PEGGY LEVY: NASA�S LOSS IS UH�S GAIN
After 15
years of service, Peggy Levy left
the space center to become a UH
Cougar, joining UH Administration
and Finance as the new Policies and
Procedures Coordinator in Business
Services. Levy wrote, revised and
coordinated policies and procedures
for NASA as well as several
hardware/software businesses in
Houston before she decided to trade
in NASA blue for Cougar red.
Levy said she looks forward to
working on a university campus
again. Before moving to the Houston
area in 1988, she attended and
worked at the University of Southern
Mississippi and the University of
Alabama.
�I have always loved the feeling of
working in an academic setting,� she
said. �I can see that some people
feel that working at NASA is very
glamorous, but I have always loved
how thoughts and information �rise�
in an educational setting.�
Levy is now in charge of
coordinating, maintaining and
archiving UH�s MAPP (Manual of
Administrative Policies and
Procedures) and SAM (System
Administrative Memoranda) policies.
Levy said they are currently working
on efficiencies for the review
process, and she is offering
suggestions on documentation
tracking that will be helpful to all
readers of SAM and MAPP policies.
�We are trying to streamline the
review and approval process and make
the communication paths clearer,��
she said.
Administration and Finance will also
look to Levy to make any future
updates to their online Survival
Guide. Levy described the online
resource as a �desk manual for
business staff.� The resource gives
step-by-step documentation of all
business processes sorted into areas
such as finance, human resources and
payroll. The Survival Guide is
constantly updated with new forms,
instructions or other documentation.
�I�m excited to be working on it
because it seems like a very helpful
resource,� she said.
Levy believes documentation is
essential for a business�s survival
in today�s economic climate.
�Good documentation allows anyone to
perform a task correctly and
safely,� she said. �UH�s policies
and procedures inform, guide and
maintain high standards.�
Born in Santa Maria, California,
Levy moved all around the United
States for her father�s job with the
National Weather Service. She has
been married for 12 years and keeps
herself busy outside of work with
her love of reading and various
craft projects including quilting,
crocheting scarves and jewelry
making. A self-proclaimed �cat
person,� she has named all seven of
her cats after desserts: Muffin,
Cupcake, S�More, Moon Pie, Scooter
Pie, Ying/Yang Fondue and Biscottti.
�On the philosophical side, I really
believe there is no greater wisdom
than to be kind to others,� she
said. �My other great belief is that
education makes the world brighter,
better and more interesting.�
For more information on UH�s
Policies and Procedures, visit
www.uh.edu/af/universityservices/policies/.
To access the �Survival Guide,� go
to
www.uh.edu/af/survival.
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