News and Upcoming Events
NIC Towel Drive
Nebraska Innovation Campus is a proud partner for the annual “Towel Drive” event. Organized by Don’t Panic Labs and People’s City Mission, the event aims to collect towels for people in need. Towels are always in short supply and this two-week donation drive serves a vital need. From May 15-26, NIC Partners and the University community are encouraged to bring towels to The Mill Coffee & Bistro between 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. New or used towels in any condition and of any size will be accepted. The towels will be used at the People’s City Mission shelter in Lincoln.
ORED HR Request Forms
In an effort to better meet the varying and ever-growing HR needs across ORED, the ORED HR Team, and L.D. Miller have been working to create a series of online HR Request Forms that can be utilized to notify the HR team of an action they need to take.
You can find the new ORED HR Request Forms on the OPEN Website under ORED HR Request Forms.
What this Means for You
Instead of emailing your ORED HR person (Ember, Aaron, Jessica), please go to the website above and fill out a request form for the HR action you need. This will create a ‘request ticket’ for the ORED HR team and will be assigned to the appropriate team member. The ticketing system will allow the team to be aware of the work that needs to be completed, manage workloads and allow multiple team members to access the ticket.
HR Request Forms are located at https://research.unl.edu/open/ored-hr-request-forms/.
- New Affiliates & Volunteers
- New Appointment Change
- New End Appointment/Separation
- New Funding Change
- New One-Time/Recurring Payment
- New Salary Increase
- New Student Hires
- New Temp and On-Call Hires
- For New Staff Hires (not student, temp or on-call), please continue to email Aaron Vlasnik.
- New Miscellaneous (e.g. reclassification request)
3rd Annual All Staff Conference, May 22-23, 2023 – Registration is FULL!
Congratulations to the All Staff Conference Committee for planning a successful conference that ‘sold out’ in less than a week! The event attendance was limited to 300 registrants and will be held in the Nebraska East Union. If you are interested in volunteering for next year’s steering committee, email staff.conference@unl.edu.
Learning and Development
Props to the Participants in the Racial Equity and Gender Equity Habit-Building Challenges
The challenges took place from January – April 2023, meeting approximately every other week for six weeks. These challenges were offered as a part of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion #NCLUDE small learning cohorts. New opportunities will be offered in Summer and Fall. If you are interested in participating or possibly anchoring a cohort, please contact Becky Carter.
Neil Rutledge, one of the participants said that “Participating in the Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge was a very meaningful experience – an opportunity to get together with colleagues to discuss challenging readings centered on the role of race in society, and the ways in which it impacts our lives and the experiences of those around us. I would highly recommend the Challenge to colleagues.”
Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge Participants:
Amanda Bohlin, Proposal Development
Becky Carter, VCRED, Cohort Anchor
Brande Dicks, Research Finance
Janel Simons, UNL Libraries
Jason Nord, State Museum
Joy Eakin, NUTech Ventures
Katelyn Trammell, State Museum
Katie Pelland, Proposal Development
Matthew Dwyer, Proposal Development
Neil Rutledge, Research Compliance Services and
Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Proposal Development
Gender Equity Habit Building Challenge Participants:
Amanda Bohlin, Proposal Development
Becky Carter, VCRED, Cohort Anchor
Becky Freeman, Research Compliance Services
Brande Dicks, Research Finance
Erik Schulz, Research Compliance Services
Jaclyn Tan, Proposal Development
Jennifer Nelson, VCRED
Jessica Jones, Institutional Animal Care Program
Katie Pelland, Proposal Development and
Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Proposal Development
Farewells
Mary Ellen Reeves‘ last day at Office of Sponsored Programs was April 13. M.E. accepted a position at Touro University in San Francisco. In the interim, please contact Kathi Malone.
KUDOS to Our Colleagues
Congratulations to Rick Bevins, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, on earning the system-wide Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (ORCA), the NU System’s top award for research. Read more about Rick’s research at https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/bevins-earns-nus-top-award-for-research/
Tiffani Hix, Lead Research Project Manager, in the VCRED office, has passed her Project Management Professional Certification, also known as PMP certification, a designation given by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to professionals who meet certain education and experience criteria.
PMP certification validates that you are highly skilled in:
- People: Recognizing you have the skills to effectively lead and motivate a project team throughout a project.
- Process: Using predictive, agile and hybrid approaches to determine which way of working is best for each project.
- Business Environment: Highlighting the success of a project and its impact on overall strategic organizational goals.
Congratulations, Tiffani!
Suzanne Reinke, Project Specialist III Lead, in Sponsored Programs, is the new Treasurer for National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Region IV. She will serve two years in this role. Suzanne will also serve on the executive committee and the site select committee. Congratulations, Suzanne!
Do you know someone who should join our team? Share these opportunities!
NIS Training and Design Specialist Nebraska Innovation Campus-7600
This position assists the Director and Assistant Director in running the NIS operations. This position assists professors with using the studio and development of class curricula involving the use of machines. The position is further responsible for training students in for credit classes on how to use the NIS functionally and safely. The position also has primary responsibility for the day-to-…View Details Bookmark
Sales Specialist University Press-0933
The Sales Specialist is first and foremost a bookseller! An integral member of the Marketing and Sales team, this position is responsible for all sales efforts and is the face of the press when it comes to sales opportunities. This job requires an experienced and knowledgeable salesperson with strong communication skills. We expect this position to manage sales reps, develop and maintain bookst…View Details Bookmark
Morrison Business Services Coordinator Nebraska Center for Virology-7850
The Morrison Business Services Coordinator serves in a customer-facing, consultative role and is responsible for providing finance and grant support in a timely and accurate manner and in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines. The Morrison Business Services Coordinator primarily executes and reviews routine and complex financ…View Details Bookmark
The Month in Pictures
Research Compliance Services (RCS) held an appreciation event for its three committees (IRB, CIRC, and SROC) on April 19 at the Lied Commons. The event was coordinated by ORED and RCS to recognize and thank our committee members and staff. Bob Wilhelm and Sara Quinn gave a few remarks, and then they played a short round of Jeopardy. Dan Hoyt was also thanked, given his pending retirement. Unfortunately, you will need to use your imagination for the pictures of Sara Quinn dressed as Alex Trebek as the quality of the pictures was not proportionate to the performance.
Keri Williams, Project Specialist II, in Sponsored Programs, and her family moved to Hickman from Omaha. They moved to Hickman because it has a great school for their daughter, Kristine, and to be closer to campus. Kristine will start Kindergarten in August at Norris.
Nick Glass, Research Building Systems Lead Technician, has a new puppy, Koda. Pictured are Koda and Nick’s daughter, Rylee Glass.
Nick’s other dog Mozzy, shows Koda how to sit at attention.
Becky Zavala, Assistant Vice Chancellor, welcomed a new puppy to her family. Puppy Lola, with her humans, Micah and Alba Zavala.
Springtime lilacs at Whittier (Can’t you just smell them?)
OPEN Book Submissions
Thank you to the OPEN Book reporters Mary Guest, Tisha Gilreath Mullen, Ashley Washburn, Sara Quinn, Mardi Bonner, Suzanne Spiehs, Megan Ebbers, Casey Lundberg, Brooke Goedert, and Jacque Barmore. If you have anything you would like to include in the monthly OPEN Book newsletter, please reach out to one of these reporters or send it directly to Becky Carter.
OPEN Book is a monthly electronic newsletter that highlights upcoming activities, office news, and accomplishments. To read previous OPEN Book newsletters, go to research.unl.edu/open.
