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Reminders and New Policies

As the holiday season approaches, there are many reminders and new policies to keep in mind. Please look through the below to ensure you are aware of any policies that may apply to you or your work along with important information on how to report your time over the holiday closedown.

New Business Team Member

Ly Tran joined the Business Team October 14th. She is located in Pound Hall 231G. She will serve as the primary point of contact to assist all city campus department chairs, faculty, and staff. She will also be in charge of developing financial databases and reports for the college. Ly comes to us from IANR with a wealth of knowledge in regards to finances and budgets. Please help us welcome Ly to CEHS. She can be contacted at: ltran6@unl.edu or 472-9386.

Supervisors/ESS time approvers

If you are hiring, please work with the Business Center BEFORE you offer a position. For temp/student employees, please complete the Temporary Employment Request Form. Permanent faculty and staff hires please work with Tammie Herrington for ALL steps of the process. Continue reading…

Travel

Travel and Non-Travel reimbursement requests are processed through the Concur Request, Booking & Expense system. If you are traveling on University business you are often required to purchase airfare through the university provider in order to be reimbursed. Please see the policies and guidelines for travel at https://cehs.unl.edu/cehs/cehs-business-center/#tab6 or contact Nell Inselman at ninselman1@unl.edu with questions.

Guidelines for Funding Non-Travel Related Meals and Receptions

If funding non-travel meals and receptions, please review the following. Continue reading…

Purchasing Card

Please make sure to use the updated purchasing card transaction voucher found on the CEHS website as it includes the concur trip number when paying for registrations. https://go.unl.edu/aazg

Contracts

All contracts/agreements/MOU’s regardless of dollar amount are required to come through the CEHS business team for review. They will then work with you to determine appropriate language and who can sign for the University and route as necessary. All revenue or zero dollar contracts (such as practicum and internship agreements) will be handled primarily by Sarah Goodrich (sgoodrich3@unl.edu) and all expense contracts by Spencer Hall (spencer.hall@unl.edu). Please copy Dori Smidt on all contracts as a backup (dsmidt2@unl.edu).

Time Entry for Holiday Closedown - for all leave eligible employees and their supervisors

UNL will be closed beginning Monday, December 23, 2019 through Wednesday, January 1, 2020, except for essential designated operations. All leave eligible employees must submit their leave for this time to their supervisor before Friday, December 20, 2019. If there is a specific need for you to work during the Holiday Closedown, please request approval from your immediate supervisor and notify the CEHS Business Team in advance. Continue reading…

Crisis leave

This summer our state experienced devastating flooding that impacted thousands of Nebraskans, including many members of our University community. Many have already participated in flood relief and assistance programs. Continue reading…

Grants

If you haven’t already completed, all faculty submitting internal proposals - Research Council (e.g., Seed, Grant-in-Aid, Distinguished Lecturer, Interdisciplinary), collaboration proposals – or ANY other internal proposal routing through NURamp - you will need to complete a one-time process Continue reading…

Employee & Dependent Scholarship Application Renovation

The application to allocate credits for the Employee and Dependent Scholarship Program has been renovated. The application can be accessed from Employee Self Service in Firefly. Continue reading…