Two years ago, representatives at all organizational levels from various FAS departments came together to develop a policy on telecommuting and flexible work schedules for the portfolio. These employees developed a policy recommendation that both reflects the needs of our modern workforce and conforms to existing university policy.
The FAS Strategic Plan includes six core values: diversity, innovation, integrity, service, stewardship, and teamwork.
In 2018, representatives from various FAS departments participated in creating our FAS Strategic Plan. Individuals from senior leaders to frontline staff, and from varied backgrounds and operations, brought their perspectives to developing the plan, which Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Darrell Bazzell described as “an aspirational framework with relevance to all members of our organization.”
Last month, the UT Health Austin WorkLife Walk-in Clinic, part of the Dell Medical School, moved into a newly constructed space on the first floor of the Health Transformation Building (HTB). The office was previously located on the ninth floor of HTB.
Through collaboration among Business and Financial Services (BFS), Technology Resources (TRecs) and Information Quest (IQ), the BFS Financials web-based application provides FAS departments with visualizations of financial data at their fingertips--by unit, subunit and budget code for most account types. Year-over-year dashboards allow comparison of one period to a comparable one.
Thanks in part to Student Accounts Receivable, the Texas One Stop website went live late last month. The website offers students easier access to information related to registration, financial aid, tuition billing, student records and more. Texas One Stop, which has been in development for over a year, is part of the Office of Enrollment Management and represents a significant collaboration among multiple offices along with faculty and students as contributors during the development process.
When the café at the J.J. Pickle (PRC) Commons Conference Center hosts its annual Thanksgiving Feast at Commons Café on November 21 this year, Chef Dai Lien is expecting more than 250 attendees—at least doubling the number who attended the first feast.
You have access to a wealth of resources to help you build projects and campaigns! Download the University brand book and toolkit to peruse templates (stationery, presentations, print and web files), images, icons – and guidelines on how to use them. Feel free to contact FAS Communications with any questions you might have about the brand guides or how you can apply them to your unit's communications.
