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November 16, 2007

Facilities work control establishes one-stop shop

The UTSA Office of Facilities Services announces the establishment of a one-stop shop for the facilities needs of the UTSA community. From any of the UTSA Tri-campuses, call 458-4262 to request services from professional Work Control staff members.

For details and to download a work request form, visit UTSA Today.

 

Faculty and staff invited to HUB awards ceremony

The HUB Program/Procard Compliance Office will host the annual Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) Awards and Recognition Program at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the John Peace Library Building Assembly Room (4.03.08) at the 1604 Campus. Faculty and staff members are invited to the special event honoring HUB Advocates who help make UTSA's HUB program successful.

More information: Lacy Hampton, 458-4068

 

Restroom modifications are underway

Wider handicapped-accessible doors, automatic flush valves and in-wall plumbing will be installed in restrooms throughout the Tri-campuses beginning Nov. 19. Temporary safety barriers and signage will be utilized.

The work schedule is:

  • Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building (Nov. 19-Jan. 3)
  • Concrete Materials Lab, West Campus (Nov. 26-Dec. 17)
  • Convocation Center (Dec. 21-Jan. 17)
  • Engineering Building (Jan. 18-Feb. 4)
  • Institute of Texan Cultures (Feb. 4-7)
  • Main Building (Feb. 9)
  • Physical Education Building (Feb. 10-25)

More information: Facilities Work Control, 458-4261

 

New Mac OS not approved for UTSA computers

If your department recently purchased the Mac Operating System X Leopard Family Pack, the software cannot legally be installed on university-owned laptops or PCs. A message from Apple to the UTSA Office of Information Technology states: "The Mac OS X Family Pack End User License Agreement (EULA) requires that the software be installed on no more than five CPUs that are owned by an individual and exist within a single household. It does not include CPUs owned by an educational institution and therefore is not available for sale to non-qualified purchasing entities. Apple offers an Education Volume License Agreement (EVLA) program for institutions wishing to install Mac OS X on multiple CPUs."

The OIT Help Desk is evaluating Leopard, and may approve it for UTSA use pending the evaluation outcome.

More information: OIT Help Desk, 458-5538

 

HOP diversity policies updated

Two UTSA Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP) policies were updated because of the name change of the Office of Institutional Diversity to the Office of Equal Opportunity Services: 2.4 "Faculty Recruitment Policy" and 9.1 "Nondiscrimination and Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct."

Periodic updates to the HOP online will be announced in @UTSA. Access the HOP online.

 

 

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