Category: What’s New @ UMW

The University of Mary Washington’s Executive-in-Residence program, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 31 and Thursday, Nov. 1, has been cancelled due to travel difficulties caused by the weather. The Executive-in-Residence for 2012-2013 Doug Dolton ’78, founder, chairman and CEO of San Francisco Motorsports, had been scheduled to speak to regional business leaders and meet with the students in the College of Business during his two-day trip.

The university hopes to reschedule Dolton’s trip for the spring 2013 semester.

Dolton has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services and banking industries and has served as president and CEO of Servus Financial Corporation, now owned by Wells Fargo, Chela Education Financing, now owned by Nelnet, and Zopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer online lending marketplace. He founded San Francisco Motorsports, a luxury automotive retailer based out of Northern California, in April 2010 and has served as chairman and CEO of the company for almost three years. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mary Washington in 1978.

Established in 1989, the Executive-in-Residence program is coordinated through the UMW College of Business and the Division of Advancement and University Relations.  Since its inception, the program has brought more than 40 well-known and established business leaders to the university.

From a camera installed on the top of the Jepson Science Center, you are now able to take a look at the Convergence Center construction site as the work unfolds.  The WebCam feed is available at: http://provost.umw.edu/convergence-center/.

In the upper left hand portion of the WebCam window you’ll see a series of buttons.  By clicking “Just Watch” you’ll see still shots taken of the site at various intervals.  Click “Time Lapse” and you’ll see a series of images one right after another that go back several days and move up to the present.

Additional material about the project is also available at the same location.

John T. Morello, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

Whether you work in an office with a lot of people or just a few, chances are there’s that one room or area where the lights are probably kept on even when not in use.  Is it a copy room that might have a few people going in and out every hour, but the lights are turned on in the morning and kept on until the last person leaves for the day?  What about your office kitchen?  It probably sees the most traffic early in the morning and between the hours of 11am and 1pm, but are the lights left on all day?  Clearly we do not want to be working by candlelight or microwaving our Smart Ones Chicken Fettuccines in the dark, but take a moment to consider those spaces and other areas in your office where lights are left on for extended periods of time when clearly the space is not in use.

Consider your own personal office space as well.  My office has two light switches.  Flipping just one on in the morning does the trick.   Do you have windows in your office?  (Lucky!)  Consider the feasibility of using the natural light your office receives as opposed to the overhead fluorescent lighting.  Also, if you’re attending a short meeting, walking across campus, going to lunch – do you turn off the lights in your office?   It’s in the best interest of maintaining a green office to do so.  Another tip in conserving energy is turning off your computer, printer, monitors, etc. when you leave for the day.  Even reducing the brightness of your laptop screen or computer monitor reduces energy use.  And when you’re away from your office, consider turning off your monitor altogether.

Hopefully you’re already doing some if not all of these little things that help to conserve energy.  If not, there’s no better time than now to start making these small changes.  And while you’re at it – take the opportunity to set an example for your co-workers by posting reminders and having these types of discussions during staff meetings or office gatherings.   If you have any suggestions for things we can all do differently each day to create more sustainable office environments, please feel free to leave a comment or email me the suggestion to be featured in a future Tip of the Week.

Last Week’s Tip: http://tinyurl.com/9w4sb2v

UMW Catering is pleased to introduce you to our new Catering Director, Steve Mathwin. Steve most recently served as the Corporate Dining Manager at CapitalOne Services in McLean, Virginia. He also has over ten years experience in hospitality management with deluxe hotels such as Omni, Marriott and Hyatt. Steve is known for building strong relationships with clients and bringing outstanding customer service to all aspects of catering operations. We are very happy that Steve has joined our UMW Catering Team and look forward to the fresh perspectives that he will bring to our operations. Steve’s e-mail is not yet set up, but if you wish to contact him about possible catering events, please give him a call at 540-654-2233.

The new BB&T ATM has been installed and is operational.  The ATM is located in Lee Hall in front of the University Bookstore on the 3^rd floor.

For service or assistance with the ATM, call BB&T at 888-897-1008.