How to correct My Absence

If you have already recorded time off, these are instructions how to change your request. Edit Approved Time Off Request (green) Click the Absence Application on your Home Page. Click Correct My Absence. Navigate to the approved absence request you would like to update and click on it. Click the Negative Sign to erase a day. Check […]

Save Money – Don’t Pay Sales Tax

As a not-for-profit educational institution, Washington University is exempt from Missouri sales tax. Missouri sales tax should not be paid on purchases made on behalf of the university. The fastest, easiest way to comply with this best practice (and save MarComm money) is to work directly with a member of the operations team.  Find someone with […]

Today in MarComm

The “today-in-MarComm” Slack channel’s purpose is to highlight and communicate University Marketing & Communications productions “as they happen,” straight from our talented team! If you have questions about using Today-in-MarComm, please contact any of the senior managers.  Contributions from all corners of 276 are welcome. The administrators for MarComm’s Slack tool are Galen and Jeff.  […]

General, random, and philanthropy Slack channels

The Slack “philanthropy” channel is for opportunities to support individuals or groups, or to make the world a better place.  For example, it’s for military care packages, Girl Scout cookies, and various similar announcements.  It’s up to you to opt in to this channel. The “general” channel on Slack is for items of general interest […]

Crisis Communications Slack channel

In the event of an emergency on campus, University Marketing & Communications will be called upon to work closely with campus police and other departments to keep our students, faculty and staff safe and informed, and to share appropriate information with external audiences. The “cc-group” channel on Slack is the official University Marketing & Communications […]

Moving Furniture in Office Spaces

When reconfiguring furniture in spaces within the University Marketing & Communciations Office it is advisable to include the Administration Team in that process. Administration will: Coordinate with Facilities or WFF to move the furniture if it is heavy or needs to be disassembled in order to be moved. Dragging furniture across the carpet can cause […]

University Marketing & Communications Organizational Chart

Looking for the MarComm organizational chart?  The MarComm chart has been available on the Operations site all the time! You’ll find it on the Team page of the Operations site.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Karen.

Is your Common Ground needing more Common Sense?

If you have questions about finding or retrieving information from the Common Ground data … If you have thought about having an additional Dashboard to keep track of a workflow … If you have wished that your views had different widths, were sorted differently, etc. … If you want to learn more about exporting Common […]

Scheduling Meetings

Scheduling a meeting in the third floor conference room or studio This is a surprisingly easy task to accomplish, but the first thing to remember is that you are scheduling a meeting NOT an appointment. You must invite the room to the meeting. Once this has been accomplished successfully, the space has been reserved. The […]

Your dishwashing options

Dirty dishes.  No fun.  Please don’t dump yours on others — including on the weekend. We have a dishwasher — Load before 1:00, or after 3:30 —  read more If you don’t use the dishwasher, it is your responsibility to wash and return items to the cupboards or drawers.