Financial Affairs News

Financial Affairs Holiday Door Decorating Contest

12/21/2011: Judging for the second annual Financial Affairs Door Decorating Contest took place on Thursday, December 15th and Friday, December 16th. Two winning departments were chosen:

First Prize: Grants and Contracts (UH): Santa's Reindeer Team

Second Prize: Fiscal Services (DT Campus): The Jingle Five

First Prize department members will receive a UTSA Financial Affairs shirt, and Second Prize winners will receive movie tickets. Congratulations! Click here to see photos of all the door decorations.

Other participating departments include:

• Controller's Office (UH): Seven Bells

• Disbursements & Travel Services (UH): Santa's Elves

• PeopleSoft Team (UH): Santa's Workshop

• Collections/Financial Services (1604): The Stocking Stuffers

Thanks to everyone who donated to the Holiday Food Drive. We delivered almost 300 pounds of food to the San Antonio Food Bank!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Financial Affairs!

Financial Affairs Staff Members Receive Good Guy Award

10/07/11: The UTSA Graduation Initiative (GI) honored Financial Affairs’ very own Ann Roberts and Linda Gall with the Fall 2011 GI Good Guy Award for their exemplary service towards students, as well as to the GI.

In the recognition piece published in the GI’s October 2011 newsletter, while Ann’s end-of-year and fall semester reporting responsibilities prevented her from sitting for an interview, Linda graciously accepted questions and provided insightful answers regarding her job duties, her service-oriented approach towards students, and her family as a support system.

As a Financial Services Associate II, Linda provides solid advice to students regarding financial aid, and, as most of her interaction with students is done via telephone, her attention to a student’s vocal tone can clue her in to the gravity of any student’s situation.

When handling her full-time job duties in the Financial Affairs office is done for the day, Linda makes her way to the classroom, where she pursues her own graduation with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management.

You can read more about Linda’s and Ann’s GI Good Guy Award Recognition in this month’s Graduation Initiative Newsletter.

Congratulations ladies!

PeopleSoft Project Team Wins 2011 UTSA Homecoming Door Decorating Contest

09/30/11: The UTShare @UTSA PeopleSoft implementation team won the 2011 UTSA Homecoming Best Dressed Door Contest, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.
       

UTSA faculty and staff were encouraged to decorate their doors or department offices as part of the homecoming festivities based on the theme, "One small step, one giant leap."

There were three categories for the competition: Door Decorating, Office Decorating and Storefront Decorating. Departments were judged on most UTSA Spirit, creativity, and use/integration of the homecoming theme.

Winners included:

Office Decorating

• Downtown: Downtown Undergraduate Advising Office

• Main Campus: Visitor Center

Door Decorating

• Downtown: San Antonio Pre-Freshman Engineering Program
• Main Campus: PeopleSoft Project Team

Storefront Decorating

Main Campus: Special Events Center