The runnin' regent [Vol. 8, no. 2 (Mar. 2002)]

March 2002

Volume 8, No. 2

The Runnin' Regent

The Award-Winning Newsletter of the Board of Regents System Office

End in Sight for System Office Renovations, Moves

I f you've made a trip to the seventh floor of the TrinityWashington Building in recent weeks, chances are you've noticed a few changes -- doors where there used to be hallways, the mail room and the economic-development staff in new locations, the break room reconfigured and different people occupying individual offices.
The sixth floor is not without changes either, although they have been limited to the area just inside the entrance to the suite of offices housing fiscal affairs, internal audit and facilities. To better handle the flow of visitors to these offices, a small lobby containing a reception desk to be staffed by

student assistants has been carved out of space formerly occupied by a large file room.
Another lobby and work/ reception area has been built at the entrance to the suite of offices used by human resources and external activities on the seventh floor. As all applicants for positions at the Board of Regents pass through this area, this desk is staffed by Sallie Booker, the new administrative assistant to the director of human resources, and by student assistants. The new work/reception area includes a work-station for testing job applicants and a desk for use by individuals who have made open-

Who's Moved Where at the University System Office

External Activities & Facilities
Kathy Ingalsbe Bertha Harris Christina Hobbs Brenda Trezvant
Economic Development Annie Hunt Burriss Judy McConnell Terry Durden Dinah Silvio Sharon Duhart

Former Office
7054 7058 7075 7054B

New Office
7048 7046 7045 7054A

7045 7046 7040 7046 7048

7094D 7094C 7094F 7094G 7094B

Mail Room

7094

Phone extensions remain unchanged

7096

Administrative Assistant Sallie Booker stands ready to help visitors to the Office of Human Resources in the new seventh-floor lobby.
records requests.
The good news is that the disruptions caused by remodeling and office moves is virtually over, according to Corlis Cummings, Senior Vice Chancellor for Support Services. "We appreciate the patience everyone has exhibited during the past several months as we've reconfigured the space we have to better suit our current needs," she noted, adding that this is the ideal time for each office to survey its files with an eye toward archiving materials not needed on a frequent basis.
Cummings expressed particular "gratitude to Matthew Kuchinski, Mike Peacock and Vernon Davis for their hard work behind the scenes, which helped the moves go relatively smoothly." Kuchinski, director of system office technology support, and his staff relocated computer equipment, while Peacock, telecommunication systems manager, handled the telecommunication changes, and Davis, coordinator of office resources and records manager,
See "Renovations," Page 2...

Renovations
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coordinated the renovations and office moves with the Georgia Building Authority (GBA) and a number of outside contractors.
The change that has most affected Trinity-Washington employees -- the relocation and downsizing of the mail room -- took place just before the Christmas holidays. Not only have employees had to get used to ordering certain supplies that they once counted on the office resources staff to stock, but they must take a different route to reach the main copy machine for the seventh floor, now that the mail room has moved from Room 7094 to Room 7096.
The growth of the Board of Regents' staff in recent years has put space is at a premium. As a result, both the mail room and the seventh-floor break room next door to it are somewhat smaller than they were previously. A portion of the latter facility was used in renovating the space now

occupied by the mail room.
Where the mail room once stood (Room 7094) is a completely renovated suite of offices now occupied by the Office of Economic Development. What used to be a hallway behind the seventh-floor elevators and stairs is now a lobby for this suite, which includes a small conference room.
Once the economic-development staff took occupancy of its new offices in mid-January, that set off a series of moves by individuals on the seventh floor. See Page 1 for a list of these people and their new office locations.
So, what's left to be done at this point? Room 7021, a large room near the main entrance to the board room, soon will be outfitted as "hoteling" space, Cummings said. The room will contain three or four workstations that -- when reserved in advance through Meeting Maker -- can be used by Board of Regents staff, contractors and other visitors.
The GBA has further bolstered

WHO'S WHO IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OFFICE

Each month in this space, we feature two employees of the University System Office -- one from 270 Washington Street and the other from another branch of the USO "family" -- to help employees get

better acquainted with each other.

Michael Miller

Dr. Molly S. Kinney

Program Manager, Facilities
Hired: May 2000
Primary responsibilities: Serve as primary liaison between Office of Facilities and nine University System campuses. Provide professional architectural guidance to campuses; assist campuses in preparing facility needs requests; help facilitate campus construction and rehabilitation projects.

Consultant to Georgia Public Library Service for Children, Parents and Family Literacy
Hired: 1998
Primary responsibilities: Coordinate statewide program for children and their families; provide training in family literacy and related topics.

building security by installing magnetic card readers at the entrance to each office suite on the sixth and seventh floors and cameras to monitor the main corridors. Once the card readers have been completely activated, employees will need their ID cardkeys for entry, even during business hours, Cummings noted. Guests will be able to use an intercom to request access.
Runnin' Regent Wins Another CASE Award
District III of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has chosen to honor this publication, The Runnin' Regent, for the second consecutive year.
The Runnin' Regent received an Award of Excellence in the category of Internal Newsletters in the 2002 CASE III Advancement Awards program, which recognizes the best work done by advancement professionals throughout the Southeastern United States.
Last year, the newsletter, which is produced by the Office of Media and Publications, won a Special Merit Award in the category of Newsletter Publishing Improvement from CASE.
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