Hill was hired as manager of Central Stores in 1992. Central Stores has added other divisions since, but the two originals remain. It stocks play sand for the Child Development Lab School, Kerr lids for researchers who use Mason jars. All 6,500 items are in an online catalog at the Central Stores Web site. They receive, deliver and assemble nearly all the furniture that arrives on campus.
Several employees are factory-trained installers.
The minutemen move ISU offices and units, permanently or temporarily, for a day while new carpet is installed, or for a year while a building is remodeled. Services and storage also are those who this spring wrapped all the furnishings in The Knoll and put them into storage while the building is remodeled. That's what we're here for. Central Stores grows Several other inventory functions have been reassigned under Hill's umbrella during his tenure. Its purpose continues to be largely to stock items needed by facilities staff.