8/2006

Congratulations to Yuriy Mishchenko, who is the College of PAMS nominee for the 2006 CGS/University Microfilms International Dissertation Award in the fields of mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering.  Yuriy received his Ph.D. from NC State in 2005.  His dissertation under the direction of Chueng-Ryong Ji was Applications of Canonical Transformations and nontrivial Solutions to Flavor Mixing and Critical Phenomena in Quantum Field Theory.

Congratulations to Bob Nemanich, who has accepted a position as Head of the Department of Physics at Arizona State University.

Golden Wrench Award

Congratulations to Robert Egler, recipient of the NC State Facilities Operations Golden Wrench Award. Golden Wrench awards are given annually to 5 building liaisons who “go above and beyond" in performing their duties as Building Liaisons.  Recipients are presented with a plaque and certificate in recognition of their efforts.

Guidelines for purchasing airline tickets with a small purchase number.

For those units who use Trip Logic (formerly Custom Travel) for airline reservations the  following guidelines should be followed in order to secure the rates that are quoted when reservations are placed.

All invoices for travel must be given to your departmental accounting technician no later than 2pm for a voucher to be generated to Trip Logics on the same day.

Voucher numbers are to be provided to Trip Logics by 4:15pm.  This will enable the staff at Trip Logics to complete their work to secure the

reservation.

(belated) John Hubisz - June 6^th

Keith Weninger – August 25^th

Richard Mowat – August 29^th

Marjorie Klenin – September 6^th

Harald Ade – September 8^th

Human Resources launches The Housing Exchange.

The NC State Housing Exchange  enables people affiliated with NC State to make properties available for rent or exchange to those in need of temporary housing, such as visiting faculty.  The Housing Exchange website is www.ncsu.edu/human_resources/housing.

Gas prices on your nerves?  Check out the TTA Smart Commute website for options at www.smartcommutechanlenge.org,

or gotriangle.org

Direct Deposit is now Mandatory

As of October 1^st, 2006, all employees, including undergraduates and graduate students, MUST have their paychecks direct deposited into their bank accounts.  To sign up visit www7.acs.ncsu.edu/hr/payroll, or adminportal.acs.ncsu.edu and select the ‘My Employment’ tab.

Pluto’s Status brings reporters’ questions.

The International Astronomical Union’s change in the classification of Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet brought a number of news media questions. Steve Reynolds and Robert Egler were recently interviewed concerning the issue by reporters for local radio stations and newspapers.