Circumstances change quickly these days. This is the time when the employees at FP&M shine. Here are some shout-outs and kudos to those who have been going above and beyond.
Campus Services
Gratitude to Campus Services including Ommar Lara, Mohammed El Hannaty, Malik Mitchell, John Kallgren, and Truck Services Tom Virnig for making quick work of the Nancy Nicholas mechanical room clean out. They did an excellent job and their timeliness is sincerely appreciated!
Karen Demick
Karen Demick works in EH&S Biosafety and serves as a biosafety liaison to core laboratories and the Veterans Administration (VA) laboratories utilizing the UW Madison Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). In these liaison roles she has had opportunity to give guidance and recommendations to facilitate important research activities.
Karen works with the investigators to understand the research, their questions and needs then provides up to date guidance to them.
As we are in a pandemic situation, Karen has continued to stay engaged and current in her understanding of rapidly changing guidance/information. Thank you Karen for helping our research community thrive in a dynamic time!
– Stephanie G. Kutz
Adam Gundlach & Bryn Scriver
Kudos to Lakeshore Nature Preserve staff Bryn Scriver and Adam Gundlach for their flexibility, creativity and demonstrated teamwork during these challenging times with increasing visitors and loss of seasonal staff and interns. Photo: Bryn & Adam surveying 5-year eco-restoration project in Eagle Heights Woods.
– Laura Wyatt
Physical Plant
“I would like to thank all the Physical Plant personnel that have kept our campus running during these past weeks. A huge shout-out to the plumbers, electricians, carpenters, steam-fitters who do an amazing job day in and day out!”
– Beth Bierman, Associate Student Services Coordinator, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Karl Trawicki, Jon Hedgecock
The Law Library extends their thanks to Steamfitter Karl Trawicki and Plumber Jon Hedgecock for their quick response to water leak alarm in the rare book room. With nobody in the building, they were grateful they received an email alert when and where the leak started. Karl and Jon’s fast-acting solution prevented a catastrophic loss for the library.
Zone 7 Maintenance Mechanics & Staff
Shout-out to Dave Ottelien and the staff in the Zone 7 Maintenance Mechanics unit for helping to resolve an issue with high-pitched noise. Noise issues have diminished considerably after Physical Plant Maintenance Mechanics completed work on one of the HVAC units at the Waisman Center.
Nearby building occupants remarked that this provides significant improvement in quality of life and that they very much appreciate your teams’ attention and diligence.
-Gary Brown
Sue Fritts
Shout out to Sue Fritts. I wanted to give you an update and HUGE Thank You. Everyone in Campus Services that is currently at work today on their rotation of the Blue/Gold schedule has been notified that their unemployment checks have been deposited. This includes individuals awaiting their initial payments…Today things are a lot brighter in Campus Services. Thank you for your continued support.
-Bradley Schenkel
Campus Services
Gratitude to Campus Services including Ommar Lara, Mohammed El Hannaty, Malik Mitchell, John Kallgren, and Truck Services Tom Virnig for making quick work of the Nancy Nicholas mechanical room clean out. They did an excellent job and their timeliness is sincerely appreciated!
Dale Townsend, David Ottelien, Robert Anderson
Appreciation goes out to Maintenance Mechanics Dale Townsend & David Ottelien and Machinist Robert Anderson for their diligence while correcting a noise issue coming from an HVAC unit. Their work diminished the harsh noise that was creating an unfavorable situation for campus neighbors. Great work Dale, David, and Robert!
Stores
Gratitude and appreciation goes out to Stores for helping the Machine Shop make necessary changes in their inventory. Your ability to collaborate is very impressive!
Chad Hellenbrand
Plumber Chad Hellenbrand is acknowledged for his excellent response to flooding that occurred in the Medical Science Center. He was able to quickly diagnose the problem and fix the pin-hole sized leak avoiding any potential delays the department could have faced.
Electricians, Steamfitters, Controls Engineer
Thank you to Electricians Heather Wipperfurth & Mark Schreier, Steamfitters Dan Stanford, Brett Sprecher, & Brad Hering, and to Controls Engineer Jeff Hammer for seeing to it that the data center cooling issues were resolved in a timely manner. Great hustle everyone!
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Are there employees from your unit that have not been recognized? Send a shout-out of your own! Submit it (with photo or video message, if available) to be featured on Inside FP&M and in an upcoming Employee Newsletter.
