Category: What’s New @ UMW

 CVS is now accepting EagleOne!

Your EagleOne ID card is already setup with a debit account so you can add funds at any time. Better  yet, sign-up for payroll deduction and as an added bonus you will receive a punch card  redeemable for one free meal per month at Seacobeck Dining Hall (that’s equivalent to $60 a year).

To sign up, print and complete the FORM and send it to Payroll, 4th Floor, Eagle Landing.  The minimum is only $10 per pay period and you may withdraw from the plan at any time.

See link for a complete list of EagleOne Off Campus Merchant Partners

http://adminfinance.umw.edu/eagleone/eagleone-off-campus-2/

Dr. Gene Allen Smith, professor of history and director of the Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University, will present a lecture “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812” on Thursday, Feb. 21. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, room 411, and is free and open to the public.

Smith is the author of “The Slaves’ Gamble:  Choosing Sides in the War of 1812.” The book explores the history-changing decisions made by the African-American combatants of the crucial conflict, and how the opportunity to fight changed the course of slavery in America. The lecture, in honor of Black History Month, is co-sponsored by the Papers of James Monroe, the James Monroe Museum and the UMW Department of History and American Studies.

Donna Murch, associate professor of history at Rutgers University, will present “A Time Before Crack: The Destruction of the Southern California Black Panther Party and the Transformation of Black Youth Culture in Late 20th Century Los Angeles” on Monday, Feb. 18. The lecture, part of UMW’s Black History Month celebration, will explore the social, political and cultural issues that influenced the demise of the Black Panther Party and its impact on African-American youth culture in Los Angeles, Calif. Murch is the author of “Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.”

Need help with that New Year’s resolution?  No need to wait. Join Weight Watchers at Work now and take advantage of special pricing for state employees. Curious about the program? Visit a meeting for free:

When: Wednesdays, noon to 12:30 p.m.

Where : Red Room, Woodard Campus Center

Contact Pam Taggert (ptaggert@umw.edu) or 654-1018 with any questions.

The Department of Music’s annual Chamber Music Festival begins tonight with a concert of student and faculty performances at 7:30 p.m. The Festival will continue on Friday, Feb. 15 with the U.S. Navy Brass Quartet’s master class at 4 p.m. and performance at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Feb. 16, the U.S. Air Force Clarinet Quartet will offer a master class at 6 p.m. followed by a performance at 7:30 p.m.

All of the master classes and performances will be held in Pollard Hall, Room 304 and are free and open to the public. For more information, call (540) 654-1012.