A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Ray Tuttle
Director of UMW’s Office of Student Conduct and ResponsibilityHealth Promotions and Student Success Specialist Ray Tuttle will perform poetry at the Composers Concordance 40th anniversary event at the Nublu Club at 151 Ave. C in New York City’s East Village on Sunday, June 2, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $22.66. Learn more.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) welcomed new student members at an induction ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Hurley Convergence Center. This event marked the society’s first in-person induction ceremony for new members since the start of the pandemic. NSCS is an honors organization that recognizes first- and second-year students who excel academically. Students must hold a minimum GPA of 3.4 to be offered membership. Learn more on the NSCS national website.
Ray Tuttle, Director of UMW’s Office of Student Conduct and Responsibility
Ray Tuttle, Director of UMW’s Office of Student Conduct and Responsibility (OSCAR), presented to an audience of student athletes and athletics professionals at the APPLE Training Institute in Charlottesville on January 18, 2020. The title of his presentation was “Engaging Campus Partners: Fostering Relationships for Success.” Tuttle’s presentation addressed how departments of athletics can create and maintain relationships with other offices on their campus, and why these relationships are mutually beneficial.
The annual training institute, organized by the University of Virginia’s Gordie Center and funded by the NCAA, welcomes colleges and universities across the country, and assists their student athletes, athletics staff, and administrators in preventing substance misuse and in promoting healthy behaviors and attitudes within their departments.
The University of Mary Washington has received a $50,000 grant for a unique program that helps students in various stages of recovery from alcohol and substance abuse and addiction.
The “Expanding Collegiate Recovery in Virginia” grant, awarded this summer by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), will fund growth for UMW’s Eagles in Recovery program. Though a number of colleges claim substance-free housing, the program puts UMW among only a handful in Virginia – and relatively few across the country – to offer support services for students recovering from substance addiction.