Front Office Staff

DEPARTMENT CHAIR

David Schmidt – ESS Department Chair ()

ADVISING & STUDENT SERVICES

Noéll Bernard-Kingsley (she/her) – Director of Academic Services and Graduate Advisor ()
M Pritchard (they/them) – Undergraduate Counseling Services Coordinator, Student Services ()
Kristin Evans (she/her) – Experiential Learning Coordinator ()

BUILDING & FACILITIES

Facilities Coordinator – Mike Harrell ()
Backup Facilities – Emily Versoza ()

  • Building issues (broken/needs maintenance)
  • Fleet Services / UCAR reservations
  • Surplus
  • CAAMS building access + CAAMS class lab access (Please email Eunice Yang, )

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications and Outreach Manager – Summer Caton ()

  • Alumni Relations, Advancement
  • Between Spheres, Annual magazine
  • Event Planning (reservations, catering, etc.)
  • News (for website, quarterly newsletter, local and national announcements)
  • Social Media
  • Website (updating profiles, pages, intranet)
  • JHN and ATG door templates

MAIN OFFICE

Administrative Assistant – Anders Bradley ()
Please visit the front office for any inquiries related to the below list and someone will assist you.

  • Key + Building Access (For keys please follow Key Request & Refund Procedures)
  • Shipping and Receiving, FedEx, UPS
  • A/V Equipment check out
  • General purchase requests (e.g. office supplies)
  • Toner & copier issues
  • Office supplies available in main office 070
  • Lost & Found
  • Directory updates

FINANCE TEAM

Budget/Fiscal Unit Supervisor Eunice Yang ()

  • Equipment Insurance
  • CTA reservation for airfare and hotels for guests
  • Backup fiscal duties as needed

For the following, please email :

  • General finance questions
  • Complex purchases and monitoring compliance with federal, state, and UW regulations and procedures
  • Procard functions
  • Purchasing
  • Reimbursements
  • Travel reimbursement

For the following, please email :

  • Internal and external invoicing
  • Key deposits

GRANTS

Grants Specialist – Eunice Yang ()
Backup – Scott Dakins ()

  • Awards
  • Budget close-out
  • Cost sharing
  • Effort Statement Certification in ECC aka Faculty Effort Certification (FEC)
  • Project Statement Certification in ECC aka Grant and Contract Certification Report (GCCR)
  • No-Cost Extension (NCE)
  • Pre- and Post-Award Management
  • Proposals
  • Sponsor compliance
  • Sub-award

HUMAN RESOURCES

HR Manager – Alicia Campese ()
Backup HR – Scott Dakins () & Summer Caton ()

  • Academic hires including postdocs
  • Employment status
  • Graduate student hires (RAs, TAs, ASE appointments)
  • TA Assignments (Scott Dakins)
  • Graduate fellowships
  • New hourly/temporary hires
  • New staff and postdoc hires
  • Onboarding
  • Personnel concerns
  • Position reclassification
  • Separation/Termination
  • Visa/DS-2019 for international visitors/VISIT or VISER students
  • GLACIER – Non-Resident Alien Tax Compliance

IT TEAM


ESS Ticketing System  |  Computing Resources and ESS IT

Senior Computer Specialist – Emily Versoza
Computer Support Technician 1 – Koji Nishihara

  • Classroom/Lab support
  • Desktop/Server Support
  • Plotter printing/3D printing
  • Computing & Networking
  • A/V Equipment
  • Computer Surplus

PAYROLL

Payroll Specialist – Alicia Campese ()
Backup – Scott Dakins (); Eunice Yang ()

  • I-9 for new employees
  • Questions about leave time
  • Timesheet
  • Paycheck issues
  • Verify costing allocations

PLANNING AND BUDGETING

Administrator – Scott Dakins ()

  • Budgeting reports, issues, questions
  • Faculty awards and gifts
  • Professorship questions
  • Staff management
  • Strategic planning
  • UWFT change contact
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