Category: What’s New @ UMW

A group of UMW students in a spring 2012 digital history course created an online gallery of political cartoons for the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. Students Andrew Becken, Rachel Icard, Rachel Luehrs and Heather Thompson archived the museum’s collection of 114 political cartoons dating from the 1890s to 1960s.

The students worked with James Monroe Museum staff, the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies and faculty members in the Department of History and American Studies, including Claudine Ferrell, Porter Blakemore and Jeff McClurken. James Monroe Museum Director Scott Harris originally brought the project idea to Professor McClurken and the students worked extensively with James Monroe Museum Curator Jarod Kearney throughout the project.

The archive is available online at http://jmpolitoons.umwhistory.org/.

The digital history course also included projects on James Farmer lectures, UMW buildings and Southeast Virginia historical markers.

From Memorial Day through Labor Day, Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont offers family tours. This year’s theme is World Travels and highlights Gari and Corinne Melchers’ many trips that inspired their life here at Belmont.  This inter-generational experience allows visitors of all ages to engage in a guided tour of the historic house museum and art gallery spaces. Tours are customized to meet a family’s needs and interests and are approximately one hour in length. Included in regular admission price, prior registration for family tours is not necessary. After the tour, guests are encouraged to extend their experience by sketching outside or exploring the garden while working on our scavenger hunt. Family tours are available at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. every day except for Wednesdays.

For more information, visit http://garimelchers.umw.edu/.

The following announcements are available on the Business Services website.

May 2012 Updates and Announcements

• Administrative Assistant, Monique SanPietro
• SPCC – Cycle dates and file maintenance
• New Campus Stock Request Form
• Contract News
• Zarca
• Contract Administrator Training
• Small Business Spend
• Blackboard Migration

WELCOME MONIQUE!

Please join me in welcoming the newest member of our Business Services family, Monique SanPietro.  Monique joins the Business Services team as an administrative assistant.  We wish her well in her new role at UMW.  She can be reached at 540-654-1576.

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SPCC NEWS

Reminder:  SPCC files should include SWaM quotes, business meal forms, or other supporting documentation.  Additionally, credits that appear in WORKS also need to be coded by the cardholder.

SPCC CYCLE DATES

Important SPCC cycle dates for May 2012:

SPCC cycle dates are available on the Purchasing website calendar and also at the following link: http://adminfinance.umw.edu/purchasing/umw-policies-and-procedures-2/small-purchase-credit-card/billing-cycle-dates/

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CONTRACT ACTIVITY

ZARCA

UMW has licensed a robust and easy to use survey tool known as Zarca.  This survey instrument is available to serve our campus needs.  There is no need to utilize other survey tools (such as Survey Monkey).  Pam Lowery, Director of Technology Professional Development & HR Consultant, will assist users on access to and navigation of Zarca.

Contact Pam at plowery@umw.edu or ext. 1357.

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CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR ONLINE TRAINING

Contract administrators … Online training will be coming to the Knowledge Center in June.  Stay tuned!

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UMW SMALL BUSINESS SPEND

The following diagram shows the current FY small business spend percentage for UMW as reported in eVA.

Hats off to UMW departments with top small business spend numbers for the month of April!

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NEW SURPLUS ITEMS AT CENTRAL STOREROOM

The following surplus items are currently available at the Central Storeroom.  Please contact David Hatcher for information and assistance at x2092.

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BLACKBOARD MIGRATION

The Blackboard Transaction System will be upgraded during the summer break.  EagleOne usage will experience several days of downtime in August.  Details to follow.

For more information contact Tracey O’Neill or call x1005.

The UMW College of Education is hosting the second annual EdTech Conference on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stafford campus. Today is the last day to register!

The conference will feature a keynote presentation by author John Hendron, who was named State Technology Leader of the Year in 2006 by the Virginia Department of Education, presentations from local teachers, university educators and technology specialists, exhibits, and student and teacher showcases.

Are you interested in volunteering for Reunion Weekend?  We are expecting over 700 alumni and guests to visit UMW the Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3, and we need your help to make everything run smoothly.  If you have not done so already, please check out the Reunion Weekend website at www.umw.edu/reunionweekend to see the schedule  and recent announcements.

In order for Reunion Weekend to be a success, we need dozens of volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks.  There are over 150 different shifts available throughout the weekend, and duties range from riding the trolley to Carl’s to taking tickets at the picnic.  This year we’re using VolunteerSpot, an online coordination tool, to help us organize the volunteer registration process.    Please click the link below to view the various volunteer opportunities and to sign up.  Once you enter your email address, select the day you are interested in volunteering and a menu of volunteer opportunities will be available.  Choose whichever ones best fit your time schedule and talents.

http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/762345634252728038

You are welcome to sign up for as much or as little as your schedule will allow.  Each volunteer will receive a free Reunion Weekend t-shirt.  Volunteer shirts will be in red so alumni and guests know who is working the event.   Mark Thaden, director of Alumni Relations, will send a follow up note the week before Reunion Weekend confirming your time and duties as well as any other specific information you may need for your shift.  Please feel free to forward this to any alumni, friends, or colleagues who may be interested in volunteering.

If you would like additional information or if you have any questions, contact Mark Thaden at (540) 654-1011.