The Bucky Badger clock above the entrance to 21 N. Park Street had its arms stuck in place, but is working again thanks to Physical Plant and a dedicated building manager
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Shout-outs – October 22, 2025
See shout-outs for Stephanie Kutz; Brad Herrick, Bryn Scriver, Adam Gundlach; and Grounds Crew
Brats for Tots 2025: Thank You!
A big thank you to everyone who attended the Brats for Tots 2025: see photos; toy donation drop-off
Watch FP&M Employee Recognition Award videos with captions in multiple languages (2025)
Watch the videos honoring this year’s award recipients, available in 中文 / Chinese, English, Español / Spanish, Hmoob / Hmong, नेपाली / Nepali, and བོད་སྐད / Tibetan captions
Bank unused leave or convert by Oct. 31, 2025
Eligible employees can bank their unused vacation carryover using Workday
2025 Employee Recognition Award selfies
FP&M celebrated our amazing employees at the Employee Recognition Awards on Sept. 10 at the Gordon Dining and Event Center! Guests had a blast capturing memories at the selfie station, and the photos submitted are …
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from September 2025 include Rayajah Bailey, Christopher Castle, Rocco Ruscetti, Joshua Lang, Aaron Abraha, Monte Chapman, Brian Diestler, and David Marty.
Shout-outs – October 8, 2025
See shout-outs for Billy Winner, Chad Holzhueter, Jim Robertson, FP&M Communications Team, Karen Demick, Lisa Moon, Kathy Krasny, Megan Dixon, David Dyer, Allison Bua-Demus; Chad Hellenbrand and Mark McQueen
Physical Plant employees recognized for years of service milestones
FP&M Physical Plant employees were recently recognized for their years of service with the university. Join us in celebrating these employees for their service with FP&M! In recognition photos below, all employees are pictured with …
Paula Veltum to serve as Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Physical Plant
Paula Veltum has been named Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Physical Plant following the retirement of current Assistant Vice Chancellor Jim Bogan. Read more in the FP&M news post. Beginning Nov. 2, Paula will be …
Ben Schmidt to step into real estate leader role
Starting Nov. 2, Ben Schmidt will serve as the Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Real Estate Development and Administration, transitioning from his current role as Associate Director of Real Estate Administration. Ben succeeds Paula Veltum, …
A new look: updates in Workday’s Fall 2025 release
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Prepare for benefits open enrollment: Set up your new My Benefits account
Create a new My Benefits account to access the new benefits enrollment system ahead of open enrollment which begins Oct. 6, 2025
Shout-outs – Sept. 24, 2025
See shout-outs for Jessica Hamm, Perry Jones and the Custodial team, Tim Blankenship, Transportation Services Customer Service Team, Travis Schnabel, Sam Hull, Andrew Brunner, Allison Bua-Demus, and Jake Stottler
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from August 2025
Thank you for celebrating Employee Recognition Awards with us
We honored FP&M colleagues at the eighth-annual Awards ceremonies yesterday. There is still time to send in your selfie photos, and keep in mind that you can nominate a coworker for next year!
What’s your job? Window Washing with Mohammed El Hallaoui
As lead of FP&M’s East Window Washing team, Mohammed and his colleagues keep campus windows sparkling while also pitching in on moves, event setups, and even lighting support
Shout-outs – September 10, 2025
See shout-outs for Erin Lewerenz and Gloria Ruiz Cervantes; Yunie Thao & McKenna Silver; Joanne Silver; Xee Lee; Jenell Dorn; and Craig Mlsna, Jim Edgington, Martin Scharrer, Malik Mitchell, and Drew Meredith
Brats for Tots Cookout 2025
The 8th Annual Brats for Tots cookout for Toys for Tots will be October 16, 2025. All FP&M employees are welcome!
Shout-outs – August 27, 2025
See shout-outs for Alex Steinert, Aaron Agnew, Brad Endres, Chad Hellenbrand, Dan Volk and Todd Yanke.