Category: What’s New @ UMW

November 2012 Updates and Announcements

• Parking
  • The real parking perk !
• Procurement Services
  • Congrats Procurement Services
  • Beat the Sweep – Thanksgiving Edition
  • SWaM
  • Surplus Activity
  • Reverse Auction
• Bookstore
  • Faculty Spring 2013 Textbook Order
  • Student Savings
• Copy Center
  • Desktop Printer Survey
• Post Office
  • Price Increase – Stamps

DID YOU KNOW?

UMW is one of very few public higher education institutions within Virginia with no cost to faculty or staff for parking decals.

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CONGRATS UMW PROCUREMENT!

UMW Procurement Services recently received a satisfactory review from the recent Department of General Services/Division of Purchases and Supply.  Thank you all for the continued support in following procurement guidelines; hats off to the Procurement Services department and all UMW Campus Buyers and the supporting cast!  Within the coming months, UMW will petition the state for full delegated authority for purchases.

Shout-out to Jon Reynolds of Theatre and Dance for SPCC best practices; here are sample Visa and Internet Orders checklists from his area.

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BEAT THE SWEEP – THANKSGIVING EDITION

UMW will be closed on November 22 and 23.  SPCC cardholders and Supervisors are encouraged to plan ahead.  Please code, submit (and approve) SPCC transactions before the 18^th.

SPCC  Drop-in training is next offered on Nov. 14, at 3:30 pm in Eagle Village, contact Melissa Myers  x1057.

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Q1 SWaM

UMW reports SWaM (Small, Woman-owned & Minority-owned) business spend to the Department of Minority Business Enterprise (DMBE) on a monthly basis.    Total Q1 SWaM Percentage:  36%

The goal is 40% SWaM spend for FY13.

Thanks to the following departments, with spend through eVA as follows:

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SURPLUS  ACTIVITY

With an eye toward sustainability, the Procurement Services- Central Storeroom Group managed 64 internet surplus sales in FY12 for total sales of $23,632.; the team also recycled 6,472 lbs of electronic scrap.

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REVERSE AUCTION

UMW has been an early adopter of the “reverse auction” method of procurement (think ebay).  Let us know if we can assist with an upcoming departmental purchase for which this approach may be beneficial.

Departmental Feedback on Reverse Auction:

‘The Purchasing Department made the reverse auction process easy for us to understand and benefit from!  All we had to do is provide them with a list of the items we were looking to purchase and using this system, they saved my Department over $2500.’

– Joe Mollo

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SPRING 2013 TEXTBOOK ORDER

Faculty, please submit any outstanding textbook adoptions to the UMW Bookstore by November 16.

Orders may be submitted via email: textbooks@umw.edu, campus mail, or fax: 540-654-1706.  Requisition forms can be found online at the UMW Bookstore’s Faculty webpage: www.umw.edu/bookstore; Click on the Faculty Page link at left.

Contact DJ Garcia or Jacki Riley in the textbook department with questions:  textbooks@umw.edu; dgarcia@umw.edu; sriley@umw.edu

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STUDENT SAVINGS

During FY12, 43% of the books sold in the UMW Bookstore were “used” books, saving students $194,397 in course material costs.

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DESKTOP PRINTER SURVEY

The Copy Center, through Pitney-Bowes Management Service (PMBS), recently conducted a desktop printer survey on campus.  The results are pending but several departments were recognized for their  noteworthy sustainability print practices.

Shout-out to the Jepson Science Center and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology! … Thank you for your effort to uphold sustainable practices.

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STAMP PRICE INCREASE

U. S. Postal Service announces new prices and services effective January 27, 2013.  The price of a first class stamp will increase to $.46.

For more information, go to http://adminfinance.umw.edu/mail/

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Please contact Business Services for information and assistance at x1576.

Erma A. Baker   CPPO, VCO
Assistant Vice President for Business Services and CPO
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
ebaker@umw.edu
540-654-2043

par·tic·i·pa·tion  [pahr-tis-uh–pey-shuhn]

noun

1. an act or instance of participating.

2. the fact of taking part, as in some action or attempt: participation in a celebration.

3. a sharing, as in benefits or profits: participation in a pension plan.

This week we all had the opportunity to participate in one of the most wonderful privileges we have as Americans.  What a truly good feeling, that participation in something big and important.  Have you considered participating in CVC?  An important thing to remember about participation is this:  Every.Little.Bit.Matters. That’s right.  It’s not how much you participate, but that you do.  Just like voting, your participation makes a difference.  And with the holidays looming, you can make a gift on behalf of a friend or loved one AND make a difference.  Thank you again for considering participation in UMW’s CVC 2012.  Feel free to contact Lori Izykowski with any questions.

Do you plan to study, volunteer, research or travel abroad and need to either renew your passport or get a new passport?  If so, you are in luck – the U.S. Passport Agency is going to be in Lee Hall, Room 434, on Friday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon.  Please sign up for an appointment through the Center for International Education (CIE).  Appointments will take 5 to 10 minutes, provided you have your paperwork filled out correctly and picture in hand.  Sign up today for an appointment – contact Leslie Leahy in CIE at lleahy@umw.edu or 540.654.1434.  Appointment are available to friends and family members too! Pictures can be taken at our local CVS –stop by CIE for a coupon!

— Leslie Leahy, Study Abroad Coordinator for the Center for International Education

The Department of Music at the University of Mary Washington will host the second annual Electroacoustic Barn Dance from Thursday, Nov. 8 through Saturday, Nov. 10. The three-day electronic music festival will include the works of more than 70 artists and composers from across the country presented in 13 concerts. All concerts are free and open to the public.

Most of the performances will take place in UMW’s Pollard Hall and Monroe Hall, with additional performances at The Blarney Stone and 909 Saloon in historic downtown Fredericksburg. The festival will begin with Concert I at 8 p.m. on Thursday, and will continue throughout the weekend, concluding with Concert XIII at 10 p.m. on Saturday. The most up-to-date concert information, as well the specific times and locations for each performance, can be found at facebook.com/ElectroacousticBarnDance.

The festival has garnered attention at universities across the country, including Columbia University, the University of Alabama, the University of Florida and Chatham University.

Mark Snyder, assistant professor of music and the festival’s director and organizer, received submissions from approximately 180 composers and musicians to participate in this year’s festival. Prominent and innovative artists from all over the county will travel to UMW to perform and showcase their art. Snyder said the Barn Dance will be the place to hear and experience sound in different ways as well to see instruments being played in a way the audience might not have seen before.

“A lot of the people who will be here are in the cutting edge of making things that people haven’t been making before in terms of music, sound design and film,” said Snyder.

Several UMW professors will perform during the festival, including Snyder himself, as well as students from Snyder’s electronic music class.

“It makes me very proud [that] the students will be mixed in with all of these major established electroacoustic composers,” he said.

For more information, contact Mark Snyder at msnyder@umw.edu.

During this time of Thanksgiving …

Let the UMW Copy Center help you create a personalized and affordable gift.

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