The end of summer brings a time of change with the start of a new academic year. Learn about upcoming new features on campus, such as the opening of a Pret a Manger on September 9 and the return of normal shuttle service to both the Dragon (Center City) and Powelton/Spring Garden routes.
Here’s what was heard on campus this month:
Pret a Manger makes its dining debut on the Drexel campus on September 9
Get fresh food and organic coffee from Expects a Manger (“ANTI-“), Officially opening their doors at The Summit (3400 Lancaster) on September 9th at 8am Their menu offers sandwiches, salads and soups all prepared on the premises. The Drexel community is welcome to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony on September 15 from 2:30–3 p.m.
Help keep FDR Park clean with Drexel’s Climate and Sustainability
Join United By Blue on September 24th from 10am to 1pm for a fun-filled community event volunteering to clean up your local waterway. The focus of the day will be cleaning up trash and debris from Philadelphia’s FDR Park waterfront, including removing large items such as tires and abandoned household furniture or small items such as pesky microplastics and food packaging. The purpose of this event is to stop debris from flowing or physically entering the watershed, which in this case includes both of Philadelphia’s rivers: the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River. All cleanup participants will receive a sustainably made gift and free heavy duty snacks at the cleanup to show appreciation for their volunteerism. For registration or more information on the event, visit the United By Blue event page. Contact Climate & Sustainability with questions or concerns.
Meet and greet contractors for Kelly Hall
Construction is underway on the renovation and expansion of Kelly Hall, addressing the needs of the building and modernizing it throughout to provide an enhanced living experience, with occupancy in the fall of 2023. Drexel University, in partnership with Hunter Roberts , is hosting a virtual “Meet the Contractors event” on Sept. 28, from 9-10 a.m., to connect union and non-union workers with contractors involved in the Kelly Hall renovation. The event will feature contractors involved on the project, who will explain their engagement process and the areas they are looking to hire For more information, including how to register, see the relevant Eventbrite page.
Reminder: Shuttle service to Nesbitt Hall has resumed
As of August 29, normal shuttle service has resumed from the Nesbitt Hall bus stop (33rd and Markets streets) for both the Dragon (Center City) route and the Powelton/Spring Garden route. You can visit Real estate and facilities website anytime for updated schedules and other relevant information.
Enroll in Career Path: Journal Entry Workflow 3.0
The Journal Entry Workflow 3.0 course, offered on October 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., will provide an explanation of the functionality of the Journal Entry Workflow 3.0 tool for current journal types only and allow for hands-on application in a test environment how to process journal entries (funding transfers, transaction corrections) using the tool. This training will demonstrate how to process non-budgetary, research and non-research journal entries, how to attach supporting documentation and how to upload information to the tool. The session will discuss how the tool works for submitters and journal approvals and how it interacts with expense authorization tables. Enroll in the career path. For more information or questions about the program, email [email protected] or call 215.895.6380.
