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Department Newsletter December 2014—July 2015

Our newsletter has, unfortunately, taken a backseat for awhile. We’re back and have much catching

up to do. Grab a cup of coffee and let us tell you what’s been happening in the department.

Our new Safety Committee leadership also began their terms

on Safety Day. Don Autry (pictured above on left) was elected

as Chair and Jim Mohr (pictured above on right) was elected as Chair-Elect. Both are members of

the Electric Shop.

Winners of the Facilities Employee Recognition awards were:

Be Alert, Accidents Hurt!

As part of the Business Affairs restructuring, Surplus Warehouse Services

joined Facilities Operations effective July 1, 2015. Within Facilities

Operations, Surplus Warehouse Services will report to Ben Kunka, Supervisor

of the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling (OWRR).

We welcome Eric Laudenbacher, who takes care of the many aspects of the

warehouse!

The annual Facilities Safety Day was held on Thursday, June

18, 2015. Our guest speaker this year was Jason Stogner, the

Director for the Office of Emergency Management. Employee

Recognition awards were also announced. Hot dogs and

hamburgers were served under the Oak tree near the Sink

Building afterwards.

Customer Service — Lori Krise

Facilities Design and Construction

Safety — Katie Sales

Facility Services

Teamwork/Collaboration—Wanda Poole

Facility Services

I just wanted to send you a note commending

Hal and his team for keeping the ice removed

from the entrances of 1100 West Market Street.

As usual, it was completely ice-free for the

entire week during very difficult conditions.

Trace Little

Director of Materials Management

I’d like to thank Chris Cardwell for his quick response to my

concern about the icy sidewalk next to the Ferguson Building

this morning. Both his timely return phone call and the

clearing of the walk are to be commended.

We really appreciate all the work you do to keep us safe on

campus!

Dr. Susan Phillips

Communication Science & Disorders

Thanks very much to Dan, Jon, Douglas, and your teams for efforts directed to protect building systems during the

very cold temperatures last week. I know 4 and 6 degrees are not “design conditions” and present a serious test

to building systems, requiring extraordinary measures.

I appreciate your work in minimizing the impact of these severe temperatures (at least for Greensboro) on our

systems and the comfort of students, faculty, and staff.

Well Done!

Jorge Quintal

Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities

I appreciate all of Vince Whitt’s help

since I have moved to Housing and

Residence Life. He has been great

with providing us a metal trailer and

emptying it as needed. Also when I

called him about helping us compact

the 30 yard dumpster to give us more

room, he was here with the backhoe

right away. You have been

wonderful and so much more helpful

than you realize.

Gail Hernandez

Housing and Residence Life


Thanks very much to ALL for your efforts in removing snow and ice. I

am frequently amazed of the commitment and organization your team

displays during these events.

Several folks have approached me to let me know how much they

appreciate your efforts.

UNCG is fortunate to have you all here, I know I am proud of your

work on behalf of the students. Please extend my gratitude to your

team members.

Thank you,

Jorge Quintal

Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities


Kudos to you and your staff for the

amazing job they have done with

cleaning up the campus from the

ice—an incredible undertaking.

Please pass along my congrats to

everyone in the Facilities Operations

Department!

Pat Levitin, Assistant Director

Enrollment Management

Undergraduate Admissions

I just wanted to take a few minutes to tell you how much we appreciate

having both Jossee Messan and Helen Burns in our building. Mossman

Building has never looked better. Case in point, a co-worker accidentally

spilled water on the floor in the ladies room yesterday. When we wiped it

up, we were delighted to see that the paper towel was clean after mopping

up the water.

I can also speak from personal experience that my allergy attacks have

lessened greatly since their arrival.

Thank you so much! Their friendly and smiling faces are a pleasure to see

each day.

Michele Laudenbacher

Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

Good-bye to our Retirees . . .

We also wish to recognize Sandy Ingram and James Sutton in Facility

Services, each of whom retired at the end of June. They retired with 8 and 14 years of service, respectively. We

were sad to see them go, but we wish them happiness in their retirement.

Congratulations to Ivan Lyall and Vickie

DeBari for successfully completing the APPA

Supervisor’s Toolkit. It’s a full week of

training specifically designed for facilities

management.

As a commitment to the employees of the Facilities Operations Department, all supervisors and managers were

asked to complete the Supervisory Essentials program at UNCG. Those who have completed the training to date

are: Chris Aaroe, David Alcon, Peter Ashe, Joe Borden, Douglas Cato, Vickie DeBari, Gary Denny, Paul Dow,

Willie Dowd, Terry Goins, Tom Hailey, Travis Holcomb, Bob Johnson, Ben Kunka, Ivan Lyall, Guy McGayhey, Jeff

Melton, Hoyte Phifer, Greg Poteat, Debbie Reynolds, Lester Rogers, Hal Shelton, and Jon Soter.

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Ben Kunka for successfully completing the

APPA Institute for Facilities Management in January. The

curriculum is composed of four core areas, 1) General

Administration and Management, 2) Maintenance and

Operations, 3) Energy and Utilities, and 4) Planning, Design, and

Construction. Each core area is completed in a week-long

session.

We have had several retirements since our last newsletter. John Pearce,

2nd Shift Facility Services supervisor and Michael Hall, Facility Services

housekeeper, both retired in January with 23 years of service each. Dale

Williams, Buildings and Trades manager, retired in February with 17

years of service. Jeannie Lasley, admin support, retired in December

with 8 years of service in Facilities Operations. Each of these employees

took a wealth of knowledge and many years of service with them when

they left.

Utilities—PM Coordinator

Cristian Rodriguez

Facility Services

Jeff Dezearn

Utilities—Controls

Lewis “Jim” Eanes

Utilities—Plumbing

David McFayden

Facilities Operations - Admin

Elizabeth Jordan

Facilities Operations - CSC

Amanda Teer

Anniversaries

December

James Turner - 31 years

Bob Johnson - 26 years

Wanda Williams - 22 years

Gary Rager - 15 years

Mark Friddle - 11 years

Scott Cline - 9 years

Yulita Rose - 7 years

Eddie Newsome - 3 years

January

Hoyte Phifer - 20 years

Greg Poteat - 20 years

Debora Tinnin - 19 years

Paul Bigelow - 12 years

Hre Rahlan - 11 years

Ben Kunka - 9 years

Douglas Lester - 9 years

Craig Rumley - 9 years

Tim Wilkins - 9 years

Linda Gant - 8 years

Rick Haferbecker - 8 years

Catherine Baker - 7 years

Sean Moon - 7 years

Philip Thomas - 6 years

Alvin Verdell - 6 years

Dan Durham - 4 years

Jeff Melton - 4 years

James Lyles - 3 years

Latoya Jones - 3 years

William Bradford - 1 year

Virginia Plummer - 1 year

February

Jerome Hayes - 32 years

Teddy Hyatt - 18 years

James Sutton - 14 years

Dareck Beasley - 13 years

Lee Martin - 12 years

Lloyd Norman - 12 years

Elias Segoviano - 12 years

Chris Cardwell - 8 years

Mark Wilson - 8 years


Anniversaries

March

Katie Sales - 28 years

Travis Holcomb - 23 years

Geraldine Coppedge - 16 yrs

Erick Gardner - 16 years

Tony Hamilton - 16 years

Ralph Farmer - 14 years

Butch Landreth - 14 years

Koami Amaglo - 10 years

Willie Dowd - 10 years

John Richardson - 9 years

David Alcon - 7 years

Lillie Walls - 7 years

Donald Joyce - 5 years

Deborah Joyce - 4 years

Robert Owens - 4 years

Marty Pridgen - 4 years

Ted Crawford - 3 years

Rhonda Goins - 3 years

Jerome Isley - 3 years

Ernest Brooks - 2 years

Melanie Sawyer - 2 years

April

Terry Goins - 33 years

Jeff Hawkins - 25 years

Peter Ashe - 16 years

Charles Webster - 14 years

Tony Rojas - 12 years

Leola Whitaker - 11 years

Bai Rmah - 9 years

Leroy Arrington - 8 years

Dora Frimpong - 8 years

Scottie Gant - 8 years

Betty Patterson - 5 years

Donald Autry - 4 years

Michael Jumpe - 4 years

James Mason - 4 years

Barry Michaels - 4 years

Robert Simpson - 3 years

Lonnie Watford - 3 years

Martin Atama - 2 years

Joseph Hall - 2 years

Ken Lewis - 2 years

Daniel Russell - 2 years

Samuel Waters -1 year


Facility Services

John Mullins

Facility Services

Brandy Bumpas

Utilities—Steam Plant

Munawar Khokher

Buildings and Trades

Bob Woods

Facility Services

Keith Roberts

Anniversaries

May

Tom Hailey - 30 years

Cynthia Culberson - 26

years

Patricia Poteat - 19 years

Paul Dow - 18 years

Imro Comvalius - 17 years

Wayne Christian - 14 years

Elizabeth Swinson - 7 years

John Bethea - 3 years

Tony Hurdle - 2 years

June

Kim Mitchell - 18 years

Ray Riggins - 16 years

Ronald Burkes - 15 years

Rickey Craft - 12 years

Paul Daniel - 11 years

Michael Boulton - 10 years

Joe Borden - 9 years

Janet Elmore - 9 years

Fisher Reaves - 9 years

Marshall Hankins - 8 years

Mark Lasley - 8 years

Maria Lopez - 8 years

Stephen Russell - 8 years

Jay White - 8 years

James Munro - 5 years

James Taylor - 5 years

Joshua Fields - 1 year

Michael Goodman - 1 year

Craig Marshall - 1 year

Luther Watford - 1 year

Promotions

Greg Poteat accepted a

promotion to the position of

2nd Shift BES Supervisor in

Facility Services in March

2015.

John Tinnin accepted a

promotion to the position of

BES Supervisor in Facility

Services April 2015.

Congrats to Greg and John!


First Shift Service Awards

Pictured left to right: Front Row: Hoyte Phifer, 20 years, Joe Wagner, 25 years,

Wanda Swinson, 15 years, Frances Jenkins, 10 years, Janet Elmore, 10 years,

Jorge Quintal, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Charlie Maimone, Vice

Chancellor Business Affairs. Second Row: Jack Mongold, 15 years, Ivan Lyall,

10 years, David Thornberry, 25 years, Donald Joyce, 5 years, Jerome Isley, 5

years, Trey McDonald, 5 years, Thomas Everett, 15 years, Willie Dowd, 10

years, and Tom Hailey, 30 years. Not pictured: Patricia Dority, 10 years, Helen

Burns, 15 years, Erick Gardner, 15 years, Gary Rager, 15 years, Ray Riggins, 15

years, and Walter Graham, 20 years.

Second Shift Service Awards

Pictured left to Right, Hoyte Phifer, Assistant Director for Facility Services, Jorge

Quintal, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Bobby Moore, 20 years, Betty

Patterson, 5 years, Koami Amaglo, 10 years, Greg Poteat, 20 years, Dan

Durham, Director Facilities Operations, and Charlie Mamoine, Vice Chancellor

Business Affairs. Not pictured: Paul Daniel, 10 years, and Chris Miller, 15

years.

The sixth semi-annual Employee Recognition Program was held on January 22, 2015, with the guest

speaker being Dr. Nancy Gladwell, who spoke on Cultivating and Maintaining Quality Customer

Service. Employees are nominated by their peers for outstanding service in the areas of

Remarkable Customer Service, Safety, and Teamwork and Collaboration. Winners of the awards for

the January program were: Robert Simpson—Customer Service, John Pearce—Collaboration and

Teamwork, Tim Wilkins—Safety.

Other employees nominated were: Debora Tinnin, Kernsie Shrewsbury, Donald Joyce, Paul Bigelow,

and Vince Whitt. Congratulations to all for their outstanding service to our department!

The Employee Recognition Program is held twice each year in January and in June. Please

nominate your co-workers who provide outstanding service to the Facilities Department, as well as to

the UNCG Campus.

Left: Tim Wilkins, Safety winner, and

Robert Simpson, Customer Service

winner

Right: John Pearce, Collaboration

and Teamwork winner


July

Chris Aaroe - 27 years

Cynthia Louis - 19 years

Ken Hall - 18 years

Josephine Hall - 15 years

Serena Raleigh - 15 years

Angel Ruiz - 15 years

Wanda Swinson - 15 years

Ann Johnson - 14 years

Frances Jenkins - 11 years

Kweku Atta - 9 years

Chris Smith - 9 years

Tammy Burroughs - 9 years

Skip Burford - 8 years

Craig Payne - 7 years

Kevin Siler - 7 years

Rhonda Mitchell - 5 years

Steven Lane - 3 years

Robert Sutcliffe - 3 years

Darrell Trogdon - 3 years

Brad Weatherly - 2 years

Tree Campus USA

Once again, Facilities Operations Grounds Department has won

Tree Campus USA. This is our sixth year in a row obtaining this

prestigious award. Congratulations to our Grounds crew who work

hard despite cold weather in the winter, hot weather in the summer,

and everything else in between. We appreciate each and every

one of you and the job you do!

Pictured below are a few members of our Grounds Crew planting

trees in honor of Earth Day.


The Safety Committee is open to anyone within Facilities who would like to volunteer for a two-year

term. Please contact Don Autry by phone (256-0434), e-mail ([email protected]), or in person if you

would like to volunteer. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month in the Campus Supply

Training Room at 10:00 AM.

Injuries are a leading cause of disability for people of all ages — and they are the leading cause of

death for Americans ages 1 to 44. The good news is everyone can get involved to help prevent

injuries.

The National Safety Council (NSC), a member of the American National Standards Institute, promotes

and sponsors National Safety Month. During this month, the NSC helps individuals to prevent injuries

and accidental deaths by bringing attention to common injuries and health risks. Facilities Operations

supports that effort through the examination of the leading causes of injuries in the workplace and

finding solutions on how they can be prevented. This June, we encouraged employees to learn more

about important safety issues like transportation safety, slips, trips, and falls, and strains and sprains..

Transportation safety: Doing other activities while driving — like texting or eating — distracts you

and increases your chance of crashing. Almost 1 in 5 crashes (17%) that injured someone

involved distracted driving.

Slips, trips, and falls: One in 3 older adults falls each year. Many falls lead to broken bones and

other health problems.

Sprains and strains are preventable in every workplace. Aspects of work tasks that can lead to

fatigue, musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and injuries, and other types of problems may be

present in one or more tasks you perform. Contributing factors that employers and employees

should be aware of include:

Awkward postures

Repetitive motions

Forceful exertions

Pressure Points

Vibrations

*Statistics provided by http://healthfinder.gov/

Contact Us

Questions, kudos,

projects, or ideas?

Please send to:

Vickie DeBari

[email protected]

Or

Elizabeth Jordan

[email protected]

June 2015

Number of Accidents/Injuries 0

Days Since Last Accident 35

Safe Days Record (Since 3/1/2010) 69

Safe Days Goal 90

For Year Ending 6/30/2015

Number of Accidents/Injuries 25

Accident/Injury Rate (# of Accidents/# of

Positions) 11%

Restricted Work Days 479

Lost Work Days 1926

Lost Work Days - Equivalent # of Positions 7.41

Most Common Injury - Falls 38%


In Memory of a Co-Worker

Lloyd Norman, a housekeeper in Facility Services since

February 2003, unexpectedly passed away on June 8, 2015.

Effective 6/15/2015, the Facilities Operations’ Work Information Center (WIC) will be known

as the Customer Service Center (CSC). This has been done in an effort to help our external

customers have an easier time contacting the department and getting information about our

services. Please let Ivan Lyall know if you find WIC or Work Information Center on any

websites or signage so that it can be updated.


Shred-A-Thon

OWRR did a great job hosting the annual

Shred-A-Thon again this year. Open to

UNCG faculty, staff, and students as an

opportunity to shred paper documents for

free, an impressive 15 tons of paper were

shredded at this event.

Left: Ben Kunka with the Shred-It truck

Surplus Warehouse Services Sale

Even though Surplus Warehouse Services didn’t officially report to OWRR until July 1, 2015, some

employees in Facilities Operations provided extra manpower for the public sale on Friday, June 19th,

7:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

Cram and Scram

This year’s annual rummage sale of 7.5 tons of student items left behind after moving out was held

on Saturday, May 30th. Hundreds of people arrived to take advantage of the bargain deals that help

to keep the materials from landfill disposal. This year, the sale collected about $1,100; everything not

sold was donated to Goodwill.

You really never know what you’ll find on campus. Often it’s the Grounds employees, who are routinely out and

about, that come across many unusual sights. May 11th was no different. A baby raven was spotted in a tree

between Curry and Moore Humanities buildings by Eddie Taylor and Ben Evans. A baby raven might not be so

unusual, but the fact that the baby hopped out of the tree right onto the employees’ hands and was very

agreeable to being petted while the raven’s mom watched was very unusual. Hal Shelton, who took the

pictures, said he’s never seen anything like it.

Best of July 2015

Conrad Reaves -

1st Shift

Betty Patterson—

2nd Shift

Best of June 2015

Patricia Dority—

1st Shift

Nathaniel Gant—

2nd Shift


Best of May 2015

Anthony Hamilton—1st Shift

Virginia Plummer—2nd Shift

Best of April 2015

Latoya Jones—1st Shift

Linda Gant—2nd Shift

Best of March 2015

Frances Jenkins—1st Shift

Bernard Goodwine—2nd Shift

Best of February 2015

Ray Riggins—1st Shift

Linda Gant—2nd Shift

Best of January 2015

Ralph Farmer—1st Shift

Diane Logan—2nd Shift

Best of December 2014

Ben Johnson—1st Shift

John Bethea—2nd Shift

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