Mission
The Office of Department Services staff actively partner with our academic department chairs and faculty as well as colleagues servicing other business offices to support the educational and research mission of the university. Our primary goal is to provide timely, friendly and innovative support while being adaptable to evolving timelines and priorities.
Services may include:
Administrative, Communication & Event Support
- Administrative support for department chairs.
- Respond to questions from faculty and staff from other business offices within and external to SSHA. Provide feedback and guidance as well as direction to relevant resources.
- Coordinate/schedule and facilitate faculty department meetings; create meeting agendas and minutes as well as follow-up to ensure action items are assigned and completed.
- Update department websites.
- Create, disseminate and post "Did You Know" updates for faculty and staff based on questions frequently asked of SSHA staff.
- Facilitate voting protocol for academic department business.
- Create and disseminate surveys for a variety of purposes on behalf of multiple stakeholders as well as review, analyze and report results.
- Collect and store course syllabi for each semester/session as well as respond to requests for syllabi.
- Disseminate information on behalf of the department chairs and other entities to faculty, staff, and students.
- Assist with purchase and reimbursement requests by providing policy guidance, instructions, and/or submitting to CBS2 or through UC financial systems, on behalf of the department.
- Assist with course scheduling by (examples) collecting and organizing teaching preferences, gathering IOR petition signatures, record-keeping.
- Event support services including (but not limited to) event consultation, catering, travel arrangements, payments, advertising, venue needs, purchasing and reimbursements.
- Serve as archivists for academic departmental records,
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Did You Know Series
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Events Support
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Financial Services and Web Support
- Academic department fund financial account review
- Academic department website updates
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Contact us at ssha.deptservices@ucmerced.edu
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Commonly used links and emails:
- Conference room reservations: EMS
- Events: ssha.events@ucmerced.edu
- Finance: ssha.financial@ucmerced.edu
- Purchasing: https://cbs2.ucmerced.edu//
- Reception: ssha.reception@ucmerced.edu
- Reimbursements: https://cbs2.ucmerced.edu/
- Travel: https://cbs2.ucmerced.edu/
Policies & Support Materials
- Division of Finance & Administration Service Catalog - (campus-wide)
- Travel (campus-wide) (e.g., Connexxus for travel arrangements, CBS2 for travel reimbursements, and policies)
- Reimbursements - (Entertainment, travel, non-travel and non- entertainment)
Staff Contact Information
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Heidi Green Manager of Department Services, Social Sciences (209) 382-4073 hgreen2@ucmerced.edu Office: COB-1, 235 |
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Lisa Mora
Manager of Department Services,
Arts & Humanities (209) 506-7603 lmora@ucmerced.edu Office: COB-1, 235 |
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Stephanie Lopez |
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Jocelyn De La Torre |
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Maricela Rivera Academic Department Specialist (209) 233-2036 mrivera79@ucmerced.edu Office: COB-1, 249 AHS, PSY |
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Jennifer Casillas Academic Department Specialist (209) 355-9270 jcasillas25@ucmerced.edu Office: COB-1, 255 LLC, PHIL |
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Sarah Mora |
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Mahea LaRosa Academic Department Specialist (209) 233-2578 mlarosa@ucmerced.edu Office: COB-1, 255 GAMWS |
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Alena Swann |
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Last Updated:November 2024
