The first financial aid disbursement for undergraduates for Fall
2011 is scheduled for Monday, August 29th. If you have any scholarships
that have not yet been entered, please get them processed as soon as possible.
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Fall Appointments - Payroll Office Reminder
In an effort to set a payroll deadline that is achievable for most departments, the deadline for fall appointments to be received in the CLA payroll office is 8/24/11. This is the date that your appointment will be guaranteed to be entered in time. Every effort will be made to enter appointments received after this deadline but there can be no guarantees. Keep in mind that your service team will need additional time to get appointment documents prepared and over to the Payroll office so please coordinate this work with your service team.
If you have your fall appointments ready, please do not wait to send them over. We have begun entering fall documents. Please submit offers and payroll information to your team as soon as offers have been confirmed and avoid waiting until the last minute if at all possible.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Rana
A Message from Joe Kelly, Chief of Staff, Office of Human Resources
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) has decided to broaden the approach to temporary staffing at the University and is pleased to announce the award of the temporary clerical services contract to two vendors, Adecco Employment Services and Kelly Services. These two vendors were selected through the University's competitive bid process, as we determined that both vendors closely met the needs of the University based on service delivery, cost, and a commitment to the University's targeted business initiative.
The goal of this bidding process was to enhance the options available to units for accessing temporary services, as well as to ensure competitive pricing, high quality placements, and a commitment to service. By awarding the contract to more than one vendor, we hope to minimize the use of services outside of this temporary services contract. We have a strong and established relationship with Adecco, and we are confident that we can build an equally beneficial partnership with Kelly Services, who will bring a new, fresh perspective to temporary staffing at the University.
We are in the process of implementing the new contract, and will be updating the OHR Manager's toolkit hiring web pages to reflect the contact information for the two vendors. We are confident that the new dual-vendor approach will be an effective solution in meeting your temporary clerical staffing needs.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Laura Negrini at (612) 624-4142 or by email at negri001@umn.edu.
Attached is a detailed memo about the Freshman Job Guarantee Program and Job Fair. Departments are asked to participate in a Job Fair with the opportunity to interview and or hire students on-the-spot using the Quick Hire Form. The Freshmen Job Guarantee Fair will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in the Mississippi Room at Coffman Union.
If your department is interested in participating in this program, please email or call Lolita Davis Carter, at ldavisca@umn.edu or 612-626-2218 in the central Office of Human Resources to reserve a space. She would like to confirm department participation in the next two weeks.
HR Pro FJG letter
If your department is interested in participating in this program, please email or call Lolita Davis Carter, at ldavisca@umn.edu or 612-626-2218 in the central Office of Human Resources to reserve a space. She would like to confirm department participation in the next two weeks.
HR Pro FJG letter
For those staff members within Johnston and for those attending meetings
starting June 30-July 8th, occupants may experience some
inconvenience in Johnston over the next week or so - Intermittent water
shut downs, but most importantly our elevator is
going to be down for about a week starting tomorrow (Thu), June 30. It
was felt that the 4th of July week would be one of the slowest of the
summer and best to deal with this inconvenience.
Please keep this in mind when scheduling appointments and ordering supplies. I don't yet know what the accommodations procedure referenced below amounts to, but please let me know if have any immediate concerns related to orientation or other planned activities. Keep your fingers crossed that this will take less time than planned!
Please keep this in mind when scheduling appointments and ordering supplies. I don't yet know what the accommodations procedure referenced below amounts to, but please let me know if have any immediate concerns related to orientation or other planned activities. Keep your fingers crossed that this will take less time than planned!
CLA NOW listserve changes....Starting next week, your e-newsletter will be coming to you from a different source.
You may be asking, "How does this impact me?"
It really doesn't with the exception that you may notice it comes from a different source. Instead of clanow@cla.umn.edu it will be cla-now@lists.umn.edu.
(You may want to ensure proper delivery by ensuring your filters are not placing this very important communication newsletter in your spam folder.)
Otherwise, expect everything to remain the same.
As the process is now, all NEW subscribers need to contact klue0054@umn.edu to be added.
Any questions, please contact Mary Beth Kluesner at the above email address.
You may be asking, "How does this impact me?"
It really doesn't with the exception that you may notice it comes from a different source. Instead of clanow@cla.umn.edu it will be cla-now@lists.umn.edu.
(You may want to ensure proper delivery by ensuring your filters are not placing this very important communication newsletter in your spam folder.)
Otherwise, expect everything to remain the same.
As the process is now, all NEW subscribers need to contact klue0054@umn.edu to be added.
Any questions, please contact Mary Beth Kluesner at the above email address.
Exit Survey Report
Attached is the University's employee Exit Survey summary report for the first quarter of 2011. Q1 CY11 exit survey summary report.pdf
Also, we are using this report to remind you to extend an invitation to all individuals (faculty, staff, students) who have left a position with your unit, and to please copy that invitation to the CLA HR email account (clahr@umn.edu).
To date, the college has far fewer exit survey invitations than the actual number of individuals who have left. In order to get a sense of the reasons people leave CLA, we need to have CLA people complete the survey.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Office of CLA HR and Faculty
Attached is the University's employee Exit Survey summary report for the first quarter of 2011. Q1 CY11 exit survey summary report.pdf
Also, we are using this report to remind you to extend an invitation to all individuals (faculty, staff, students) who have left a position with your unit, and to please copy that invitation to the CLA HR email account (clahr@umn.edu).
To date, the college has far fewer exit survey invitations than the actual number of individuals who have left. In order to get a sense of the reasons people leave CLA, we need to have CLA people complete the survey.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Office of CLA HR and Faculty
This message is forwarded from the U Card Office director. The message below is included as an attachment. The fees were reviewed once more by central administration, resulting in some changes.**
To: Members of the University Community
Subject: Update-U Card Fee for 1st Card
Since the recent notification of a U Card fee for first U cards being scheduled for implementation on June 1st, 2011, your concerns regarding the card fees have been brought to my attention. Responses received have been appreciated and forwarded for review by Central Administration. As a result, the University leadership has revised the U Card fee structure for FY12 as follows:
The $10 fee for first issued cards to students, staff and faculty has been put on hold at this time. First time issued cards will continue to be provided at no charge.
Replacement fees for U Cards will increase to $25, effective second quarter, fiscal year 2012. Coordinate campuses (Morris, Duluth, Crookston and Rochester) will most likely adopt a similar replacement card fee effective second quarter, fiscal year 2012. Confirmation from the campuses is pending.
Replacement card fees must be covered by the individual card holder and not their department.
Cards damaged due to product failure are always replaced at no charge to the card holder. To learn more about card product failure and what card holders should do when this occurs, visit the U Card web site: www.umn.edu/ucard
Sponsored account cards can still be purchased by departments. Sponsored accounts are defined as U Cards issued to faculty and staff such as visiting scholars, project based employees, and adjunct faculty. More information about these sponsored accounts can be found on the U Card web site: www.umn.edu/ucard
The U Card Office will provide updates as new developments or direction are received. We will continue to provide you state of the art technology as the card system and program continue to expand. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Cathy Morrison, Director
U Card Office
morri605@umn.edu
To: Members of the University Community
Subject: Update-U Card Fee for 1st Card
Since the recent notification of a U Card fee for first U cards being scheduled for implementation on June 1st, 2011, your concerns regarding the card fees have been brought to my attention. Responses received have been appreciated and forwarded for review by Central Administration. As a result, the University leadership has revised the U Card fee structure for FY12 as follows:
The $10 fee for first issued cards to students, staff and faculty has been put on hold at this time. First time issued cards will continue to be provided at no charge.
Replacement fees for U Cards will increase to $25, effective second quarter, fiscal year 2012. Coordinate campuses (Morris, Duluth, Crookston and Rochester) will most likely adopt a similar replacement card fee effective second quarter, fiscal year 2012. Confirmation from the campuses is pending.
Replacement card fees must be covered by the individual card holder and not their department.
Cards damaged due to product failure are always replaced at no charge to the card holder. To learn more about card product failure and what card holders should do when this occurs, visit the U Card web site: www.umn.edu/ucard
Sponsored account cards can still be purchased by departments. Sponsored accounts are defined as U Cards issued to faculty and staff such as visiting scholars, project based employees, and adjunct faculty. More information about these sponsored accounts can be found on the U Card web site: www.umn.edu/ucard
The U Card Office will provide updates as new developments or direction are received. We will continue to provide you state of the art technology as the card system and program continue to expand. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Cathy Morrison, Director
U Card Office
morri605@umn.edu
This message is to alert you to new fee structures being implemented at the University's U Card Office. These new fees will affect faculty, staff and students. Effective June 1st, 2011, first time cards will include a fee of $10.
A first time card is the first U Card every new University community member receives. In the past, we have issued these first time cards at no charge, absorbing the continued increases in production expense.
Replacement card fees will increase from $20 to $25 by the end of second quarter in fiscal year 2012. Replacement cards are issued to card holders when their U Card has been lost, stolen, deactivated or damaged by the card holder.
These fees are being instituted due to the following:
1.) The increasing cost of smart card technology: The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, moved to smart card technology in 2008. This technology provides state of the art security for all community members. Costs for card production (plastics, ribbon, equipment and labor) continue to rise.
2.) A restructuring of U Card funding from the University: The University continues to fund a portion of U Card production, but this funding does not cover expenses in their entirety.
In addition, individuals will now be required to pay these restructured fees, rather than charging them to their departments. At this time, the University has elected not to allow departments to cover the first time card fee and/or replacement card fees. Please note sponsored accounts do not fall under this new policy.
The U Card Office continues to deliver identity authentication in the form of U Cards, the official identification card for the University of Minnesota; security badges; and specialty cards. The U Card also provides numerous benefits beyond identification authentication including mealplan balance and transactions, door access, laundry, printing, computer labs, time cards and banking services.
The U Card applications align with national trends pertaining to card issuance, identity authentication and more. We work closely with our vendors and national colleagues to assure that we're delivering the best card product that meets our campus's needs. We also strive to keep costs competitive and will continue to do so.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Cathy Morrison, Director
U Card Office
morri605@umn.edu
A first time card is the first U Card every new University community member receives. In the past, we have issued these first time cards at no charge, absorbing the continued increases in production expense.
Replacement card fees will increase from $20 to $25 by the end of second quarter in fiscal year 2012. Replacement cards are issued to card holders when their U Card has been lost, stolen, deactivated or damaged by the card holder.
These fees are being instituted due to the following:
1.) The increasing cost of smart card technology: The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, moved to smart card technology in 2008. This technology provides state of the art security for all community members. Costs for card production (plastics, ribbon, equipment and labor) continue to rise.
2.) A restructuring of U Card funding from the University: The University continues to fund a portion of U Card production, but this funding does not cover expenses in their entirety.
In addition, individuals will now be required to pay these restructured fees, rather than charging them to their departments. At this time, the University has elected not to allow departments to cover the first time card fee and/or replacement card fees. Please note sponsored accounts do not fall under this new policy.
The U Card Office continues to deliver identity authentication in the form of U Cards, the official identification card for the University of Minnesota; security badges; and specialty cards. The U Card also provides numerous benefits beyond identification authentication including mealplan balance and transactions, door access, laundry, printing, computer labs, time cards and banking services.
The U Card applications align with national trends pertaining to card issuance, identity authentication and more. We work closely with our vendors and national colleagues to assure that we're delivering the best card product that meets our campus's needs. We also strive to keep costs competitive and will continue to do so.
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Cathy Morrison, Director
U Card Office
morri605@umn.edu
University Relations Brief is preparing yet another round of "Things to do at the U in the summer (see last year for an example)," always one of the best read stories of the year. Please send some ideas from your college/department this way for music, food, gardening, lectures, camps, (for kids and grown-ups), concerts, other events, and more, on or around the UMTC campus, with special focus on U faculty and staff. Feel fee to suggest a theme as well, or new ideas and angles for the column.
This will run either May 18 or June 1.
For submissions, please contact:
Adam Overland
Internal Communications content manager
Editor, Brief
University Relations, Morrill Hall
612-626-8371
overland@umn.edu
This will run either May 18 or June 1.
For submissions, please contact:
Adam Overland
Internal Communications content manager
Editor, Brief
University Relations, Morrill Hall
612-626-8371
overland@umn.edu
