November 2, 2024

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Larry Atkins Award Nominations Due

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September 11th is the final day to nominate one of your deserving colleagues for the Larry Atkins award. The S.A.C. gives an award annually for each of the employee categories, Administrative faculty, Classified and Wage.

Please don’t let it go by, as there are so many that do so much and we need to acknowledge their efforts.  This award has a nickname as “The We Couldn’t Do it Without You Award.” Please think seriously about nominating your deserving employess.  Awardees will be notified and awarded at the October Employee gathering.

You can submit your nomination here.

Your Staff Advisory Council (S.A.C.)

Back to School Donations

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If you missed the tax free weekend, sorry.  But, please consider donating some items for the Back to School drive.  Helpful items are paper packs (wide-ruled), coloring pencils, crayons, tissues, pens and pencils,  and composition books.  All donated items are bing used in Stafford county this year through a program sponsored by Apple Federal Systems and Stafford County Schools.  Thank you for your support!  Please see a SAC member to place your donations.

Staff Advisory Council Updates

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This weekend, August 7-9, is Virginia tax-free back to school weekend.  Please take advantage of this and pick up a few extra items to be placed in our collection boxes for the back-to-school drive.

Nominations are still being accepted for the Larry Atkins “We Couldn’t Do It Without You” award. Follow this link to get to the nomination form.

Please contact any S.A.C. member with questions.

Staff Advisory Council Mixer Today at 4:30 p.m.

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All Faculty and Staff,

You are invited to come and network, kibitz or otherwise hobnob with other faculty and staff at Home Team Grill in Eagle Village.  Your Staff Advisory Council is hosting this mixer as we end our orientation swing and hope you will come by and visit!  This mixer will be from 4:30 until 6:30 p.m. with happy hour pricing until 6 p.m. on drinks and some appetizers. C’mon out and relax and enjoy the atmosphere that is Home Team Grill. It will be a great day to be an EAGLE!

Willy-Nilly Chili Cook-Off Results

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Thank you to everyone that supported the “Willy Nilly Chili Cook-off” and the Resource Fair held at the Underground on March 3rd. We had over 150 people pass through, visiting with our vendors and business resources for the University, plus the treat of tasting and voting for the Best Over-all Chili brought in by fellow employees.

A special “Thank you” to  Sodexo for allowing the Staff Advisory Council to use the Underground, and to PepsiCo for sponsoring the EagleOne money prizes for the Chili cook-off winners.

Chili Cook-Off Winners:

First Place: Pam Verbeck, President’s Office with “The Big Bang Chili”
Second Place: Jill Ellington, Enterprise Applications Services with “One Chili to Rule Them All”
Third Place: Amy O’Reilly, Provost’s Office with “Guinness Chili”

 

Vendor Fair EagleOne and Bookstore drawing winners:

William Barnett –$25.00 EagleOne money

Debra Wander – Electronic picture frame

Elisabeth Burick – 2 golf towels

Watch for us next year around the same time. Practice up on your chili recipes.

-SAC Activities Committee

Willy-Nilly Chili Cook-Off plus Vendor Fair, March 4

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THE Willy-Nilly Chili COOK-OFF sponsored by  Staff Advisory Council

March 4, 2015 from Noon to 2 p.m. in the UNDERGROUND @ LEE HALL

 

Go to https://sharepoint.umw.edu and click on the GREEN Community box then click on the yellow sticky for signing up your chili

Be a Taster/Judge, get your taste buds in shape and be there between Noon and 1 p.m. to vote for the best all-around chili.

We look forward to seeing you! There will be plenty to do with several vendors for UMW with handouts and special treats.  Vendors include The Supply Room Company, Pepsi, and Campbells Vending.

Several of our own service providers will be there to pass on information about themselves including, UMW Copies, UMW Parking, Bookstore, EagleOne, Procurement Services, and the Post Office.

Come out and join us for some social time and good chili plus get to know more about services available on our campus.

Staff Advisory Council Updates, Election Results

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Willy Nilly Chili Cook-Off, Dec. 16:

The Staff Advisory Council announces the 2015 Willy Nilly Chili Cook-Off: A UMW FUN-raiser

Dress warmly, grab a hot chocolate, and most importantly, bring your favorite chili and sample your colleagues’ creations!

The S.A.C. will provide the judges and accessories (bowls, spoons, etc).

Dec. 16, 2014
Noon – 2 p.m.
Eagle’s Nest Deck

Sign up for the Chili Cook-off by logging into our SharePoint page:
https://sharepoint.umw.edu/Community/SitePages/chili%20cook%20off.aspx

Food and Clothing Drive Update:

The S.A.C.’s Food and Clothing Drives are underway! So far, we’ve had nine boxes/bags of food picked up by Feed Fred and donated four boxes of winter clothes to area shelters.

The dates for both drives are Nov. 3 – Nov. 21 and Dec. 1 – Dec. 18.

Donation Locations:

  • Stafford Campus –South lobby
  • COAR/SAE Offices
  • Trinkle – Education Suite
  • Lee Lobby -2nd floor, Student Services
  • Lee 3rd and 4th floors, Admissions
  • Academic Departments (BLS, Music, etc.)
  • Facilities Lobby
  • Foundation – Eagle Village
  • Fairfax House – HR
  • JAEC – lobby
  • Mayre House, lobby

Welcome to the Newest  S.A.C. Members:

Edward Gray
Michael Morley
Laura Needham
Connie Souza
Rhonda Stills
Charles Tate
Ray Usler
Paula Zero

Charles Tate Named Excellent Eagle Employee

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Charles Tate

Charles Tate

Congratulations to Charles Tate, Student Success Coordinator, who has been selected as the Excellent Eagle Employee for the month of October. A parking spot of his choosing has been reserved for him through the end of the month.

Here is what a coworker said about him:

“Charles is such a great advocate for our students, always putting their needs before anything else.  As Student Success Coordinator, Charles has openly stated that he believes that the university has a duty to support their students from pre-admission advising through graduation – and his actions reveal this philosophy so well.

The Office of Academic and Career Services is very fortunate to have Charles on their team!”

To nominate someone who you believe is an Excellent Eagle Employee, send an email to Priscilla Sullivan (psulliva@umw.edu) with Excellent Eagle Employee in the subject line. In your email, be sure to list the person’s name, department, job title, work location (with the most convenient parking lot), and of course, the reason why you believe they should be recognized. Please spread the word to other employees about this wonderful opportunity to recognize a co-worker(s).

You may now also go to the Staff Advisory Council’s site and click on the Excellent Eagle tab to make a nomination:  http://sac.umwblogs.org/excellent-eagle/.