June 2013

I wish I’d served in the armed forces.

Now on the backside of my life, I feel I’ve missed an important opportunity – serving our nation, protecting our freedoms, whether overseas or on the mainland.

I watched with anticipation as elderly vets, some walking with a limp, others barely keeping pace, raised the flags of the major services – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines. Looking closely, no matter their age or health, their deep sense of sacrifice, pride, and patriotism for what they have given this country – to each of us and to our off spring – was deeply embossed across their faces. The multiple color guards were now in place, as a retired General and the Army’s Sergeant Major peered over the crowd of thousands gathered on the bright green grounds of Veterans Memorial Plaza for the Memorial Day Service. Flanking the officers, were two Army bands and choir. The audience was standing in virtual silence as the colors were raised and the concert band led us in the Star Spangled Banner.

Listening to the articulate Sergeant Major, and to the military bands, their soloists, and choir, it was difficult to fight back the tears. As the service closed with a soloist’s rousing rendition of America the Beautiful, the fight was lost, but it was natural and most appropriate since we were gathered to remember those who had fallen and those who had since past - heroes of our country.

As usual during military band concerts, as each of the services’ anthems are played, those having served in that military branch were asked to stand. Directly in front of me, a gentleman, about my age, and his elderly dad stood side-by-side saluting during the Navy anthem. We learned the son had served on a nuclear sub. To my left, my 82 year old father-in-law and my brother-in-law stood during the Army anthem. Veterans of World War II and the current men and women in the military were recognized separately and drew cheers and deafening applause from the grateful crowd.

Yes, I was stirred during the band concert and the morning’s service as meritorious service awards were presented by the Sergeant Major to several soldiers – an honor not many get to experience directly from the Sergeant Major. I was overcome with pride, perhaps like never before, of my Dad’s service in the United States Air Force. I so wanted to stand in his memory and honor his service as The Air Force Song was played, “Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun; Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun…” I wasn’t given that opportunity, but it didn’t matter that I physically stood, as I was standing taller in my heart – remembering and thankful.

When I hear the vets stories, consider their personal sacrifices and those of their families, and observe them as their service flag is hoisted and their anthem played; when I see our current servicemen sitting in the airports, seemingly too young to make such a great sacrifice; and watch from my office window the ROTCs drill, I take great pride that our university in not only a military-friendly university, but one that is raising the next generation of soldiers, officers that will continue the traditions of generations past – and they will be remembered.

Memorial Day – not a ‘day off,’ but a ‘day on’ to memorialize the men and women who served so that we can enjoy the personal freedoms we do today. I wish I’d served.

Kerry

Kerry’s Korner

June 20

Recess at Work Day

June 25

New Employee Welcome

July 4

Fourth of July Holiday

Calendar

of Events

Inside this issue:

Spotlight On... 2

UTShare Update 2

Kudos 3

Healthy Workplace 4

Housekeeping 4

Corporate Cup 4

Construction Update 5

Safe Saw 5

Restoration 5

UTSAPD 5

Spotlight On …

Paul Goodman

He married Christie in 1990; they moved to Virginia where Paul worked as a vibrations engineer for submarines and aircraft carriers for Newport News Shipbuilding. In 1994, he and Christie moved to San Antonio where Paul worked for Boral Material Technologies as a design engineer and after a few years was promoted to Manager. At Boral, he designed ash handling equipment for coal-fired power plants and spent half his time travelling to power plants coast to coast to start up new systems. He is a licensed engineer in five states.

During his tenure at UTSA, Paul has seen the number of institutional projects managed by Facilities jump from 20 to over 200, a reflection of

UTSA’s rapid growth in the past decade. He feels like he has been at full throttle since his first day on the job, but enjoys the campus environment and the people at UTSA.

Paul and Christie have two beautiful

girls and in their spare time they

support March of Dimes, which

promotes the strength and health of

babies (both of the girls were born

premature). Paul enjoys sports and

other activities with his family

including snow skiing, science,

science fiction, and traveling.

Thank you, Paul, for your invaluable

service to Business Affairs, and the

University community.

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In 2000, Paul Goodman began his career at UTSA as Assistant Director of Maintenance and Construction, overseeing the electric, plumbing, carpentry, and paint trades, as well as institutional project management and archives. Paul was promoted to Director of Engineering & Project Management in 2006 where he assumed responsibility for capital project management and energy management. In 2010, Paul was awarded the “University Leadership Award” and was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2011.

He was born and raised in Lubbock and earned a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Texas Tech and an MBA from Colorado State University.

Paul will be receiving a Roadrunner meal card to use for either breakfast, lunch or dinner at the Roadrunner Cafe,

compliments of ARAMARK. Our thanks to ARAMARK for their support!

UTShare Project Update

During the past several months, UTSA has widely communicated the collaborative effort and methodical process of

implementing PeopleSoft along with six other UT academic institutions. The PeopleSoft implementation, known as

UTShare HR/Finance, is envisioned to improve efficiency and productivity through its better data management and

reporting capabilities. The magnitude and complexity of this project in order to achieve our operational goals requires

hundreds of talented people to ensure our success now and for the future.

Consistent with the timing and alignment of

multiple systems across seven UT institutions,

the UTShare Project has established a

revised Go-Live date of March 1, 2014. Training

modules are currently being developed to

support everyone’s transition to the

PeopleSoft system and are anticipated to be

delivered early next year. With the revised

go-live date, employees will have more opportunity to become familiar with the new software and its functionality.

In the next months, we welcome your questions and comments for the UTSA People Soft project team. Please visit http://www.utsa.edu/utshare or contact Kari Peterson, Change Management Lead, at 210-458-8199 or kari.peterson@utsa.edu for more information.

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Kudos to Business Affairs Staff

Patty (Burrier),

Thank you for the outstanding service

you provided on our laptop order. You

found a vendor that actually provides a

true educational rate, saving us

$4,000 on ten Lenovo ThinkPad's!

Not only that, Abacus is a HUB vendor

and the PB4 was completed in record

time.

You've been a big help with all our

POs.

Thanks again.

Sandra Shirley,

PREP Fiscal Manager

Thank you all for

striving for excellence

every day!

UTSA was awarded the Silver Level - Healthy Workplace

Recognition from the San Antonio Business Group on

Health (SABGH) on May 21, 2013. The Healthy

Workplace Recognition program recognized 38 San

Antonio businesses for their dedication in promoting a

healthy workplace. SABGH awarded bronze, silver and

gold levels based on program strength in culture, physical

activity, health promotion and education, nutrition,

smoking and tobacco cessation, value-based benefits and

benefit design.

Facilities Housekeeping Services

Corporate Cup

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Healthy Workplace Recognition

Business Horizons

Effective Monday, June 10, 2013, Facilities Main Campus housekeeping staff have been transferred to nights. Ten day-porters and one day-porter leader will be assigned to the Main Campus to supplement night housekeeping services. The transfer is part of Business Affairs’ long-term initiative to transition Facilities grounds and housekeeping services to a contractor. The day-porters will be responsible for making housekeeping rounds during the day between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday); provide housekeeping services in high traffic areas; respond to emergencies; and support Facilities Event Services, as needed. Night housekeeping services will continue to be performed between 5:00 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. (Monday – Friday). The transition to night operations only affects Facilities Main Campus Housekeeping. It does not include housekeeping staff managed by Student Affairs auxiliaries such as student housing, recreation and the UC. Facilities is currently engaged in a competitive selection process to establish contracted housekeeping and grounds services at the DTC and ITC, and potentially some of the “West Campus” at the Main Campus, which is expected to begin around September 1, 2013. Please join Facilities in welcoming the new day-porters.

Day-porter Leader:

Myrtle MacDonald

Day-porters pictured from left to right. Front row:

Virginia Flores, Sofia Nieto, Carol Orozco,

Marcella Duran. Back row: Julio Guzman, John Davis,

Eunice Dickey, Richard Rio, Henrietta Vasquez.

Not pictured: Maria Cerna.

70 UTSA faculty and

staff gathered at the

University of the

Incarnate Word on

June 1, 2013 to

compete against

other San Antonio

companies in hopes

of winning the Corporate Cup. The daylong event

encourages wellness, camaraderie, athletic skill,

charitable giving, and volunteerism. Each category

earned companies points toward winning the Corporate

Cup. The wellness and athletic events consisted of two

running events, two basketball events, a wellness walk,

sack race, Frisbee toss, golf chipping, corn toss, tug of

war, football throw, soccer kicks and dodge ball. The

event provided UTSA a chance to show its commitment to

improving the overall health and wellness of employees.

UTSA employees showed that fitness can be fun and

enjoyable.

Awaiting results!

Mayor Julian Castro, Anna Racelis, Kristee Phelps, Dr. Peter Wald, and Mary Ullman Japhat.

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Construction Update

Skylights provide natural light into

interior building spaces that create a

visually stimulating and productive

environment for occupants.

The Office of Facilities recently

replaced the thirty year old skylight in

the Engineering Building with a

clerestory skylight system. The

system is comprised of aluminum

framing with 1” thick insulated glass

on the sides, and a white laminated

pane between two layers of insulated

glass on the top. The laminated pane

provides an appealing glow of light

into the corridor below while

eliminating direct overhead glare.

The project also included the

installation of fall protection devices

at several roof-top locations and fire

sprinkler protection within the skylight

enclosure.

The new skylight will improve building

energy efficiency and eliminate water

intrusion while providing pleasing

natural light for the occupants.

Facilities would like to thank the

College of Engineering for their

patience during the construction

process.

The Research Zone in collaboration with Housekeeping, EHS&RM and outside contractor, Action Restoration, tackled a classroom fire that occurred March 13, 2013. Housekeeping performed an excellent job of cleaning up the room and wiping down all the surfaces. The research zone scraped off the walls and retextured and painted. Action Restoration ran ozone machines to clean up lingering odors. The countertop had been damaged beyond repair as the fire etched into the surface too deep for restoration. The research zone staff got a price quote for a new countertop and installed it on April 26, 2013. Due to great planning the classroom was only out of service for four days. Many thanks to all involved in restoring this classroom after an experiment went awry. This is a great example of teamwork and collaboration.

Restoration After Fire Safe Saw

Facilities has installed a new table saw from SAWSTOP in the carpentry shop. This equipment has the capability of disengaging the moving blade when it detects human skin or other material that conducts electricity. This new piece of equipment creates a safer workplace for the employees and will lower potential workers compensation claims and medical costs if an accident were to occur. It is an example of doing the right thing and valuing our employees.

Before After

For anyone who complains about getting a ticket for not buckling up when driving, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the Click It or Ticket initiative in Texas saved 2,843 lives during its first decade. While those may sound like just statistics, the UTSA Police Department knows from personal experience that those numbers are the actual faces of the community’s family and friends. This goes to the heart of UTSAPD’s mission to protect the public. That is why we joined with thousands of other law enforcement agencies to announce support for the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization, which ran May 21 to June

3, 2013. On Monday June 10, 2013, the supervisors of the UTSAPD will present Officer Samaniego with the Golden Sentinel Award and a gift certificate for being the top performer in the 2013 Click it or Ticket Campaign.

Business Affairs Promise

We are committed to helping you achieve your goals through excellence in service --

every person, every day, every job.

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