Thank you to all participants in the Red Cross Blood Drive this month!
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Toys for Tots has begun
Donate brand new toys or make a monetary donation onsite at several FP&M locations on campus through Dec. 3! Or bid on Silent Auction items this month
Shout-outs – Oct. 21, 2026
See shout-outs for Kyle Kinney and Cameron Boebel; and Tucker Wilimovsky, Brad Carden, Ryan Paske, Paul Schmidt, Garrett Collins and Melissa Gausmann.
Shout-outs – October 7, 2026
See shout-outs for Custodial Crew 211, Emily Olstad and FP&M crews who helped launch UW-Madison’s inaugural New Employee Welcome Center.
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from September 2026
2026 Physical Plant 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!
Complete Benefits Open Enrollment by Oct. 30
Attend Benefits 2027: What You Need to Know sessions in person Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Employee Benefits and Resource Fair, at multilingual sessions Oct. 6 and Oct. 12, as well as online virtual sessions
Thank you for celebrating: Employee Recognition Awards (2026)
We honored FP&M colleagues at the ninth annual Awards celebrations this week. There is still time to send in your photos from the selfie wall, and you can nominate a coworker for next year’s awards
FP&M webstore for apparel and accessories open for Fall
The FP&M webstore is now open for fall orders until Oct. 2
Shout-outs – September 23, 2026
See shout-outs for Cheri Schweitzer, Sharon Woody, John Kopish, Grounds Crew
Aaron McCoy appointed EH&S Director of Chemical Safety
Aaron McCoy has been selected to serve as next Director of Chemical Safety and Chemical Hygiene Officer for FP&M Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) effective Sept. 6, following the retirement of Jeff Zebrowski earlier in the year. As Director, Aaron will lead the Office of Chemical Safety and act as the university’s Chemical Hygiene Officer. Aaron has served as Assistant Chemical Hygiene Officer for the past five years, having worked with the Chemical Safety Office since 2016.
Liza Waters appointed Interim Associate Director of the Office of Sustainability
Liza Waters has been named Interim Associate Director of the Office of Sustainability (OS), effective Aug. 2. Liza, who previously served as the office’s Project Manager, steps into this leadership role to guide the team and maintain momentum toward campus’ sustainability goals and FP&M’s strategic priority to be a leader in sustainability.
Shout-outs – September 9, 2026
See shout-outs for Travis Thoeny; Chad Hellenbrand, Jon Hedgecock, Tucker Wilimovsky, Aaron Agnew, Tim Netzloff; Scott Newton; Chris Bondurant
Attend the 2026 FP&M Employee Recognition Celebration
Are you ready to celebrate all you have done to keep campus running over the past year? Join in the fun at the 9th annual event, now rescheduled to take place Sept. 21 and 24.
What’s your job? Designing the attendee experience with Event Manager Jessica Hamm
A spacious, quiet event room opens its doors, and people begin to file neatly into seats. Each person looks at the table in front of them, a pen, a notebook, a program, maybe a name …
FP&M group tickets for the Forward Madison soccer game available for purchase
Purchase discounted tickets to one of Madison’s professional soccer teams: Forward Madison (game is Oct. 17).
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from August 2026.
Jesse Decker, Joel Malak to serve as Interim Co-Executive Directors of EH&S
Jesse Decker and Joel Malak have been named Interim Co-Executive Directors of FP&M’s Environment, Health & Safety department, following the retirement of Assistant Vice Chancellor Chris Strang.
Shout-outs – Aug. 26, 2026
See shout-outs for Alan Adams, AVC Torstveit, Pamela Barrett, Rick Clayton, Kurt Beilman and Ed Corcoran; and Nick Gullick, Lori Wilson and Andrew Brunner.
What’s your job: Supporting EH&S with Executive Assistant Pat Fargen
For Pat Fargen, being an Executive Assistant with FP&M Environment, Health & Safety is about more than managing calendars and completing tasks, it’s about helping people.