Category: April 2018

Benefits Fair

For Spring into Well-Being, Human Resources and Payroll invites you to the Benefits Fair to chat with some of Mason’s financial and health vendors.

Thursday, April 19
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Merten Hall, Room 1201

Many of the vendors will offer 30-minute “mini” financial well-being presentations on the half hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Merten Hall, Room 1202.

No need to register! Stop by anytime for helpful information and the chance to win prizes. Click here to view a flyer for more information.

Who’s Walking Wednesday with J.J. Davis Rescheduled!

May 9 at noon in front of Merten Hall

Who’s Walking Wednesday with J.J. David is rescheduled to May 9, 2018!

Join Jennifer (J.J.) Davis, senior vice president for administration and finance, and Alex Iszard, Facilities Project Management and Construction, as they lead Who’s Walking Wednesday. Meet J.J. and Alex for a tour of the new Peterson Family Health Sciences Hall and a free lunch!

Child Development Center’s Time Traveler Summer Camp

From the Dinosaur Age to the Digital Age! Register your rising first through sixth graders for the Child Development Center’s exciting Mason Kids Club Summer Camp! The theme is “Time Travelers,” where children will journey through a different era each week.

For more information, click here.

Victims’ Rights 5k Run/Walk

Thursday, April 12
Noon
Merten Hall Lawn

The 22nd Annual Victims’ Rights 5k Run/Walk (VRRW) is sponsored by Mason’s Student Support and Advocacy Center, in partnership with several Mason departments, and in collaboration with the Aimee Willard Endowed Scholarship Fund.

The Victims’ Rights Run/Walk raises awareness about all types of violence and raises money for a great cause. For more information, click here.

 

Your feedback matters! Over the years, staff feedback from the Quality of Work Life (QWL) Survey and related mini-surveys have resulted in several initiatives over the years, including:

• Creation of the Staff Senate
• Flexible work options
• Shuttle bus services
• Mason Kids Club (expanded childcare options during public school breaks)
• And much more!

Please check your email for a Quality of Work Life Survey invitation from President Cabrera, SVP Davis or Provost Wu to complete the survey.

The survey is open through Friday, May 4, 2018. The survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you need to complete it at another time, close the survey and return at your convenience by clicking on the link in this post.

All responses are completely confidential and protected. 

Those who complete the survey will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for prizes. For more information and a list of raffle prizes and donors, click here.

For questions, contact Human Resources and Payroll at 703-993-2600.

 

Dear World, an internationally-recognized storytelling and portrait project, will be visiting George Mason University on April 11 as part of Mason’s International Week. Dear World has visited college campuses across the nation and has been invited to Mason this April so that the campus community can share meaningful messages as part of the Dear World global social project.

Check out a video from last year’s Dear World Project at Mason and the amazing stories from our students, faculty, and staff.

Here’s how you can get involved:

Step #1: Get on the list (and invite a +1). Sign up for a one-hour facilitation. This is where Dear World will hear your story and take your portrait. These workshops will take place on April 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall, followed by the photo shoot. The facilitations are exciting and memorable events. Feel free to invite others who you think would be interested in attending. Send them this link and make sure they also sign up as soon as possible (space is limited).

Step #2: Free your mind. Come to your facilitation on-time and with an open mind. Dear World’s immersive storytelling process will guide you to select a story only you can tell and connect with other featured students, faculty, and staff.

Step #3: Get social. Post your new picture to social media ASAP and spread the word about the live show.

Step #4: Enjoy the show. Attend the interactive live show on Wednesday, April 11, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall to see your portrait on the big screen, learn more about Dear World, and hear stories from your own campus.

For more information and to RSVP for one of the storytelling workshops and photo shoot, visit: lead.gmu.edu/dearmason.

Contact the LEAD Office at 703-993-4186 with questions.

Effective Sunday, April 15, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is required for all Mason employees (faculty, staff, and student workers) when using Patriot Web and Banner-related applications. This replaces Patriot Web security questions.

If you are not enrolled, employees are asked to enroll in 2FA as soon as possible. If you are already enrolled, no further action is required.

Unless you enroll in 2FA, on April 15, you will be unable to log in to Patriot Web to view course final grades, W-2s, pay stubs, timesheets, and more.

Visit 2fa.gmu.edu for instructions on how to enroll and authentication options.

For questions, contact the ITS Support Center at 703-993-8870 or support@gmu.edu.

Advance your IT career by enrolling in one of Mason’s TechAdvance courses. Designed for industry professionals of all experience levels, TechAdvance courses cover more than 15 industry topics, including:

• IT security
• Web development
• Web design
• A+
• Data science
• Cloud computing

Mason staff are eligible to receive a 50 percent discount on all TechAdvance courses! Employee spouses and children, as well as Mason alumni, receive a 10% discount.

Click here to view the full list of courses.

Contact TechAdvance at 703-993-1551 or advance@gmu.edu with questions.

George Mason University, the City of Fairfax, the Town of Vienna, and Fairfax County have teamed up on a bikeshare feasibility study.

The group welcomes feedback through a short survey and an opportunity to recommend bikeshare locations. This information will be gathered and shared with the firm hired to conduct the study.

To access information about bikeshare, the survey, and site recommendation link, click here.

For questions, contact Parking and Transportation at transpo@gmu.edu.

Off the Wall
Saturday, April 21
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Every spring, Mason opens its award-winning Art and Design Building for a family-friendly celebration to benefit the visual arts at Mason.

Guests tour over 15 studio spaces, interact with student and faculty artists, and create their own works of art. Studios include film, gaming, graphic design, photography, printmaking, sculpture, painting, drawing, and virtual reality.

Food and beverage stations will be located throughout the event, along with a silent auction of arts-related items and experiences.

Discounted tickets are available to Mason faculty, staff, and alumni. For ticket pricing information and more details, visit offthewall.gmu.edu.

For questions, contact Ryan Braaten, College of Visual and Performing Arts, at rbraaten@gmu.edu or 703-993-8641.

Due to the closure of the university on March 21 from inclement weather, the Staff Senate has rescheduled its meeting with J.J. Davis for Thursday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to noon.

Meeting locations:
Fairfax: Research Hall, Room 163
Arlington: Founders Hall, Room 720 (videoconferenced)
SciTech: Colgan Hall, Room 221 (videoconferenced)

Submit your questions for our guest speakers:

To promote dialogue at the Staff Senate general meetings, the Senate is collecting questions from constituents. This is your opportunity to ask university leadership about things that are important to you as Mason staff! Submit your question in advance using the online submission form or email your question to staffsenate@gmu.edu. You may include your name, or you may ask to remain anonymous.

Staff Senate reserves the right to determine which questions are asked during the meeting. Any selected questions that are not asked during the session due to time constraints will be emailed to the guest speaker, and the responses will be published in the Staff Senate newsletter at a later date.

All who attend the Staff Senate general meeting are welcome to ask questions in-person, during the session.

For questions, contact staffsenate@gmu.edu.

You are invited to attend when Dr. Cabrera meets with the Staff Senate on Wednesday, May 2, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Meeting locations:
Fairfax: Innovation Hall, Room 334
Arlington: Founders Hall, Room 720 (videoconferenced)
SciTech: Colgan Hall, Room 221 (videoconferenced)

Submit your questions for our guest speakers:

To promote dialogue at the Staff Senate general meetings, the Senate is collecting questions from constituents. This is your opportunity to ask university leadership about things that are important to you as Mason staff! Submit your question in advance using the online submission form or email your question to staffsenate@gmu.edu. You may include your name, or you may ask to remain anonymous.

Staff Senate reserves the right to determine which questions are asked during the meeting. Any selected questions that are not asked during the session due to time constraints will be emailed to the guest speaker, and the responses will be published in the Staff Senate newsletter at a later date.

All who attend the Staff Senate general meeting are welcome to ask questions in-person, during the session.

For questions, contact staffsenate@gmu.edu.

Heartfelt congratulations to Matt Kilday, workforce planning analyst in Human Resources and Payroll, for being selected as the March 2018 Employee of the Month. Read more about Matt in this Mason News article.

Do you know a superstar? Make sure they receive the deserved recognition and submit a nomination for Mason’s Employee of the Month. Additional information can be found on the Human Resources and Payroll awards page.

Contact Reward and Recognition at awards@gmu.edu with questions.