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Staci Bates

Financial Assistant

Personnel/payroll and purchasing (equipment, furniture, business card orders, etc.); prepares personnel actions for RAs, PGRs, and student titles; one of three Department Benefits Assistants (DBA; Catalina Preciado and Accounting/Personnel Assistant); liaison to Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) for visas for courtesy appointments, visiting researchers, and other academic titles; administrative support in the areas of general accounting, contracts/grants, back up for travel vouchers and check requests/advances. Campus rental car reservations for faculty. Faculty recruitment reimbursements.

Phone: (530) 754-5830
Office: 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: bates@cs.ucdavis.edu

Lisa Blackford

Administrative Assistant/Web & Publications Coordinator

Assistant to the Department Chair and MSO; academic personnel coordinator (appointments, merits/promotions, sabbatical/leave administration), faculty and lecturer recruitments, department website design, development and editing, print publications design/coordinator. Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP), and alumni relations.

Phone: (530) 752-7223
Office: 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: blackford@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Melinda Curry

Reception and Instructional Support

Reception; undergraduate and graduate instructional support (copying, course evaluations, instructional announcements, room changes, etc.); textbook orders; purchases office supplies for research and instructional labs, faculty, and staff; logs technical reports; maintains copier, fax, and printers; assists with conferences and workshops as needed. Coordinates conference room reservations.

Phone: (530) 752-7004
Office : 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: curry@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Meshell Hays

Department Manager (Management Services Officer)

In consultation with Department Chair, manages the department's administrative, business, human resources, and fiscal activities, including budget control, resource planning, oversight of instructional and research programs, and organizational/operational improvements.

Phone: (530) 752-7005
Office: 2063B Kemper Hall
E-mail: hays@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Catalina Preciado

Business Manager

Manages day-to-day financial and business operations of the Department; serves as back-up to the MSO; primary resource for contracts and grants, benefits administration, and gift processing; oversees payroll, purchasing accounts payable, travel, and faculty summer salary compensation; processes personnel actions for faculty and staff. Coordinates and administers the department's research grant/contract activities; advises faculty and researchers on processes for business contracts, consulting agreements, matching fund programs, and corporate and/or private gifts and donations.

Phone: (530) 752-0415
Office: 2063C Kemper Hall
E-mail: preciado@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Donna Jean Rains

Financial Assistant

Personnel/payroll and purchasing (equipment, furniture, business card orders, etc.); prepares personnel actions for RAs, PGRs, and student titles; one of three Department Benefits Assistants (DBA; Catalina Preciado and Accounting/Personnel Assistant); liaison to Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) for visas for courtesy appointments, visiting researchers, and other academic titles; administrative support in the areas of general accounting, contracts/grants, back up for travel vouchers and check requests/advances. Campus rental car reservations for faculty. Faculty recruitment reimbursements.

Phone: (530) 752-1036
Office: 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: rains@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Jessica Stoller, Graduate Program Coordinator

Graduate Group in Computer Science (GGCS) Coordinator and Adviser

Administers Graduate Group in Computer Science and serves as adviser to BS/MS, MS, and PhD graduate students; resource for questions on program requirements, fellowship/scholarship programs, and other funding opportunities; administration of funding in support of new and continuing students; graduate program recruitment and retention; admissions; TA and Reader support; TA training and development; assists with program development, outreach, working professionals program, and program reviews; also serves as part-time adviser for CS and CSE undergraduate majors. Represents department at outreach and recruitment functions.

Phone: (530) 752-7224
Office: 2063D Kemper Hall
E-mail: stoller@cs.ucdavis.edu
For Graduate Information contact: gradinfo@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Crystal Rivas

Fiinancial Assisant

Personnel/payroll and purchasing (equipment, furniture, business card orders, etc.); prepares personnel actions for RAs, PGRs, and student titles; Teaching Assistants, Readers, and Associate-In Instructors; one of three Department Benefits Assistants (DBA; Catalina Preciado and Staci Bates); liaison to Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) for visas for courtesy appointments, visiting researchers, and other academic titles; administrative support in the areas of general accounting, contracts/grants, back up for travel vouchers and check requests/advances. Campus rental car reservations for faculty. Faculty recruitment reimbursements; faculty relocation coordinator/reimbursements. Tracks department equipment and maintains inventory database.

Phone: (530) 752-1974
Office: 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: rivas@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Maria Thomsen

Undergraduate and Graduate Program Support

Assist Josie Valdez with Undergraduate Program support. Assist Jessica Stoller with Graduate Program Support. Back-up to Melinda Curry in handling general reception, issuing PTAs, and instructional support. Serves as the Department Telephone rep.

Phone: (530) 752-4439
Office: 2063 Kemper Hall
E-mail: thomsen@cs.ucdavis.edu

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Josie Valdez

Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Adviser

Undergraduate adviser for students in the two undergraduate majors administered by the Department: Computer Science (CS) in the College of Letters and Science and Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) in the College of Engineering; prepares class schedules and course approval forms; coordinates student petitions and exception requests; coordinates quarterly course prerequisite screening for enrolled and waitlisted students, as well as coordination of PTAs (Permission-to-Add numbers); assists with the development and implementation of outreach, recruitment, admissions, and retention efforts for undergraduate students. For the CSE major, coordinator for ongoing review and evaluation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [ABET] and Computing Sciences Accreditation Commission [CSAC]. Represents department at outreach and recruitment functions that include, among others, Preview Day, High School Scholars Day, Campus Open House Week, Picnic Day, annual student orientations, and parent/student visitations, and advisor meetings.

Phone: (530) 752-7036
Office : 2063E Kemper Hall
E-mail address: valdez@cs.ucdavis.edu

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