Department of English
Section II: Personal Office Information
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Cleaning:
Handled by housekeeper assigned to your floor. Please inform Amy if you have any problems.
Computer:
Account (Creation): You may create your new UNCG computer account on the Computer Accounts Webpage. If you are having problems setting up an account, please contact the Help Desk at 6-TECH.
New (set up): If you have received a new computer from the department, you must call the Help Desk at 6-TECH for an appointment. A technician from IT Services will set up the computer for you and transfer old files, if necessary.
Old (disposal): If you have received a new computer and would like to dispose of your old computer, please let Melanie know.
Problems: If you are experiencing computer problems, sometimes it helps to turn the computer off, wait a few minutes, and turn it back on. If you try this and are still experiencing problems, please call 6-TECH for computer help. The administrative staff is neither expected nor trained to handle computer problems.
Rotation: The purchasing of computers is set up on a rotating basis. Please ask Lydia if you would like to know your placement in the rotation.
Transferring equipment: If you are a full-time permanent faculty member, you may transfer your older computers to your home or to your library office. You must fill out a form and have it signed by the Head before transferring the equipment. Please see Melanie for the form.
Emergencies:
If you are in a class, your office, or HHRA Building and you have an emergency situation, please either call the campus police at 4-4444 or contact the administrative staff and ask them to call for you. Do NOT call 911 if the emergency is on-campus.
If you have a student who is behaving aggressively towards you or your students, please contact the campus police at 4-4444 and inform them of any incidents. In addition, please give the staff information about the student, including name, date of the incident, class in which the incident occurred, and any follow-up actions with the police. This information will be kept confidential; we only want to have full information on any potentially violent situations in our department.
Furniture:
Your office should have a desk, chair, computer, and maybe a bookshelf. If you would like additional furniture, you must go to Campus Supply Store Building, 804 Oakland Avenue. You must provide transportation for the furniture to your office. Call Jeff Belton at 4-5927 or email him at jlbelton@uncg.edu to set an appointment.
Locked Office:
If you are locked out of your office prior to 1:30, please find the housekeeper for your floor. If you are unable to locate your housekeeper, ask the administrative staff to call the Physical Plant and have a housekeeper paged.
If you are locked out of your office between 1:30 and 5:00, call the Physical Plant and ask for the zone manager, Greg Poteat, to unlock the door.
If you are locked out after 5:00 pm or on the weekends, you can call John Pierce at 6-1231 or, as a last resort, call campus police. Be prepared to show identification or to be yelled at if you call the campus police.
Phone Directories:
Departmental: The department provides to the full-time permanent faculty a guide to office phones, but we do not give out home contact information unless given special permission.
Campus directory: The campus directory is issued every year in the fall semester. We do not know the exact publication date, which is later in the semester every year. For example, in 2003-2004, we received the directory in November. When we receive them, we put one in all faculty mailboxes and give one to each TA office. You may also access UNCG's on-line directory.
Greensboro directory: These arrive in January of every year. We will place one in each mailbox as available. You may recycle your old directory by placing it in the large plastic co-mingled bin on the front porch of McIver.
Printer:
Personal: If you are a full-time permanent faculty member, please use your personal printer as much as possible. We provide two black cartridges per year, but not color. If you have any problems, call 6-TECH, or try turning your computer off and back on.
Laser Printer: We have a laser printer in the main office. You are welcome to use it if you have a very large print job or if your office does not have a personal printer (most lecturers). This is a communal printer, so please do not overuse and abuse. Also, please keep your printing limited to university and instructional purposes. If you have problems printing to the laser printer, call 6-TECH.
Supplies:
We provide most necessary teaching and office supplies, such as pens, pencils, and paper. Please see Supplies in Section I: General Office Information for a more complete list.
Telephones:
For repairs, please contact Telephone Services at 4-5937.
Only give your students your direct office line. Never give them the main office line.
Long distance and international calls made from the office should be for professional purposes only and should be as brief as possible.
Trash:
Handled by housekeeper assigned to your floor.
Voicemail:
You have been given instructions on how to set up your voicemail. If you have misplaced those instructions, please ask Amy for a copy.
It is very important that you set up your voicemail account as the department pays for every voicemail box and your students will need to access you directly.
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