Business Services Office Moving to New Location Off-Campus

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Business Services office will be moving locations, changing its operations to Uptown Campus West in North Fayetteville.

The office is slated to complete the change by the end of this week with its first day in their new offices set for Friday, Feb. 5. Employees utilizing the business services office in-person, such as picking up of checks, PCards, TCards and Fuel Cards, will be able to continue going to its original location in the administration building through Thursday, Feb. 4.

The Business Services office is the home to a number of services that are provided to campus community, vendor partners and the State of Arkansas including procurement, travel, eProcurement, supplier services and surplus. Surplus will remain on campus at the surplus warehouse.

All phone numbers for the Business Services office will remain the same. The new campus address and physical address can be found at the Business Services website.

For more information about the Business Services office or with questions concerning a particular service, please call 479-575-2551.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among fewer than 3% of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.

Contacts

Becky McCoy, director of procurement
Business Services
479-387-3820, remccoy@uark.edu

Tina Lester, director of business services
Business Services
479-575-6765, tlester@uark.edu

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