The University of Portland community lost one of its most treasured colleagues, Rowena Bramlette, former associate vice president for budgeting and a member of the UP class of 1988, the night of January 23, after an extended battle with cancer.
A service will be held for Rowena on Saturday, February 1, at 10 a.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. A reception will follow in the Pilot House.
In keeping with Rowena’s wishes, feel free to wear bright colors reflective of her smile.
According to a campus-wide message from University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., “Rowena was a person of extraordinary warmth, kindness, and generosity of spirit. In the course of her work in our Budget Office, she had the opportunity to interact with every division and department across campus. She was a dear colleague and friend to so many at UP, and she will be deeply missed.” Rowena retired on March 1, 2019.
Please remember Rowena and her husband, Rod, and her family in your prayers.
The payroll office is in the process of producing W-2 forms, to ensure accuracy employees are encouraged to carefully review their personal information, such as legal name, W-2 mailing address, and social security number.
The controller’s office wants to remind faculty and staff that may be traveling and not on campus the first week in January, that they still need to do PCard reconciliations of December charges before Thursday, January 7, 2020. Wherever you are, the first week in January you can log onto the Wells Fargo website and hit the Statement Reviewed button. This will ensure that you are following your agreement with the University to reconcile your cards. If you have any questions please call or e-mail Theresa Knott in the controller’s office at x8712 or 
Christmas break is around the corner and to ensure the correct payment of employee wages, we ask that you report your timecards correctly and submit them on time. Please follow the holiday policy found under “Payroll Guidance for Non-Exempt Employees on Holidays and Shutdown Days” at 
The University’s fiscal year ends on Thursday, June 30, and there are some important dates and reminders to note:
To facilitate easier transaction coding and to improve financial controls, the controller’s office has asked Barnes & Noble to discontinue having open departmental accounts at the University bookstore, according to 
Please join the Office of Financial Affairs as we say goodbye to Rowena Bramlette, assistant vice president for budgeting.
Given the possibility of an inclement weather-related campus shutdown this week, Eric Barger from the Office of the Controller would like to remind University employees of the payroll policy that applies to such days. Hourly employees must record holiday time for any closure days for which they are usually scheduled and record regular time for time during which they work. When the two overlap, you are paid for both the holiday and the time worked – effectively double-time. Note that if you pick up an extra shift and work on a holiday or shutdown day for which you not regularly scheduled, you should record both regular and holiday (you’ve been added to the schedule that day, so it becomes a “scheduled shift”). The details are below. Another way to think about this is that the “shutdown” days are now treated just the same as holidays have been treated all along. We will no longer use the “floating holiday bank” system for shutdown days.