UCCS
Facilities Services
April—June 2015
Makin’ Moves
As the campus has grown it has
become even more important
that our department work more
efficiently and effectively. To
that end Facilities Services has
gone through some remodeling
recently and the finished product
was definitely worth the constant
dust cloud and continuous banging.
AN UPDATE...
The Facilities Services
Department has a new online
Some of the changes involved
were remodeling our 233 conference room as well as the old sustainability offices. So these areas
are no longer available for scheduling.
system to submit your work
request. Please go to:
ithelp.uccs.edu/
cherwellportal/facilities
races. But in all honesty, we’ll
probably just use it to calmly
walk between one work space to
another, if we’re feeling adventurous we’ll have a large stack of
papers to balance as well.
Now that the final steps have
been completed, and everyone
is getting settled in their new
offices, we just have to remember where everyone moved.
We also had reconstruction of most
of the Planning & Construction
offices. This will allow us to be
more efficient as we manage the
many construction projects on
campus. We were able to open up
a hallway between two different
sections of offices that will allow
for less traffic in our main walkway. It’s the perfect accommodation for three-legged, potato sack
There will be more details
regarding this new system on
page 2 of this newsletter:
“Cherwell Work Orders”
For questions or assistance
with completing this online
form please contact our
services desk.
Monday-Friday 7:30am to
5:00pm at 255-3313
Let’s Roll Out the Welcome Mat!
Facilities Services After Hours
Cell 5:00pm-11:00pm at 4928329
Butch Josephs
Custodian
Michael Mooney
Custodial Manager
Melanie Livengood
Student—Admin Asst.
Andy Walker
Student—Maintenance
Zeke Williams
Student—Outdoor Svcs
Jordan Palmer
Student—Outdoor Svcs
Annanya Aella
Student—PD&C
Samantha Knoll
Student—Outdoor Svcs
The Woman Behind the Curtain*
*The headline above is a reference to the Wizard of Oz
Most of the campus community knows that Deanna
Ely has been the heart and
soul of Facilities Services
for the last decade. We are
honored to announce that
she is moving onto bigger
and better things within the
department, and we are
still able to see her on a
daily basis.
Cherwell Work Orders
That being said, we have a
new wizard here at Facilities Services: Kristy
Hignite. Any comments or
questions you may have
that cannot be answered by
a student will now be fielded to Kristy.
been with us at Facilities
Services since July 14,
2014. On her one year anniversary with UCCS we
are celebrating her new
position as a Program Assistant I.
The road has been full of
trips (literally), laughs, and
chaos, but it has paid off. I
speak on behalf of Facilities Services when I say we
are all so lucky and happy
to not only be keeping
Deanna on the premises
but also to be gaining a
new wonderful leader.
Thank you Kristy for all you
do!
How To...
We are working on getting a new work order system that
will better serve the campus and facilities teams, in the
meantime Cherwell will be a great interim program.
1.
Sign in using your UCCS username and Password
2.
Select the General Location that you are dealing with.
Chances are, if it is an academic building, it will be a
‘General Fund Building’
3.
Then select the specific building you are dealing with
(i.e. Dwire) as well as the room number
4.
Enter your speed type (or eight 9s)
5.
Select problem type

Paint, Moves, Carpentry are included in
Maintenance

Surplus items are handled by Materials, Acquisitions, & Distributions
6.
Enter a problem description.
7.
Identify if this affects your work and/or the work of others within your department
8.
Enter an alternate contact number if necessary, otherwise select ‘submit’
9.
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Kristy is originally from
Southern California. She
moved to Colorado in 1980
but has lived in many other
states, due to her husband’s career in the military. Kristy was a cheerleader at Doherty High
School and recently
coached all-star cheer. She
loves all things Disney and
her favorite vacation spot
is, you guessed it, Disneyland. Kristy spends her
weekends reading, bingewatching TV, sometimes
mountain biking, and mostly spending time with her
family, especially her two
little grandsons. Kristy has
Have a Great
Summer!
My Last Newsletter
This edition will be my last
newsletter. Melanie Livengood and Anjelika Hammock
are going to be taking over
for the foreseeable future. I
have had a great time being
able to express and develop
my creativity.
–Haydn Holgate (Student Ad-
Watch us work our magic!
Facilities Services
Student Appreciation
This year we were able to
celebrate the graduation of
9 of our student employees.
We gathered together with
thanks in our hearts and
hunger in our bellies for
the recognition of not only
the graduating students,
but also those continuing to
pursue their degree here at
UCCS.
Nothing says, “we appreciate you,” more than a pizza
party with an abundance of
cookies and caffeine.
Administration, spoke of their
respect and gratitude for the
student employees at Facilities
Services. Working in an environment with students, especially in the workplace we participate in, allows us to have a constant reminder of why we’re
here.
It was a great day for the celebration of accomplishments had,
lessons learned, and relationships built.
Rob Dougherty, Executive
Director of Physical Plant,
and Gary Reynolds, Assistant Vice Chancellor of
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE CLASS OF 2015!
Diede and Means—Materials, Acquisitions, And Distributions Super Team
With the continued growth on
campus, and the need for more
efficiency and cost control of our
surplus property, we have created the Materials, Acquisitions,
and Distribution Team. With
that comes our new superhero
duo,”. Diede and Means are the
new faces of our Materials, Acquisitions, and Distributions
team( AKA Surplus). And with
the goals they have set for themselves, there is no doubt they are
well on their way to superhero
stardom.
see operations of TRW, which
houses all of our surplus items.
With his new position he will
take on multiple new task and
processes. Just to name a few: he
will manage procurement of
goods and supplies for all our
work groups, manage the surplus
team, lead our department safety
program, and inventory control.
Nick has been a wrestling official
at all levels for 27 years. It’s one
of his defining passions, along
with golf, the color blue, his Harley, and the Broncos.
Nick Diede (sounds like Nick
DEEDEE), is manager of our new
Materials, Acquisition and Distribution team. We like to call him,
the MAD Manager. Nick will over-
Mark Means is our Material Handler II. He will assist Nick with
getting TRW into “Tip Top
Shape” along with inventory and
surplus work orders. He is a
coffee-connoisseur with so much
potential for caffeine immunity
it’s unheard of. His favorite activity outside of work is trail running in a torrential downpour
with nun chucks. The nun chucks
aren’t for the rain though, they’re
for the bears.
Mark is not only concerned with
swinging sticks, while running,
he also enjoys paying the piano,
eating sushi, and watching movies.
Nick Diede
Mark Means
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