YPPS News Archive

Yale Printing and Publishing Services (YPPS) teamed up with the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) to host its 54^th annual conference here in New Haven. The event took place over four days in early April at the Omni Hotel, Yale with keynote speakers, breakout sessions and a vendor fair. This lively event included over 100 individuals from the US, Canada and the UK representing 85 academic institutions and 40 industry partners

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When John Heine first started working at Yale in 1983, email didn’t exist, Swatch watches were all the rage, and the average price of a Ford Mustang was $6,500. But that year also heralded great technological change, including the birth of the Internet, the first mobile cellular telephone call and Microsoft Word’s debut. Back then John worked in the computer room of Administrative Data Services (ADS); as a computer operator he would load card decks into a computer mainframe. His primary duties included printing hundreds of reports for the general accounting office that included records of money spent by any department across the entire university.

A lot has changed since John Poitras started working at Yale in 1996. John, who is currently a Production Supervisor at Yale Printing and Publishing Services (YPPS) started at Yale in the ITS Data Control Department. Back then, records and other operational data were stored on large tape cartridges. As part of his job, John would bring these cartridges “to a secure location” where they were stored in a big safe. After a short stint there, he began working at MIS Printing (now YPPS.)  “I’ve been through the whole alphabet here at Yale. I started as a C&T Level A, worked my way up to an E and seven years ago became a manager,” said Poitras.  Along the way John, who started in the mailroom, worked in bindery, then as a second-shift coordinator, and now works on the production floor overseeing digital and large-format printing while managing eight people and tracking YPPS’s entire inventory.

Apps and Digital Publications

It’s hard to imagine meeting a kinder, more affable person than Joe Relihan, YPPS’s Customer Service Rep extraordinaire.  Back in 1991, Joe started his career at Yale in the CIS Computer Repair Department doing mostly diagnosis and support similar to our modern day ITS DSP (data service provider) but working on a small team.  A large part of his job as Assistant Manager was customer service and satisfaction. Around that same time, RIS (what is now known as YPPS) lead by Bernie Hayden was starting to grow and they needed a customer service rep.  Having heard great things about Joe, Bernie asked him to come in and chat about a job opportunity.

As graphic designer and FSC Coordinator, Jason England combines his experience in design, production, and business to help his managers and colleagues shape the future at Yale Printing and Publishing Services (YPPS).

Project Manager extraordinaire Mark Smith began his career with Yale Printing and Publishing Services (YPPS) over two decades ago. In early fall 1993, he began as a casual with Management Information Systems (MIS)—one of the earlier iterations of YPPS. He was eventually hired to a permanent position and has been part of the YPPS family ever since managing projects from design to printing, binding and mailing.

During the summer of 1996, Carmen Cusmano started working at Yale Printing and Publishing (YPPS), running the presses.  Back then, YPPS was located in the basement of 155 Whitney Avenue.  Before coming to Yale, Carmen had worked at Lehman Brothers doing engraving.

In the eighteen years Carmen has been with YPPS, he’s become a jack-of-all-trades. He’s gone from working as a pressman, to supervising a pressroom, to purchasing paper stock for the operations, to his current position of Outsource Services Coordinator dealing with a larger variety of items—from clothing, to pennants and trophies.

Patty Tucker and Nancy Beausoleil have been a part of the Yale and printing community in New Haven for over forty years; however, their story with Yale Printing & Publishing Services began in 2012.

In 1974, Nancy began working with her father at the then fledgling Yale Medical School copy center. Patty joined the center in 1978—where the two met. Nancy’s father, Roger Beausoleil, had started the copy center for the Yale Medical School in 1970. “Back then toner was liquid and quick copies were done in ink on presses,” says Nancy.