UMW alumna Jenny Fey ’07 was named to the USA USA Ultimate Women’s Team and competed this June to help the team sweep the World Ultimate Championships. Read the full story at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/25/usa-ultimate-shows-how-great-america-already-is-by-sweeping-frisbee-world-titles/.
STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS
EXCELLENT EAGLE EMPLOYEE
Congratulations to Kate Wheeler, SAC’s Excellent Eagle Employee for the month of July. Kate was nominated by Mary Beth Conrad. Here’s what Mary Beth had to say about Kate.
Kate is the Director of Advancement Services and in that role she is the key person responsible for all donations received by the University. Kate is an amazing wealth of knowledge and is always willing to share that knowledge and experience with newer employees, such as myself. Kate is the “go to “ person for anyone in University Advancement, Athletics, Theatre, etc. when it comes to assisting staff and donors with donations.
Donations is a very complicated job and requires skill, experience and knowledge to get it done. Kate has it all! She is a “cross your t’s and dot your “i’s” kind of person, and when it comes to donations that is an excellent skill to have. It takes a team to get donations to the bank, starting with the mail all the way through entering the donations in the system. Kate can do it all!
Don’t forget to nominate your co-workers, supervisor, or employees for the Excellent Eagle Employee award. To recognize someone for excellent work 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.
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
UMW’s SAC is coordinating with a local school again this year to provide needed school supplies. Collection boxes will be available soon! Get ready!
UMW DAY OF ACTION
The UMW Center for Honor, Leadership and Service is spearheading the effort to get together a UMW team for the Rappahannock United Way Day of Action, Friday, Sept. 23.
Sign up to be part of an amazing one-day volunteer event that will change our community! Hundreds of volunteers from local businesses will come together to take on projects around the Fredericksburg Region. Volunteers will be matched with nonprofit organizations throughout the community to help complete vital projects.
Don’t forget – you may be able to use part of your 16 hours of Community Service leave to participate in this event! For more information about the Day of Action, go to the Rappahannock United Way Day of Action website.
Click HERE to register to be part of the UMW team for the Day of Action. The deadline to register to be a Day of Action volunteer is Aug. 10. For more information, contact Christina Eggenberger at the Center for Honor, Leadership and Service.
FLSA CHANGES AND YOU
Look for information about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) changes. HR will be hosting open sessions to discuss the changes and answer your questions.
SAC MEETINGS
SAC’s next meeting is Thursday, July 21 at the Stafford campus. Paul Messplay, Executive Director of Budget and Financial Analysis will present the 2016-17 operating budget, discuss new fiscal year project and changes, and field questions. Meetings are open to any UMW faculty or staff member who’d like to attend. For more information visit http://sac.umwblogs.org/
CONTACT THE SAC!
Click here to submit ideas, comments, questions, suggestions, or issues you’d like SAC to address. If you wish to remain anonymous, please put “Anonymous” for the name and leave out the email address.
STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS
SAC FACULTY/STAFF MIXER, JUNE 29
Join SAC for a MIXER! Come out and spend time with co-workers, meet new people, put a face with a name, network, relax after orientation, and just have fun! SAC is hosting a faculty/staff mixer at Home Team Grill on Wednesday, June 29, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Enjoy Home Team’s happy hour pricing until 6 p.m. Make sure you’re there for the door prize giveaway.
FLSA CHANGES AND YOU
Look for information about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) changes. HR will be hosting open sessions to discuss the changes and answer your questions.
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
UMW’s SAC is coordinating with a local school again this year to provide needed school supplies. Collection boxes will be available soon!
EXCELLENT EAGLE EMPLOYEE
Don’t forget to nominate your co-workers, supervisor, or employees for the Excellent Eagle Employee award. To recognize someone for excellent work 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.
CONTACT THE SAC!
Click here to submit comments, questions, suggestions, or issues to SAC. If you wish to remain anonymous, please put “Anonymous” for the name and leave out the email address. SAC’s next meeting is Thursday, July 21 at the Stafford campus. Meetings are open to any UMW faculty or staff member who’d like to attend. For more information visit http://sac.umwblogs.org/
“Common Read” Books are Available!
Copies of the 2016-2017 Common Read, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by alum Kristen Green, have arrived and are now available. If you would like to participate in the discussion groups on Friday, Aug. 26, please email Tim O’Donnell or Kelli Slunt. Copies of the book are also available at the Academic Services window in Lee Hall.
SAC Mixer and Other News
SAC FACULTY/STAFF MIXER, JUNE 29
Join SAC for a MIXER! Come out and spend time with co-workers, meet new people, put a face with a name, network, relax after orientation, and just have fun! SAC is hosting a faculty/staff mixer at Home Team Grill on Wednesday, June 29, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Enjoy Home Team’s happy hour pricing until 6 p.m. Make sure you’re there for the door prize giveaway.
EXCELLENT EAGLE EMPLOYEE
Don’t forget to nominate your co-workers, supervisor, or employees for the Excellent Eagle Employee award. To recognize someone for excellent work, 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.
CONTACT THE SAC!
Click here to submit comments, questions, suggestions, or issues to SAC. If you wish to remain anonymous, please put “Anonymous” for the name and leave out the email address. SAC’s next meeting is Thursday, July 21, at the Stafford campus. Meetings are open to any UMW faculty or staff member who’d like to attend. For more information visit http://sac.umwblogs.org/
2nd Annual UMW Adopt-A-Pot
The 2nd annual UMW Adopt-A-Pot is here!
Landscape & Grounds has a surplus of annual plants. We cannot give them away, but there is no policy against adoption.
How it will work? L & G will put together annuals in decorative pots. Faculty and staff can then adopt one or a pair of pots to be placed outside on the Fredericksburg Campus and maintained by the adopter.
L & G maintains the right to: remove pots that have not thrived, award adoptions that spread pots across campus (not at just one building), match pots to the environment, decide to award singular or paired pots depending on the location.
Pots will come with a watering can and access to water at the closest spigot.
Submit an adoption request to Joni Wilson at jwilson@umw.edu, including your name, contact information and suggested location. Submissions will be accepted until June 23 or until pots run out. Awards will be made on a first come, first served basis and at the sole discretion of the Director of Landscape and Grounds.
Levin Announces Safferstone’s Retirement
From the office of Provost Jonathan Levin:
Dr. Mark J. Safferstone, executive director of the Stafford and Dahlgren campuses, will retire from the University of Mary Washington, effective June 24. During his nearly 20-year tenure, Mark has served the University in a variety of roles. He joined the Business Administration faculty in 1997 after a long career in the public and private sectors. The next year, he was appointed Associate Dean in what was then the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies.
Mark was instrumental in development of the Dahlgren campus. He has also played a key role in developing and supporting the Leadership UMW program, which recently graduated its second class. In retirement, Mark is looking forward to spending more time with his wife, Sharon, and his children and his adorable grandchildren.
Please be sure to share your best wishes with Mark as he delves into the next chapter of his life.
June 17 Event to Showcase Joe DiBella’s Students’ Work
Belle Arte and Juxtaposed Generations: A Pop-Up Event of Student Work
From Joseph DiBella’s Topics in Painting, Summer 2016
UMW Distinguished Professor of Art Joe DiBella is retiring this year after almost 40 years at the University of Mary Washington. The work featured in this special pop-up is from his last class.
DiBella was the first Director of the University of Mary Washington Galleries (1983-88) and was instrumental in establishing the Ridderhof Martin Gallery. In addition, he was co-director of the University of Mary Washington summer program in Urbino, Italy (1994-2003). A signature member of the National Watercolor Society, he has shown his work in local, regional, national and international exhibitions. DiBella has taught courses in design, drawing, painting, color theory, watercolor and materials and techniques.
The special pop-up show will take place at Art Mart, 1405 Princess Anne Street, in downtown Fredericksburg on Friday, June 17, 2016, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a spin-off show at Frame Designs Gallery in the near future.
“Five Femmes,” by Susan Tilt, 2016. Oil on wood panel, 48″ x 48″.
UMW Orientation, June 16-29
It’s that time of year again! UMW orientation begins Thursday, June 16 and ends Wednesday, June 29. UMW is anticipating the arrival of more than 900 students and their families and guests on campus. For more information about orientation, visit http://orientation.umw.edu/.
Calling All Authors: Virginia Festival of the Book
The Virginia Festival of the Book, a program of the Center for the Book at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, seeks applications for the 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book, which will be held in Charlottesville from Wednesday, March 22, through Sunday, March 26, 2017.
Professors or staff members who have written books in the last one to two years are eligible to apply. Priority will be given to books released between Sept. 16, 2016, and March 20, 2017. The program is interested in fiction, poetry, biography, memoirs, current affairs, history, Virginia stories, mysteries, science, science fiction, cooking or sports, with an emphasis on books that would appeal to the general reading audience.
For more information, visit VaBook.org. Guidelines and the online form can be found via How To Participate. The deadline is Oct. 1, 2016.
http://vabook.org/how-to-participate/