BPAC Business Center

Dodie Eveleth

Business Manager
BPAC Business Center
433 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-5312
develeth2@unl.edu

• Provides overall guidance to BPAC staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration
• Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting.
• Liaison to CAS Dean’s Office, Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office, Office of Research & Economic Development, Business & Finance Shared Services, and all other UNL functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.

Carly Buser

Administrative Tech
BPAC Business Center
402K Manter Hall,  68588-0118
(402) 472-6676
carly.buser@unl.edu

• Serves as assistant to the Director of the School of Biological Sciences.
• Responsible for daily operations and administrative details in the Director’s office.
• Maintains social media presence for the department.
• Building Maintenance Reporter (BMR) for Manter Hall.
  BPACBMR@unl.edu

Kelcey Gabriel

Administrative Tech
BPAC Business Center
208 Jorgensen Hall,  68588-0299
(402) 472-9220
kgabriel@unl.edu

• Serves as assistant to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
• Responsible for daily operations and administrative details in the Chair's office.
• Maintains social media presence for the department.
• Building Maintenance Reporter (BMR) for Jorgensen Hall.
  BPACBMR@unl.edu

Emma Dolenshek

Administrative Tech
BPAC Business Center
551 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-3634
emma.dolenshek@unl.edu

• Serves as assistant to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Department of Chemistry.
• Responsible for daily operations and administrative details in the Chair's office.
• Building Maintenance Reporter (BMR) for Hamilton Hall.
  BPACBMR@unl.edu

Lynn Denison

Staff Secretary
BPAC Business Center
E249 Beadle,  68588-0666
(402) 472-2810
ldenison@unl.edu

• Serves as assistant to the School of Biological Sciences located in Beadle.
• Responsible for daily operations and administrative details in the School of Biological Sciences office at Beadle.

Shelley Howe

BPAC Business Center
208 Jorgensen Hall, 68588-0299
(402) 472-9662
showe4@unl.edu

• Serves as assistant to the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
• Responsible for daily operations and administrative details for the Jorgensen front office.

Joel Stranberg

Office Associate - Graduates
BPAC Business Center
402J Manter Hall,  68588-0118
(402) 472-2729
jstranberg2@unl.edu

• Serves as graduate office associate for the School of Biological Sciences.
• Responsible for daily graduate operations and administrative details.
• Assists with graduate recruiting.

Alexis Thomas

Office Associate - Undergraduates
BPAC Business Center
402N Manter Hall,  68588-0118
(402) 472-7665
athomas33@unl.edu

• Serves as undergraduate office associate for the School of Biological Sciences.
• Responsible for daily undergraduate operations and administrative details.
• Assists with undergraduate recruiting.

Rezarta Selmani

Recruiting and Communications Coordinator
BPAC Business Center
552 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-4453
rselmani@unl.edu

• Serves as the Recruiting and Communications Coordinator for the Department of Chemistry.
• Responsible for daily graduate operations and administrative details.
• Assist with graduate recruiting.

Quinn Smith

Temp O/S
BPAC Business Center
552 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-2977 
quinn.smith@unl.edu

• Serves as graduate office assistant for the Department of Chemistry.
• Responsible for daily graduate operations and administrative details.
• Assists with graduate recruiting.
• Maintains social media presence for the department.

Linda Trouba

Finance/Grant Specialist - Lead
BPAC Business Center
432 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-8406
linda.trouba@unl.edu

• Responsible for providing finance support in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines.
• Executes and reviews routine and complex finance transactions.
• Works closely with employees within the departments served, as well as functional office staff.
• Reconcile and monitor state/revolving cost center/cost objects.
• Annual review and submission of service center rates.
• Process deposits.
• SAP Index reports.

Jenny Zhang

Finance/Grant Specialist - Lead
BPAC Business Center
208D Jorgensen Hall,  68588-0299
(402) 472-6072 
xuan.zhang@unl.edu

• Responsible for providing grant support in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines.
• Executes and reviews routine and complex post-award grant transactions.
• Works closely with employees within the departments served, as well as functional office staff.
• Reconcile and monitor grant cost center/cost objects.
• Process deposits.
• SAP Index reports.

Terry Haverkost

Grant Specialist - Lead
BPAC Business Center
508 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-2620
thaverkost2@unl.edu

• Pre-Award grant development including proposal budget and justifications, NUGrant assistance, grant portal upload and completion.
• Processes and provides guidance for troubleshooting for routine and non-routine requests for prior approval to spend on awarded grants, including obtaining verification of funding availability and departmental approvals.
• Assists Primary Investigators in facilitating award transfers.
• Verifies grant payroll reports.
• Facilitates new grant kick off meetings.
• SAP Index reports.

Patrick Paulsen

Finance/Grant Coordinator
BPAC Business Center
208.2 Jorgensen Hall,  68588-0299
(402) 472-8316
ppaulsen7@unl.edu

• Monitoring grant awards and contracts (Post-Award).
• Grant account reconciliation.
• Develop grant reports for faculty and staff.

Sarah Fredregill

Finance Coordinator
BPAC Business Center
427 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-3368
sfredregill2@unl.edu

• Reconcile and monitor state/revolving costcenter/costobjects.
• Process internal billing transactions (IC/IBTs), JE's.
• Assist with travel arrangements, CONCUR financial reviewer and approver.
• Provides support to departments for all foundation accounts from reconciling, budgeting, transfers, etc.

Megan Hamsa

Finance Associate
BPAC Business Center
403 Manter Hall, 68588-0304
(402) 472-9938
mhamsa2@unl.edu

• Provides support to departments for all eShop processes.
• Processes invoices, deposits, purchase orders and requisitions, electronic ordering, internal billing transactions (IBTs), and warrant requests.

Rene Barfoot

Administrative Tech.
BPAC Business Center
403 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-2685
rbarfoot@unl.edu

• Provides all facets of purchasing support via eShop or Pcard.
• Processes invoices, purchase orders and requisitions, electronic ordering.

Sarah Woodman

Human Resources Specialist - Lead
BPAC Business Center
437 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-3523
sarah.woodman@unl.edu

• Oversees human resources related workflow for the business center.
• Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
• Coordinates searches for open faculty and staff positions.
• Oversees HR issues related to faculty, staff and students: PAFS; Offer letters; HR Monitoring Reports; On/Off Boarding; etc.

Jennifer Light

HR Coordinator
BPAC Business Center
208A Jorgensen Hall,  68588-0299
(402) 472-9222
jlight3@unl.edu

• Provides services for hiring: staff, faculty and students.
• Manages HR issues related to faculty, staff and students: PAFS; Offer letters; HR Monitoring Reports; On/Off Boarding; etc.
• Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll.
• Provides services in creating job descriptions and requisitions through PeopleAdmin.
• Assists with visa residency applications.
• UCARE Hires.

Deanna Larson

HR Coordinator
BPAC Business Center
437 Hamilton Hall,  68588-0304
(402) 472-4162
dlarson2@unl.edu

• Provides services for hiring: staff, faculty and students.
• Manages HR issues related to faculty, staff and students: PAFS; Offer letters; HR Monitoring Reports; On/Off Boarding; etc.
• Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll.
• Provides services in creating job descriptions and requisitions through PeopleAdmin.
• Assists with visa residency applications.
• UCARE Hires.