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Additional CALS offices transition to remote operation

March 18, 2020

Dear CALS faculty and staff,

Please be advised that as of Tuesday, March 17, the following CALS offices are now working under remote plans:

Visit the links above for details on each office’s points of contact, hours of operation, remote services and additional important information.

Thank you, please do reach out with any questions,

Peter Paradise
Associate Dean of Finance and Administration
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University

Office 607-255-1044
pdp1 [at] cornell.edu (pdp1[at]cornell[dot]edu) | cals.cornell.edu

CALS Offices’ Remote Operation Contacts & Services

CALS Office of Budget and Finance

All office functions will continue virtually Monday – Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The entire office will be available via email, phone or Zoom. We will also be available during off hours upon request.

Contacts
  • Mark Pluchino | C: 607-425-4419, map86 [at] cornell.edu (map86[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Chris Savino | C: 323-828-0945, cjs345 [at] cornell.edu (cjs345[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Jason Battersby | C: 607-857-6326, jb465 [at] cornell.edu (jb465[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Lars Mudrak | C: 607-351-8048, lam333 [at] cornell.edu (lam333[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Jack Wood | C: 716-812-7372, jdw284 [at] cornell.edu (jdw284[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • Ed Sheridan | C: 908-268-6654, es733 [at] cornell.edu (es733[at]cornell[dot]edu)

CALS Office of Capital Projects and Facilities Services

Ithaca: Facility operations, coordinators, mail, movers and access control staff will be on campus for all regularly scheduled shifts. Other staff will primarily be working remotely.

Geneva : Cornell AgriTech Buildings and Properties will be in normal operations for regularly scheduled shifts.

Contacts

Interim Senior Director
Andy Vail | C: 607-592-2817, ajv2 [at] cornell.edu (ajv2[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Andy will primarily work remotely
Facilities Operations

Bill Dowdall | C: 607-592-7421, wld2 [at] cornell.edu (wld2[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Bill will remain primarily on campus
  • Facility coordinators will remain on campus to monitor buildings and interact with the maintenance crews and custodians
  • Back-up plans are in place if workforce reductions occur
  • Access controls and mail services remain in full operation
  • Move Team is available
Space Planning and Facilities Inventory

Sabra Rusher | C: 607-254-8923, seg237 [at] cornell.edu (seg237[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Sabra will work remotely
Capital Projects

Brian Fish | C: 607-327-1331, bwf2 [at] cornell.edu (bwf2[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Team will work remotely except for limited on site meetings required to keep projects active
Occupational and Environmental Health

Eric Harrington | C: 607-351-7706, eh22 [at] cornell.edu (eh22[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Team will work remotely except where specifically needed for limited circumstances
Cornell AgriTech Buildings and Properties

Joe Remillard | C: 315-406-2964, jhr34 [at] cornell.edu (jhr34[at]cornell[dot]edu)

  • Cornell AgriTech Building and Properties will remain in normal operation
  • Back-up plans are in place if workforce reductions occur

CALS Office of Human Resources

All office functions will continue virtually Monday – Thursday between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Friday between 8 a.m. -3:30 p.m.

Contacts
  • Please utilize our online contact list to reach a specific member of our team
  • For urgent and other matters, please use the e-mail addresses listed on the contact list, as telephones will not ring directly to our staff work locations.
  • Our team will be checking voicemail three times per day

CALS Office of Information Technology

All office functions will continue virtually Monday – Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Contacts
Computer & Classroom Technology Support
CALS Web Applications Support
  • The CALS OIT team for supporting the CALS web applications can be reached via Yammer or through our group email cals-oit-admincomp-l [at] cornell.edu (cals-oit-admincomp-l[at]cornell[dot]edu)
  • For these applications, users can post issues to Yammer in the respective groups:
  • Launchpad
  • R&B
  • PGFA
  • TAS
  • Salary Confirmation
  • Cavebear

For all apps, users can reach us at cals-oit-admincomp-l [at] cornell.edu (cals-oit-admincomp-l[at]cornell[dot]edu). The following is a list of applications supported by CALS OIT:

  • Launchpad
  • Reservations and Billing (RNB)
  • Plant Growth Facility Access (PGFA)
  • Term Appointment (TAS)
  • CALS Admin Salesforce Applications: OPPEL CRM/Pardot, Graduate Funding, HR Leaves, Dairy Extension, CCE, etc.
  • Cavebear
  • Salary Improvement (SIP)
  • CALS Investment Manager (CIM)
  • Commitment Track (CTS)
  • Salary Confirmation (ECS)
  • Endowment Tracking (ETS)
  • OEH workshop
  • OFA Web Site
  • Geneva Pesticide Application (GPAS)
  • Pesticide Application Database (PAD)
  • PGRU Pesticide Application (PGRU)
Business Data Requests

The CALS OIT Business Intelligence team provides data, analysis and support for college data to CALS departments and units based on business need for student, employee and financial data from enterprise systems like PeopleSoft, Workday and KFS.

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