This is an incredibly busy time of year for the Russell Labs hub staff, with many deadlines, action items, and reporting requirements surrounding the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
On top of this, many staff have scheduled vacation and personal leave time, so responses to questions and requests may be delayed.
Thank you in advance for your mindfulness!
Help Us Help You – Summer Communication Tips
Hub Staff Schedules
- General info – check this page for current staff schedules and contact information.
- Specific availability – check Microsoft Outlook calendars. (Instructions)
- Upcoming “Out of Office” dates – check Hub staff email signature lines. (See signature example below.)
Contacting Staff by Email
- Auto-reply messages – will be enabled by Hub staff if they are out of the office/offline for ½ day or more.
- If the person you want to reach is out, decide if your request can wait before you email multiple staff. Duplicate requests cause confusion and can delay a response.
- High priority flags – mark emails with High Importance to help Hub Staff flag and prioritize important requests.
- Please use discretion with this.
- Please include the reason the request is urgent.
- Alternative – call during staff office hours.
Signature Example
Alyson Amenda
Department Administrator
Russell Labs Administrative Service Center
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
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284D Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-5521
Website: https://hub.russell.wisc.edu/
Upcoming Out of Office Dates:
Thurs-Fri, June 16-17