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DINING HALL

The University’s new Dining Hall, dedicated on Sept. 10, offers several new meal plan options including ones geared especially for faculty and staff members.

Open seven days a week with seating for more than 400 diners and all-you-care-to-eat fare, the Dining Hall allows patrons to fully experience their meal selection with all five senses. Weekly events, programs and thematic meals add to the festive atmosphere.

The Dining Hall servery is divided into seven different sections. “Tera Vé” features vegetarian and vegan options, “The Kitchen” offers home-style fare and grilled-to-order items, “Fresh Market” overflows with salad and soup bars and “Trattoria” showcases a selection of real brick-oven pizzas, along with pasta and other hot delights. Freshly baked breads and desserts are served in “The Bakery,” while in “My Pantry,” diners can make their own waffles or choose made-to-order omelets. Finally, “Tortilla Station” dishes out traditional Tex-Mex fare. There are also soft-serve ice cream and yogurt station options.

A separate room in the Dining Hall provides a semi-private dining area for faculty and staff, including invited guests and students. The dining room doubles as a lovely new event space, equipped with a sliding room divider that allows faculty and staff dining throughout the day as well as event and meeting space. Full use of the room (both sections combined), which accommodates 140 seated or 240 standing, is available for events after 5 p.m..

Small groups can use the Dining Hall meeting room that seats 15. Students and student groups have first reservation priority of the small-group meeting room.

For more information, visit UT Dallas Dining Services at utdallas.edu/dining, or call 972-883-2269.

Faculty and Staff Meal Plans

Dining Dollar Plans for faculty and staff operate like a debit account with a declining balance and can be used in the Dining Hall, the Comet Café, The PUB or Coffee Corner. Dining Dollars balances roll over from the fall semester through the summer terms, but not from one academic year to another.

As a special limited promotion for the 2009-2010 academic year, bonus Dining Dollars are offered with each new sign-up. The Dining Dollar plans are:

The Cosmic Comet: $50 Dining Dollars + an extra $5
The Green: $100 Dining Dollars + an extra $15
The Orange: $200 Dining Dollars + an extra $40
The Meteor: $400 Dining Dollars + an extra $80

Faculty and staff meal plans, available for purchase from the Dining Services website, currently require payment in full at time of purchase. Payroll deduction options for meal plan purchases are being investigated.

 

FY 2010 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

Listed below is the approved holiday schedule for Fiscal Year 2010. For more information about holidays, email benefits@utdallas.edu.

 

911 CALL PROCESS

When a 911 call is made from a cell phone, pay phone or desk phone on campus, the call goes directly to the City of Richardson Police Department. Richardson Police dispatch answers the 911 call and determines the nature of the emergency. If the emergency requires EMS (ambulance) or fire responders, Richardson gathers the necessary information and dispatches the appropriate units to campus. They will forward the call to UT Dallas dispatch center. Richardson will advise the campus dispatcher of the location, nature of the 911 call and what units are responders. At that point, UT Dallas dispatch gathers information for campus response.

If the 911 call is not a true emergency, such as an individual needing assistance starting a vehicle or reporting lost or stolen property, Richardson dispatch forwards the call directly to the campus dispatch for handling. For a non-emergency request, please contact the UT Dallas Police at extension 2331.

 

FIRST CLASS COMPLETES PILOT CUSTOMER SERVICE CERTIFICATION TRAINING

In July the first class completed Customer Service Certification training. This class served as a pilot group to provide feedback to the trainers so that a finalized training program will be ready for this fall. The certification training was developed from the recommendations of the 30-member, campus-wide Customer Service Committee. Look for information from Human Resources Management on the training schedule.

 

CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP WELCOMES STUDENTS TO CAMPUS

As students hustled to find their way to classes around the campus construction during the first days of the fall 2009 semester, UT Dallas staff welcomed the students to campus. From tables strategically located around campus, staff provided maps, cold water and assistance in locating buildings. Several staff members walked around campus with maps, directing students to classrooms and responding to other questions.

 

NEW STUDENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM LIVE FOR FALL SEMESTER

The Student Financials module of PeopleSoft went live on July 9. In preparation, training sessions were conducted this summer. Additional training sessions will be offered on a monthly basis for new employees. The implementation of PeopleSoft Student Financials provides improved reporting for the University and for account reconcilers. This system eliminates the BR (Billing and Receivables) Accounting Feed in summary form for tuition, fees and scholarships. Account managers and reconcilers can see actual descriptions of the revenue or expenses posted to their account from the student system. The campus user will see many more improvements PeopleSoft provides as they work with the new system.