University Staff Advisory Council

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• USAC is looking forward to the 2nd annual Faculty-Staff Mixer today (Monday, April 22) from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Robins Stadium.
• UR Well Employee wants to make sure they're providing programs that are relevant and useful to all staff and faculty. Please take three minutes to respond to their survey.
• Calling all Spiders! Check out our new Digital Swag page with many images to show your Spider Pride! https://www.richmond.edu/digital/
• The annual e-waste collection and document shredding are coming up on March 20 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in parking lot C66. Get your old phones, laptops, televisions, and other electronics together to be properly and securely disposed of. Many electronics contain harmful chemicals that must be carefully disposed of in order to avoid polluting the environment. This event guarantees that your electronics are disposed of in a way that protects the environment, recycled when possible, and wiped of all personal information. We will also offer document shredding. Please bring documents in paper bags or cardboard boxes to be shredded.
• Please save the date for the 4th annual Spiders in the Know event on Thursday, May 23, from 8:30–10:30 a.m. Spiders in the Know is a time when staff comes together to hear from senior leadership about major University initiatives and accomplishments. Stay tuned for more details regarding the event agenda and how to submit questions prior to the event.
• Show your Spider Pride today!!
• The University of Richmond Police Department is planning a full-scale exercise on March 14 from 8 AM until approximately noon. There will be a large police presence in the following areas: Gottwald Science Center, Modlin Center parking lot, Keller Road, and Booker Hall. Questions can be directed to Captain Eric Beatty 804-289-8723 or ebeatty@richmond.edu.
• Would you like to nominate a staff colleague, or yourself, to serve on the University Staff Advisory Council (USAC)? Please visit usac.richmond.edu/about/member-selection/nominate.html to see which divisions will have opening seats, and scroll to the bottom to nominate. Nominations will be open March 11-26. Serving on USAC gives you the opportunity to learn more about the University, to help represent the needs of staff to senior administration, and to think proactively about how to keep and strengthen the University as an employer of choice.
• Virginia Credit Union Partner Perks March 5 | 11 AM - 1 PM | Gottwald Study Room E302 Virginia Credit Union will be onsite to help you open your membership with them! Employees can earn a $100 deposit when they open a new membership and checking account during this event. Come by and ask questions about mortgages, loans, and other financial decisions. Offer good for: Accounts opened between January 1 and March 31. The account must be the account holder’s first VACU Checking account. The account must have two consecutive months of $500+ total direct deposits per month within 4 months of account opening. The account must be in good standing 6 months after opening. Six months after the account is opened if the two consecutive months of $500 in total direct deposits per month have occurred and the account is in good standing, the bounty will automatically be paid out. Regular and Encore checking accounts only.
• Celebrate 10 Days of Spider Pride - concluding with National Spider Day on March 14th!
• To build community, all faculty and staff who are racial and/or ethnic minorities are encouraged to join an informal lunch on Tuesday, February 26th. Please stop by the Heilman Dining Center's South Meeting Rm 109 at any point between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Please email Dr. Eric Anthony Grollman (egrollma@richmond.edu) with questions or to be added to the Staff & Faculty of Color listserv.
• UR Well Employee -- Financial Wellness Long Term Care Planning Series: Navigating Senior Care Please join Jay Mann with Amada Senior Care and Linda Caruthers with Long-Term Care Consultants to learn about critical issues facing the aging population. Learn how to keep seniors safe, healthy, engaged and active, as well as about available financial resources. Caregiving takes a toll on physical and emotional well-being, so please join this informative session on Tuesday, March 12th at 12:00 p.m. UR Well Employee will provide lunch, so please register in UR Talent Web.
• snag.work will be on campus March 5th from 12 - 4 pm in Tyler Haynes Commons. Please encourage your students to attend to "snag work" this summer!