Category: What’s New @ UMW

UMW Eco Rep Starts Petition to Expand VRE Service

Max Devilliers, a UMW senior and an Eco Rep in the UMW Sustainability Office, has written a petition to request Virginia’s commuter train, the VRE, to offer weekend and counter rush hour service. It is posted it to the website MoveOn and has already received 50 signatures.Scarce parking, expensive parking lots, high gas prices, and congestion on […]

New York Times Bestselling Author to Speak at UMW, Oct. 23

The Christina Kakavá Linguistics Speaker Series presents Deborah Tannen “Conversational Style in Digital Discourse: Texting, Email, and IM as Cross-Cultural Communication Across Genders and Generations” Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. The Great Hall, Woodard Campus CenterDeborah Tannen holds the distinguished rank of university professor at Georgetown University. She is best known as the author […]

Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign

As the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign starts up, I thought it would be good to share the link to this year’s promotional video.  It’s about seven minutes long and brings a very clear message as to what CVC is all about…an opportunity to give to organizations that provide assistance and services to those in our communities […]

Business Services – October 2013 eUpdate

WELCOME DALE!Welcome to the newest member of the Procurement Services team: Dale Elethorp!  Dale returns  to UMW as Warehouse Manager within the Central Storeroom.  Dale can be reached at ext. 5972.——————————————————————————-NEW WORKS ROLLOUTThe UMW Works system will be getting a makeover! Please attend one of the following trainings in order to be prepared: Oct. 22, […]