120a Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Hall
1880 N 42nd Street
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68583-0905

Heartland Business Center Group
Operations Manager:
Sheryl May
Email: smay7@unl.edu

Business Manager: Carrie Duffy
Phone: 402-472-3025
Email: cduffy2@unl.edu

Regular Office Hours: Monday though Friday – 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

General Information

The mission of the AVE Business Center is to provide efficient, thorough, and easily-accessible service in budgeting, accounting, purchasing, human resources, and grant management for our customers — the faculty, staff, and students —in the units we serve.

As part of IANR Heartland Business Center Group, the AVE Business Center is dedicated to serving the business administrative needs of the Animal Science Department, the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine, the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center, and the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center. By combining business functions from individual units into a central office, staff members are able to specialize in specific areas, which allow them to develop a high level of expertise. This is essential to meet the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of modern academic business administration. Additionally, the Business Center has adopted many of the electronic tools of the virtual office to assure easy access by customers, regardless of where they are located.

AVE Personnel:

Sheryl May

Heartland Business Center Group, Senior Business Operations Manager, 472-6855, 151 VBS-Annex, EC 0905, smay7@unl.edu.

  • Cross Functional Manager that ensures organizational- effectiveness and consistency by providing strategic & operations leadership and management for Heartland Business Center Group and the Director of BC Operations, IANR F & P
  • Provides overall guidance to Heartland Business Center Group leaders and staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration. Heartland Business Center Group consists of the AVE Business Center, Beadle Business Center, NIC Business Center, and the NRBC.
  • Serves as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC offices, CAS Dean’s office, VC for Research, the VC for Academic Affairs, and all other UNL functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.
Sheryl May

Carrie Duffy

Business Manager, 402-472-3025, C203f ANSC, EC 0908 and VBS 120a, EC 0905, cduffy2@unl.edu.

  • Provides overall guidance to Business Center staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants & contract administration.
  • Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration.
  • Serves as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC offices, CAS Dean’s office, VC for Research, the VC for Academic Affairs, and all other university functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.
Carrie Duffy

Financial Staff:

Stacy Price

Finance Associate (Animal Science), 472-6484, C203h ANSC, EC 0908, sprice10@unl.edu.

  • Provides fiscal coordination for the Animal Science Department.
  • Unit account reconciliation and monitoring.
  • Purchasing Card management and reconciliation
  • Accounts receivable and Accounts Payable.
Stacy Price

TBD

Finance Coordinator (SVMBS), 472-3336, 117 VBS , EC 0905.

  • Provides fiscal coordination for the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine, and the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center.
  • Unit account reconciliation and monitoring.
  • Purchasing Card management and reconciliation.
  • Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
  • Travel coordinator.
  • Develop financial reports for faculty and staff.

Ban Mai Dang

Grants Specialist, 472-3537, C206i ANSC, EC 0908, mai.dang@unl.edu.

  • Overall supervision of the finance function.
  • Overall supervision of the grant management function.
  • Management of Grants and Contracts (Pre-Award).
  • Grant proposal Development (tracking, budgeting, review, match, and entry and routing in NUGrant).
  • Act as grant liaison with IANR Ag Finance and Personnel and the Office of Sponsored Programs.
  • Advise on university, State and Federal grants and contracts laws and regulations.
Ban Mai Dang

Michael Mitchell

Finance Coordinator, 472-2327, C206k ANSC , EC 0908, mmitchell41@unl.edu.

  • Monitoring grant awards and contracts (Post-Award).
  • Grant account reconciliation.
  • Processes Personnel Activity Reports.
  • Travel Coordinator.
  • Inventory Manager.
  • Develop financial reports for faculty and staff.
Michael Mitchell

Human Resources Staff:

Nancy Stillman

HR/Payroll Coordinator, 472-5454, C201 ANSC, EC 0908, nstillman2@unl.edu.

  • Overall supervision of the human resources/payroll function.
  • Coordinator of all staff and student searches.
  • Guide the development of job descriptions.
  • Management of, and entry into, PeopleAdmin.
  • Manage the hiring function
  • Interpret and advise on university and federal personnel policies.

Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center (NVDC) Personnel:

Andrew Loseke

Financial Account Manager, 402-472-8727, NVDC 124, EC 0907, aloseke2@unl.edu.

  • Provides fiscal coordination and account management for the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center (NVDC).
  • Provides overall guidance to the NVDC administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting and development of operating procedures.
  • Serve as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC Offices, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln functional offices in the management of fiscal and human resources.
Andrew Loseke

Tai Pham

Finance Coordinator, 402-472-8423, NVDC 122, EC 0907, tpham22@unl.edu.

  • Payment Processing, Monthly Statements, and Client Account management for Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center (NVDC).
  • Provides fiscal coordination of purchasing for NVDC.
  • Reconciliation of NVDC service center accounts.
Tai Pham

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