Friday’s casual attire should still promote a positive image of the College, especially for students, guests and donors who might be visiting on Friday. Business Casual is defined as: Khaki or other casual slacks or skirts (please – no blue jeans), Polo or other short sleeve shirts or tops, Open-toed shoes (please – no flip-flops or running shoes). Note: Jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts are fine for a moving day, office cleaning or other special situation requiring clothes suited for hard wear
Mail
Mailing Procedures and Times - The supplies for mailing all internal university correspondence and for mailing all U.S. Postal letters are located on the first floor in the copy room- #107. There you will find various kinds and sizes of envelopes, various mailing labels and the basket for ALL outgoing mail (university or U.S. Postal). There is no stamping or metering of the postage. There are UNL & UNMC phone directories in this room so that you can get the address and zip of where the letter is being sent. NO PERSONAL MAIL. There are mail boxes in the bank for personal mail. If you have a package, get it addressed and then talk to the Receptionist about sending instructions.
Mail pickup and delivery schedule – Pick up and delivery is around 12:45PM daily. UNL collects all U.S. Postal letters, all inter-campus mail and any boxes or packages.
Our Mailboxes - faculty mailboxes are located outside of the 1st floor reception area and the staff, Grad Assistant and grant staff mailboxes are in the 1st floor lounge. Mailboxes are in alphabetical order with last name first and we use colored name labels to sort people by jobs. Incoming mail will be sorted daily to your mailbox. When something sent to you will not fit in your mailbox, a colored slip with a number is put in your mail. Give the slip to the Receptionist and she will retrieve your package.
Keys
The key to your office will open just about every door that you will need to open. The key to your office will open these doors:
Your office
ALL CLASSROOMS
ALL CONFERENCE ROOMS
3rd floor Copy/supply room
All Lab rooms doors and storage areas in the LRC
Access System - Photo-IDs
You will need to have your photo ID with you at all times in the building to get into our areas on 3rd floor and in the LRC. Highly suggest wearing on a lanyard around you neck so that you will always have it and so that you won’t forget to bring it with you when you come to campus. Students, faculty and staff are to have their photo ID at all times at Commerce Court building and at the clinical sites. The student after hours access door is the alley door on first floor. The only elevator usage after hours is the North set of elevators. DON’T put a pin into the card nor bend the card. If it gets a pin hole or if it cracks from a bend the card will no longer work. First card is free, all others are a $15.00 replacement fee. Cards must be activated onto this system once received. The Administrator or the LRC Coordinator must activate the card.
Telephone
Telephone System - Two ways to place an outgoing call:
If the number is anywhere on either UNL campus, dial 2 + the four digit extension.
All other calls, dial 9 + the phone number. local, then dial the seven digit number. long distance 9 + 1 + area code + seven digit number.
Voice mail – each phone has voice mail. Students are instructed that they must all faculty at their office and talk to them or leave voice mail for any absences from class or clinical experiences. To learn how to use this system on your phone you will need to go to Telecommunications web site for the voice mail manual. If you have a phone system problem, notify the administrator.
Phone Meetings - You will have some meetings that are held via telephone conference. The phone bridge conference will have the phone numbers listed under the title of the conference on the daily room schedules posted throughout the college. It will be listed in parenthesis. If you are the first party to come on the line, (it rings once; then dead silence) continue holding!!! If you hang up, the entire bridge is lost. Also, the operators only open the bridge about 7 minutes prior to the assigned time and they close the bridge around 7 minutes after the assigned time. Should there be problems with the conference call, or if you come in later than 7 minutes from the beginning, you must dial the Bridge Operator # 2-3711.
Copy Machines
Copier machines are located on 1st floor in room #107, on 3rd floor in room #359 and then a coin operated copier in the lower level LRC area student lounge. We use codes to enter the machine. The code is either a part of your course number (Graduate or Undergraduate course) or some other unique number assignment due to grant or other specific projects. Since most of the copying is for course work, the code is always the number 11 + the three (3) digit course number – (11320). There are many functions that these machines can perform. Always double check after changing a function that the correct icons are showing on the display prior to pushing the print key. When done copying in room #359, make sure the door to the room is shut when you leave the room! NO STUDENT USE
Lounges
There is an employee lounge on 1st floor, on 3rd floor and the Student Lounge in the Wells Fargo Mezzanine. The lounges each have refrigerator/freezer so that food and lunches may be brought in and kept. Whenever something is placed in the refrigerator it needs to have your name placed on the item. Be aware, the norm is that goodies without a name are “Fair Game” for the first come first serve. There are many times where food is placed in the refrigerator for anyone to enjoy. It is put in on purpose with no name on the item; thus for anyone to take. There is microwave(s) for your use in each lounge. Each area has a sink for any preparation or clean up. The Student Lounge also has the vending machines for food and drink for the college.
Coffee Drinkers
We have a coffee service for coffee drinkers. We pay a nominal semester fee to belong. The service provides the coffee machines, replacement pots, cleans the equipment every two weeks and delivers a variety of coffee to us. Ask any coffee drinker about the service. If you wish to join, pay the receptionist. If you are not a heavy coffee drinker, you can pay per cup or periodically chip a fair amount (we are on the honor system) into either a donation can by the machine or else give it to the receptionist.
Building Layout
1st floor has all of the Administrative offices – Assistant Dean, Administrator and Student Services, the majority of the graduate faculty and all of the grant faculty and staff. 3rd floor houses all of the classrooms, conference rooms, undergraduate faculty and some of the undergraduate/graduate faculty. Lower Level/LRC is a student focused area. It has the basic skills lab, assessment skills lab, simulation mannequin labs, computer cluster, undergrad student mailboxes, conference room and LRC Coordinator office. Wells Fargo Mezzanine is the Student Lounge.
Restroom Location
Restrooms are located in the North part of Commerce Court on each floor. The Men’s restroom in the lower level is Remains locked at all times so that only CON is using it. The code to Open the door is #4726. There are signs on the back of the doors in the lounge and the computer room with the code on it.
Recycling Program
We have an active recycling program. Each office will have a waste can for recycling office paper. Each floor has large containers where we take our office paper waste can and dump the paper to be recycled. Each floor has a container that has a slotted top that is for recycling newspapers. Each floor also has a waste can for recycling both bottles & aluminum cans. There is also a locked top, two wheeled container so that files that contain confidential papers may be shredded. This container is kept in the South elevator corridor which is by the offices #338 - #347.
Office Supplies
Office supplies are kept in the copy rooms, #107 & #359. All supplies are in the cupboards above and below the work surface. Kris Claussen orders the supplies for the 3rd floor and Diane Potter orders supplies for 1st floor and the LRC. We use Office Depot. If you are looking for a specific item that we don’t stalk, talk with Kris or Diane about ordering a product that you are needing. When you are in need of copy paper for use in your personal printer, take paper from the open case of copy paper in the copy room. Personal printer toners and inks are kept on 1st floor. See Diane Potter for these supplies. We order supplies once a week – 3rd floor orders on Mondays, 1st floor orders on Wednesdays. NO STUDENTS TO BE IN THIS ROOM
Fax Machines
We have a fax machine in the copy room on both the 3rd and the 1st floor. The machine on 3rd floor has you place the original being faxed face DOWN. The machine on 1st floor has you place the original being faxed face UP. The machines state which way to place the original. Both machines have speed dial numbers already programmed in for numbers that are faxed on a regular basis. There should be a chart on or near the machine stating what the stored number is and what number it is dialing. If you know the number you wish to dial, you dial it the same as any other phone call – 2 + extension for UNL campus or 9 + seven digit local number/9 + 1 + area code + seven digit number. The machines incoming phone number is on your Lincoln Division phone list so that you can give someone your fax number. You are responsible for picking up your faxes. NO STUDENT USE, REGARDLESS OF NEED
Committee Meetings
There are a variety of meetings. There is General Faculty (GFO) meetings, General Staff (GSO) meetings and there are various Standing Committees. You will be e-mailed annually a Standing Committee list showing all of the various committee positions, when the committee meets and who is on the committee.
Special Functions is one of the Standing Committees. It is made up of people from within the division and its goal is to serve its own division. There are annual dues that are collected from everyone in the Fall. Then throughout the rest of the year the committee does things on behalf of the division: if someone is hospitalized or if a funeral or even a birth then we send flowers and a card. We also recognize retirements, people leaving and other events of our co-workers on other campuses in various ways.
Winter Weather Closing
If winter weather becomes severe, schedules may be changed.
CLASSES - Listen to the local radio broadcasts. If the UNL Chancellor cancels UNL classes; then our classes will be canceled as well.
CLINICAL - are a different matter. Sometimes classes are cancelled, but not the clinicals. You will need to contact your clinical instructor to find out if they are holding clinicals. (SAFETY FIRST – The driver has to be the judge of the conditions. Each person has different skill levels in driving and each person will be driving in from various geographical locations. Ultimately the driver must decide whether if it is safe).
Physical Plant/Building Problems
If you incur a problem with physical plant, please notify the Administrator. Please state specifically what, where and any checks that you have done to isolate the problem that is occurring: example - when in the restroom the stool continues to run when flushed and it is the second stall to the right after you enter. If there is an EMERGENCY such as spraying water, etc call the buildings management: 441-5800 to report the emergency.
Building Security
If you ever feel that there is a problem with a person or a situation, then immediately contact building security: 306-6809 or 434-4545. There are two security personnel in this building 24 hours daily, even during holidays. If major emergency, call 911. UNL Police also respond to problems that we might incur. Their number is: 2-2222. Signs with these numbers are posted in each classroom and conference room – all posted near the telephone on the wall.
