Volume 61 | July 29, 2022 | |
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Business Affairs Bulletin
July 29, 2022
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The inside scoop on the people and projects that support UNLV
Please print and post for those who do not regularly access email.
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In this issue:
- August is National Wellness Month
- Department Highlight: Senior Vice President’s Office
- Employee Profile: Kinesha Davis
- No Such Thing as a Perfect Parent
- Active Assailant Training Follow-Up
- May Employee Appreciation Recipient
- Spotlight on Service
- Leadership Coaching Program Informational Session
- Upgrading Your Digital Literacy
- Dates to Remember
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August is National Wellness Month | |
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UNLV’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) partner, ComPsych, provides online resources that focus on various wellness topics. Resources include digital toolkits with curated information, interactive training modules, and newsletters with relevant articles and helpful tips.
Check out ComPsych’s resources on mindfulness and relaxation and physical fitness.
EAP resources are available to all UNLV employees and eligible dependents.
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Department Highlight: Senior Vice President's Office Part 1 | |
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As we look ahead to the next academic year, we remain committed to providing top-tier service and support for the growing university and position of Business Affairs for change readiness.
To support this commitment, we have been building capacity by expanding the Senior Vice President (SVP) Office team to work collaboratively with units throughout the system, university, and division and enhance support for specialized services.
Over the past few years, we have experienced exponential growth within Business Affairs including:
- Created a central communications team
- Established divisional human resources business partners
- Evolved the function formerly known as campus audit into a governance, risk, and compliance resource for the division and institution
- Formed a strategic project team within the SVP office
This two-part Department Highlight will help you get to know these teams and familiarize yourself with the projects and initiatives they oversee. In part one, we focus on the SVP Office strategic project team and quality assurance and financial compliance. Be sure to check out the next edition for part two, where we will introduce you to the Business Affairs communication team, HR business partners, and administrative support.
SVP Office Strategic Project Team
The SVP Strategic Project team is a dynamic group of individuals who collaborate with departments and campus constituents on large-scale projects, including strategic plan alignment with key performance indicators (KPIs), developing shared governance for a division process improvement model, and diversity, equity, and inclusion action plan.
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Kimberly Case-Nichols, Chief of Staff
Kim represents Business Affairs on cross-functional campus committees and task forces and leads division initiatives such as the Business Affairs strategic plan and business process improvement. Kim has been with UNLV since 2010, and has served as the director of maintenance for UNLV Student Affairs and as executive director of space and facilities management for Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Kim believes in taking a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive approach to aligning business processes to UNLV’s top tier 2.0 mission and initiatives.
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Alex Nikolich, Senior Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives
Alex provides high-level support for short-term and long-range strategic initiatives that support the entire institution. Alex's immediate initiatives include the institutional Compliance Advisory Committee, the UNLV Research Foundation, and leading the strategic analysis of various institutional opportunities.
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Sarath Kraus, Director, Systems Change Management
Effective July 1, Sarath began working in a part-time capacity while she pursues her Ph.D. in higher education administration at UNLV. Sarath collaborates with NSHE and university partners to support the System’s Computing Services enterprise management strategy and co-leads complex initiatives, including the NSHE research operations and maintenance reporting project and Workday security realignment and optimization program. Sarath is certified as a Prosci change management professional and is training to become a search advocate.
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Susan Wynn, Director of Special Projects
Susan is a certified project management professional (PMP), certified scrum master (CSM) and Prosci certified change management practitioner with a background in information and data systems management as well as budget and planning. She leads a broad range of projects and initiatives for Business Affairs. Currently, her portfolio includes coordinating the Infrastructure and Shared Governance Work Group, expansion of the use of DocuSign throughout the division and university, the Anaplan buildout project for the Financial Planning, Budget and Analysis department, and TeamDynamix for the SVP office and compliance team.
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Chantel McDonald, Director of Special Projects
Chantel joined Business Affairs from UNLV Health. Prior to her time at UNLV Health, she worked for the IT and Space and Facilities departments within the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. She brings a wealth of institutional knowledge and experience in process improvement and implementing automated tracking systems. Her projects currently include support for compliance case management software, planning and construction project management software, sourcing and implementing a master calendar software, process improvement initiatives, and coordinating the 2022 Business Affairs Strategic Plan Work Group.
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Quality Assurance and Financial Compliance
The Quality Assurance and Financial Compliance function provides risk assessments, conducts internal investigations, and provides guidance on developing a proactive, risk-based approach for integrating compliance into our standard operating procedures, and ensuring that we effectively document our compliance efforts.
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Sheila Carrier, Business Affairs Chief Compliance Officer
Sheila leads compliance and quality assurance efforts for campus to ensure adherence to state, federal and Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) regulations, policies, and procedures associated with financial and business processes. She conducts internal reviews of business processes, investigations, and assessments related to financial compliance and the university’s system of internal control. She is also a member of UNLV’s Policy Committee, Foreign Influence Task Force, GLBA Executive Committee, Section 117 Oversight, and the School of Medicine Compliance and Audit Committee.
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Laura Schneider, GRC Administrator & Compliance Analyst
Laura supports our divisional governance, risk and compliance efforts. She is working with the Administration Technology Services team to implement a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform and will be serving as the system administrator. Her initial assignments include responsibility for Section 117 compliance, business process documentation, and data collection for the GRC system in support of automation for our governance, risk and compliance efforts. Laura joined us from the Office of Admissions where she formerly served as Associate Director of Operations.
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Employee Profile: Kinesha Davis | |
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"As a former Lady Rebel, Kinesha Davis knows how to give her team her all to reach a common goal. She is originally from Chicago by way of Minnesota. After graduating with her bachelor's degree in kinesiology, she started her career working at her alma mater and has not looked back since.” Read the full article, Interview: Kinesha Davis, on the UNLV webpage.
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No Such Thing as a Perfect Parent | |
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UNLV Benefits will host a virtual seminar on Wednesday, August 10 at 12 p.m. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to let go of being a “perfect parent” and seek a balanced approach with tips and tricks on effective parenting. Register via GoToWebinar.
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Active Assailant Training Follow-Up | |
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University Police Services conducted an active assailant training on July 28. There were technical difficulties that persisted and attendees' patience was greatly appreciated as UNLV values employees' time. University Police Services delivered an informative and potentially life saving presentation with great attention to detail in an effort to mitigate the very challenges encountered. Nonetheless, due to the nature of their work, last minute changes were required.
The information presented during the training is relevant, beneficial guidance for the community. Attendee feedback indicated that the training was not what many participants were expecting, however, its contents are vital to ensure the campus community is prepared in the event of an active assailant situation.
As a follow up, here is the PowerPoint presentation from the active assailant training. The FBI Run Hide Fight video can be found here, along with a demonstration of how many weapons one person can carry. Additionally, the Campus Emergency Procedures guide, campus Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), and the Campus Services Building fire safety plan are available for review as well.
All feedback is welcome and appreciated as maintaining the safety integrity of UNLV's campus community continues to be University Police Services' focus.
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May Employee Appreciation Recipient | |
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Daniel Landeros
Facilities Management
Daniel was nominated for taking initiative on fire and life safety within his department. By obtaining the National and State Certification as Fire Inspector 2, he was able to pass this knowledge on to his team. Daniel also worked with Risk Management & Safety’s software architect to develop a process for accessing fire inspection reports and building folders through Google Cloud. This enabled his team to work onsite more efficiently. Thank you, Daniel, for going above and beyond for your team.
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Thank you, Marlon Ratliff and team for the new floors in the UPS and battery rooms. Everything came out better than expected and looks fantastic. Well done to you, Amy, and the rest of the team. We appreciate all you do for us!
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Leadership Coaching Program Informational Session | |
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The Organizational and Professional Development team will host a virtual informational session on Tuesday, August 9 at 1 p.m. Learn about professional coaching, UNLV’s Leadership Coaching Program (LCP), and meet some of the dynamic, experienced coaches who are members of the LCP. Register in REBELearn.
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Upgrading Your Digital Literacy | |
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Picture-in-picture is coming to Google Meet for Chrome browsers. You will be able to see up to four video tiles of meeting attendees in a floating window on top of other applications. The feature will provide greater flexibility in combining people and content, allowing you to adjust the view in a way that best serves your meeting. For the full tutorial, visit the Google Workspace Updates blog.
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Dates to Remember
- August: National Wellness Month
- August 12: Summer Session III ends
- August 15: UNLV transitions to a Smoke Free Campus
- August 22: UNLV All-Hands Meeting
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