Than you all for your ongoing dedication, commitment, and stewardship of campus! You are being recognized for going above and beyond in your job!

Alex Smith - Custodial Floor Crew
Lauren Meyer - Grounds Crew
Brevin Jackson - Grounds Crew
Liz Thorstenson - Campus Planning
Joel Cotton - Interim Custodial Supervisor
Peter Reid - Custodial

During spring break, the classroom QR code service request signs were successfully placed. Ken Kato and the Location Innovation Lab team integrated this new initiative with the call log system.

The SRS staff printed and cut the signs to fit into plexiglass holders, which Terri Winn placed the week before spring break. Pete Enfield ensured all the signs were properly installed.

This initiative will simplify the process for staff, faculty, and students to submit service requests. Ken Kato presented this initiative at the Facilities Liaison meeting on April 1st.

Jude Hess, Kyle Wilson, and LeAnna Pitts attended the AiM user conference in March.

Here are some key takeaways:

Enhanced User Experience:
In a classroom setting, we learned how to upgrade to the new work desk with dashboards, significantly enhancing the user experience and making the platform more intuitive and user-friendly. Please note that the classic version we currently use will no longer be supported in 18 months.

Engagement:
The conference provided opportunities to connect, share best practices, and collaborate on common challenges.

Training Module:
We received an overview of the training platform and how it can be tailored to fit our business processes.

Team Scheduler:
Details on the new team scheduler feature were shared, highlighting its potential to streamline team coordination and scheduling.

Helping coworkers remove language barriers makes everyone succeed

Read more about Pablo Hernandez Reyes

The WOHESC 2025, held from March 5-7, united individuals passionate about fostering sustainable communities in higher education. The theme, "Cultivating Sustainable Communities," inspired engaging discussions, interactive sessions, and networking opportunities. Attendees explored sustainability, inclusivity, and environmental stewardship through keynotes, panels, and workshops.

Members of Sustainability and Campus Planning pose for a photo on the main stage at the WOHESC Conference - From left to right, back to front: Liz Thorstenson, Clare Kurth, Phil Chesbro, Aaron Olsen, Madeline Jonas-Lowery, Steve Mital, Cimmeron Gillespie, Ryan Haag, Emily Hamblen, Cassie Taylor, Sarah Stoeckl

Authors Plenary: Intersections & Constellations - On Being Human Now & in the Future
Moderated by Sarah Stoeckl, PhD | Director, Office of Sustainability

Host Partners Sustainability Roundtable Host partners from regional higher education institutions share sustainability and climate action priorities on their campus, including Steve Mital, Director of Sustainability and Utilities & Energy

We are excited to introduce a new feature that sends daily notification emails at 3:00 PM to Shopping Cart contacts when their items are ready for pickup.

Below is a screenshot of the notification email:

Notification emails are sent for “Open” Pick Ticket Line Items associated with Pick Tickets in “Finalized” status, provided the Shopping Cart has a valid “Contact Email.”

To ensure a notification email is sent, the following conditions must be met:

●  The Shopping Cart must have a valid “Contact Email.”  This may require you to update the contact info on your shopping cart that loads from the work order contact.

●  The Pick Ticket must be in “Finalized” status.

●  The Pick Ticket Line Item(s) must be in “Open” status.

Contacts:

Brian Lowenthal  |  Business Data Engineer
Business Data Operations Team (BDOT) | FASS-IT
fass@uoregon.edu (ticket support)

Cody Sterna  |  FASS Stores Warehouse Supervisor
csterna@uoregon.edu

We hope this new feature enhances your experience. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please feel free to reach out. We’re more than happy to assist!

Andrew Sechrist, swing shift custodian, assisted in detailing and spring cleaning of our CPFM areas. Thanks for all your hard work! 

The weather is getting nicer, so he took special care to clean the grill we use for our summer BBQ activities. 

At the end of the Winter term, Cimmeron Gillespie, Data & Policy Analyst in the Office of Sustainability, proudly completed a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management.

Cimmeron began this journey in Fall 2020, taking one course per quarter remotely, utilizing the staff tuition benefit. Excited to continue a career in public service, Cimmeron looks forward to making a positive impact.

The Office of Sustainability has released UO's greenhouse gas emissions data for fiscal year 2023-24. Emissions have increased compared to the past couple of years, mainly due to air travel and commuting, reflecting the ongoing adjustment after COVID-19 lockdowns. However, emissions remain lower than pre-pandemic levels.

I wanted to recognize Rick's excellent work in the replacement of the UHS transformer. I really appreciated that he and his team recognized the problem ahead of time and worked with us to select a window to complete the replacement. Not only he was excellent in partnership but his continuous monitoring of the asset avoided a catastrophic unplanned outage which would have cost us tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue or far more depending on the outage timeframe.

He and his crew made this replacement look easy and with the least amount of interruption. We are very happy with this turn of events. - Volga Koval, University Health Services

Thank you for the excellent Facilities Liaison meeting today. I find those very informative.
- Dave Reesor, Transportation Services

Campus Tour with the Office of Sustainability
Monday, April 7th  |  11:10am-12:10pm

Start: Student Welcome Center, Unthank
End: Lillis Hall

Sign up here

April Birthday Desserts
12-1 in the Breezeway of Bldg. 130 on Thursday, April 10th!

UO Surplus Grand Opening
Wednesday, April 30th: 1:00-3:00
547 Q St. Springfield

Tuesday, April 8th - 330pm - 5pm

Trans Berlin: The World's First Trans Politics, Berlin's Queer Golden Age, & the Rise of Fascism, 1918-1933 (Gerlinger Hall) Learn More

Friday, April 11th - 12pm - 1pm 

Remembering Queer & Trans of Color Resistance at Stonewall National Monument (Hendricks Hall) Learn More

Monday, April 14th - 3pm - 430pm

Northwest Indigenous Language Preservation Proposals (Many Nations Longhouse) Learn More

Wednesday, April 16th - 12pm - 1pm

In Pursuit of 'Good Life' - Gender, Caste & Class in India's Shadow Economy Learn More

Thursday, April 17th - 330pm - 5pm

Overcoming Violence & Adversity in Latin America - Women & Youth Empowerment (EMU Crater Lake North) Learn More

Tuesday, April 22 - 4pm - 530pm

Public Screening & Director Talk about Samurai in the Oregon Sky (129 McKenzie Hall) Learn More

Wednesday, April 23 - 5pm - 8pm

DanceAbility Performance and Q&A Session (EMU Redwood Auditorium) Learn More

Thursday, April 24 - 12pm - 5pm

The Limits & Possibilities of Cross-Border Latinidades & Indigeneities (JSMA Ford Lecture Hall) Learn More

Thursday, April 24th - 6pm - 10pm

Take Back the Night Rally & March (EMU Amphitheater)  Learn More

Tuesday, April 19th - 4pm - 530pm

A Conversation on Afrodescendencia, Indigenous Heritage & Community Empowerment in Mexico & Puerto Rico (EMU Cedar Room) Learn More

Thursday, April 30 - 12pm - 1pm

Preserving Latinx Stories with NPR's VP of Research, Archives & Strategy, Laura Soto-Barra (Zoom) Learn More

Please share your projects, campus news, photos, and kudos. You can email content for the newsletter to workcontrolcenter@uoregon.edu.