About 2,500 square feet of office space in downtown Phoenix is close to being ready for employees of the College of Pharmacy. Located on the first floor of the same building at 5th Street near Fillmore that also is home to TGen, the space needs furniture (on order!), and then will be ready for files and people. Expectations are that “semi-private, office-like” work stations will be installed in September, with first staff arriving in October, says David Burks, project coordinator for laying the groundwork for COP operations on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. (Burks began the project while he was senior director of development for the college; he retired from that position in July, but continues as a consultant on the college expansion to Phoenix.)
The office suite will boast state-of-art wireless technology, with occupants using laptop computers and cell phones to connect to the larger world. Tim Wunz, COP director of information technology, will manage the IT functions and internet connections with Tucson.
First to claim space
Among the first on the scene in the new offices will be Jamie Foster Joy, the COP director of experiential education programs for Phoenix. Joy has been working for the college since January from a home office; by early October she will be able to base her operations from the biomedical campus, in a spot just a two or three-minute walk from the three restored buildings that make up the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix.
The 30 fourth-year PharmD students who are currently completing their clinical rotations in the Phoenix area will probably be the first users of the medium-sized meeting room built into the office suite. Joy expects to convene the students at the site occasionally to review their rotation experiences and discuss community service projects.
More to come
COP is currently seeking a coordinator of administrative services to manage key administrative and academic support areas of the Phoenix operation. You can find out more by finding the posting for Job 38592 at the UA employment site.
Dean J. Lyle Bootman will have a work space at COP Phoenix, as will others based in Tucson who spend substantial time on site developing Phoenix programs, Burks says.
The COP office suite faces 5th Street and boasts large windows that showcase a pleasant view of landscaping and buildings of the Arizona Center. It will have a small refrigerator, sink and microwave for employee use and several cabinets for storage.
We promise more postings about the COP Phoenix offices as furniture arrives.
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