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Mason Shuttles Are Growing and Evolving Do You Know a Sustainability Hero at Mason? Commuter Choice Benefits Increase 200% to $230.00 Monthly Place a Deposit for Mason Basketball Season Tickets Helpful Hints for Using the New Voice Mail System More Ways to Read the Mason Gazette Mason to Celebrate Youth Soccer Month at September 18 Game Molecular and Microbiology Seminar Support Group for Working Mothers at Mason Free English Language Conversation Program and Workshops Begin Soon Environmental Health and Safety Office
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Construction will start on the reroofing project for Mason Hall, College Hall & Fine Arts Building on Tuesday, September 8. Part of the Mason Hall loading dock and the adjacent grassy area will be used for the duration of the contract. Construction is expected to start at Mason Hall, continue to College Hall, finishing with the Fine Arts Building. The project is expected to be completed in four weeks, weather permitting. There will be a no smoking area around the perimeter of the work area. Questions should be directed to Kim Greene at 993-9647, or Erich Miller at 993-9698. |
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It’s time to vote. The Mason Traditions Committee is bringing back for the fourth year the colorful spirit buttons bearing a fighting slogan for the upcoming men’s basketball season. As they did last year, fans get to have a say in the slogans by voting on their favorite choice at http://studentvoice.com/gmu/spiritbuttons09. They can also write in a suggestion for consideration on next year’s button slogans. Voting is open until September 25. The buttons will be distributed in limited quantities at the Mason men’s basketball Colonial Athletic Association conference home games. For more information, contact Traci Claar, Director of Community Relations, at tclaar@gmu.edu or 993-8846. Website Survey: http://studentvoice.com/gmu/spiritbuttons09 |
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Mason Shuttles Are Growing and Evolving Mason Shuttles are continually growing and evolving to meet the changing needs of our campus family. All the schedules have been added, modified and tweaked. Some of the highlights: |
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| Do You Know a Sustainability Hero at Mason? Do you know someone at Mason that has furthered university sustainability efforts through their creativity, dedication and heart? If so, you should nominate them for the Sustainability Hero award. The award is given to a faculty or staff member or a group of faculty and/or staff members that have gone above and beyond their core duties to seek out creative solutions that have reduced Mason's impact on our local or global communities. Examples may include conducting environmental education or awareness campaigns, process changes that promote resource reduction and efficiency improvements, and direct reduction in departmental resource use. People who are nominated for this award will be evaluated on the following criteria: 1) biggest bang for the buck - small investment, large impact; 2) most creative solution to a common problem on campus; 3) breadth of impact on our campus community; 4) against all odds - someone willing to go out on a limb to challenge a system or process that has stood the test of time but was past its useful life. |
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| Commuter Choice Benefits Increase 200% to $230.00 Monthly Commuter Choice Monthly Benefit Requests Due Now Full-time Faculty and Staff are now entitled up to a whopping $230.00 per month to offset their commuting costs. That amounts to an astonishing $2760.00 annually if you are eligible for the maximum benefit. This benefit is available for commuting via public transportation (Metro, Metrobus, and any agency that accepts Metro SmarTrip cards (like Fairfax Connector, DASH, Ride-On, or other regional bus systems or van pools) or SmartBenefits Vouchers (like V.R.E. and MARC trains). A significant increase in the number of participants in this program is anticipated. If you are new to the program, you must fill out an enrollment form. This form is available at http://transportation.gmu.edu/commuter%20choiceenrollmentform1-09.pdf. After that, you must fill out a request for benefit form monthly. Commonwealth Commuter Choice Request for Monthly Benefits form for October SmartBenefits must be submitted no later than Friday, September 11 at 12:00 noon. Forms received after 12:00 noon on Friday, September 11 will be processed for benefit beginning November 1. Forms can be found at http://transportation.gmu.edu/commuterchoicemonthybenefitform1-09.pdf. Completed forms may be submitted by e-mail to transportation@gmu.edu, faxed to 993-8575, put in the campus mail to Transportation, MS 1J6,or dropped off at the Transportation Office: SUB II, Room 1014A. Questions, comments, suggestions to 993-9530. |
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Place a Deposit for Mason Basketball Season Tickets The 2009-2010 basketball season is just around the corner and now is a great time to place a $50 deposit on new season tickets. Placing a deposit now will reserve your spot in line when it comes to seat location. The men's basketball team will play 15 home games in the Patriot Center this season, including nine Colonial Athletic Association contests. |
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Helpful Hints for Using the New Voice Mail System This week’s Helpful Hint is how to access voice mail from on or off campus. Access to voice mail from a campus phone or a home phone is very different. To access voice mail from off campus: To access your voice mail from another extension on campus: To access your voice mail from your extension on campus: Much more information is provided on our website at http://voicemail.gmu.edu/. The website is continually updated, so visit it from time to time as answers to your questions may be found there. For additional assistance contact Telecom Admin at 993-3546. |
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Apple’s Groovy Auto Loans. Open a Checking Account - Earn $50 Bonus. Simply open a new Apple FCU Checking with Free Check Card and receive $50 after your first point-of-sale transaction. Choose from a variety of checking accounts tailored to fit your lifestyle. For rules and restrictions of Apple promotions, visit AppleFCU.org or stop by the Mason Branch in the Johnson Center. |
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2010 Holiday Calendar Posted. The remaining holiday calendar for 2009 as well as the 2010 holiday calendar are available on the holiday page. |
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The Office of the Provost has received guidelines for the 2010 National Endowment for the Humanitites (NEH) Summer Stipend Awards. All faculty teaching full-time must be nominated by their institutions. Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two faculty members. Of the two, at least one must be a junior scholar with the rank of instructor, assistant professor, or an independent scholar at a comparable stage. Senior scholars hold the rank of associate professor or professor. Program description: Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions or other scholarly tools. Award Information: Summer Stipends provide $6000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. Recipients must work full-time on their projects for these two months, and may hold other research grants supporting the same project during that time. Summer Stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but arrangements can be made for other times of the year. Faculty who are interested should: 2. Submit the following documents to Marcy Glover (mglover2@gmu.edu), Office of the Provost, by September 18:
3. All applicants will be informed within 1 week whether or not they have been selected so that the 2 nominees may finish completion of their application, which is due to the NEH by October 1, 11:59 pm. Note: The on-line application can be completed in stages and edited until October 1 or until the submit button has been clicked. For more information, contact Marcy Glover, Global and Educational Programs Coordinator, Office of the Provost, 993-8722 or mglover2@gmu.edu. |
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More Ways to Read the Mason Gazette The Mason Gazette is now available in several different ways. Always on the web at gazette.gmu.edu, the Gazette can be found on the MyMason portal at mymason.gmu.edu. The Gazette is also available on the Mason home page, www.gmu.edu, by rolling over the Faculty and Staff tab. |
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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 on the East Plaza of the Johnson Center (September 8 - September 11) and also in the Johnson Center, Patriot Corner (September 14 - September 17, except September 13) on the Atrium level. Mason Money, Cash and Credit Cards are accepted. Stop by and pick up some wall decorations and gifts for you and yours. |
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The Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Staff (ABFAS) will hold its first monthly organizational meeting for the Fall Semester on Wednesday, September 9 from 12:00 noon to 1:15 pm in the African American Studies Resource Center: The Paul Robeson Room, Johnson Center, Room 240A, 993-4085 on the Fairfax Campus. Feel free to bring your lunch and invite colleagues interested in becoming members of the organization to participate. Also, don't forget to join your colleagues for the ABFAS Happy Hour Meet-n-Greet on Friday, September 11 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Brion's Grille in the University Mall, 10621 Braddock Rd, (703) 352-7272. For more information about the Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Staff, visit our website today at http://www.abfas.gmu.edu/. |
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Mason to Celebrate Youth Soccer Month at September 18 Game September is Youth Soccer Month. Be here to celebrate Youth Soccer at George Mason when the women's soccer team hosts Long Island on Friday, September 18 at George Mason Stadium at 7:30 pm. All youth (under 18) in attendance will receive a free Powerade lanyard and have a chance to win additional prizes courtesy of US Soccer. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for youth and can be purchased at the front entrance on game day. For group ticket discounts call the Mason Athletic Ticket Office at 993-3270. |
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George Mason University's newest recreation facility, the Recreation and Athletic Complex (RAC), is now open for business. Mason students and faculty/staff will have free admission to the RAC, Aquatic and Fitness Center and Skyline Fitness Center until October 5 with a current Mason ID card. For more information on the RAC, visit us at: http://rac.gmu.edu. Features a 9,678 square feet cardio gallery; 5,324 square feet weight training and fitness gallery; martial arts room; yoga/pilates room; stretching area; 6 basketball/volleyball courts; dumbbell and barbell workout stations; 2 racquetball courts; 2 squash courts; recreation equipment rentals; men's and women's locker rooms; juice bar; outdoor patio; 1,550 seat volleyball/wrestling venue; training room; team locker rooms; Recreational Sports offices; Intercollegiate Team offices; Recreation, Health, and Tourism offices; ROTC offices; conference rooms; and classrooms. |
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Molecular and Microbiology Seminar The Department of Molecular and Microbiology presents a seminar by Bobby Moss, Bio-Rad Laboratories, titled: Real-Time PCR Optimization and Validation. Friday, September 11, Discovery Hall Auditorium (Prince William Campus), 11:00 am. |
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| Support Group for Working Mothers at Mason The Support Group for Working Mothers at Mason kicks off their fall meeting schedule on Wednesday, September 16 at 12:00 noon in the Women and Gender Studies Center - Johnson Center, Room 240K. This brown bag lunch series is available to women at Mason interested in being part of an informal organization of working mothers. This fall will feature a kids' stuff/clothing swap September 28 - 30 in the Johnson Center, Room 116. Participants are encouraged to bring something in order to take something away, so there will be no exchange of money, just a good old fashioned swap meet. When you are cleaning out closets in preparation for fall, think of us and tell your friends and colleagues to do the same. Save the dates and watch for further details coming soon. Everything left over will be donated to Salvation Army at the end of the swap meet on Wednesday, September 30. For additional information and a complete meeting schedule, visit our website: http://wmst.gmu.edu/working_moms or contact Heather Aleknavage at 993-2295. |
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Free English Language Conversation Program and Workshops Begin Soon Non-native speakers of English, including students, faculty and staff, are invited to attend free English Language improvement programs offered by the English Language Institute. The English Conversation Program. The English Conversation Program offers non-native speakers of English the chance to improve their spoken English by meeting for conversation practice an hour each week. Participants are organized into small groups, each led by a fluent speaker of English. Meetings are held on the Fairfax campus at various times each week. Free. Fairfax Workshops (12-week series). Advanced Grammar Workshops: Tuesdays, 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm, September 8 to November 24 (September 8 session meets in SUB I, Room A)* In the News Discussion Workshops: Thursdays, 5:30 pm to 6:20 pm, September 10 to December 3 (September 10 session meets in SUB I, Room B)* *For a full list of workshop locations, go to http://eli.gmu.edu/gmu_comm/SupportServicesF09.pdf No registration is required for the workshops -- just attend. For more information about the English Conversation Program, contact Johanna Byrne at jbyrne2@gmu.edu. For more information about the workshops or other English improvement programs on the Fairfax, Prince William and Arlington campuses, contact Melissa Allen at malle2@gmu.edu or 993-3642. |
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OSP Workshops For additional information about OSP Training, visit our web site: http://www.gmu.edu/research/OSP/Training.html |
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Environmental Health and Safety Office The Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) is offering the following occupational safety training sessions on Tuesday, September 8, at Fairfax Campus, SUB II, Rooms 1 & 2 and on Wednesday, September 9, at the Prince William Campus, Occoquan Building, Room 110A: 9:00 am - 10:00 am - Bloodborne Pathogens EHS is also offering the following laboratory safety training sessions on Tuesday, September 15, at Fairfax Campus, SUB II, Rooms 1 & 2, and on Wednesday, September 16, at the Prince William Campus, Occoquan Building, Room 110A: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm - Chemical Safety Additional laboratory safety training sessions are offered by EHS on Thursday, September 17, at Prince William Campus, Occoquan Building, Room 110L: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Chemical Safety For complete training session descriptions and to register for training, visit the EHS Web site at http://ehs.gmu.edu. It is the policy of George Mason University to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodations to fully participate in training, contact EHS prior to the training date. For non-English speaking employees, translation services may be available upon request. Note: training starts promptly and late arrivals will not be given credit for attending. |
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Fiscal Services Workshops Travel Request System. Wednesday, September 9, 9:30 am to 10:30 am in Johnson Center, Room 311B. Hands-on workshop for faculty and staff to use Mason’s Travel Request System for trip planning, approval, and reimbursement. Purchasing Made Easy. Thursday, September 17, 9:30 am to 11:30 am in Research I, Room 162. This workshop provides general instructions related to purchasing items for $2,000 or more as well as use of the Check Request form and the Mason P-Card (credit card). PI Financial Reports. Tuesday, September 22, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm in Johnson Center, Room 311B. Basic eVA Purchasing. Tuesday, September 29, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in Johnson Center, Room 311B. Hands-on workshop for utilizing Virginia's electronic procurement system to purchase most goods and services. Banner Finance Self Service. Thursday, October 1, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in Johnson Center, Room 311B. This workshop for faculty and staff who work with budget and financial activity provides an overview of the University's Banner Finance system. It includes hands-on training to view reports generated by the system. Contact Michael Wharton, 993-2089, for information or register online at: http://ittraining.gmu.edu/. |
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New SUPERvisor Series: Performance Appraisals and Standards of Conduct. Participants will learn about the performance appraisal process at Mason, including important dates and procedures, and will have an opportunity to complete a practice performance appraisal. Standards of Conduct and the discipline process will also be discussed. All Mason supervisors are invited to attend on September 16 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm in Mason Hall, Room D3 A & B. Performance Appraisals That Get Results at Prince William Campus. This presentation discusses Mason's classified employee and administrative/professional faculty performance evaluation processes from first draft to final signatures. The session will also give tips on how to make the most of the performance evaluation meeting, empower supervisors to be able to conduct effective evaluations, and align employees' efforts with supervisor expectations. Join Ian Reynolds on September 17 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am in Occoquan Building, Room 110L. Lunch & Learn: CommonHealth’s Something to Smile About. Routine dental care and precautions may actually lead to more than just a great smile; it may even prevent a heart attack. Join us on September 17 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm in SUB II, Rooms 1 & 2. EPAF Training for the New or Occasional User. 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. Form I-9 training also included. Join us on September 17 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm in Innovation Hall, Room 334. To register for any of these workshops, visit http://hr.gmu.edu/training and click on course calendars. New WeightWatchers at Work Session Starts September 11. A 17-week session of WeightWatchers at Work will begin on Friday, September 11 from 11:30 am - 12:15 pm in Mason Hall, D1. The fee for the session is $186, including 19 weeks of free eTools, and all benefits-eligible Mason employees are eligible for the Commonwealth of Virginia's 50% reimbursement program. After the 11th, meetings will take place every Friday from 11:30 am - 12:15 pm in Mason Hall, Room D3 A & B. To register, show up at the first meeting and pay your fee. |
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