[Abby Pieger]

Hi Jennifer! I really love this idea – I work at a university where we often have students misplacing high-value items and they never return for them, so I would be very interested in seeing where you go with this concept. I know at my university I would likely be working with our Procurement Services office to ensure I was following whatever protocol necessary for selling items/collecting money in this way.

What type of scholarship were you hoping to implement for your student employees? For us, we typically have our student employees have a sort of “garage sale” for the items that are archived, and for anything that cost a lot of money, we would raffle it off to our employees after clearing any data/ensuring we couldn’t give it back to the rightful owner. We did have success with giving back several airpods cases this summer, but surprisingly no luck returning an iPad. If there are better ideas for these items, I’m definitely on board with your creativity with lost and found items!!

Abby Pieger
Assistant Director
Bentley University
Waltham, MA

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Abby Pieger
Assistant Director, Student Programs & Engagement
Bentley University
Waltham MA
(203) 913-8793
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2024 10:22
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello All,

I had the privilege of just recently becoming the Student Services Coordinator for our University Lost & Found. Right now, I’m busy reworking the inventory logging system and now have the dilemma of “archived” items that need to be removed from inventory. Our policy is that after 30 days, the items are considered “abandoned” and the university takes possession. I would like to implement a monthly sale of low-value items and a semester auction for high value items to then put the earned funds towards a scholarship for our student employees.

I would appreciate everyone’s input and ideas as I am working to try and get everything kicked off by spring semester.

Best Wishes,

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Jennifer Dominguez – JC
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
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[Jennifer Dominguez]

Hello Abby!

Thank you for those ideas! Sounds like the “garage sale” is similar to the monthly store idea I currently want to implement. As of right now, I am in clean up mode with handling back-logged items and determining what needs to go to goodwill. It has been good finding out what charitable organizations we can donate to for items that aren’t “sellable”. Cellphones for Soldiers for broken phones/mp3s/tablets, Lions Club Eyeglasses Program, and other organizations that could benefit from some of the items that we can’t really do anything with.

My University Union and Campus Police department worked with our Legal and Compliance group to draft a policy for handling the abandoned property. That helps with uniformity in terms of handling abandoned items and determining next steps for either a donation or selling aspect. For our scholarship, it’s something that is already established so any proceeds that the Information Desk can generate through monthly sales and semester auctions would go towards that fund.

For the high-value items, I think we may be leaning towards a silent auction for students to try and earn for that scholarship fund. The trick will be to get the news out and generate enough interest. The raffle would be interesting, but since we want to try and generate funds for the scholarship fund, the auction could be a good route too. I’m excited to see what the potential is and what I can help with once the cleanup is finished.

Thank you for your ideas and input – it definitely helps!

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Jennifer Dominguez
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2024 11:50
From: Abby Pieger
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hi Jennifer! I really love this idea – I work at a university where we often have students misplacing high-value items and they never return for them, so I would be very interested in seeing where you go with this concept. I know at my university I would likely be working with our Procurement Services office to ensure I was following whatever protocol necessary for selling items/collecting money in this way.

What type of scholarship were you hoping to implement for your student employees? For us, we typically have our student employees have a sort of “garage sale” for the items that are archived, and for anything that cost a lot of money, we would raffle it off to our employees after clearing any data/ensuring we couldn’t give it back to the rightful owner. We did have success with giving back several airpods cases this summer, but surprisingly no luck returning an iPad. If there are better ideas for these items, I’m definitely on board with your creativity with lost and found items!!

Abby Pieger
Assistant Director
Bentley University
Waltham, MA

——————————
Abby Pieger
Assistant Director, Student Programs & Engagement
Bentley University
Waltham MA
(203) 913-8793
——————————

Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2024 10:22
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello All,

I had the privilege of just recently becoming the Student Services Coordinator for our University Lost & Found. Right now, I’m busy reworking the inventory logging system and now have the dilemma of “archived” items that need to be removed from inventory. Our policy is that after 30 days, the items are considered “abandoned” and the university takes possession. I would like to implement a monthly sale of low-value items and a semester auction for high value items to then put the earned funds towards a scholarship for our student employees.

I would appreciate everyone’s input and ideas as I am working to try and get everything kicked off by spring semester.

Best Wishes,

——————————
Jennifer Dominguez – JC
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
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[breitner]

Does the State of Texas have abandoned property and escheat laws? States often claim jurisdiction over abandoned personal property, mostly cash, but “high-priced items” may trigger a State’s interest.

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Michael Breitner
Operations Manager
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie WI
breitnerm@uwstout.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-09-2024 08:42
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello Abby!

Thank you for those ideas! Sounds like the “garage sale” is similar to the monthly store idea I currently want to implement. As of right now, I am in clean up mode with handling back-logged items and determining what needs to go to goodwill. It has been good finding out what charitable organizations we can donate to for items that aren’t “sellable”. Cellphones for Soldiers for broken phones/mp3s/tablets, Lions Club Eyeglasses Program, and other organizations that could benefit from some of the items that we can’t really do anything with.

My University Union and Campus Police department worked with our Legal and Compliance group to draft a policy for handling the abandoned property. That helps with uniformity in terms of handling abandoned items and determining next steps for either a donation or selling aspect. For our scholarship, it’s something that is already established so any proceeds that the Information Desk can generate through monthly sales and semester auctions would go towards that fund.

For the high-value items, I think we may be leaning towards a silent auction for students to try and earn for that scholarship fund. The trick will be to get the news out and generate enough interest. The raffle would be interesting, but since we want to try and generate funds for the scholarship fund, the auction could be a good route too. I’m excited to see what the potential is and what I can help with once the cleanup is finished.

Thank you for your ideas and input – it definitely helps!

——————————
Jennifer Dominguez
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
——————————

Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2024 11:50
From: Abby Pieger
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hi Jennifer! I really love this idea – I work at a university where we often have students misplacing high-value items and they never return for them, so I would be very interested in seeing where you go with this concept. I know at my university I would likely be working with our Procurement Services office to ensure I was following whatever protocol necessary for selling items/collecting money in this way.

What type of scholarship were you hoping to implement for your student employees? For us, we typically have our student employees have a sort of “garage sale” for the items that are archived, and for anything that cost a lot of money, we would raffle it off to our employees after clearing any data/ensuring we couldn’t give it back to the rightful owner. We did have success with giving back several airpods cases this summer, but surprisingly no luck returning an iPad. If there are better ideas for these items, I’m definitely on board with your creativity with lost and found items!!

Abby Pieger
Assistant Director
Bentley University
Waltham, MA

——————————
Abby Pieger
Assistant Director, Student Programs & Engagement
Bentley University
Waltham MA
(203) 913-8793

Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2024 10:22
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello All,

I had the privilege of just recently becoming the Student Services Coordinator for our University Lost & Found. Right now, I’m busy reworking the inventory logging system and now have the dilemma of “archived” items that need to be removed from inventory. Our policy is that after 30 days, the items are considered “abandoned” and the university takes possession. I would like to implement a monthly sale of low-value items and a semester auction for high value items to then put the earned funds towards a scholarship for our student employees.

I would appreciate everyone’s input and ideas as I am working to try and get everything kicked off by spring semester.

Best Wishes,

——————————
Jennifer Dominguez – JC
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
——————————

[Jennifer Dominguez]

Hi Michael,

That is a great question, but luckily in the State of Texas, higher education institutions operate under the Texas Education Code. TEC 51.213 states that the institution “is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the disposition of abandoned and unclaimed personal property coming into the possession of the campus security personnel where the personal property is not being held as evidence to be used in any pending criminal case.” In my university’s policies regarding Abandoned Property, our Campus Police and University Union (since we serve as the campus lost and found) are named as authorized organizations that can properly handle abandoned/unclaimed items.?

Hope this helps to clarify any potential confusion. What procedures does your institution have in place for lost/unclaimed items, would love to gain some insight possibly add to our Standard Operating Procedures.

Best Wishes,

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Jennifer Dominguez
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-09-2024 13:13
From: Michael Breitner
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Does the State of Texas have abandoned property and escheat laws? States often claim jurisdiction over abandoned personal property, mostly cash, but “high-priced items” may trigger a State’s interest.

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Michael Breitner
Operations Manager
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie WI
breitnerm@uwstout.edu
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-09-2024 08:42
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello Abby!

Thank you for those ideas! Sounds like the “garage sale” is similar to the monthly store idea I currently want to implement. As of right now, I am in clean up mode with handling back-logged items and determining what needs to go to goodwill. It has been good finding out what charitable organizations we can donate to for items that aren’t “sellable”. Cellphones for Soldiers for broken phones/mp3s/tablets, Lions Club Eyeglasses Program, and other organizations that could benefit from some of the items that we can’t really do anything with.

My University Union and Campus Police department worked with our Legal and Compliance group to draft a policy for handling the abandoned property. That helps with uniformity in terms of handling abandoned items and determining next steps for either a donation or selling aspect. For our scholarship, it’s something that is already established so any proceeds that the Information Desk can generate through monthly sales and semester auctions would go towards that fund.

For the high-value items, I think we may be leaning towards a silent auction for students to try and earn for that scholarship fund. The trick will be to get the news out and generate enough interest. The raffle would be interesting, but since we want to try and generate funds for the scholarship fund, the auction could be a good route too. I’m excited to see what the potential is and what I can help with once the cleanup is finished.

Thank you for your ideas and input – it definitely helps!

——————————
Jennifer Dominguez
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805

Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2024 11:50
From: Abby Pieger
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hi Jennifer! I really love this idea – I work at a university where we often have students misplacing high-value items and they never return for them, so I would be very interested in seeing where you go with this concept. I know at my university I would likely be working with our Procurement Services office to ensure I was following whatever protocol necessary for selling items/collecting money in this way.

What type of scholarship were you hoping to implement for your student employees? For us, we typically have our student employees have a sort of “garage sale” for the items that are archived, and for anything that cost a lot of money, we would raffle it off to our employees after clearing any data/ensuring we couldn’t give it back to the rightful owner. We did have success with giving back several airpods cases this summer, but surprisingly no luck returning an iPad. If there are better ideas for these items, I’m definitely on board with your creativity with lost and found items!!

Abby Pieger
Assistant Director
Bentley University
Waltham, MA

——————————
Abby Pieger
Assistant Director, Student Programs & Engagement
Bentley University
Waltham MA
(203) 913-8793

Original Message:
Sent: 09-23-2024 10:22
From: Jennifer Dominguez
Subject: Lost & Found Store/Auction Ideas

Hello All,

I had the privilege of just recently becoming the Student Services Coordinator for our University Lost & Found. Right now, I’m busy reworking the inventory logging system and now have the dilemma of “archived” items that need to be removed from inventory. Our policy is that after 30 days, the items are considered “abandoned” and the university takes possession. I would like to implement a monthly sale of low-value items and a semester auction for high value items to then put the earned funds towards a scholarship for our student employees.

I would appreciate everyone’s input and ideas as I am working to try and get everything kicked off by spring semester.

Best Wishes,

——————————
Jennifer Dominguez – JC
Information Desk/Lost & Found – Student Services Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton TX
(940) 565-3805
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