DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICES 

Department Support Staff (Cordley Hall) 

Dianne Simpson (2082A), BPP office manager, is responsible for oversight of all departmental administrative services. She also is the Chairperson’s administrative assistant and handles all academic program matters (graduate program, scheduling of classes, catalogues, etc.).

Katie Remiyac (2082), personnel specialist, manages and processes all academic and classified personnel appointments, Visas, affirmative action and recruitments, and personnel activity (PAR) forms.

___________ (2064), departmental receptionist, is responsible for handling mail, and hourly student workers.

Itsue Pfund (2066A), department accountant, is responsible for budgets, department state accounts, foundation accounts, bills for services, and oversees all fiscal matters.

Barbara Gee (2066), grants and contracts, is responsible for Grant and Contract Accounts, personal and petty cash reimbursements, and telephone service.

Blaine Baker (2065), is responsible for ordering supplies and equipment, paying invoices, disposition of surplus property, equipment and supplies inventory, and arranging equipment and building repairs through Facilities Services. Blaine is the department's research technician, and also serves as our Safety Officer.

Two members of the support staff, Aaron Henderson (manager) and Tony Wutzke, are located at the Botany and Plant Pathology Field Lab. The field laboratory (across the Willamette River on Highway 34 east) is an experimental area set aside for faculty, research staff and graduate students to conduct field research. 

The department offers various services. Additional information can be obtained from the department office or by calling extension 737-3451. The department office is open Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. not including the noon hour. The office is not open on university holidays such as New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day (and the day after), and Christmas Day. 

The Biocomputing Lab (Cordley 3003) is available for students with science accounts. There are a number of work stations including a slide-maker and scanner. The lab is heavily used by faculty and graduate students during office hours; for after hours use the door has a combination lock. 

Copying Machine. A copy machine is located in Cordley 2067 and may be used by anyone during office hours, but priority use is for Administrative and teaching staff. A Personal Pay Card is available for checkout in the main office (2064); after copying, return the card and pay $0.05 for each copy; each two-sided copy counts as two copies, and you need to pay for all copies made. If assistance is needed to operate the machine or if there is a malfunction, contact someone in the main office. 

Campus and U.S. Mail 

Campus mail is picked up and distributed twice a day, approximately 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Delivery of the U.S. Mail (once a day) is inconsistent; it can range anywhere from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The U.S. mail is taken out to the mailbox at 26th and Campus Way once a day at approximately 3:30 p.m. The department office has drop-off boxes for both Campus and stamped U.S. Mail.