Each week we’ll be sharing the upcoming training and professional development opportunities available here at GW.
Tuesday 2/27 – Thursday 2/29
APPA Virtual – Level II: Interpersonal Effectiveness Effective managers use interpersonal and team skills to motivate, communicate, and inspire those around them. This Level focuses on understanding the dynamics of working together and successful ways to sustain trust which can be used to support successful relationships and team efforts. Level II will help you hone the skills needed to ensure that you are not only an effective leader, but also an effective manager.
Introducing the new myGW The new myGW is designed to provide centralized access to the GW resources that are important to you through a customizable interface. Join us for an introduction to the new tool. We’ll cover the essential features and how you can personalize your experience. This training will be offered twice in February.
Digital Roundtable – Webform Spam Prevention This month’s roundtable discussion will be focused on GW Drupal webforms and how you can prevent spam submissions. Join to learn about form validation and spam prevention configurations.
These roundtable sessions are open to anyone, whether you’re looking for answers to specific questions or just want to listen in and learn from the expertise of others.
Debebe Demeke for repairing a washing machine at 1959 E Street: “I wasn’t home when someone came to fix our laundry machine, but I just wanted to extend a sincere thank you for getting it back up and running again. Your assistance was greatly appreciated!”
Steven Wilson for replacing a window bind in a Shenkman Hall room: “They were great!”
Leule Ambaye for unclogging a bathroom sink at Mitchell Hall: “Very efficient and helpful.”
Kevin Thomas for assisting in an FSK wall repair: “GWU supervisor named Kevin visited twice to check things were going well.”
Julio Martinez for creating and installing a few cubicle hanger signs at Support Building: “Julio is a master at signage. No matter how complicated the request, he is always perfectly accurate!”
Each week we’ll be sharing the upcoming training and professional development opportunities available here at GW.
Tuesday 2/20
GW Drupal – Menus Overview This will be an overview of how menus are managed in GW Drupal. The training will cover adding pages to menus, breadcrumbs, and managing primary navigation, secondary navigation, and left navigation.
Privacy – Sharing university data with third party service providers In this webinar, addressed to GW staff and faculty, we will review privacy considerations and implications associated with transferring university data to third party providers.
APPA Virtual -Level II: Interpersonal Effectiveness Effective managers use interpersonal and team skills to motivate, communicate, and inspire those around them. This Level focuses on understanding the dynamics of working together and successful ways to sustain trust which can be used to support successful relationships and team efforts. Level II will help you hone the skills needed to ensure that you are not only an effective leader, but also an effective manager.
Welcome Back! Let’s take a moment to congratulate this weeks Kudos recipients!
Kevin Thomas for repairing holes in an FSK corridor: “Looks great”
Wallace Vauss and Cornell Prailow for fixing and cleaning up clogged toilet at Phillips Hall: “Thanks for fixing the toilets!”
Stephan Morant for replacing lights and lamps in a South Hall room: “FixIt request was responded to immediately. The repair was made a couple of hours after the request was made.”
Michael Akyea for assisting a student regarding a small fire or spark caused by a hot plate at SEH: “Michael was very helpful. He was able to explain what may have caused the fire in the hot plate and demonstrate that the electrical outlet was working properly and was not involved in the fire. I learned a lot of valuable information from his visit.”
Edward Oliver for unclogging a toilet in Somers Hall: “They were so prompt and nice!!!”
We encourage you to read all emails sent to university employees, but we realize it’s easy to miss the details in the barrage of content sometimes. Below we’ve compiled a few highlights from recent editions of GWell, Digital Download, and The GW Staff Council Pillars Newsletter.
Quick tips from GW Communications & Marketing Digital Support
Announcing the new myGW
The myGW website and mobile app have been completely redesigned to streamline access to information, resources and online services at GW. The new myGW mobile app is now available for download in mobile app stores, replacing the existing GW Mobile app. The current GW Mobile app no longer functions.
A newsletter highlighting Staff Council initiatives and events
Staff Commute Survey
The Staff Council has created a brief survey to gain insight into staff commutes. All feedback will be kept anonymous but will be used to guide initiatives within the council.
Shop, mingle, and celebrate the grand re-opening of the GW Campus Store at its new location (2125 Eye Street NW, Washington DC). Employees who present their GWorld card at the in-store check-out counter can receive a discount of 10 percent off* on gifts, clothing and supplies.
*Exclusions Apply: The discount is not valid on electronics (headphones, speakers, computers, etc.), textbooks, or with any other coupons or store promotions.
New Vacation Time Policy
GW is introducing a new vacation time policy, effective July 1, 2024. Visit go.gwu.edu/2024vacationtime for more details. You can also watch a recording of the latest webinar and view the materials presented via the links below. Please contact the Benefits office at timeoff@gwu.edu with questions regarding the new vacation time policy.
Black History Month is a time to celebrate African American achievements and culture, both past and present. 50 years after Carter G. Woodson established a week dedicated to black history, Harrison Ford officially signed it into law, establishing February as Black History Month. Join us as we celebrate with events on and off campus!
Thursday 2/15
What Have We Here? with Billy Dee Williams: Author Talk in Recognition of Black History Month As part of DC Public Library’s Black History Month celebration of “African Americans in the Arts,” the iconic Billy Dee Williams will discuss his life and new memoir “What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life” at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Hear Billy Dee Williams reflect on key milestones from early stereotype-busting roles to pop culture phenom status with with Jummy Olabanji, anchor of NBC 4 TODAY. Signed copies of the actor’s new memoir “What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life” will be available for purchase after the talk.
Celebrating our Voice in Academia Join GW’s Association of Black Journalists Chapter for a discussion about the Black voice and experience in academia. The panel will include a discussion with GW Black Professors and students on how Black people have found ways to overcome the obstacles structured against them and be a role model for future generations despite the lack of appropriate representation in these settings. Reception and networking to follow at 8 p.m.
Black History Month Keynote Speaker: The Honorable G.K. Butterfield Join the Student Bar Association and the Black Law Students Association as they present this year’s Black History Month Keynote Speaker The Honorable G.K. Butterfield. G.K. Butterfield is a is a Black civil rights activist, U.S. Army veteran, lawyer, judge, and former U.S. representative from Wilson, N.C. For most of his congressional career, Congressman Butterfield served on the Committee on Energy & Commerce.Under his leadership, Butterfield help recruit qualified African Americans for nomination to the federal bench. He also helped lead the effort to pass legislation to update the formula contained in Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Black Intifada: The Roots of Black and Palestinian Solidarity Movement This talk will create a nuanced interdisciplinary context for the history of Black and Palestinian solidarity from the 1960s until the present day. It will examine some of the most powerful political, historical and cultural forces that propelled the genesis of the movement during the decade such as nationalism, Third World Marxism, Black Arts Movement and Palestinian Poetry and Culture of Resistance. The talk will demonstrate how and why Palestine became a Black feminist issue in the 1980s through the work and activism of Angela Davis and June Jordan, sustaining and nurturing Black and Palestinian Solidarity Movement. Finally, the talk will highlight the contemporary manifestations of the movement, posing urgent questions about the joined Black and Palestinian struggle for justice and dignity.
Each week we’ll be sharing the upcoming training and professional development opportunities available here at GW.
Wednesday 2/14
Digital Accessibility Overview Join us for an overview of digital accessibility and learn about our collective responsibility for maintaining an accessible digital presence. In this training, we’ll provide an introduction to the topic and go over best practices for ensuring your digital content is accessible to everyone. Attending this training serves as an equivalent for completing the accessibility assessment in Talent@GW.
HR Training on Benefits and Payroll Join this virtual training to learn about benefits and payroll programs at GW, and resources available to you as a manager.
Leaders at All Levels: Retreat Planning Please join us for our February Leaders at all Levels session where we will start out the year discussing Retreat Planning! We will dive into the process of planning a successful retreat and what that might look like for your team.
YOU GET A KUDOS! YOU GET A KUDOS! YOU GET A KUDOS!
Michael Akyea for replacing the kitchen lights at JBKO: “He used the good lights and not those depressing LED hospital lights so I’d say this was an 11/10”
Anthony Baylor for removing broken glass from a clogged sink drain at District House: “Technician was super nice and completed my request very quickly, thank you!”
Leroy Johnson for replacing an air filter in a Potomac House room: “Technician solved the issue and kept us posted on the issue; great work – excellent job!
Julio Martinez for creating and installing a cubicle hanger sign for a Ross Hall Office: “Work was completed promptly”
Wallace Vauss and Jose Guzman for fixing a leak at Ross Hall: “Thank you”
Each week we’ll be sharing the upcoming training and professional development opportunities available here at GW.
Tuesday 2/6
HR Training on Talent and Organizational Development Learn about the Talent and Organizational Development team and learn about the programs this team offers such as new employee orientation and training and development opportunities. You will also learn about the performance management process at GW.
Protecting Information while using virtual meeting applications. Virtual meetings, conference calls and webinars are now a constant of modern work. This workshop will cover best practices and available conference settings that will help you protect the privacy and security of personal information of your meetings and webinars’ attendees, as well as your meeting content’s confidentiality.
HR Training on Benefits and Payroll Each quarter, managers will have the opportunity to attend information and training sessions hosted by various departments across HRMD. This week learn about benefits and payroll programs at GW, and resources available to you as a manager.
What better way to start the week than with a Kudos lineup? Congratulations to this week’s recipients!
Giovanny Ruiz for adjusting the temperature in a District House room and teaching the student how to use it: “Very friendly and explained the problem very well so we could avoid problems like it in the future. 10/10.”
Frank Fasi for replacing a key reader battery at West Hall: “Thank you for fixing our key card lock, we really appreciate it!!”
Andre Freeman for assisting in adjusting the temperature in a Funger office: “Andre was very nice and professional and told me each step he was doing to complete the request. “
Yared Yirgu for spearheading temperature adjustments at Himmelfarb: “Yared addressed the problem and then stopped by to make sure the temperature in my office was climbing toward normal temperatures; he stopped by again to ensure that the fix was holding and that the temperature range had risen to a normal range. His work was timely, efficient, thorough, and much appreciated!”
Leule Ambaye for repairing a wall with paint damage at Thurston Hall: “Employee was very kind and efficient”
