Dec. 17, 2004

• Former College of Business professor dies Dec. 10
• Purchase order vendor copies now available online
• Plastic, aluminum and glass recycling begins at UTSA
• Network security requires changing passwords every 90 days
• Professor seeks mentors for SMILE research project
• UTSA is offered discounted UTSA Night with the Spurs
• UTSA shuttle to run on modified schedule

Former College of Business professor dies Dec. 10

Leslie McNelis, one of the original faculty members in the College of Business, died Dec. 10 in Houston. McNelis founded the Division of Accounting, where he served as director for many years. He retired several years ago, moving to Cloudcroft, N.M. McNelis died of pneumonia following treatment for lung cancer. He is survived by his wife Jeanne, and sons Darren, Kevin and Sean, and grandchildren. A memorial service is Dec. 29 in Houston for family members only. "I am sure that many faculty and former students in the area will remember Dr. McNelis with fondness and gratitude," said Charles Field, UTSA professor emeritus of art.

More information: Charles Field, 695-9669

Purchase order vendor copies now available online

Departments completing small purchase orders now can access online a final vendor copy in the new version of the Point Plus system. In the creation stage, the purchase order is marked "Pending Final Approval." On approval of the PO, the software creates a PDF version of a valid, signed purchase order that can be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to a vendor. This makes it unnecessary for departments to contact the Purchasing Office when a copy of an order requires submission to a vendor. Because of the new enhancement, effective Jan. 10 the Purchasing Office will not keep hard copies of purchase orders. Departments should note that Section 2.201 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code stipulates that contracts exceeding $500 must be in writing to be enforceable. Therefore, a purchase order copy must be submitted to the vendor on purchases exceeding $500. Questions? Contact your assigned buyer in the Purchasing Office.

Plastic, aluminum and glass recycling begins at UTSA

Because of strong interest in recycling by UTSA student organizations, the UTSA Department of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management has partnered with the organizations to initiate a recycling program for plastic, aluminum and glass. In the near future, look for recycling containers that will be placed near most gathering areas and refreshment machines. Help keep UTSA and our environment clean... recycle!

More information: Richard Garza, 458-5808

Network security requires changing passwords every 90 days

In order to continue to improve UTSA network security and to stay current with mandatory electronic security requirements of the State of Texas, UTSA has implemented changes in network password requirements. UTSA faculty and staff members may have received a message during the login process about their network password expiring. With the upgrade to the UTSA central server system, your password must be changed every 90 days in accordance with these rules:

1. The new password cannot contain all or part of the login account name (ex. john.doe@utsa.edu), and must be at least eight characters long.
2. You cannot reuse any of your previous three passwords.
3. The password must contain characters from three of these categories: English upper case characters (A –Z), English lower case characters (a-z), base-10 digits (0-9), non-alphanumeric characters (!, #, $, %, ^)

Password examples:
pa$sW3rd (Valid: uses lower case, non-alphanumeric, upper case, numeric, eight or more characters)
johndoe#1 (Invalid: uses the login name)
m!cr0so (Invalid: less than 8 characters)

More information: Help Desk, 458-5538

Professor seeks mentors for SMILE research project

Michael Karcher, associate professor of counseling, educational psychology, and adult and higher education, is seeking 80 volunteers for a research project. The volunteers will serve as mentors to middle and high school students in the Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE) project, which is part of the Communities In Schools of San Antonio organization. Each mentor will meet with one student one hour per week through the 2004-2005 academic year. Download an application and view a list of participating schools.

More information: Debby, 458-2963

UTSA is offered discounted UTSA Night with the Spurs

UTSA community members can buy discounted tickets for UTSA Night at the Spurs vs. Wizards game set for 4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 17 at the SBC Center. Tickets are $17, for a $25.35 balcony seat, or $27 for a $37.35 balcony seat. Tickets include a free hot dog, soda and ice cream. A special post-game chalk talk with former UTSA great Devin Brown and special MC Sean Elliott is in section 128. Deadline to order tickets is Jan. 10. Tickets will be held at the SBC Center box office will-call window. Download the order form (Word document).

More information: Joe Reyes, 444-5725

UTSA shuttle to run on modified schedule

The UTSA shuttle service will run on a modified schedule between semesters:

Dec. 15 -23 -- 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Dec. 27-31 -- no service
Jan. 3-14 -- 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Regular service resumes Jan. 18.

More information: Adrian Vilanova, 458-4290

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