Business Services Update
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• 2007-2008 Parking Rates
• Penn’s Children’s Center: Rates for 2007-2008
• Penn Computer Connection Sale
• Visit the University Club
• Penn Hotel Rates
• 2007-2008 Faculty/Staff Telephone Directory Update

Penn’s Business Services Division (BSD) provides the leadership, business practices, facilities, and services needed to develop and maintain a hospitable, fiscally responsible, customer-friendly campus environment.  Our mission is to provide high-quality service in a fiscally-responsible  manner and our vision is to continually set the standard within each of our operating units.  Please take note of the following updates to some of our services and promotions benefiting the Penn community in the upcoming year.

—Marie Witt, Vice President, Business Services

2007-2008 Parking Rates

Effective September 1, 2007, the following rates are available to faculty and staff of the University and Health System:

*(15% City of Philadelphia parking tax included)

If you need to park on campus on a regular basis, a permit offers significant savings on daily parking rates. Permit rates are an average of $6.39 per working day; daily parking in one of Penn’s lots or garages average $12 a day. 

University faculty and staff have the option to pay their parking fees through automatic payroll deduction. With this option, you will be automatically enrolled in the Penn Commuter Choice program, which allows you to deduct parking fees on a pre-tax basis.

If you are currently a permit holder and have any changes to your status–including a new car, license plate, address, telephone number, or new position–it is important to contact the Parking Office with this information. Please e-mail the office at parking@pobox.upenn.edu  or call (215) 898-8667.

Penn’s Children’s Center: Rates for 2007-2008

Penn Children’s Center (PCC) is now accepting applications for summer and fall enrollment for toddlers and children of preschool age. We are also accepting waitlist applications for infants.  Enrollment for all ages is subject to space availability. 

PCC, located at the Left Bank complex at 3160 Chestnut Street, serves children ages 12 weeks through five years. PCC facilities include computer-equipped classrooms, a multi-purpose indoor gym, an outdoor playground and a children’s garden. PCC is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

Please review the rates for FY 2007-2008 below, available to Penn faculty, staff, students and UPHS employees. Assisted rates are available to regular University employees that meet eligibility requirements, subject to space availability and funding. (These rates are not currently available to UPHS employees.)

Part-time slots and sibling discounts are also available. Please contact Natalie Subeh, executive director, or Anjali Chawla, director, at (215) 898-5268 for additional information or to arrange a tour. You can also visit the Center’s web page:  www.upenn.edu/childcare.

Penn Computer Connection Sale

Penn faculty, staff and students are eligible to take advantage of steep educational discounts on Apple, Dell and IBM products during Penn Computer Connection’s Back-To-School Sale, happening now throughout the summer months. For information on the sale and on year-round discounts on a variety of computer products visit the Computer Connection showroom at 3610 Sansom St. or browse online at  www.upenn.edu/computerstore.

Visit the University Club

The University Club is now offering lunch take-out. The take-out includes either a sandwich or salad, with a beverage, for only $6.50.

The University Club is open all summer. For more information on the Club, including membership, visit its website at  www.upenn.edu/universityclub, call (215) 898-4618 or email universityclub@pobox.upenn.edu.

Penn Hotel Rates

2007-2008 Faculty/Staff Telephone Directory Update

All on-line revisions to the information displayed in the Penn View in the Online Directory made by July 23, 2007, will appear in the 2007-2008 Telephone Directory. Directory liaisons will verify and, if necessary, edit listings online. Directory Liaisons also identify which records should be printed, at the department’s discretion. Directories will be distributed to the campus community in mid-October.

Upcoming Deadlines

Faculty/Staff:
Monday, July 23–Update listings online for inclusion in the 2007-2008 printed Directory.

Directory Liaisons:

Blue Pages:
• Monday, August 13–Submit final Blue Pages approvals.
• Send hardcopy* or fax changes to the Telephone Directory Office:  Suite 440A, 3401 Walnut Street/6228; Fax: (215) 898-0488.
* If you did not receive a hardcopy mailing, please contact the Telephone Directory staff at:  fsdirectory@pobox.upenn.edu or (215) 898-7643.

White Pages:
• Monday, August 13–Complete White Pages updates and verification. Verify and, if necessary, edit listings online; identify records to be printed.
• Please refer to instructions sent in June for the White Pages online process.

Future Updates

Faculty and staff should continue to use the online update feature at www.upenn.edu/directories to revise directory information throughout the year. You will need your PennKey and password in order to change your information. (For more information regarding your PennKey go to www.upenn.edu/computing/pennkey). We encourage new staff members to review their record after they have obtained a PennCard and PennKey/password.

For more information: email fsdirectory@pobox.upenn.

—Donna M. Petrelli, Project Manager,
Division of Business Services