Handbook
Department Resources
General Information
- Buildings & Campus Map
- Conferences
- Fire Drills
- Hiring Independent Contractors
- Important Dates
- Lost & Found
- Parking at UT
- Surplus
- UT Directory
Administrative Resources
- Departmental Letterhead
- Department Website
- Calling & Faxing
- Film Library
- Help Sheet Download
- Office Supplies
- Posters, Flyers & Brochures
- Printing & Copy Jobs
- Production Release Form
- Room Reservations
- Table of Operations
- Staff Contacts
Faculty and Graduate Student Information
- Cash Advances
- College Research Fellowships
- Faculty Leave
- Profile Page (Sandbox)
- Reimbursements
- Signature Course Proposals
- Teaching Awards
- Travel
- Updating Office Hours
- Videoconferencing
Classes & Students
- Auditors
- Conference Courses
- Course Instructor Surveys
- Finals
- Flag Courses
- Grades
- Student Travel - OGS Awards
Maintenance & Tech Support
- Classroom Console Assistance
- EID Help
- ITS Help
- Keys
- Media Support
- Phone Support
- Reporting Building Issues
- Student Computers
General Information
1. Buildings and Campus Map
The University of Texas website provides a wide range of maps online, including both interactive and printable. The UT Austin Buildings List includes buildings located on the UT Austin main campus (in some cases, buildings located near, but not on, the main campus are included in the main campus list), the J.J. Pickle Resaerch Campus, the McDonald Observatory, the Marine Science Institute and at various other locations around the state of Texas. Also included are buildings where UT Austin is leasing all or a portion of the building (some of these may be out of state). The UT Austin Buildings List content is based on availiable information and is current as of January in the year indicated. Updated listings are posted yearly. However, should you require more up-to-date building information, please contact the Office of Information Management and Analysis.
For current maps of Homer Rainey Hall, including office assignments, please see departmental staff.
2. Conferences
Hosting a conference in Liberal Arts is a financial activity of the University and conference coordinators must comply with University guidelines. Conferences have the following components.
- Coordinate conference-related activities
- Negotiate and purchase goods and services for the conference
- Negotiate and execute contracts and service agreements
- Registration processing
- Create a conference website
The Dean's Office can assist the conference coordinator with the last three items. To ensure a successful conference, they have created a website detailing the procedures.
3. Fire Drills
Faculty and graduate students with offices on third and fourth floors, should they be in the building during a fire alarm, are kindly asked to spend few moments - up to three minutes - knocking on doors to alert their colleagues before leaving the building, which took take approximately one minute. Departmental office staff and faculty housed on the second (ground) floor should do the same on their respective floor.
4. Hiring Independent Contractors
Examples of situations in which you might hire an independent contractor are: honoraria, performances, translation, indexing. Any time the department is to pay for personal services of any kind, from any account, regardless of original source of the funds, prior approval and accompanying paperwork must be completed by the department. Please give two weeks lead time to department staff (see organizational chart for duties of staff).
Department staff must set up a vendor ID and do either a PBS document online or a paper APS form. To do so, department staff will need to know the complete name, social security number, mailing address, DBA (if any), alternate namnes (if any), qualifications for rendering contracted services, total flat rate payment amount, or if to be paid hourly the hourly rate and number of hours to be worked. Such services must be done in a period not to exceed two (2) weeks. The contractor will be required to sign the PBS/APS document after the work is completed and provide a copy of photo identification such as a drivers lisence if US citizen or permanent resident or a passport and visas if non-resident. Additional information may be required for non citizens. Non US citizens are required to schedule an appointment with Cynthia Roberts to review tax status and work eligibility. Payment from UT could require up to 30 days from the time that all completed and signed documentation is received and processed. Taxes are withheld from final payment.
5. Important Dates
The University Calendars page contains complete academic, event, and holiday schedule information.
6. Lost & Found
Small items found in Rainey Hall are held in the office, HRH 2.114A, for 7 days. After that, they are transferred to UTPD's Lost & Found, along with any large or valuable items.
For lost UT ID cards, please contact the ID Center at 471-4334. Pick-up by appointment only. Call 232-9619 to schedule. Valid photo ID required (e.g., DPS ID card, UT ID, Texas Driver’s License, official Passport). Property will not be released to anyone without an ID.
Items not accepted clothing, including coats and jackets. Food and drink containers are usually discarded. Items that present a sanitation risk (soiled) are also discarded.
Unclaimed items maintained for 60 days before disposition. All other unclaimed items are held for auction. For auction information, please contact Surplus Property at 471-7889. Data sensitive materials are destroyed if unclaimed.
Items maintained in Lost and Found include:
Books, notebooks, and planners
Sunglasses, prescription eyewear
Cell phones
Books
Keys
Jewelry
Backpacks
Radios, Walkmans, MP3 players
Sports equipment
Computer equipment
Other miscellaneous items
UT staff members who need to schedule a pick up should call UTPD Dispatch at 471-4441.
7. Parking at UT
For information on public transportation, parking permits, and parking maps, please see the Parking and Transportation Services parking page.
8. Surplus
For any surplus furniture, computers, printers, or other UT property, please see the Administrative Assistant (Susan Floyd). These items must be removed according to University surplus procedures, using the CCART system. Do not give away, recycle, or throw out any UT furniture or equipment.
9. UT Directory
All UT faculty, staff, and students are listed in the online UT Directory. Please look here first for phone numbers, email addresses, titles, etc. Contact details for French and Italian faculty can be found on our web page.
Administrative Resources
1. Departmental Letterhead
Departmental letterhead is available in the office. If you would like to print a single page from your office onto letterhead, please call the Administrative Assistant (Susan Floyd) at 1-5531.
2. Department Website
Our departmental webpage is located at: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/frenchitalian/
If you would like a news item, conference, award, or other announcement listed on the departmental web page, please contact the Administrative Assistant (Susan Floyd).
3. Calling & Faxing
Please see an administrative staff member to arrange a long distance call or fax.
4. Film Library
A film library is available within the department for rental by faculty and graduate students. A list of available Italian titles can be found here.
5. Help Sheet Download
Download and print this help sheet (PDF) for quick reference to staff contacts, printers, and more.
7. Office Supplies
Many every day office supplies are available through the department. These include:
- Pens
- Pencils
- Markers
- Paper
- Envelopes
- Folders
- Paper clips and clamps
- File folders and accordion files
- Labels
Other supplies that may be borrowed include:
- Projector
- Dry erase board
- Easel
- Various cords and connectors
Please see the Administrative Assistant (Susan Floyd) for further information or special requests. We cannot provide all office supplies.
8. Posters, Flyers & Brochures
Please complete a Work Order Request for all promotional needs. Most posters, brochures, and other items can be created and published in-house, but bulk printings may be scheduled through University Printing, for a fee. Please give adequate time for design, revision, and printing.
Undergraduate and graduate program and study abroad brochures are redesigned each year and are available in the office, hallway display, and from the Undergraduate Advisor (Tim Ashlock) and Graduate Coordinator (Chaz Nailor).
9. Printing & Copy Jobs
Copy/Print Requests
Please complete a Work Order Request for all print and copy jobs. Please allow a minimum of three business days as notice before any copy job. Exam copies will be placed on the shelves between 2.114A and 2.120 (pantry), unless otherwise instructed.
Copy Codes
For color copies, assistance using the copy machines or a copy codes, please see the Administrative Assistant (Susan Floyd). Lecturers and Professors may use their copy code to print to the Ricoh printer. AI/TAs should use the copy machine for print jobs. The third floor printer is reserved for faculty and weekend printing exclusively. If you have any issues printing, please contact LAITS (1-5000).
For further information and print/copy instructions, download the print help sheet (PDF).
10. Production Release Form
For use of and and all photographs, video images, recordings of my voice, extractions, and moving pictures of faculty, staff, students, and visitors, a Production Release Form must be signed and filed with the Department. This includes social media publication. Please see administrative staff for further details.11. Room Reservations
Please see an administrative staff member to enquire about booking at FRIT room or about booking a room elsewhere on campus through the Room Scheduling system. FRIT rooms available for reservation include the lounge 2.118, seminar room 2.106C, classroom 2.112, and lab 4.102B.
The Jessen Auditorium is booked through the music school. Contact Teresa Beckers, Scheduling Coordinator, at tbeckers@austin.utexas.edu or (512) 232-6290.
12. Table of Operations
Open the current, 2012-2013 Table of Operations here (PDF).
13. Staff Contacts
Office Manager
Executive Assistant
Christine Bryce
Office: HRH 2.120
Phone: (512) 475-6617
cbryce@austin.utexas.edu
Graduate Coordinator
Chaz Nailor
Graduate admissions, progress, financial aid & scholarships, adds/drops, routine paperwork; graduate course descriptions, graduate program assessment support, assignments
Office: HRH 2.110A
Phone: (512) 471-5712
c.nailor@austin.utexas.edu
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Tim Ashlock
Undergraduate academic advisor for French, Italian, and German; Rome Summer Program and Lyon Summer Program study abroad support
Office: HRH 2.114C
Phone: (512) 475-6463
tashlock@mail.utexas.edu
Senior Administrative Associate
Victor Martinez
Course scheduling, CIS & finals coordination,travel, and vouchering
Office: HRH 2.114A
Phone: (512) 475-6468
Administrative Assistant
Susan Floyd
Reception and information, web, graphics, supplies, event coordination, course description data entry, textbook ordering coordination, TracDat entry, photocopies, additional travel and vouchering
Office: HRH 2.114A
Phone: (512) 471-5531
sfloyd@austin.utexas.edu
French and Italian Bibliographer
Merry Burlingham
Office: PCL 3.313
Phone: (512) 495-4329
merry@mail.utexas.edu
Faculty Information
1. Cash Advances
Cash advances are the exception for travel purposes. They are only used with departmental funds in the case of study abroad programs.
Full instructions on how to apply for a Cash Advance can be found here. Please review and provide required information along with the Department Travel Request Form.
The completion of all necessary steps as listed above are the responsibility of the applicant. The administrative office will assist with shepherding the requisite forms through the process.
2. College Research Fellowships
There are three categories of College Research Fellowships. Please note that all three categories are limited in number and awarded on a competitive basis. Additional information is provided in the memo distributed to department chairs to announce the beginning of the nomination period (usually in mid-October).
One of the considerations in awarding any College Research Fellowship is the benefit that will accrue to the university. Please remember that any recipient is expected to return to normal duties for at least the following academic year and if a recipient elects to leave the University without returning for an academic year is obligated to reimburse the University.
- The Research Fellowship award relieves faculty members of teaching their required organized classes for one long semester in order to devote their attention to a research project.
- The Special Service Fellowship award recognizes Assistant and Associate Professors who have demonstrated outstanding service at the departmental, college, or university level. Awards will be determined on a case-by-case basis and relieves faculty members of teaching their required organized classes for one long semester.
- The Supplemental Research Fellowship is awarded to supplement outside grants and fellowships whose award amounts are at least 25% of the faculty member’s nine-month academic rate. Awards will typically be up to 50% of the faculty member’s nine-month rate. All potential Supplemental Research Fellowships must be requested during the regular nomination period, even if an outside fellowship has not yet been awarded. The length of the award may vary to accommodate the requirements of the granting agency. Since these awards involve the faculty member requesting a leave or release from the instructional budget, please review the college's Faculty Leave information.
For more information on the college’s Grant Services, please visit Research & Grants. Please contact Lisa Vera (lisav@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions.
3. Faculty Leave
Policies
Please visit these websites to familiarize yourself with University policies on sick leave and sick leave reporting.
The university policy states: "A faculty member who must be absent from duty because of illness should notify his or her department chair/dean or cause him or her to be notified of this fact at the earliest practicable time." You may request a staff member convey this information to the chair or contact David directly. Staff will prepare the leave form from your reports for you to sign at the end of the month. Please read the policy statement as "absent from duty" has a broader meaning than missing classes or office hours. We will not prepare forms for faculty who have no reported sick leave.
Family Medical Leave
A detailed description of this valuable benefit can be found on the University's HR website. Staff will initiate the process by contacting HR when they are aware of faculty cases that might qualify for FML and HR will send the necessary information to the individual, however, it is the individual's responsibility to follow through with HR. You may also contact HR directly without staff participation. Instructions and forms are found at this URL. FML is governed by a complex set of rules, therefore HR contacts are your best resource. Again, whenever staff are aware of a possible need, we will inform HR so that their FML experts can contact you. Although we all hope that this is never needed, you might want to consider sharing this information with significant others who would be making medical decisions for you in emergency situations. Click here for additional information.
Sick Leave Balances
Click here and enter in your UTEID
If your years of teaching are wrong, then you will need to update on your UTDirect page.
The number of years of state service is based on your actual payroll documents. With a 100% appointment, faculty earn 9 months state credit for two long sessions (years of teaching will be more than years of service).
Leave of Absence
Please see the College of Liberal Arts Faculty Leave information.
4. Profile Page (Sandbox)
The faculty profile tabs — or “Sandbox” — allow faculty members to maintain their professional information in a single location; that information can then be displayed within any CoLA web sites with which the faculty member is affiliated. See the COLA Faculty Profile web page for information on maintaining your Sandbox page.
Change your CV as often as you like by simply uploading your Word or PDF document. Once you have uploaded your syllabi with the fields necessary for search functions to work, you should leave them in place – just keep adding each semester. If you have trouble, our Administrative Assistant can show you how to do this.
CVs
When you get logged in, from MyProfile select the Home tab. Just under the tabs you will see "curriculum vitae" with a "choose file" button next to it. This works the same way as adding email attachments or finding documents on your computer. Once you’ve found your CV document on your computer, and typed in whatever other info you want in the text boxes on the page, click on "update database."
Syllabi
When you get logged in, from MyProfile select the Syllabi tab and follow the instructions to upload – similar to uploading the CV. If you can’t easily find your syllabi on your computer, you can download them to your desktop from their temporary home on the department web.
5. Reimbursements
To apply for a pre-approved reimbursement of funds spent for departmental purposes (such as buying lunch for a visiting candidate, course-related expenses, etc.), a VP2 payment document must be processed. Itemized receipts showing proof of payment must be provided for reimbursements. Please bring your receipt/s to the French and Italian staff. Reimbursements will be processed promptly, and payment is usually received within two weeks. Please note:
If you can buy it (or something comparable to it) at Office Max or at Campus Computer, don't buy it with your own money or credit card and expect to be reimbursed- even if you are fortunate enough to have grant money, special allocations, award money, professorships, or chairs. For any such item, office staff will need to purchase it for you with a purchase order, UT credit card, through the UT-Office Max Portal (online catalog), or using interdepartmental transfer (IDT).
Do not buy gifts or flowers for reimbursement. Gifts can never be purchased using university funds.
6. Signature Course Proposals
Faculty members are invited to submit a proposal to teach a Signature Course to his or her college dean’s office through their online proposal system. Proposals will be forwarded to the School of Undergraduate Studies after your dean has given approval. Proposals should be submitted to your dean’s office by the end of the first week in October. For more information, see the UGS web page on Signature Courses.
7. Teaching Awards
The University of Texas at Austin and the College of Liberal Arts recognize excellence in teaching through a number of University-wide and College-wide awards.
A list of all teaching awards can be found here.
8. Travel
General Information
All travel plans must be pre-approved by the department chair. Travelers must complete the Departmental Travel Request Form and return it to the French and Italian staff as soon as possible and no later than two weeks before their scheduled departure date. For any travel on UT funds, faculty must complete the Departmental Travel Request.
For any travel during the final week of class in any semester, or during final week, special approval must be secured from Dean Richard Flores.
If you would like to direct bill your airfare to UT at the time of purchase, please let the French and Italian staff know. You will be provided with an RTA (Request for Travel Authorization) number and a Document ID, which you may then provide to a UT-authorized travel agent at the time of booking. A list of approved agents can be found here.
If you are receiving funds from any other departments, centers, or other sources, these must be listed on the Departmental Travel Request form so that any relevant account numbers and approvals can be secured.
Upon your return, you must provide itemized receipts for all allowable expenses to the French and Italian staff as soon as possible. Reimbursements must be processed within 60 days. Any questions about what is reimbursable should be directed to the French and Italian staff. Reimbursements will be processed promptly, and payment will usually be issued within two weeks.
Retroactive travel approval is done only at the discretion of the Dean, and may be refused.
Travel Grants
All travel plans must be pre-approved by the department chair. Travelers must complete the Departmental Travel Request form and return it to the French and Italian staff as soon as possible and no later than two weeks before their scheduled departure date. For any travel on UT funds, faculty must complete the Departmental Travel Request. (To properly view the travel request form, you will need Adobe Reader 10.1.3).
Chairs will be the final approvers for all faculty travel during the first/last week of classes and finals periods. Dean's Office approval is no longer required. The Dean's Office will continue to be the final approver for all chair/director travel during the first/last week of classes and finals periods.
If you would like to direct bill your airfare to UT at the time of purchase, please let the French and Italian staff know. You will be provided with an RTA (Request for Travel Authorization) number and a Document ID, which you then provide to a UT-authorized travel agent at the time of booking. A list of approved agents can be found here.
If you are receiving funds from any other departments, centers, or other sources, these must be listed on the Departmental Travel Request form so that any relevant account numbers and approvals can be secured.
Upon your return, you must provide itemized receipts for all allowable expenses to the French and Italian staff as soon as possible. Reimbursements must be processed within 60 days. Any questions about what is reimbursable should be directed to the French and Italian staff. Reimbursements will be processed promptly, and payment in most cases for UT employees will be issued within two weeks.
Retroactive travel approval is done only at the discretion of the Dean, and may be refused.
9. Updating Office Hours
Please make sure your contact details, and office hours are up to date each semester. Update this information online here.
10. Videoconferencing
Liberal Arts ITS can now provide interactive videoconferencing. Both point-to-point (for two parties at two different sites) and multipoint (for multiple parties at multiple sites) videoconferences are available. Departments, faculty, and staff can host or participate in videoconferences for distance education, meetings, presentations, lectures, research, or supplemental educational, informational or administrative programming.
For questions, contact Ian Campbell, 471-3542.
Classes & Students
1. Auditors
Auditors may be allowed to attend class at the instructor's discretion. Ask them to fill out the Class Auditor Permit Form, found on the Auditing Classes page on the Registrar's web site.
2. Conference Courses
Requests for undergraduate conference courses must be made by completing a form available from the Undergraduate Advisor (Tim Ashlock). Graduate conference course forms are available from the Graduate Coordinator (Chaz Nailor). The form must be signed and returned to the appropriate advisor by the instructor.
3. Course Instructor Surveys
See the main website for the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment.
Early in each semester, you will receive an email from office staff with URL for accessing the department's request system for your selection of Finals and CIS. To avoid having to gather information twice, the department elects to gather both Finals and CIS requests at one time.
4. Finals
For information on final exam policy, see the Registrar's website. Early in each semester, you will receive an email from office staff with URL for accessing the department's request system for your selection of Finals and CIS. To avoid having to gather information twice, the department elects to gather both Finals and CIS requests at one time.
5. Flag Courses
For instructions on adding a flag to a course, see the School of Undergraduate Studies Flag Information page.
6. Grades
Grade changes must be done by completion of the grade change form by the instructor. Grade changes must be done online. See COLA's wiki pages for information on the extension of incompletes and the university's One-Time Exception that allows for drops or withdrawals after the official deadline.
7. Student Travel - OGS Awards
Graduate students seeking OGS funding must first apply for an award with the graduate advisor. To do this, they should approach the Graduate Coordinator (Chaz Nailor) with their travel plans. The student must then apply for permission to travel following the guidelines for faculty listed above, and any funds applied for or awarded must be listed on the Departmental Travel Request form (also see above). Upon return, receipts to be paid from French and Italian funds must be presented to the French and Italian staff for reimbursement. Additional receipts to be paid from OGS funds must be submitted to OGS. Duplicate receipts will not be accepted, and it is the student's responsibility to ensure that duplicate applications for reimbursement of receipts does not occur. The student should keep clear records and make copies of all receipts for his or her own records, and he or she should be able to produce this documentation in the event of an audit of the application of these funds.
Return to top.Computers, Tech Support & Classroom Help
1. Classroom Console Assistance
For problems with classroom consoles (including the 4th floor lab), please contact the Console Help Desk at 471-9666, or use the online problem report form.
All university faculty and staff (including TAs and AIs) may check out the console keys for classrooms managed by the College of Liberal Arts support group.
This key will work for all the classrooms supported by the LAITS classroom support group. If your classroom is not on this list, you can find the appropriate classroom contact by searching the university-wide technology classroom database.
Please visit the front desk in MEZ 2.302 between 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday to check out a key. It should only take a few minutes to have a key issued to you.
You may keep the key as long as needed as a member of the UT community (i.e. an active student or staff member). If you no longer plan on using the key, please return it to MEZ 2.302.
2. EID Help
To reset your password, use the online Find/Reset My Password self-service tool. The tool provides several options for resetting your password, including:
Password reset e-mail. If the e-mail address that is on record with your UT EID is valid and active (for example, you can log in and check your e-mail at that address), you can send yourself a password reset e-mail to reset your UT EID password.
Password reset questions. If you have chosen password reset questions (formerly called "security questions"), you can answer these questions correctly to access your UT EID.
See UT EID Help and UT EID Help: Resetting Your Password for additional information.
3. ITS Help
Note: When you contact ITS, please provide your name, phone number, email, and the UT tag number of the computer or printer in concern.
Contact:
For all problems with UT-owned computers, please contact the College of Liberal Arts ITS Help Desk: 471-5000 or help@la.utexas.edu.
See the ITS website for UT wide ITS contacts and more information.
Walk-up assistance is available in the following locations:
Mezes Hall (MEZ), room 2.302
Mezes Hall (MEZ), room 4.106
Parlin Hall (PAR), room 125
Bernard & Audre Rapoport Building (BRB), room 4.130
Services:
In addition to providing computer support, Liberal Arts ITS can connect you with specialists who can help you with a range of technologies, including:
- Web Design and Development (including database design and content management)
- Liberal Arts Departmental Web Site System
- Audio and Video projects (including studio recording)
- Classroom Teaching Technologies
- Scanning and Digitizing (images, slides, tapes, and transparencies)
- Server and Networking Support
Spam Help:
The university has a complex system to defend against spam and phishing attacks. However, occasionally unwanted e-mails do get through. If you are the victim of a spam or phishing attack, ITS recommends reporting the attack using one of the following options:
- If you believe that your personal safety is threatened, call the UT Police at 471-4441.
- If you can identify the sender’s Internet Service Provider (ISP), report violations to the ISP. Be sure to include complete headers of the message in question.
- If the message violates the university’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), contact the Information Security Office (ISO). Be sure to include complete headers of the message in question.
- If you need assistance with this process, you can contact the ITS Help Desk.
- Managing Unwanted E-mail – What we do to prevent spam, what you can do to protect yourself, and best practices.
- Don’t Get Hooked – Protect yourself against phishing scams.
- Reporting a Violation of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
4. Keys
Keys are distributed only by Lock and Key Services, located in SER 101. They are open Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 4:00pm. Picture ID is required. If you are new to the department or have lost your keys, please see French and Italian staff for a Key Request, which the requester then takes to Lock and Key Services for key assignment.
Turn key clockwise to lock, counterclockwise to open.
Important Security Information:
When enteing or exiting the building on evenings or weekends after/when the doors are locked, you will need to lock the external doors with your key. If you are a late or weekend worker, please double check that the door is locked behind you when you leave. If you notice anything missing or disturbed in your office or in a classroom, please contact UT police immediately.
For information about access to the lab (HRH 4.102B), please see the Administrative Assistant (Kim Barnett, Susan Floyd).
5. Media Support
COLA supports the following buildings (471-9666):
ART, BEL, BEN, BUR, CAL, FAC, GAR, GRG, HMA, JES, MEZ, NOA, PAR, RAS, SAC,WAG, WCH
For a list of media support contacts in other buildings, see the Registrar's Room Scheduling website.
6. Phone Support
ITS provides various types of telephone lines, and desksets, to colleges and departments across campus. To request service for your office phone, see the Telephone / Data Circuit Trouble Report web site. For common questions and issues, see the answers on their Help page.
7. Reporting Building Issues
Zone 4 Maintenance 2-3980
Contact for heating, cooling, broken lights, broken doors, etc.
Note: To request maintenance attention to a thermostat/temperature control, please call the zone contacts below or, where possible, use the online Work Order Request and Query System (WORQS).
Contact: Stacy Frost
Supervisor: Oscar Gonzalez
Phone: 232-3980
Custodial 1-5072
Contact for locks and messes.
To report these and other issues (such as grounded bats) online, go to the Work Order Request and Query System (WORQS) and choose "New Work Request".
8. Student Computers
Student computers provided in the graduate student/TA/AI offices are similar to the computers in the lab. Students should be aware that a daily memory sweep of these machines is performed by Liberal Arts ITS. Therefore, it is imperative that no important information be stored on these computers. For course-related, research, and personal information, be sure to save to a remote location (email, detachable zip drive, memory stick, etc.). Never leave anything stored on these computers that you want to retrieve later.
