Terry Davis

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Biography

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Travel (faculty, staff, student, and visitor)

• Gather pre-travel information (i.e. dates, times, desired lodging location, whether or not limo service is required, etc.)
• Gather itinerary information and complete (for visitors) or help traveler complete (for faculty, staff, and students) online Travel Approval Request form
• Make hotel reservations
• Obtain departmental travel card authorization and send payment documentation to vendor
• Communicate reservation details to traveler and answer any questions s/he may have regarding hotel reservation, driving directions, schedule, etc.
• Make lunch reservation and complete Internal Service Request form. (This is the form that the lunch host brings to Adele’s in order to have the meal charged directly to the Department.)
• Gather receipts, information (i.e. SSN, home address, etc.), and immigration documents to submit with travel reimbursement request
• Complete Expense Statement forms and submit forms and documentation to the college for reimbursement
• Request and collect hotel invoices for all hotel stays charged to Dept. travel card
• Request and follow-up on removal or change of any incorrect or invalid charges
• Forward funding commitment documents to DAS
• Stay abreast of funding commitments in order to ensure correct level of reimbursement from correct account

General Services

• Serve as the face of the Department including answering phones, greeting visitors, responding to customer questions and requests for assistance (either directly, or by referring the customer to the appropriate person or office)
• Sort and distribute mail
• Contribute to the sorting and distribution of paychecks
• Monitor “fixit@econ.umd.edu" e-mail and submit work order requests to the Facilities Department, when necessary
• Make reservations and maintain schedule for departmental laptop and projector use
• Log copy requests, complete request forms, and deliver document and forms to the Tydings Hall Copy Center
• Check completed jobs to ensure that quantity, color, and format are correct
• Securely store / distribute completed copying jobs, as required

Textbook Orders

• Gather textbook choices from faculty members and graduate instructors
• Enter and submit textbook orders in online system
• Request and distribute desk copies
• Implement changes in textbook selections as required
• Communicate with book reps to resolve problems quickly, when / if they arise

Seminars

• Gather information on seminar (date, time, speaker, presentation, etc.) from faculty host
• Obtain title and/or soft copy of paper to be presented
• Post event details and soft copy of paper on web calendar
• Compose and distribute, via e-mail, weekly seminar schedule notice
• Print, copy, and make available hard copies of paper to be presented

Graduate Student Placement

• Gather CV’s from job market candidates
• Create, update, and maintain placement grid
• Mail placement packet to entities advertising in the JOE

Foundation Reimbursements

• Ensure timely processing of reimbursement request submissions to the UM Foundation and the UMCP Foundation, either by preparing them or by delegating the task to student workers
• Advise on and collect all necessary information, documentation, and signatures for the reimbursement to be processed smoothly
• Document departmental receipt of and distribute reimbursement checks