By Rebecca Bigelow The University of Illinois blended two former award programs—the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) award and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award (CDSA)—into one program: Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Awards (CSEA). Campus wanted a program with a single set of rules and protocols that recognizes the contributions of all university staff members. Read the […]
Tag: Engineering & Construction Services
An RFP For All
There’s a lot going on at F&S, and there’s just as much with all the vendors who F&S contracts to do construction and maintenance work. An important request for proposals (RFP) is open now, and for a short time more, for businesses to partner with F&S construction services. And core to the mission of the […]
Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference: All-Gender Restrooms and Illinois Code
Katie Sperl, associate director of campus code compliance & fire safety, gave a talk to the Chief Engineers & Facility Managers Conference considering new codes for restrooms, and the future of more ‘all-gender’ restrooms. “At the University of Illinois, this is a very important topic for our students and something we’re looking at in all […]
Growing Vendor Community Benefits University, State, Local Community
The university has its sights set on new Illinois legislation regarding diversity of the people who are contracted to perform work on campus.