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this issue: New Staff Welcomed!
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Chevy Chase Bank Joins Mason Community
On
August 20, the commercial banking branch in the Johnson Center
will be operated by Chevy Chase Bank. As you may have already
noticed, all remote ATM machines have been changed to Chevy Chase
Bank teller machines as will the one in the Johnson Center on
August 20. We have been extremely pleased with the comments from
students about the change and Chevy Chase Bank is excited about
being a part of the Mason community. The new branch manager will
be alumna Nicky Safdar, BS '02. Below are a few services of
the new bank:
Banking Products and Services for Faculty and Staff
Cashier's Checks:
Travel Products
Change Express
All credit products are subject to credit approval. Must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Please visit the Chevy Chase Bank
official website at chevychasebank.com.
David Atkins, Executive Director of University Services
and Student Centers, is the University Bank and Credit Union
contract administrator. Apple will continue to provide service
as the University's Credit Union. We are pleased to have both
as our banking institutions. Please feel free to contact David
with questions, concerns or kudos anytime!
The Mission Possible Luncheon took place on May 4, 2007. This event which marks the end of the 2006-2007 academic year was a great moment for our student and staff members. There was good food, laughs and the crowd pleasing end of year slide show. There were
numerous awards given: The Event Technician of the Semester Award
recipient demonstrated a cooperative approach to event support
and enhanced technical knowledge and abilities. Nathan
Schneider received
the Spring 07 Event Technician of the Semester Award; Douglas
Hallock received the Fall 06 Event Technician of the
Semester Award. 
Please welcome our newest student employees for the 2007-2008 academic year! Abigaile
Te, University Game Room Recreation Assistant
The Fall 2007 Stars Orientation Training Program is designed to provide an interactive learning experience to introduce new hires to the structures, services, policies and programs we provide and to refresh the memories of those who have been away. The training schedule is as follows:
For more details, please refer to the Fall 2007 Stars Orientation and Training Program Schedule by clicking here.
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Staff Development and Appreciation Day 
Staff Development and Appreciation
Day for Johnson Center and Student Union Operations was on June
13, 2007. This was a time to reflect on how we serve our customers,
and what can we improve upon in the upcoming year. The day began
with ice breakers and "get to know you" activities,
along with some other fun. We then moved to a customer service
workshop in English and Spanish, providing our staff with some
additional tips and tricks to better serve the customer. After
the workshop, we moved on to lunch where there was an opportunity
for all the different units of JCSU Operations (JC, SUB I, and
SUB II) to meet and socialize. Throughout the lunch, we presented
some new awards for our employees: It was a successful day! We got
to know each other better, we learned some more customer service
tips and tricks, and we had fun! 
George's Restaurant received new carpet and chairs should arrive by mid-September. Bistro received new track lighting to brighten up the place. Math Learning Center was relocated to JC 344 and now has much greater visibility. Multimedia Podiums were installed in JC meeting rooms A-G and the Gold Room. The LEAD office in SUBI now has a new home in room 222 off of Patriot’s Lounge. New ADA Capable ATMs were installed on Fairfax, Prince William, and Arlington Campuses. An ATM machine is now available in the President’s Park residential area and later one will be added to Chesapeake. Student Government, Jazzman’s in the JC, Paul Robeson Center, Patriot’s Lounge, and various public areas all received a new splash of paint. Work Request Form Website Is Temporarily Down 
Our Work Request Form for Facility Maintenance website is temporarily down and we are working on fixing the problem, please check back in a few weeks. In the meantime, for Work Requests please call Facilities Maintenance Office at: 703-993-3147 or send email to jcsuops@gmu.edu with your contact information and a brief message about the problem. Thank you for your patience as we fix this problem. Restructuring and Repositioning: Responding to Growth
Johnson Center and Student Union Operations recently completed a departmental restructuring. There are four primary functional areas that are headed by the following positions and staff: David
Atkins, Executive Director of
University Services and Student Centers Technology
Support for Meeting Rooms in Johnson Center 
There is a new technology change coming to the Johnson Center meeting rooms. In the past, some of our meeting rooms had been retrofitted with technology - including smart boards and LCD projectors - while others have remained primarily for meeting space. This was done through a joint effort between Operations and Classroom Technology. Through much discussion, Classroom Technology, who has supported the equipment for events in those spaces, is going to concentrate their resources on their mission of classroom support. With Operations now taking over responsibility for the technical aspects of these rooms, it is our hope this will help alleviate some of the confusion for support services. With this in mind, Operations has invested over $190,000 to upgrade and standardize all the meeting rooms. Each meeting room will have a multi-media podium, LCD projector and installed speakers for presentations. The user will be able to play DVDs, VHS tapes, and CDs and will also be able to easily connect his/her laptop to the system for presentations. The systems are designed to be very user friendly and easily controlled by the user. Each room will have detailed instructions on how to operate the equipment and how to contact Operations for troubleshooting, if you need any further assistance regarding anything from the technology in the room to the physical room setup. The Johnson Center has eight meeting rooms, A-G located on the third floor west side, and the Gold Room located across from Dewberry Hall on the East. The rooms vary in size and are great rooms for meetings and presentations for up to 60 patrons. Anniversaries
 Congratulations to the following JCSU Staff whose anniversaries are in the month of July, August, and September: David Atkins, 13 years Mecca Marsh, 1 year Aaron Hayes, 6 years LaToya Bradley, 4 years Zeynep Uygur, 1 year Joaquin Martinez, 7 years Nelson Rivas, 3 years DeMon Whitaker, 5 years Juan Vasquez, 16 years Listservs
We created
new listservs for our department so that we can keep
you informed on announcements, closings, upgrades and
improvements. If you know someone who is not on the listserv
or if you have hired a new staff member, please bring
this to their attention. If you are receiving
this e-newsletter, you are on the listserv.
To learn more about services associated
with our department, consider visiting these websites: Events Production http://www.gmu.edu/ep Johnson Center and
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We have a new full-time face! August Runge is our new Assistant Director of Facilities Maintenance within Johnson Center and Student Union Operations. He comes to us from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. 
We are also pleased to announce that Keith Ellis, former Assistant Director of Events Production, has been selected as our new Associate Director of Operations and Event Services. Keith comes to us with more than 15 years of event support experience, has a long professional history with the University, and holds a Masters in Educational Leadership from Mason. Keith will provide leadership to more than 50 full-time and part-time employees responsible for providing support for events and facility operations. Please join the JCSU Operations Staff and Search Committee in welcoming Keith to his new position. Ginny Adams' Experience at Mason
I
cant believe
the summer is already over! My time at George Mason has been short,
yet incredibly beneficial. I pursued an internship at this university
for several reasons: I have never been in a large university atmosphere,
the diversity of this campus is an attractive feature, and I wanted
to work with Mecca Marsh. When I met her at an ACUI conference almost
a year ago, I was drawn to her energy and passion for her work, and
I knew that we had a common denominator. I knew that Mason had things
I wanted to experience, and here I am!
To see the Fall Semester Hours
of Operation for the Johnson Center and Student Unions please
click here.
 
Looking for other ways to get to Mason? The Transportation Department has designed a website to show some of the benefits of using alternative transit and to educate commuters on alternative transportation options available to them. For more details check out their website: http://transportation.gmu.edu. 
As you all know, there is a new building being constructed near Student Union II. You are probably asking yourself "Why would Johnson Center and Student Union Operations be concerned with that project?" Well, folks, we have a new game room called the "Corner Pocket" that will be located in Shenandoah at Chesapeake. This game room will have table tennis, billiards, vending machines, flat screen television, board games, cards, lounge space, and much more to come in the near future. The hours for the Corner Pocket are:
Mason organizations, departments and affiliates can reserve Corner
Pocket for parties, staff retreats and just plain fun. The
reservation form for Corner Pocket will be up on our
site soon, please go to http://www.gmu.edu/operations and
from the left menu click on Forms for Download.
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