A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
UMW employees, including President Paino, celebrate a gift to the Gwen Hale Resource Center.
A host of UMW employees, including President Paino, gathered on the steps of the Cedric Rucker University Center on Thursday, Sept. 8, to pose with a giant check that celebrates a huge gift to the Gwen Hale Resource Center. The check represents another $1,000 grant from the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to support the resource center!
The Dining Concierge program operated by campus dining services provider Sodexo at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia stands out from the typical university customer service programs in several respects, Food Management says. Read more.
Campus Dining will be holding a job fair for full- and part-time positions on Saturday, July 9, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Anyone interested in attending the job fair must first complete a Sodexo job application online by going to Sodexo.BalanceTrak.com and searching “Fredericksburg.” Qualified applicants will be called to set up times for interviews on the day of the job fair. Open positions include: cooks, food prep workers, utility workers, cashier, dining room attendants, food servers, catering wait staff and bartenders. For additional information you mail e-mail Campus Dining at Dining@UMW.edu.
Congratulations are due Carolyn “Flo” Brown, salad supervisor for UMW’s Campus Dining Services, for being selected as the Sodexo Experience National Winner for January 2016. Flo was first selected as the UMW Campus Dining award winner, and then she went on to win Sodexo’s district, regional and national competitions. The national winner is selected from more than 600 nominees from colleges and universities across the United States, making this a tremendous feat.
Flo has been with Sodexo in food preparation for more than 17 years and exemplifies the excellence that Sodexo strives to provide for their valued guests – every meal, every day. Roy Platt, general manager of UMW Dining Services, stated: “We were faced with an incredible challenge in January when campus closed down due to the snowstorm. I am extremely thankful that we had Flo to help fill all the gaps in staffing. She does great work every day, but during this emergency situation she was absolutely outstanding!”
Campus Dining is hosting the annual Thanksgiving Lunch in the Faculty and Staff Dining Room at Seacobeck on Thursday, Nov. 20. The menu will include Roast Turkey, Carved Ham and all the traditional favorites like candied sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. There will be Tofurkey and plenty of vegan sides available upon request for our vegan guests. Doors open at 11 a.m. and service will continue until 1:30 p.m. Cost for faculty and staff is $6 and $8.65 plus tax for guests.
We will also be hosting our Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 20 for students. Additional volunteer servers are needed from 6 to 7 p.m., and the dinner will be free that night for anyone assisting in the service! To volunteer please contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu.
Eagle Dining, which is managed by Sodexo, has undertaken many sustainability initiatives, including purchasing locally sourced seafood and produce, reducing the use of paper goods and creating a “Go Green” meal plan. Every “Go Green” meal plan purchased by students donates $5 to a sustainability grant fund. UMW students can apply for the grant funds to support on-campus sustainability efforts. Eagle Dining has also been named a green restaurant as part of the Virginia Green initiative.
“Following the lead of our parent corporation, Sodexo, our team is committed to reducing our carbon footprint and providing highly sustainable and eco-friendly food services at the University of Mary Washington,” said Kori Dean, general manager of Eagle Dining. “It is extremely gratifying to have those efforts recognized by such a prestigious organization. We will continue to look for the practices that will help us to be not only one of the best campus dining operations in the Commonwealth, but also one of the most sustainable.”
Several of Eagle Dining’s philanthropic efforts have included work with Dinners for the Homeless and STOP Hunger. In November 2012 the Eagle Dining sponsored campus-wide food drive collected more than 3,000 pounds of food for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank and Presbyterian Food Pantry. For more information about Eagle Dining by Sodexo’s community outreach, visit http://umwdining.com/community/index.html.
Local businesses Reality Realty Professionals, the Title Professional LLC, NSWC Federal Credit Union and the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative also received awards at the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce’s gala.
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News release prepared by: Julia Davis