Administrative Staff
The Service Center Staff serve these departments: Entomology Forest and Wildlife Ecology Plant Pathology
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Name: Alyson Amenda Title: Financial Specialist Phone: 263-4346 E-mail: amenda@wisc.edu |
Expense report approval; purchasing - direct payments, payment to individuals, charge backs, internal and external work orders, requisitions to include CORS, Academic Service Agreements Sole Source bids, ordering supplies to include MDS and UW Fleet. |
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Name: Laurie Ballentine Title: University Services Associate Phone: 262-2671 Email: lsballen@wisc.edu |
Front desk reception. Student and LTE payroll, web updates, A/V equipment checkout, office supplies, shipping and receiving, and room scheduling. 2010 Classified Staff Recognition Award winner. |
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Name: Carol Bargman Title: Financial Specialist Phone: 263-4519 Email: cbargman@wisc.edu |
Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit to include Research Work Orders, Vehicle Checkout; E-reimbursement. |
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Name: Todd Barwick Title: Office Operations Associate Phone: 608-262-3227 Email: tbarwick@wisc.edu |
Front desk reception, travel arrangements and e-reimbursement, student and LTE payroll, room scheduling, office supplies, and shipping. |
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Name: Thomas Dettinger Title: Instrument Maker Phone: 608-265-9233 Email: tdd@plantpath.wisc.edu |
Maintain plant growth rooms; repair installation and maintenance in support of facilities; fabricate lab equipment and departmental fleet vehicles. |
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Name: Paul Gunther Title: IT Manager Phone: 608-492-1616 Email: pogunther@wisc.edu |
Direction and management of IT operations at Russell Labs; manage and maintain developed network to include new technologies, specialized applications, operating systems both hardware and software. |
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Name: Hoklan Hau Title: System Administrator Phone: 608-263-6828 Email: hhau@russell.wisc.edu |
Instructional technology consulting and research/instructional application development. Technical planning and operations; communications and professional development. |
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Name: Dixie Lang Title: Web Developer Email: webeditor@russell.wisc.edu |
Departmental and research web technology consulting. Strategic planning for enterprise-level websites. Technical training and mentoring of faculty, staff and students on content management software (Drupal, WordPress). To learn more about Dixie's duties, click here. |
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Name: Laurie Luther Title: Senior Administrative Specialist Phone: 608-262-0235 Email: laluther@plantpath.wisc.edu |
Pre-award, grant proposals and budgets; WISPER, Grants.gov, Cayuse, NSF Fastlane, ECRT and effort reporting. |
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Name: Mary Miron Title: Editor Phone: 608-262-6969 Email: mjmiron@wisc.edu |
My position is a 50% appointment. I edit and oversee production of departmental newsletters, maintain alumni databases, record minutes of departmental meetings, develop material for posting on departmental websites, assist with annual lectures, assist with preparation of teaching materials, coordinate conferences, and assist with special projects as needed. As time allows I also edit materials for faculty and staff prior to submission for publication. |
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Name: Matthew Moore Title: Instrument Maker Phone: 608-262-6911 Email: mmoore@plantpath.wisc.edu |
Develop and maintain instrumentation and lab equipment, assemble and design unique scientific equipment, maintain building facilities to include refrigeration units, -80 freezers, water systems, belts, switches and general instrumentation. CALS Classified Staff Award 2010. |
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Name: Linda Naunapper Title: University Grants and Contracts Specialist Phone: 608-262-3084 Email: lsnaunapper@wisc.edu |
Pre-award, grant proposals and budgets; WISPER, Grants.gov, Cayuse, NSF Fastlane, post-award account management; project closeouts; ECRT and effort reporting. |
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Name: Sara Rodock Title: Student Services Coordinator Phone: 608-262-9926 Email: rodock@wisc.edu |
I coordinate all things related to academic programs including both undergraduate students and graduate students. If you would like more information about our academic programs, please contact me. Current UW-Madison students can use my WiscCal Scheduling Assistant link to make an appointment. |
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Name: Michael Schaeffer Title: Instrument Shop Supervisor/Building Manager Phone: 608-262-4998 Email: mas@plantpath.wisc.edu |
Design and construct scientific field equipment and laboratory apparatus; provide and oversee repair and maintenance in Russell Lab facilities to include offices, labs and offsite Ag buildings and fields. Emergency contact for Russell Lab. Classified Staff Recognition Award 2002. |
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Name: Deborah Sutinen Title: Financial Specialist Phone: Email: dmsutinen@wisc.edu |
e-reimbursement approvals. |
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Name: Sheila Timme Title: Academic Department Manager/Administrator of Russell Labs Service Center Phone: 608-263-4520 Email: smtimme@wisc.edu |
Administration of budget and financial; Human Resources contact for payroll, benefits; policy and procedure on academic, instructional and outreach functions in Russell Labs. CALS Classified Staff Award 2011. |
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Name: Margaret Webster Title: Financial Specialist Program Supervisor Phone: 608-262-3073 Email: mmwebste@wisc.edu |
Oversee all financial to include pre-award to post award closeouts. Supervise financial area to include staff submitting student and LTE payrolls. CALS Classified Staff Award 1998. |
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Name: Cory Wiedenhoeft Title: IS Network Support Technician Senior Phone: 608.890.0248 Email: cwiedenhoeft@wisc.edu Help Desk Email: |
Desktop hardware and software.
To learn more about Cory's duties, click here. |
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Name: John Wipperfurth Title: Instrument Maker Phone: 608-333-2619 Email: jlwipperfurt@wisc.edu |
Fabricate and repair lab equipment; maintain building facilities; aid in layout design and construction to fabricate required items. |