Departments Merge to Create UW Material Services

A new department called Material Services has been created within University of Wyoming Operations (formerly Physical Plant).

Managed by Lee Kempert, Material Services consists of Recycling, Moving Services, Surplus Property and UW Shipping and Receiving.

“With the merging of the four departments into Material Services, we are excited to serve departments with their material-handling needs,” Kempert says.

Here are some changes affecting these services:

-- Moving Services has changed its email address to matserv@uwyo.edu.

-- Shipping and Receiving’s contact information remains the same, and the unit continues to be supervised by Vicki Jairell.

-- In Surplus Property, the property disposal request form has been revised, and users are asked to begin using this new form. The new form can be found at www.uwyo.edu/uwops/_files/documents/pdr.pdf.

-- Beginning this semester, Surplus Property is open to departments and the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon and 12:30-3 p.m. Surplus items can be purchased with cash, check or a departmental IDR. Appointments also can be scheduled by calling Surplus Property at 766-2340 or by emailing matserv@uwyo.edu.

-- Surplus Property, in collaboration with Recycling, has established a goal to be a responsible environmental steward for the university by promoting item reuse, diverting items from going into the landfill and continuously improving in order to meet the needs of the campus.

For more information about UW Operations, visit www.uwyo.edu/uwops/.