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Undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year Congratulations to Rachel Mains, February's ITU Employee of the Month Adobe Announces Limited Time Discounts for Faculty and Staff Help Your Students Write Right Apple FCU – Your Blueprint for a Brighter Tomorrow CAA Tournament Tickets are on Sale for Men's Basketball Critical Thinking by Jim Freeman, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College Black History Month Brown Bag Panel Discussion Brown Bag Session - Stumped by MS Office 2007
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Mason E-FilesPosted February 4, 2008 | |
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| Undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year Excellence in academic advising is crucial to student success. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to vote for the undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year by accessing the following website: http://advisoroftheyear.gmu.edu. The procedures, eligibility, criteria and nomination form are available on the website. The undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year will be honored on March 28 at the Academic Advising Roundtable Luncheon. Contact Lynn Siegel at lsiegel@gmu.edu if you have any questions or concerns. | ||
| Congratulations to Rachel Mains, February's ITU Employee of the Month Rachel is Manager of Special Projects for Desktop Support Services in Fairfax. Rachel makes sure to fully understand each person's issues, reaffirms them with each, takes action on their issues, and then relays the prudent information to each person involved. She consistently is a great asset to any situation, group, team, or organization with which she is involved. She provides insight, experience, and unique facets to complicated problems that bring projects to successful conclusions. Her attention to detail and can do attitude are infectious. Rachel goes above and beyond her duties in coordinating the MESA conversion by checking in on departments on occasion to see how they're doing with the new MESA system. Her management style of encouraging growth of knowledge is worth noting. Rachel and people like her are what make ITU and Mason a place so desired to work at. She is dedicated to providing quality service to all of her customers, whether they are staff members being migrated to MESA or other teams within the ITU that rely on her to provide information. Join Rachel on Friday, February 8 at 11:30 am in Mason Hall, Room D105, as she receives her award as ITU Employee of the Month. | ||
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Adobe Announces Limited Time Discounts for Faculty and Staff For a limited time Adobe has opened the student license program to faculty and staff. This program offers additional savings over the academically priced boxed products. If you need Adobe software now is the time to buy it. The most popular suite is Adobe CS3 Design Premium for $369.00 includes Photoshop extended, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Flash, Dreamweaver. Other suites and products available. Call 993-4100 with questions or to place an order. | ||
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Your Students Write Right Writing Center tutors are available to visit your class for 5-10 minutes to introduce your students to our services. Roadshow times are available during Writing Center hours on the Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William campuses. To schedule a Writing Center roadshow, send an email to Ryan Call at rcall@gmu.edu and include the name and number of your course, the date and time you would like a tutor to visit, and your classroom location. We hope you will encourage your students to use the Writing Center web site at http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/ as well as include the url on your syllabus. Many resources are available both on site and on the Web and students can now conveniently register online for appointments. | ||
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these guidelines to prevent accidents when using filing cabinets: If you have any safety concerns or concerns about this article, contact the Environmental Health and Safety Office, 993-8448. | ||
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Apple promotions include: For more information, visit www.applefcu.org or stop by the Mason branch in the Johnson Center. | ||
The Supply Room Companies 2008 catalogs have been distributed through campus mail. If you did not receive your 2008 TSR Catalog, email cboroughs@thesupplyroom.com or call 1-800-412-1200. | ||
Attention commuters from Warrenton, Culpeper, Bealton, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock: are you tired of your commute? If so, then join Parking and Transportation on February 4 at 12:00 noon in SUB II (Room TBD) for a telework, carpool, and vanpool information session and free pizza. Attention commuters from Leesburg and Sterling: are you tired of your commute? If so, then join us on February 14 at 12:00 noon in SUB II (Room TBD) for a telework, carpool, and vanpool information session and free pizza. Attention Stafford and Fredericksburg Commuters and Commuters who Live South of Fredericksburg: have you ever considered vanpooling? If your work hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm and you work at the Fairfax Campus, then there is a vanpool waiting for you to join. Join now for as low as $35/month. To RSVP for the information session or for more information contact Anne Whitley, 993-9530, awhitle1@gmu.edu. | ||
Eldercare Seminar: When Parents and Adult Children Need to be on the Same Page. Our first seminar for this year is with Jeannette Twomey, J.D., principal of Mediation Works who will be speaking on Eldercare Mediation: When Parents and Adult Children Need to be on the Same Page. Bring your lunch and join us on Wednesday, February 6 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, Mason Hall, Room D3. To register for this session, visit http://hr.gmu.edu/training Commuter Choice Update. A reminder that Commuter Choice will be now be administered by Anne Whitley, Transportation Coordinator. Monthly forms should be sent to Anne via fax at 993-8575, or mail stop 1J6. Anne can be reached at transportation@gmu.edu or by phone at 993-9530. Requests for March benefits should be sent to Anne no later than noon on Tuesday, February 12. Capital Home & Garden Show Discount. The Capital Home & Garden Show is scheduled for Thursday, February 21 - Sunday, February 24. See what's new in home, gardening, remodeling, and more. And do it at a big discount. Adult tickets purchased at the door are $10, purchased online they're $8, but use the specially created website and Mason faculty and staff pay just $5.00 per adult ticket. Use promotion code gmu (not case sensitive). And while we're talking about discounts, don't forget to check out the work/life website for discounts on lots of other great things. Check back often because we're always looking for a great deal for you. | ||
CAA Tournament Tickets are on Sale for Men's Basketball CAA Men's Basketball Championship March 7-10 in the Richmond Coliseum Ticket
Information: Priority seating will be assigned based on orders received by February 7. Orders can be placed by mail, fax at 993-8578, or by phone at 993-3270. Contact the Athletic Ticket Office, 993-3270, if you have any further questions regarding the CAA Tournament. | ||
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| All faculty and staff are invited to a Budget Form on Monday, March 31, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Mason Hall, Edwin Meese III Conference Room. Provost Peter Stearns and Vice President Maurice Scherrens will discuss the nature of the University Budget. The tentative agenda includes budget process and basic model, current state of decisions in Richmond, current budget issues and probable 2009 budget. There will be time for discussion. Questions in advance are welcome to either of the presenters. Light refreshments will be available. You may contact the Office of the Provost with questions at 993-8776 or send an email to dwilliag@gmu.edu. | ||
| Critical Thinking by Jim Freeman, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College Faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the following faculty development workshop sponsored by by Ted Kinnaman (Philosophy) and Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum (CTAC): Critical Thinking presented by Jim Freeman, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College. This workshop will be held on Thursday, February 7, SUB I, Room A, 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. RSVP to the Center for Teaching Excellence, cte@gmu.edu, 993-8652. For more information visit, http://www.gmu.edu/cte/workshops/workshops.htm. | ||
| Black History Month Brown Bag Panel Discussion In celebration of Black History Month at Mason, members of The Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Staff (ABFAS) will meet and participate in the Office of Diversity Programs & Services (ODPS) brown bag luncheon event, Legacy: Treasures of Black History panel discussion on Thursday, February 7, 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, Johnson Center, Room C. Bring your lunch and invite colleagues interested in becoming members of the organization to participate. For more information about ABFAS, visit our website today at http://www.abfas.gmu.edu/. | ||
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| Are your walls looking bare in your office? Student Centers has the solution for you. Beyond the Wall Poster Sale will be here at Mason on the Fairfax campus, located in the Johnson Center Patriot Corner on the Atrium level from February 4 - February 8, 10:30 am - 7:30 pm. We accept Mason Money, cash and credit cards. Stop by and pick up some wall decorations and gifts for you and yours. | ||
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Representatives from Dell Computer will be presenting the company's road map for desktop and laptop computers and for servers. They will also speak on Dell's Green strategies which includes the Plant a Tree program and details on Energy Star and Energy Smart features. The
briefing will be held on Friday February 8 at 9:30 am, Johnson Center, Room A.
The agenda is provided so that people can attend any of the session(s) of interest.
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Brown Bag Session - Stumped by MS Office 2007 Come join Learning Support Services for a brief presentation about the new features of MS Office 2007. You bring the lunch and we'll bring the knowledge. This is our first Brown Bag session, which will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, Johnson Center, Room 311B. Register for this session by visiting our website at http://ittraining.gmu.edu/workshops.cfm Offered by Learning Support Services (LSS)/Training in Office & Productivity Skills (TOPS), 993-3426, training@gmu.edu. | ||
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| Lunch & Learn: Advanced Home Buyer’s Assistance Program. Already attended a presentation on Mason’s Homebuyer’s Assistance Program? Experienced in buying a home and looking for tips about today’s market? If so, join Mark Baker from Chevy Chase Bank for an Advanced Home Buyer’s session, which will take place on Thursday, February 14 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, SUB II, Room 3. This presentation will discuss Mason’s New Home Buyer’s Assistance Program and focus on tips and tools to save Mason faculty and staff both time and money. Electronic Approval (EA). Join HR on Thursday, February 14, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Innovation Hall, Room 334 for this Banner software training. During this interactive session, participants will be given access to a computer and, using support documentation and several practice employee entries, will learn how to enter full or part time employees on temporary assignment into the Banner system without error. To register for either of these sessions, visit http://hr.gmu.edu/training | ||
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