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Cheryl Johnson
Room C115C, Phone 855-2246
Cheryl is the Business Office Manager, and she also serves as the department Personnel and Grants Manager. Specific responsibilities include the establishment, reclassification, and recruitment of staff positions, listing of staff vacancies and screening of clerical applicants, Affirmative Action and employment coordination of postdoctoral fellow recruitment, assistance with visas and work permits, assisting with the preparation and approval of grant proposals and budgets and setting up new accounts, and monitoring grant, contract, and gift accounts.

Sarah Collins
Room C115, Phone 855-6048
Sarah is responsible for reconciling expenses on research grants, contracts, and gift accounts, and processing staff, student, and postdoc appointments and reappointments, payroll for faculty, staff, postdocs and students, maintenance of staff attendance and related records, and coordinating hourly employment. She should be consulted before vacation time is taken in order to avoid accidental loss of pay. She can also resolve problems concerning payroll and/or deductions. Sarah also handles cash receipts and provides Notary services for the department at no charge.

Gayla Bradfield
Room C115, Phone 855-9044
Gayla is responsible for reconciling income and expenses made on the departmental account (10-247-00), technical service accounts, and non-contract and grant accounts, processing billings for technical services and office supplies, assisting in biweekly payroll processing and attendance reporting, distributing and coordinating accident report forms and injury report forms (Worker's Compensation), coordinating the department's telephone system including activation of data lines, coordinating audio visual equipment requests, coordinating the faculty and staff photo bulletin board, assisting in distribution of incoming mail, and administrative typing for the Business Office.

Front Desk
Room C115, Phone 855-9043
These responsibilities include departmental travel and payments to non-employees, issuing keys and office supplies, processing copy cards, room reservations, check-out forms, and out-going U.S. mail, coordinating and distributing This Week in Chemistry, coordinating information for the departmental calendar, taking work order requests, and handling mailbox assignments. The incumbent has a wide range of general information and is usually able to refer specific questions to the best source for assistance.