Category: What’s New @ UMW

The UMW Dahlgren campus, in support of the Rappahannock United Way’s second annual King George Days of Caring, invites you to join Team UMW Dahlgren as a volunteer on Thursday, October 20. You’ll join other UMW volunteers who will invest their time and energy to assist a Rappahannock United Way member agency complete a project that is valuable to the agency and meaningful to the agency’s clients.  Classified staff, with supervisor approval, may take one day (8 hours) of paid School Assistance and Volunteer Leave. Administrative/Professional Faculty, with supervisor approval, may take one day (8 hours) of Leave to Provide Community Service.

To volunteer or for more information, contact Mark Safferstone, executive director of UMW’s Dahlgren campus at msaffers@umw.edu or (540) 286-8013.  Volunteers will be accepted on a first-come basis until 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 13th and Team UMW Dahlgren will be limited to a maximum of 10 team members.

Go to http://umweagleeye.wpengine.com/2011/09/15/umw-staff-volunteer-at-day-of-caring/ for the recent EagleEye article and photos of UMW’s participation in this year’s Days of Caring on September 15th.

For more information, go to the United Way’s website – http://www.rappahannockunitedway.org/daysofcaring.html.

A woodland hike will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. at Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont.

Virginia Master Naturalist volunteers lead this informative hike that covers a mile of trails in both woodlands and fields and touches on the historic ruins of Belmont’s past.  Please wear sturdy footwear as the terrain in uneven.  Meet outside the Visitor Center. Free.

For more information, contact Gari Melchers Home and Studio at (540) 654-1015.

A Brand New U! Not necessarily a new university, but UMW is changing its image, and we want everyone in the campus community to hear all about it. The two dynamic leaders of Educational Marketing Group (EMG), Bob and Marlene Brock, will spearhead a couple of sessions next week that will provide a sneak peek into the makeover and how it came about. By the way, mark your calendars for the afternoon of Oct. 7 for a campus-wide pep rally; details to come!  Everyone on campus should try to attend one of the following two sessions; the information will be extremely helpful to all departments in moving forward. Refreshments will be available at only one, but attendees at either session will receive a voucher for something special! For more information, call (540) 654-1055.

Thursday, 9/22, 8:30-10 a.m.           Lee Hall, Room 412

Continental breakfast provided. Session will begin promptly at 9 a.m.

Friday, 9/23, 10:30-11:30 a.m.        Stafford Campus, North Building, Room 122

Two teams of University of Mary Washington staff traded in their desks and computers for paint brushes and shovels as volunteers at the Day of Caring on Thursday, September 15.

A total of 28 volunteers, 16 from Student Affairs and 12 from Advancement and University Relations, spent the morning cleaning, painting and landscaping for local agencies.

The team from Student Affairs volunteered at Thurman Brisben Center and Fredericksburg Area HIV/AIDS Support Services while the team from Advancement and University Relations volunteered at the Rappahannock Emergency Medical Services Council.

This is the second year that a group from Mary Washington has volunteered with the Day of Caring, a project of Rappahannock United Way.

The UMW Galleries are pleased to host Dr. Robert Hobbs, renowned late modern and post-modern art historian, for “The Contemporary Sublime,” the first of the Galleries’ Fall 2011 Lecture Series. The lecture, presented in conjunction with the Ridderhof Martin Gallery’s current exhibition Art & Nature: Reflections on the Sublime, will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 2 – 3 PM in the Ridderhof Martin Gallery.

Dr. Robert Hobbs has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1991 and has been a visiting professor at Yale University since 2004. He has been published widely and has curated dozens of exhibitions, many of which have been shown at important institutions in the U.S. and abroad. For more on Dr. Hobbs’ extensive credentials, visit his website at roberthobbs.net.

“The Contemporary Sublime,” as well as the Galleries’ other lectures in the series, are free and open to the public. However, pre-registration is required to ensure sufficient seating. Please download the registration form from the Galleries’ website or contact Justine Geiger, Visitor Services Coordinator, at jgeiger@umw.edu or (540) 654-1710 to reserve seats.