October 2009 Archives

The Horace T. Morse-U of M Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at http://www.scholarswalk.umn.edu/awards/aoce/. The one-page collegiate nomination forms are due in 113 Johnston no later than Friday, October 30th.  The CLA specific nomination forms are located at: http://www2.cla.umn.edu/admin/acadprog

Direct questions to Barbara Schwab at schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994.

Administered through the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at: http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/awards/tate/nominations.html.

Nomination dossiers from CLA departments should be submitted to 113 Johnston (Undergraduate Programs) by Friday, December 11th. 

Please direct questions to Barbara Schwab (schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994).

Dear CLA faculty and staff:
You have already received several messages about H1N1 virus, but please bear in mind these summary points:

• You need to read all of the emails you receive from the University about H1N1 and be responsible for the information on the University's H1N1 website:
  http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/(the link is also on the CLA homepage). While the impact of H1N1 to date has been relatively mild on the TC campus, we are in a situation that could change rapidly and unexpectedly.  Staying informed during this unusual flu season is critically important.
• A doctor's note form a student/employee who is absent with H1N1 is not required at this time.
• Remind students that they should email instructors if they are sick. Instructors should keep a copy of the email exchange with students with H1N1.
• Keep a copy of the student email (to facilitate any course/grade issues later).
• Be flexible and fair in helping students make up any work they miss.
• Remember that students also receive University messages about H1N1: http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/students_home.html
• Plan ahead for absences. Technology is available at http://claoit.umn.edu/
• Stay home if you are sick.

Together, we can mitigate the effect of H1N1 flu on the health and the operations of our community. Thank you for your support.

October 30
Nomination forms only for both the Morse Alumni Award and the Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education Award due in 113 Johnston Hall

October 30
CLA Payroll cutoff for the 10/26/2009 - 11/08/2009 pay period, 4:30 pm

December 11
Nominations and dossiers for the Tate Award are due in 113 Johnston Hall.

Applications due on 23 October 2009

The IAS Faculty Fellows program enables up to 20 scholars to spend a semester in residence at the institute, where they can benefit from the community of scholars and share their work across disciplines. Applications due by Oct. 23. The online system will be open on Oct. 19. Open to all U faculty. For more information, see faculty fellows.

Reminder: IAS Fellowship Applications should be directed to Associate Dean Jo-Ida Hansen for approval. Please let your faculty know.

Applications for P/A Professional Leaves to be taken during spring 2010 are due to the CLA Office of Human Resources (clahr@umn.edu) no later than Wednesday, 28 October 2009. Applications must be submitted electronically to the CLA HR email account.

Please communicate this information and deadline to eligible P/A employees.

P/A professional development leaves are available to professional and administrative staff members with appointments covering a minimum of nine months at 100%-time (B-term appointments), or twelve months at 75%-time (A-term appointments). Three types of leaves are available depending upon years of service.

Complete information and links to forms can be found at:
http://cla.umn.edu/intranet/hr/ProfessionalDevelopmentLeaves.php

Department Space Coordinators (generally those who submitted unit space inventory update in 2008) should have received email from Office of Space Management with annual space inventory update information.

If inventory is done manually (Scenario 1), your unit updates will be due to CLA Planning Office by Friday, October 23. Contact Scott Elton (6-0950) if you have questions or your unit did not receive information from Space Management.

The Intersections Hire a Grad payroll module now has a new feature - automatic Email Notifications. Login into Intersections and click on the "Email Preferences" link to register for important notifications. As an appointment moves through the various stages of the system you can be alerted about this movement. You can select the email notifications that you want and receive them on either a daily or weekly basis. Check it out! https://engine.cla.umn.edu/hrms/

If you have any questions, please contact Scott Appelwick at: appel015@umn.edu .

The 2009 -2011 AFSCME Clerical and Technical Contract books have arrived. CLA HR is working to get them out to the supervisors of represented employees.

The contacts can also be found at:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/er/governing/index.html

If you have any questions, please contact your CLA HR representative, or call 624-9839.

Thank you,
CLA Human Resources

The Horace T. Morse-U of M Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at http://www.scholarswalk.umn.edu/awards/aoce/. The one-page collegiate nomination forms are due in 113 Johnston no later than Friday, October 30th. The CLA specific nomination forms are located at: http://www2.cla.umn.edu/admin/acadprog

Direct questions to Barbara Schwab at schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994.

Administered through the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at: http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/awards/tate/nominations.html.

Nomination dossiers from CLA departments should be submitted to 113 Johnston (Undergraduate Programs) by Friday, December 11th.

Please direct questions to Barbara Schwab (schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994).

Dear CLA faculty and staff:
You have already received several messages about H1N1 virus, but please bear in mind these summary points:

• You need to read all of the emails you receive from the University about H1N1 and be responsible for the information on the University's H1N1 website:
  http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/(the link is also on the CLA homepage). While the impact of H1N1 to date has been relatively mild on the TC campus, we are in a situation that could change rapidly and unexpectedly. Staying informed during this unusual flu season is critically important.
• A doctor's note form a student/employee who is absent with H1N1 is not required at this time.
• Remind students that they should email instructors if they are sick. Instructors should keep a copy of the email exchange with students with H1N1.
• Keep a copy of the student email (to facilitate any course/grade issues later).
• Be flexible and fair in helping students make up any work they miss.
• Remember that students also receive University messages about H1N1: http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/students_home.html
• Plan ahead for absences. Technology is available at http://claoit.umn.edu/
• Stay home if you are sick.

Together, we can mitigate the effect of H1N1 flu on the health and the operations of our community. Thank you for your support.

System Upgrades will disrupt service for University and College IT Services beginning 2:00 a.m. Saturday, October 25 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 25. Just about all IT services will be affected INCLUDING email, websites, PeopleSoft, WebVista, Moodle, Active Directory, etc.

For more information, contact the CLA-OIT Service Desk at 4-4357 orhelp@cla.umn.edu

October 22
CLA Financial/Human Resources meeting, Minnesota Population Center Seminar Room (50 Willey Hall - West Bank), 9:00 a.m.

October 30
Nomination forms only for both the Morse Alumni Award and the Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education Award due in 113 Johnston Hall

October 30
CLA Payroll cutoff for the 10/26/2009 - 11/08/2009 pay period, 4:30 pm

December 11
Nominations and dossiers for the Tate Award are due in 113 Johnston Hall.

Dossiers for promotion and tenure cases being considered during the 2009/10 academic year are due in the Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty no later than Friday, 16 October 2009.

2009 Applications for P/A Professional Leaves to be taken during spring 2010 are due to the CLA Office of Human Resources (clahr@umn.edu) no later than Wednesday, 28 October 2009. Applications must be submitted electronically to the CLA HR email account.

Please communicate this information and deadline to eligible P/A employees.

P/A professional development leaves are available to professional and administrative staff members with appointments covering a minimum of nine months at 100%-time (B-term appointments), or twelve months at 75%-time (A-term appointments). Three types of leaves are available depending upon years of service.

Complete information and links to forms can be found at: http://cla.umn.edu/intranet/hr/ProfessionalDevelopmentLeaves.php

FFI: Gayle Gabrielski (612) 625-1805; gabr0074@umn.edu

The 2009 -2011 AFSCME Clerical and Technical Contract books have arrived. CLA HR is working to get them out to the supervisors of represented employees.

The contacts can also be found at:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/er/governing/index.html

If you have any questions, please contact your CLA HR representative, or call 624-9839.

Thank you, CLA Human Resources

Dear CLA faculty and staff: You have already received several messages about H1N1 virus, but please bear in mind these summary points:

• You need to read all of the emails you receive from the University about H1N1 and be responsible for the information on the University's H1N1 website: http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/ (the link is also on the CLA homepage). While the impact of H1N1 to date has been relatively mild on the TC campus, we are in a situation that could change rapidly and unexpectedly. Staying informed during this unusual flu season is critically important.
• A doctor's note form a student/employee who is absent with H1N1 is not required at this time.
• Remind students that they should email instructors if they are sick. Instructors should keep a copy of the email exchange with students with H1N1.
• Keep a copy of the student email (to facilitate any course/grade issues later).
• Be flexible and fair in helping students make up any work they miss.
• Remember that students also receive University messages about H1N1: http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/students_home.html
• Plan ahead for absences. Technology is available at http://claoit.umn.edu/
• Stay home if you are sick.

Together, we can mitigate the effect of H1N1 flu on the health and the operations of our community. Thank you for your support.

October 15
Noon - Deadline to invoice the UM Foundation and meet the October 31 TIP deadline. UM Foundation Fax# 625-4305

October 16
CLA Payroll cutoff for the 10/12/2009 - 10/25/2009 pay period, 4:30 pm

October 22
CLA Financial/Human Resources meeting, Minnesota Population Center Seminar Room (50 Willey Hall - West Bank), 9:00 a.m.

October 30
Nomination forms only for both the Morse Alumni Award and the Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education Award due in 113 Johnston Hall

October 30
CLA Payroll cutoff for the 10/26/2009 - 11/08/2009 pay period, 4:30 pm

December 11
Nominations and dossiers for the Tate Award are due in 113 Johnston Hall.

The Horace T. Morse-U of M Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education and the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at http://www.scholarswalk.umn.edu/awards/aoce/. The one-page collegiate nomination forms are due in 113 Johnston no later than Friday, October 30th.  The CLA specific nomination forms are located at: http://www2.cla.umn.edu/admin/acadprog

Direct questions to Barbara Schwab at schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994.

Administered through the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Go to "Nomination Materials" on the awards page at: http://www.academic.umn.edu/provost/awards/tate/nominations.html.

Nomination dossiers from CLA departments should be submitted to 113 Johnston (Undergraduate Programs) by Friday, December 11th.

Please direct questions to Barbara Schwab (schwa133@umn.edu or 612-625-7994).

Dear CLA faculty and staff:
You have already received several messages about H1N1 virus, but please bear in mind these summary points:

• You need to read all of the emails you receive from the University about H1N1 and be responsible for the information on the University's H1N1 website:
  http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/(the link is also on the CLA homepage). While the impact of H1N1 to date has been relatively mild on the TC campus, we are in a situation that could change rapidly and unexpectedly.  Staying informed during this unusual flu season is critically important.
• A doctor's note form a student/employee who is absent with H1N1 is not required at this time.
• Remind students that they should email instructors if they are sick. Instructors should keep a copy of the email exchange with students with H1N1.
• Keep a copy of the student email (to facilitate any course/grade issues later).
• Be flexible and fair in helping students make up any work they miss.
• Remember that students also receive University messages about H1N1: http://www1.umn.edu/prepared/ahc_prepared/flu/students_home.html
• Plan ahead for absences. Technology is available at http://claoit.umn.edu/
• Stay home if you are sick.

Together, we can mitigate the effect of H1N1 flu on the health and the operations of our community. Thank you for your support.

System Upgrades will disrupt service for University and College IT Services beginning 2:00 a.m. Saturday, October 25 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 25. Just about all IT services will be affected INCLUDING email, websites, PeopleSoft, WebVista, Moodle, Active Directory, etc.

For more information, contact the CLA-OIT Service Desk at 4-4357 or help@cla.umn.edu University-wide IT outage on Saturday, Oct 24th