes more than 15 counties and includes parts of Stafford, Spotsylvania and the city of Fredericksburg. The event is free and open to the public.
Wittman, a resident of Montross, has held the seat since 2007. He co-chairs the House Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. Prior to his election to Congress, he served in the House of Delegates for the Northern Neck.
Rowe serves on the town council in Bowling Green. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and earned a post-baccalaureate certificate in geographic information systems from Virginia Commonwealth University. He works in Stafford County as a G.I.S. analyst.
Parker has a graduate degree in business administration and is a certified Information System Security Professional.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, will moderate the program and serve as a panelist. The other panelists will be Ted Schubel, news director of News Talk 1230/WFVA and WBQB radio, and Jim Toler, editorial page editor of The Free Lance-Star.
The event is sponsored by UMW’s College Republicans, Young Democrats and the Legislative Action Committee of the Student Government Association, in conjunction with the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Free Lance–Star.
For more information about the debate, contact Stephen Farnsworth at sfarnswo@umw.edu. Additional information on each candidate can be found on their websites: www.robwittman.com, www.mattrowe.org and http://gailparker.us/
Reception for Shelley Keith
University Relations is sad to announce the departure of Digital Communications Director Shelley Keith, who has been at UMW since 2013.
We will bid her farewell at a campus-wide reception from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The reception will be in the cool and creative University Relations suite on the third floor of Eagle Village. Please come and see our offices, enjoy refreshments and wish Shelley well on her next venture.
On Nov. 1, Shelley will join Modern Tribe, a (mostly WordPress) development agency, as a strategist. In making the move to what Shelley believes are greener digital pastures, she will work with a team that supports a number of higher ed clients. And most important: She will remain in Fredericksburg and continue to purchase coffee and quiche at Blackstone.
We applaud Shelley for all her accomplishments at UMW. After initially evaluating the culture, resources and goals of the university, she then plunged into a much-needed formal content strategy initiative. During the process, the internally hosted umw.edu was fading and faltering. She oversaw the mammoth migration to an external server, and she began developing new user-tested messaging, site architecture and governance. The outcome of all of her efforts is evident in the first phases of the new site, which have been launching gradually since last August. Shelley’s lasting legacy to UMW is the sound of her voice on a series of training tapes expertly developed for site users throughout the university.
SAC News and Larry Atkins Awards
Congratulations to our 2016 SAC Larry Atkins Award Winners!
Barbara Scott Visitor Center Attendant, Belmont
Julia Coates Office Manager, Historic Preservation
John Wiltenmuth Associate VP for Facilities Services
Congratulations to all of our Larry Atkins Award Nominees. Visit our website sac.umwblogs.org to read all of the nominations.
Cartland Berge HCC Building Manager
Susie Kuliasha Office Manager, English, Linguistics and Communication
Rose Maddox Employer Relations and Operations Manager, Ctr for Prof Dev
Sharon Neville Senior Supervisor, Housekeeping
Michelle Pickham Buyer Specialist
Amanda Rutstein ITCC Office Manager
Nicole St. John Library Assistant, Stafford
Leah Tams Program Associate, Technology and Teaching Innovation
Thank you for your hard work, dedication and positive attitude. We couldn’t do it without you!
SAC ELECTIONS
You should have received an email on Oct. 18 from Staff Advisory Council with Staff Advisory Council Nominations as the subject. Click on the Take the survey link in your email, and you will be able to nominate yourself or a colleague. Visit SAC’s website for more information about the council and for a list of current members. Voting will take place on election day, Nov. 8.
Please make sure your area is represented!
FOOD DRIVE
SAC is collecting non-perishable food items through Friday, Dec.16. Donations will benefit the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank. If you’re interested in having a donation collection box in your area, please contact SAC Activities.
100% of SAC’s One Can Hope donations collected between Nov. 6-11 will benefit our Student Athletes’ STOP Hunger Now Food Drive.
EXCELLENT EAGLE EMPLOYEE
To nominate your co-workers, supervisor, or employees for the Excellent Eagle Employee award, simply send an email to eenominations@umw.edu with Excellent Eagle Employee in the subject line. Be sure to provide the person’s name, department, and work location with the most convenient parking lot, and the reason they should be recognized.
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, & FEEDBACK
Your input and suggestions are important to us! Share your thoughts and ideas with S.A.C. by completing the suggestions form on our website. Let us know what’s on your mind. What can we do to help make UMW a great place to work?
MEETINGS
Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Stafford campus at 1 p.m. Anand Rao will be our guest speaker. Dr Rao is Director of the Speaking Intensive Program and Chairman of the University Faculty Council.
Thursday, Nov. 17, in Lee Hall 412 at 1 p.m. Our speaker is Kevin Bartram, UMW Philharmonic Orchestra Director. Come find out about the exciting things going on in the Music Department this year.
Meetings are open to all UMW staff members.
Keep up to date with your Staff Advisory Council by visiting our website sac.umwblogs.org
UMW Executive-in-Residence, Kyle Ragsdale, Chief Marketing Officer for Billy Casper Golf, on Campus Oct. 20
The 2016 UMW Executive-in-Residence, Kyle Ragsdale, will be on campus Thursday, Oct. 20. Ragsdale will speak in the Digital Auditorium of the Hurley Convergence Center at 9:30 a.m, 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. All presentations are free and open to the public.
Ragsdale is the Chief Marketing Officer of Billy Casper Golf (BCG), the largest domestic owner-operator of golf courses, country clubs and resorts. He is also the Managing Director of Buffalo.Agency, BCG’s wholly owned full service marketing firm focused on golf, sport and lifestyle brands. During his tenure at BCG, he and his team have built an industry leading dynamic marketing platform enabling a scaled data driven marketing approach responsible for nearly 3 percent of golf played in the United States.
Prior to BCG, Ragsdale served as the top revenue and finance officer at Vox Media, publisher of SB Nation, The Verge, Vox.com, Curbed, Racked, ReCode, Polygon and others.
Prior to Vox, Kyle was Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs at Georgetown where he was recognized as one of the top marketers in college athletics. Kyle is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown where he teaches Sports Marketing in the Master of Sports Management program.
Since its establishment in 1989, the primary purpose of the University of Mary Washington Executive-in-Residence program has been to provide UMW students the opportunity to interact with well-known and established leaders in the corporate world and to enhance students’ knowledge of the free enterprise system. In addition, the program encourages the involvement of local business leaders in the life of the University.