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<div>Hello UO Travelers and Delegates,</div>
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<div>The Travel Team has a few updates and reminders for you all as winter break begins and we look forward to a new academic term in the coming weeks. </div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#4472C4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>Concur New User Interface</u></b></span></font></div>
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<div><b>Concur’s New User Interface will go live on Monday, December 18</b><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7.3pt;"><b><sup>th</sup></b></span></font>. To preview Concur’s new UI please see the attached PDF and follow the steps provided. The new UI is
a relatively small change, though will allow greater accessibility to all users. Users can expect all of the same features with a refreshed look and navigation to Request, Expense, and Travel via a drop down menu in the upper left of the page. </div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#4472C4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>Unused Ticket Credits</u></b></span></font></div>
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<div>The Unused Ticker report is updated and listed monthly on the Travel Office website. Please see <a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/baoforms/web/travel/xlsx/unused-ticket-report-current.xlsx"><font color="#0563C1"><u>Unused Ticket Report December 2023</u></font></a>
to download a copy of the current report. There are unused tickets credits that will expire at the end of 2023. Please review the list to know if your department traveler’s have credits and determine if these credits can be used for the original traveler or
another traveler in your department, connect with the travel agency that originally ticketed the airfare for information on using the credit for your department’s travelers.</div>
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<div>Credits that are unused by the expiry date will be forfeited to the airline and no longer available for use. If your department will not be able to use a credit and will grant the credit to another UO department, please let the Travel Office know ASAP
by emailing the Travel Manager at <a href="mailto:bmillett@uoregon.edu"><font color="#0563C1"><u>bmillett@uoregon.edu</u></font></a>. Please provide the name of the original traveler and the amount of the ticket being granted to other UO travelers. The travel
agencies will be notified with a list of credits that the can be used toward the next available UO ticket purchase. </div>
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<div>*Departments that grant their unused ticket credits to another UO traveler will not receive a credit on their department index.</div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#4472C4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>Winter Holiday Schedule</u></b></span></font></div>
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<li><b>Travel Office operations:</b> The Travel Office will be closed on December 25<font size="1"><span style="font-size:7.3pt;"><sup>tha </sup></span></font>and January 1, though will be operating again December 26-29th. </li></ul>
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<li><b>Building hours:</b> Thompson University Center building will be closed to the public December 25-29, 2023. To connect with the Travel Office, please call 541-346-3100. </li></ul>
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<li><b>Campus Department Travel Approval:</b> Please note, during the week of December 26-29, many campus departments are observing the “Quiet Week” and your department travel approvers may be unavailable. For the smoothest reservation experience, departments
and travelers should finalize needed reservations by December 22. </li></ul>
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<li><b>Campus Department </b><b>Back Up Approvers:</b> Department travel approvers (for Concur Requests and/or Expense Reports) should consider assigning approval permissions to one of your delegates. Information on assigning a delegate can be found <a href="https://ba.uoregon.edu/procedure/5376"><font color="#0563C1"><u>here</u></font></a>.
You will need to click the check box for “Can Approve” or “Can Approve Temporary” and assign dates. </li></ul>
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<div><font size="4" color="#4472C4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b><u>Upcoming Training Opportunities</u></b></span></font></div>
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<div><b>Quarterly Travel Policy Class is scheduled for </b><b>Thursday, January 11, 2024 from 8:30am-1:00pm.</b> Training for new Travel Delegates or delegates wanting a refresher. If you are booking and processing travel reimbursements for UO business travel,
please attend this important training to learn UO Travel Policy, IRS Accountable Plan guidelines and for an overview of the Concur Travel and Expense system. Required for Concur Processor candidates.</div>
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<div>Please register on My Tracks: <a href="https://uomytrack.pageuppeople.com/learning/3331/timeslot/282857"><font color="#0563C1"><u>https://uomytrack.pageuppeople.com/learning/3331/timeslot/282857</u></font></a></div>
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<div>Wishing you all a happy winter season!</div>
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<div><font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="4" color="#201F1E"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Brooke Millett Montgomery</b></span></font></div>
<div><font color="#201F1E">Travel Manager</font></div>
<div><font color="#201F1E">University of Oregon Travel Office</font></div>
<div><font color="#201F1E">(541) 346-3445</font></div>
<div><a href="mailto:bmillett@uoregon.edu"><font color="blue"><u>bmillett@uoregon.edu</u></font></a></div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#201F1E"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><i>** </i><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><i> </i></span></font><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b><i>If your travel involves human subjects
research, please do not disclose any information that is protected under UO Policy and other Regulations </i></b></span></font><a href="http://rcs.uoregon.edu/content/regulations-and-uo-policy.%E2%80%8B**"><font size="2" color="blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b><i><u>http://rcs.uoregon.edu/content/regulations-and-uo-policy.</u></i></b></span></font><font color="blue"><i><u>?**</u></i></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font size="4" color="#201F1E"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Travel Office/Concur Help Desk: Phone: 6-3100/Email: travel@uoregon.edu</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Constantia" size="4" color="#201F1E"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="background-color:yellow;"><b>TravelNews Opt In for Travel and Concur tips: </b></span><a href="https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/travelnews"><font color="#0563C1"><span style="background-color:yellow;"><b><u>https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/travelnews</u></b></span></font></a></span></font></div>
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