Category: Office of the Vice Provost

Notes, highlights, and other updates from the Office of the Vice Provost.

Ground transportation policy [ride shares, tips, trains, documentation]

Did you know UW travel policy allows you to use ride shares (ex. Uber/Lyft) and permits up to a 20% tip? Interested in taking a train to your next conference? Now sure what documentation is needed? All this information is outlined in the ground transportation policy: https://businessservices.wisc.edu/documents/315-ground-transportation-policy/ Here are the quick highlights [refer to policy …

Staff Hires and Departures – December

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM staff members. The following names are individuals who either had a start date or last day on payroll during December. NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of the Registrar Stu Churchill-Hoyer, SIS Analyst DEPARTURES Office of Admissions and Recruitment Jamie Black, Admissions Counselor

Outage – DEM Shared Drives – Sunday, January 12

DoIT Departmental Support and DoIT Systems Engineering will be upgrading the EM-IO file server on Sunday, January 12th, with an expected outage window spanning from 9am – 5pm. What will be impacted during this outage? During this migration, the entirety of EM-IO will be out of service. DEM Home folders and SIS 9.2 drives will …

New dropdown list for lodging. Popup message for unauthorized drivers. 90+day tax message.

The Expense Reimbursement System under-went some functional updates on November 26. Three changes impact DEM staff: How to justify exceeding lodging maximums, popup alert message for unauthorized drivers and message about 90-day transaction will be taxed. Exceeding Lodging Maximums There is a dropdown list of reasons for going over lodging maximum amount. Instead of a …

New W-4s and self-service W-4s coming soon

The IRS developed a new W-4 for 2020, which is scheduled for release at the beginning of December. Employees are not required to complete a new form. You can view the drafted 2020 W-4 form here. If you have questions about this form, you can refer to the IRS FAQ page. W-4 Rollout Timeline First …

Early 12B bi-weekly payroll deadline. Enter and approve early.

Employees must have all time entered and approved by managers for the 12B Payroll (12/8/2019 to 12/21/2019) no later than Friday, December 20. Time and Absences should be entered by NOON on Thursday, December 19 for 12/8/19 to 12/21/19 Managers and supervisors approve absences by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 19 Managers and supervisors approve …

Brush up on the Inclement Weather Policy

Winter storms or extreme cold could happen again this winter. Please read UW–Madison’s Inclement Weather Policy for employees. Key points of the policy include: Colleges, schools, divisions and other campus units may not close on their own. Deans and directors must receive authorization from the Office of the Chancellor before directing employees not to report …

Staff Hires and Departures – November

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM staff members. The following names are individuals who either had a start date or last day on payroll during November. NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of Admissions and Recruitment Tory Carter-Story, Applications Reader Jane Duffstein, WI Initiatives Manager Jonas Gomez Tijerino, Applications Reader Elisa Guerrero, Applications Reader …

Please RSVP – DEM Holiday Lunch 12-16-19

You are invited to the DEM Holiday Lunch on Monday, December 16th beginning at 11:30 a.m. on the 9th floor in the Systems Area (Room 9401). Our lunch will be catered from Beef Butter BBQ.  A vegan option is also available.  Please RSVP by using this link https://go.wisc.edu/ff894a before December 10th with your food preference. …

Partners in Giving – Week Seven Update

The Partners in Giving Campaign is chugging along and we’d like to give everyone an update on how the campaign is going. Our goal this year is to increase participation across DEM to 50%. With just two weeks left of the campaign, we are currently at 38.41%. This is the highest percentage of participation we’ve …