As the store for unwanted items from UW departments and medical facilities, UW Surplus sells everything from office chairs and athletic gear to DNA sequencers and helicopters. COVID-19 moved sales online, but now the public store is open again to customers.
With the reopening of the public store, a community of shoppers returned and staff put into practice lessons learned from conducting business online. Read the story.
Employee resources
COVID-19: What to do if you're a close contact If you’ve been notified that you are a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, there are important steps to take. Learn about the latest guidelines and what to do depending on if you are up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters.
Team dynamics training The UW Facilities Training Center now offers facilitation and support for enhancing team dynamics. We can work with your team to help identify team dynamics, identify communication gaps, and create action plans to build your team up. Email fstrain@uw.edu or sarahla1@uw.edu to learn more.
Share your pictures from All-Hands BBQ
Thank you to everybody who came to the summer BBQ! Have a photo to share? Send it to uwfcomms@uw.edu to have it included in the next staff slideshow.
Critical and traumatic incident response
UW CareLink provides a range of services in the event of a traumatic incident in the workplace. Contact CareLink or your UWF Employee Relations Manager to learn more.
UW Photo Day
UW Photo Day is Sunday, August 28. Bring your family, friends and pets and get high-quality pictures at iconic areas around the Seattle campus.
Reminders from Partner Resources
It is very important to keep your beneficiaries, address, emergency contacts and other related information updated in Workday.
Review your beneficiaries Do you remember the last time you checked your beneficiary designations? Have your beneficiaries changed? Did you know there are multiple places you need to update this information, such as your life insurance company, retirement plan and Health Savings Account? See the full list of where you need to review and update your beneficiaries.
Review your address and emergency contacts You may also want to review your mailing address and emergency contacts in Workday and update them, if needed. Your benefits information, as well as tax forms if you opted to receive a paper copy, are mailed to the address listed in Workday. Learn how to update or make changes at the Workday user guide.
Recognition
Kudos To everyone involved in organizing and putting on last month's Custodial & Maintenance Recruitment event, particularly Amanda Dassoff, Liz Gignilliat, Crystal Ryanand Liz Penttila. Visitors learned about current Custodial and Maintenance & Construction openings, and were helped in applying for critical positions.
Welcome Welcome to our newest employees: Brianna Divine, Senior Procurement & Contracting Specialist, Procurement & Sourcing; John Erickson, Maintenance Mechanic 2 Shop 16, Maintenance & Construction; Giovanni Hernandez, Machinery Mechanic Shop 14, Maintenance & Construction; Alex Hodgson, Custodian Area A, Building Services; Dean Ikemoto, Construction Project Manager, Project Delivery Group; Tesfalem Kidane, Custodian Area G, Building Services; Alec Mar-Nicholson, Custodian Area D, Building Services; James Mcguire, Carpenter Shop 58, Maintenance & Construction; Misty Shock Rule, Public Information Specialist, Communications; Hanna Thormann, Custodian Area E, Building Services; John Watson, Custodian Area G, Building Services; Brandon Zahnow, Mason/Plasterer Shop 54, Maintenance & Construction.
Promotions Congratulations to the following people on their new roles here in UW Facilities: Joshua Barker, Parking Supervisor 1, Transportation Services; Steve Hoffman, Superintendent Shop 52, Maintenance & Construction; Greg Miller, Assistant Director, Finance.
To read about other employee moves in July, please click here.
Got an idea for the next newsletter? Email Partner Resources at fsfes@uw.edu.
