Flashpoints

The deadline for submitting projects to Facilities Management and Planning is Feb 25, 2019, for construction projects to be completed prior to the fall 2019 semester.  Projects included with this deadline range from larger renovation work (involving multiple subcontractors) to small room modifications (moving walls, power receptacles, etc.) to simple renewal projects (paint and carpet).

Projects will need to be submitted with funding source and Space Alteration form, refer to link here 

The 27th Annual Celebrating Excellence Retirement and Service Award Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. The luncheon will start at 12:30 pm with service awards beginning at 1:15 pm in the Ponderosa Room of the Nebraskan Student Union.

For those employees who are considering retirement and would like to be recognized at this year’s luncheon, please contact Human Resources no later than Friday, March 29, 2019.

Beginning on January 14th, a new electronic process will be in place to submit space alteration requests to Facilities Management & Planning. This new electronic form will replace the paper form previously used. Any requests submitted on the paper form before December 18, 2018 will be reviewed and follow the prior process.

You will be able access the new form using the “Space Alteration Request” link on the Facilities iServiceDesk webpage. Once submitted, the request will be automatically routed via email to all applicable approvers. All approvals will be obtained using Office 365 functionality (utilizing EASI credentials). During the initial approval process, project costs will be estimated and categorized into one of the following ranges:

• Under $1,000
• $1,000 - $10,000
• $10,000 - $25,000
• $25,000 - $50,000
• $50,000 - $100,000
• Over $100,000

Once all approvals are complete, a more detailed cost estimate will be developed. If the requested work is categorized as general maintenance, a work order will be created and assigned. If the work is categorized as a project, the request details will be forwarded to the system-wide Facilities Planning & Construction group for processing.

As a reminder, the deadline for submitting space alteration request is Feb 25, 2019, for construction projects to be completed prior to the Fall 2019 semester. Please direct questions regarding this process change to Michael Cremers at cremersmr@unk.edu or 308-440-4680.

If you have questions on how to read SAP or Firefly Financial Reports to manage your department budget, if you need help generating reports, or if you are maintaining spreadsheets to track financial information and would like to see if available tools can save you time, please contact Chris Moran at 8785 or morancl@unk.edu to set up a one-on-one training, review or just a general question & answer meeting.

As of January 8th, employees who elected to receive their W-2 via Firefly were able to access their 2018 W-2 document by logging into Firefly>Employee Self Service and clicking on the W-2 tax form tile.

Paper W-2 forms have been sent directly to employee’s permanent addresses listed in SAP/Firefly for distribution to those employees who either elected to receive a paper W2 or did not make an election for their W-2 method in Firefly.  Please contact Payroll at 865-8182 if you have questions regarding W-2 documents.

Employees and Departments/Groups of Employees can be nominated for different awards. The awards are presented monthly during the Staff Senate meetings.

Please consider nominating a staff member or group who has demonstrated excellence.  It’s time to show our colleagues how much we appreciate what they do and why we’re so very proud to be Lopers!!

https://www.unk.edu/committees/staffsenate/employee_achievement_award.php

https://www.unk.edu/committees/staffsenate/recognition_of_excellence.php