Meet our Staff
Patty Bernales, Director, Administrative Services
Office: 2112C Art-Sociology Building
Email:
pbernales@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.4840
Patty
directs the administrative and financial activities
for the department. She oversees the department’s
research and development activities, audits and prepares
reports as necessary. She oversees reviews, and/or
prepares the department budget, allocates resources,
and implements commitments made by the department to
students, faculty members, and to other departments
or colleges. She assists the chairman and associate
chairman in facilities, space and budget planning.
She assists faculty and students in proposal preparation.
She directly oversees the business office operations.
General questions regarding payroll, fringe benefits,
tuition remission may be directed to her.
Nicole
DeLoatch, Undergraduate Advisor
Office: 2112C Art-Sociology Building
Email:
ndeloatch@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6389
In
addition to providing academic advising for Sociology
undergraduate majors, Nicole maintains undergraduate
records (graduation clearances, degree audits); supervises
and trains undergraduate student workers; oversees makeup
exam administration; and serves as the departmental
liaison with the Career Center. During the spring
semester, Nicole also teaches a one credit course on
making the transition from being an undergraduate to
the job market.
Mini
Rajan, Coordinator for Business Services
Office: 2112D Art-Sociology Building
(8:00am-12:00pm
& 1:00-4:30pm)
Email:
mrajan@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6364
Mini
assists Patty Bernales on issues regarding payroll,
procurement, benefits, tuition remission, travel, and
UM Foundation. She coordinates procurement using
UM facilities, i.e., Work Control, OIT, Dining Services,
Copier Services and Parking, handles telephone problems
and new phone requests. Mini is the first point of contact
for business related matters like payroll, tuition remission,
student office worker schedules and job assignments.
She works
with Gerry in identifying the supply needs of the department
from pencils to computers. Mini works with Silviu in
maintenance of Xerox machine.
Silviu
Romaniuc, Graduate Assistant/IT Coordinator Assistant
Office: 2112 Art-Sociology Building
(8:00am-12:45pm
& 1:45-3:00pm)
Email: sromaniuc@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6393
Silviu
does word processing for faculty and assists Mini on
Xerox account setup and maintenance problems. He
oversees the copying of instructional material,
distributes payroll checks, and is also the main person
for mail distribution with the assistance of student
office workers. Silviu assists Gerry with checking out computer/video
equipment and keys (sub-masters) and assists Gerry with
computer moves and new installations. He is available,
when time permits, to assist department members with
computer problems and questions. Along with Sangeeta
Parashar (sparashar@socy.umd.edu), Silviu’s most
recent assignment is maintenance and redesigning of
the Sociology Dept. Website.
Checks:
You must inform Silviu in writing or email if
your checks will be picked up by another person on your
behalf (if someone else is going to pick up your check
then they must have a written authorization).
You must also let Silviu know if your check is to be
mailed. If paychecks are not picked up they are
mailed out the following Monday afternoon, please make
sure your check address is correct.
Exam
copying
– Exams do not go in the main Xerox request box.
Please hand them directly to Silviu. Emailing
exams is preferred. Silviu will confirm copying
exams.
Katrina
Knudsen,
Graduate Coordinator
Office: 2103
Art-Sociology Building
Email:
Gradsoc@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6390
Katrina Knudsen
handles
all graduate student affairs. In addition to maintaining
graduate student files, she provides electronic stamps
for registration; processes all graduate forms; manages
Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications; maintains
copies of Specialty Area reading lists and specialty
exams; administers Specialty Exams each Fall and Spring;
coordinates the graduate admission process each Fall
and Spring; and distributes copies of the ASA Employment Bulletin
to all students who request them. If you have
a question related to any aspect of the graduate program,
please see Katrina or Dr.
Joan Kahn, Director of Graduate Studies first.
Geraldine D. Todd, IT Coordinator
Office: 2112 Art-Sociology
Building
(7:30am-12:30pm)
Email: gerry@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6392
Gerry
is the person to see for office keys and Novell network/email
accounts. You should report computer equipment
problems and needs to her, but please be specific about
complaints and problems. She maintains the computer
lab in the department and provides service to solve
complaints regarding computer and printing problems.
She oversees computer set up, inventory data base and
discarding old computer equipment and other surplus
items. Gerry provides recommendations to Joe Lengermann
and Patty Bernales as to the status of computers that
need to be replaced. She helps Joe Lengermann
in proposal preparation for technology funding.
Gerry and Silviu configure the computers that we purchase.
She is our direct link to the Office of Academic Computer
Services (OACS) which oversees our network.
Gerry also takes care of faculty relocation, room assignments
and moves. She issues office keys and request
card reader access to several offices that use that
system. She and Silviu maintain and schedule the
use of the media equipment and carts for departmental
use.
Wanda Towles, Administrative Assistant to Chair,
Lecture Hall Manager, Notary Public
Office: 2112 Art-Sociology
Building
(10:00am-12:00pm &
12:45pm-4:30pm)
Email: wtowles@socy.umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6394
Wanda
handles scheduling '08 appointments for the chair, correspondence
and faculty department files, faculty promotion and
tenure packages, faculty searches, faculty personnel
records, faculty time sheets and department mailboxes,
orders all textbooks and desk copies for classes.
Book
orders – Notify Wanda in writing/email regarding
books you need. The information required is the (class
number and sections, book title, the publisher, the
ISBN Number). At the same time please indicate
if you require desk copies and if so, how many.
Orders are placed online with the University Book Store
(located in the Stamp Union) and by fax to the Book
Exchange located on Route 1 in College Park.
Department
Calendar – Wanda prepares the Sociology Department
Calendar for the website – please email her all
of the information for any seminars, meetings, etc.,
that you would like to have published on the website
– if you send her this information at least a
week prior to the event we will be sure to have it added.
Wearing
the hat of Lecture Hall Manager for this building,
she also schedules the three high tech lecture halls.
If you are teaching or serving as a TA or RA it is necessary
to have your campus I.D. card information input into
the computer system. Please send Wanda an
email with your classroom information and:
1. The course
2. The classroom assigned
3. The number off of the front of your University
I.D. card
Wanda
will then process the information with the campus police
who now do building security and they will make sure
your I.D. card can be swiped at the card key locks in
the lecture halls. Wanda also maintains master
keys for these halls if you need to sign out for one,
these keys must be returned at the end of your class.
As
Notary Public, she is available to provide that
service for you free of charge (there will be a $2 per
signature charge for those outside of the department).
Please remember that a Notary can only notarize documents
for the person who is in front of her with photo identification
–do not sign a document ahead of time.
Wanda
publishes the Department of Sociology Directory
each fall and keeps the database for all address changes;
please notify her if you change your address, phone
number, or name during the year. Please be sure to
leave us a forwarding address when you leave the university.
Student Office Workers
We employ undergrad students part time in the
Main Sociology Office to assist the day to day function
of the office; they are assigned to the main office
and the Undergrad office accordingly. Should faculty
wish to use their services for major projects, please
request through Wanda and she will assign a student
to the project. You may not ask students to run
personal errands, or errands that would involve leaving
the campus or operating heavy machinery.
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