Finance, Operations and Administration (FOA) at UC Davis oversees teams who work to make the university better every day, by delivering thoughtful, innovative and responsible stewardship of university resources.
UC Davis is down to its last $6 in pennies. Reflecting on this small operational change points to how quickly some of our daily habits have evolved — and how some things quietly disappear before we notice.
FOA employees shared how they use AI tools for routine work, including Zoom AI Companion, Copilot for Outlook, ChatGPT and NotebookLM, during this second installment of the FOA Efficiency Series.
Contracts and Grants Accounting launched a new Research Administrator Orientation session to strengthen communication, improve support and help departmental research administrators navigate post-award processes more effectively.
STAR Award nominations are open through June 30 — and updates to the nomination process are making it easier than ever for FOA employees to be recognized for work that goes above and beyond their routine duties. Find out more about the behind-the-scenes improvements that make use of DocuSign and Smartsheet to save time and hassle.
FOA's "Year of Re-Form" took steps to simplify more than 30 administrative forms, to reduce employee time spent on complicated, policy-driven requirements -- such as requesting a carve out from UC's Covered Services policies. Staff members from Supply Chain Management and Admin IT worked together to streamline processes with DocuSign and other online services.
