Letter from the Editor, Summer 2003

by Kristie Dunne

The smell of barbecues and laughter of picnics are in the air! It is summer now and we have a sizzling, hot off-the-press issue of Directions for you to enjoy. See how space is the most constraining factor in expanding the U.W. in “Debt Authority.” We learn what cost sharing is and why it is so important to Grant & Contract Accounting in “Cost Sharing Team.” Student Fiscal Services have been working hard to improve their services and you will see how their efforts are paying off in “Spring Survey of Customers.”

When reading “Becoming Knowledge-driven in Financial Management” we see how the web is changing the work we do. Our sensitivity to diversity is growing and we are formalizing our responses in “Mentoring Program Workshop.” Be sure to have a chuckle with R.Q. Teasdale in “Have a Quality Summer.”

Recognition is alive and well in Financial Management! “Kudos” gives us insight into great things people are saying about our co-workers and the “RQT Roundup” rounds this out by telling us what formal awards have been received. Learn what the leader of the “RQT Survey Team” has to say about how we feel about recognition and find that we have a new recognition team to promote recognition here in “As the RQT Turns.” Finally, be sure to check out our newest feature “Financial Management 101.” This quarter, we focus on Payables Administration.

Have a great summer from all of us at New Directions.

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