Administration and Staff Graduate course requirements Kelly Dyer, Grad Coordinator Course registration, graduate student payroll, graduate student files and forms, Training grant Susan White Monthly & academic payroll, Visas, notary public Cecily Hill FedEx & UPS orders, department van, faxes, equipment loans, conference room reservations, supplies Darlene Strickland Travel & expense reports, P-card holder, purchase orders Heidi Tweedell Computers, A/V equipment, department listserv David Brown Graduate student affairs Kelly Dyer or Susan White, or others on Graduate Affairs Committee (Peng Peng Bi, Bob Schmitz, Andrea Sweigart, Mike White, and John Wares) Key/building access, genetics seminars, salaried & hourly payroll Communications Electronic Mail The department has set up several listservs to facilitate communication. Contact David Brown (brown@uga.edu) for those addresses and to be added to the appropriate listserv. These listservs are to be used ONLY for posting information of a professional nature that is of reasonably high interest to the members of our department (seminars, departmental receptions, security-related items, etc.). To post personal matters (theater/game tickets, etc.), use the opt-in list, gnother@listserv.uga.edu. Telephones To make a call to an on-campus number, dial the last 5 digits of the number. To make a local, off-campus call, dial 9 + the 10-digit telephone number. To make a long-distance call, dial 9 + 1 + the 10-digit telephone number. Mail (Davison Life Sciences Building) Campus and US mail is delivered to and picked up from the Mail Room (B112) once a day (around 1:25 p.m.). You must affix proper postage to personal mail. Faxes (Davison Life Sciences Building) Sending Faxes: The fax machine is located in Room B101. If your fax requires a cover sheet, you may take one from the basket next to the fax machine. Incoming faxes will be placed in the recipient's mailbox. If you are expecting a fax and do not receive it, or need assistance to send a fax, please see Darlene Strickland (Room B101). Photocopying (Davison Life Sciences Building) Photocopying is done on a copier located in B119 Life Sciences. Notary Public Cecily HIll (B108) is a notary public. She is available to notarize university-related documents. Supplies and Equipment Keys See Stacey Hilliard (B105) for lab keys as well as for after-hours building access. Faculty members must approve the issuance of keys to their labs. A $10 deposit is required for each key. Audio Visual Equipment The department has slide and overhead projectors, portable LCD projectors and two Macintosh PowerBook (laptop) computers that are available for on-campus presentations by Genetics department personnel. If you would like to reserve a projector and/or laptop for your presentation, contact Darlene Strickland for availability. You should make your reservations well in advance. Most classrooms in the building have installed LCD projectors; you can sign out a remote control from Darlene in the Genetics office, room B101. Audiovisual equipment is located in a Genetics storage cabinet and must be checked out from Darlene Strickland or another member of the office staff. Before audiovisual equipment can be checked out to you, you must sign the audiovisual "check‑out" sheet on Darlene's (B101) desk. There is special equipment (laser pointer, slide projector remote control) for the large lecture hall (C127). The keys for C127 are available from Darlene. State Vehicle Use The driver must be a university employee (faculty, staff, or graduate student in the Genetics Department) on official university business and must have a valid Georgia driver's license. Passengers must also be on university business but do not have to be university employees. Family members may not accompany a department member in the van unless they are specifically on university business. All drivers of state vehicles must view a video that explains when employees are and when they are not insured. (Go to www.doas.georgia.gov; click on Risk Management Services; click on Auto Liability Safety video and when you are done; complete the acknowledgement form verifying you have seen the video Use is restricted to members of the department. Reserve and check out the van with Darlene Strickland (B101). Use is restricted to official teaching, research, or service function. You are NOT covered by state insurance if you transact ANY personal business in a state-owned vehicle, even during the course of your University-related business. You also cannot ever use a departmental vehicle to take visiting guests (seminar speakers or prospective graduate students) out for a meal. You can never use a departmental vehicle to even stop at a private residence (except for faculty in reasonable situations such as necessary late packing for trips). A faculty member who then assumes responsibility for the proper use of it must approve graduate students or staff wishing to use a van. If the gas gauge reads 1/4 or less at the end of trip, the user must fill the tank at the University Motor Vehicle Depot (Riverbend Rd.). Ask Darlene how you do this and return the signed receipt to Jeanene Brown (B109). Clean the inside of the van after each use. Individuals who misuse the van will be charged for cleaning. Never purchase non‑university gas locally. For out‑of‑town trips, fill the gas tank at the automotive center before leaving. A departmental credit card is available for out-of-town gas purchases. Check with Darlene Strickland (B101). In case of an accident, consult instructions in the glove compartment. Please report any mechanical or other problem with the van to the Genetics Office. The university does not carry collision or comprehensive insurance as a standard coverage. Please read Vehicle Liability Insurance Information for complete information. It can be found in the van checkout notebook. back to main page
