Vice President News from Ian Harper
Thank you to all that attended the dinner and breakfast meetings at the beginning of the month, it was great spending time with you and sharing your great accomplishments. Many thanks to BASC for the excellent catering and to Laurie Smith for all the organizing and planning. A special mention to John Carlson, who celebrates a significant milestone in August, his 30-year anniversary with the University. John, a huge thank you and many congratulations.
We have made a couple of moderations to the Newsletter, we have added a section recognizing birthdays and work anniversaries for the current month as well adding the citations that supported the Green and Gold Awards for the prior month. I hope you like these adds and please provide feedback if there are any other things you would like to see.
Congratulations to Tammy Gouger on her appointment as a Board member for the Eastern Region of CUPA. This is a great honor for Tammy and the University, so please join me in congratulating her.
We have several new employees (see below) and on our behalf I will extend a warm welcome to them all and I’m sure we will provide them with all the support and encouragement as they on-board.
Finally, the start of the new semester is upon us, with the student athletes arriving mid-month and classes starting August 26th. The summer goes quickly! Thank you for all that you do!
Departmental News
Brockport Auxiliary Service Corporation (BASC)
We welcome William McNamara as the new BASC Executive Director. Bill has over thirty years of auxiliary service management experience, including extensive knowledge and expertise in collegiate dining services. Most recently, Bill has served as Executive Director of Hospitality and Campus Services at the University of New Hampshire where he was responsible for the strategic oversight and administration of Dining Services, Retail Cafes, Conferences and Catering, Concessions, Marketing, Nutrition Outreach, Parking Services, ID and Campus Cash, Transit Services, Printing Services, Campus Mail Services, and Contract Management including vending and bookstore operations. Prior to that Bill served as the Executive Director of Hospitality Services at the University of New Hampshire and Director of Dining Services at SUNY Cortland. Bill and his wife are currently relocating to the area. Bill will be on campus on or around August 21. Please join BASC and the campus in welcoming him to the SUNY Brockport community.
Brockport Information Technology Services (BITS)
BITS has been busy upgrading technology across the campus, getting ready for the start of the new academic year. These items include WiFi upgrades, planning the transition to Teams Calling, two new Zoom Rooms for teaching, classroom upgrades, a new Cybersecurity Lab, Self Service Banner 9 installation and configuration, implementation of the new FASFA and fixes, updating unsupported computer languages and processes, creating a BITS Project Management Office, installing security cameras, responding to Phishing and other security threats, updating computer labs and computers to Windows 11, architecting safer computer login solutions, and finally taking a little time off in between it all.
Human Resources (HR)
Tammy Gouger, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at SUNY Brockport, will serve on the Eastern Region board of directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) for the 2024-26 fiscal years. She began her term on July 1, 2024. Gouger currently serves on the Greater New York CUPA HR Chapter and was selected to participate in the 2020-21 cohort of the Emerging CUPA-HR Leaders program.CUPA-HR is higher ed HR. We serve higher education by providing the knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections to achieve organizational and workforce excellence. Serving more than 36,000 HR professionals and other campus leaders at nearly 2,000 member institutions and organizations around the country and abroad, the association offers learning and professional development programs, higher education salary, benefits and demographic data, extensive online resources and just-in-time regulatory and legislative information.
Departmental Fun Facts
- Brockport Auxiliary Service Corporation - Did you know that TRAX alone sold 23,691 pizza slices last academic year?
- Brockport Information Technology Services - When our WiFi project is completed (August 13), we will have installed 1,684 access points.
- Facilities Maintenance & Operations and EHS - Between August 2023 and now: completed more than 12,000 service orders, cleaned and maintained 2.75 million square feet of building space – that’s equivalent to 42 football fields, mowed 210 acres, maintained 100 acres of athletics fields, maintained 13,950 doors, inspected 1,200 fire extinguishers, monitored 15,000 building control points, and shoveled 644 steps … just to name a few!
- Facilities Planning & Construction - Collectively, we have 183 years of experience in our field, between the five of us!
- Finance & Management - The Budget office processed approximately 2,000 journal transfers in 2023/24, the Mail Services team has mailed out 40,000 viewbooks to prospective students – a combined weight of 5 tons, the Procurement and Payment Services team processed 179 purchase orders in the first 15 days of the fiscal year, and the Office of Student Accounts & Accounting generated 91,671 e-Bills for the last academic year.
- Human Resources / Payroll – It takes over 1,500 hours to process pay increases across the University.
New Employees
- Finance & Management’s Budgeting Office welcomes new Financial Analysts, Mikal H. W. Brown and Brittany Narburgh (both pictured below) to their team!
- Brockport Information Technology Services (BITS) welcomes new IT Support Technician, Mary Kochmanski, and new Application Administrator, Peter Lovric (pictured below) to their team! Of note, Peter was a Student Worker in BITS for the past three years.
- Facilities Maintenance & Operations (FMO) welcomes new Maintenance Assistant, Jason Conn, and new Cleaners, Michael Lyons, Cody Parsons, and Zachary Williams to their team!
Please join us in welcoming all of our new folks to SUNY Brockport and the Administration and Finance Division!
Retired Employee
Facilities Maintenance & Operations (FMO) said farewell in July to Jane Schworm (pictured above), of the Service Center.
Celebrating Birthdays in August
- Amy Aina
- Sondra Aman
- Virginia Arsenault
- Amanda Auriemma
- Peggy Barringer
- Tammy Brown
- Linda Gamble
- Keith Gaylor
- Kayla Guck
- Isabella Jenks
- Kelly Lutz
- Erica Newman
- Nick North
- Phillip Payne
- Gabriel Rivera
- Dian Robak
- Kyle Rombaut
- Jane Schworm
- Karen Simpson
- Vance Simpson
- Patrick Stellman
- Chris Swift
- Timothy Swift
- Robert Young
Celebrating Work Anniversaries in August
- Kendall Rood, 1 year
- Carlie Mccoy, 1 year
- Christian Quayson, 1 year
- Nathan Trembley, 2 years
- Katherine Schaal, 2 years
- Scott Bennett, 4 years
- Liam Honeck, 4 years
- Amanda Trumble*, 4 years
- Ryan Andrews, 5 years
- Frederick Banks, 7 years
- Kevin Montano, 7 years
- Kelly Dobbs, 7 years
- Marylea Lotzow, 8 years
- Sandra Almekinder, 9 years
- Lori Gergely, 9 years
- Michell Brague, 12 years
- Marcia Brown, 12 years
- John Guck, 12 years
- Dawn Voorhees*, 12 years
- Reginald Gill, 13 years
- Kurt Pijanowski, 14 years
- Mary Jo Jenks, 16 years
- Mark Stacy, 19 years
- Robert Cushman, 20 years
- Elizabeth Gregory, 20 years
- Tanasee Conner, 23 years
- John Carlson, 30 years!
BizLibrary Suggested Course of the Month
Problem Solving Like a Pro – Feel confident in your ability to respond meaningfully to any challenges at work with this quick video lesson on solving problems like a pro!
Green & Gold Star Awards – July 2024
- Sondra Aman (Facilities Custodial) - For always going over and above. Thank you!
- Jeremy Barnard (Facilities Automotive) - Going over and above with a Zamboni, Thank you!
- Paul Brundage (Facilities Maintenance) - Going over and above with a Zamboni, Thank you!
- Kathy Fanning (Parking & Transportation) - For your extra help with last minute parking passes for interviews and changes to requests.
- Natalie Farr (Facilities Custodial) - For your kindness towards an Empire Girl that was upset and needed someone to talk to. NICE JOB!
- Johnna Frosini (Parking & Transportation) - Thank you for being such a great leader. The way you lead our team is admirable.
- Kayla Guck (Parking & Transportation) - For your extra help with last minute parking passes for interviews and changes to requests.
- Juanita Jenks (Facilities Custodial) - Thank you for all of your hard work & everything you do for us in the Brown bldg. You are the best!
- Rachel Killion (Budgeting) - For your quick response to budgeting questions when a department chair needed help.
- Samuel Lewis (BITS) - For all your efforts in getting swipe cards up and running for summer camps. Thank you so much!
- Kelly Lutz (Printing Services) - Prompt turn around time for a business card order. Request completed within an hour.
- Kallee Quill (HR) - For your extensive knowledge of and ready support with the search process - THANK YOU! :)
Upcoming Events
- August 20 (10:00 am) – Faculty/Staff Convocation in SERC
- August 20 (11:30 am) – Employee Appreciation Lunch in SERC
- August 20 (2:00 pm) – Fannie Barrier Williams Bust Dedication Ceremony in Fannie Barrier Williams Building
- August 25 (1:00 pm) – Academic Convocation in SERC *Sunday*
- August 26 (All Day) – First day of Classes
- September 5 (7:00 pm) – Football Opening Game vs. Buffalo State in Shriver Stadium
- September 19-22 (All Weekend) – Homecoming & Family Weekend
If you have an item you’d like included in a future issue, please send to Laurie Smith (lausmith@brockport.edu).
SUNY Brockport Leadership Newsletters can be found on the Information page for Faculty & Staff (5th topic down).