Taking inspiration from our 74,000 UMass students, President Meehan pauses to express his optimism for 2024, acknowledging the dedication of faculty, staff, and campus leaders throughout the past year., Read the Full Report
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UITS held a Quarterly Open Forum on December 13th. CIO Michael Milligan welcomed new employee hires, announced service anniversaries and promotions, and honored colleague-nominated Most Valued Behaviors (MVB) Program Challenge Coin Award Recipients! And of course, we ate! For our first Open Forum at 50 Washington Street, we had the very delicious opportunity to work with Simon Guy from Sebastian…, Please enjoy these pictures from the December Open Forum:
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September 2023 - The University of Massachusetts has partnered with the US Trade and Development Agency in their Global Procurement Initiative. The initiative helps train public officials in emerging markets on how to establish procurement practices and policies that integrate life-cycle cost analysis and best value determination in a fair, transparent manner. The USTDA is partnering with the…
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The UPST and Campus Controller’s Office have observed many instances of invoices that precede the purchase orders (PO) to which they are linked. This procurement approach is, not compliant, either with the UMass Board of Trustees T92-031 (Policy for Management of University Funds & Procurement Policy), or with MA G.L. c. 149 & c.30 § 39 and exposes the University to major risks., Why is this a major issue?, Apart from being non-compliant with existing policies of the University and the Commonwealth, these non-compliant practices subject the University to additional problems: Unencumbered purchases correlate with unknown expenditures that directly impact budgeting, expenditure tracking and reporting Unauthorized purchases on behalf of the University Late payments to UMass suppliers (Late POs are…, What can you do to help fix this issue?, Ensure that you start your purchasing transactions with a requisition/PO Educate your colleagues and supervisors whose behaviors may be contributing to the late submissions of POs Attend a BuyWays Shopper/Requisitioner training as a refresher or join the UPST Office Hour session to discuss this issue, register here
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New Hires, Name Title Department Robert Baker Director of CRM & Digital Experience UITS Samantha Herren Senior Desktop Engineer UITS, Promotions, Name Title Department Allison Bamforth Project Portfolio Manager UITS Debra Hight Procurement & Bank Card Specialist UPST Julie Kenny IT Manager UMBA, Retiring, Name Title Department Patricia Vantine Admin Affairs Manager UMBA, Departures, Name Title Department Kerri Hudzikiewicz Director of IT Service Delivery & Ops UITS
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UMass Partners with USTDA in Their Global Procurement Initiative, The University of Massachusetts has partnered with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency in the #GlobalProcurementInitiative initiative targeted at delegates from Colombia. The goal for USTDA and the Colombian delegation is to understand best practice public procurement using the Unified Procurement Services Team (UPST) as a case study. In addition to best value procurement, this study tour will…
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The University of Massachusetts has partnered with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency in the #GlobalProcurementInitiative initiative targeted at delegates from Colombia. The goal for USTDA and the Colombian delegation is to understand best practice public procurement using the Unified Procurement Services Team (UPST) as a case study. In addition to best value procurement, this study tour will…
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Check out this, video, celebrating the first week students were back on UMass campuses created by the UMPO communications interns! 5 Fun Facts about UMass students returning to campus this fall: The , UMass Amherst Class of 2027, – approximately 5,275 students – , is one of the most diverse in school history, . At , UMass Boston, , among the most diverse universities in the nation, two-thirds of the roughly 2,400-member Class of 2027 will be BIPOC ( Black, Indigenous, People of Color)., UMass Dartmouth’s, new cohort of students includes , the largest class of graduate students in its history., At , UMass Lowell, , “A record 48% of UMass Lowell’s incoming first-year class identifies as students of color. The , UMass Chan Medical School, in Worcester , welcomed its largest class of medical students
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Did you know that the MA State Retirement Board has a Pension Estimate Calculator on their website? Use the calculator to estimate your retirement pension. You simply enter some basic information (DOB, Service Start Date, Projected Retirement Date, Total Years of Service and Average Salary) and the calculator will estimate your pension based on Options A, B and C. Option A-No Survivor Benefit …
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The Enterprise Risk Management Duo, Christine Packard and Olivia Watson, traveled to Baltimore in September to present at the University Risk Management and Insurance Association’s (URMIA) National Conference. Christine Packard leads the team as the Assistant VP of Enterprise Risk Management while Olivia Watson serves as a Enterprise Risk Management Analyst. Their presentation educated other…
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