Events Round Up 9/11 to 9/16

Here are some events happening this week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.

Tuesday, September 11

MSU Accounting in EBS, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., B119 Henry Center

MSU Web Mail, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 Olds Hall

Bicycle Commute for Clean Commute, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., Spartan Room C International Center

Wednesday, September 12

Conversation with President Lou Anna K. Simon, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Kellogg Center Lincoln Room

Crucial Confrontations, 8:30 a.m. to noon, 10 Nisbet

Brown Bag Series – Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives, 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., MSU Museum Auditorium

Thursday, September 13

How To Eat: Resolving the Weight Dilemma orientation, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., C102 Wonders Hall

Tour of Beal Botanical Garden, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., Beal Garden

One Book, One Community film event: Aparajito (1956), 7 p.m., W449 Main Library

Friday, September 14

Kripalu Yoga, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., IM Circle Dance Studio

MasterWorks 1: Opening Night with Beethoven & Prokoviev, 8 p.m, Wharton Center

Sunday, September 16

East Lansing Welcomes the World, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., East Lansing Public Library

Lily Tomlin, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Wharton Center

Job of the Week 9/7/12

This week we’re highlighting an Educational Program Coordinator II position in the Women’s Resource Center (Posting #6694).  The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) operates from several core themes which include social justice, leadership development and work life engagement; the WRC provides a forum to examine structures of power and privilege across all aspects of identity; the Center is responsible for providing resources, programming, mentoring and opportunities for collaboration with other units across campus and in the broader community as they pertain to gender and the WRC’s three core themes.

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Can my spouse/OEI be covered under MSU’s health plan?

This is a common question we get in Human Resources. Spousal coverage is available for all spouses/Other Eligible Individuals (OEIs) of benefits-eligible employees who enroll in an MSU health plan. This seems simple enough, but the premium threshold for spousal coverage can become confusing!

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Don’t forget your spouse or OEI can be covered along with you on MSU’s health plans!

If your spouse/OEI has health care coverage from their employer that costs $850 or less per year (for a single policy, not two-person or family), they need to enroll in their employer’s health plan. But, they also can have secondary coverage with you through your MSU health plan.Continue Reading… Can my spouse/OEI be covered under MSU’s health plan?

Job of the Week 8/31/12

This week we’re highlighting a Secretary III position in the Supportive Services Program (Posting #6672). Some of the job duties for this position include providing secretarial support for the director and associate director; creating and maintaining records for all unit financial accounts; providing accurate and timely information to the unit fiscal officer; monitoring post-award grant budget compliance; providing reports to the principal investigator; assisting with grant pre-award budget proposals; and researching and collecting data to assist in the preparation of grants, proposals and departmental reports. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.

Source Newsletter – August 2012 Edition

In case you missed it, here’s the August 2012 HR Source newsletter!HR Source August 2012

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Parking During Football Season

The annual Friday night game is coming up to begin this year’s Spartan football season. MSU Police is doing the best they can to accommodate MSU faculty and staff when it comes to parking on campus for these games. MSU Police asks for your cooperation on the following game days:

August 31 (Friday)               8:00 p.m.               Boise State
September 15                        8:00 pm                 Notre Dame
September 22                        TBA                        Eastern Michigan
September 29                        TBA                        Ohio State
October 13                              Noon                      Iowa (Homecoming)
November 3                           TBA                        Nebraska
November 17                          TBA                        NorthwesternContinue Reading… Parking During Football Season

K9 Training with MSU Police

Whether it’s searching for a suspect or leaping over hurdles, it’s all a game for police dogs. Officer Gary Heckman explained that the dogs are trained for police purposes, but every exercise they do results in reward, such as a lacrosse ball, once the task is complete. All police dogs come from Europe where they’ve been trained by professionals before they arrive at their destination to train with their new handler. The most common breeds are German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois. Dogs come as early as a year old and their careers can last for at least 10 years or more, depending on the individual dog. Check out this video below to see what training MSU police dogs go through twice a month!

 

Events Round-Up – 8/29 to 9/9

Here are some events happening over the next two weeks that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.

Wednesday, August 29

Classes Begin

Thursday, August 30

MSU Professors of Jazz, 7:30 p.m., Wharton Center

Friday, August 31

Michigan Mosaic Music Festival begins, 4 p.m., Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing

MSU Football vs. Boise State, 8 p.m. , Spartan Stadium

Tuesday, September 4

Flash CS5 – Level 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., New Horizons in East Lansing

Wednesday, September 5

Excel 2007 – Level 1, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., B110-F Wells Hall

Brown Bag Series – Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives, 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., MSU Museum Auditorium

Zotero: Citation Management 2.0, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Main Library Reference Instruction Room

Thursday, September 6

Innovate Michigan! Summit, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Kellogg Center

Friday, September 7

EndNote X4, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Main Library Basement Instruction Room

Sunday, September 9

Sheryl Crow, 7 p.m., Wharton Center

Health4U Programs and Services Guide Trivia Contest!

Health4U has come out with their Programs and Services Guide for 2012-2013! View the program guide to see if you can find the answers to this week’s trivia! Email your best guesses to balksb@hr.msu.edu before the end of the day on Monday for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to a Health4U program! The two people who email us first with all of the correct answers will win. If two people don’t get them all correct, it will be two people who get the most correct first. Good Luck!

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1.       1. Where will “Introduction to ACT” be held in the fall?Continue Reading… Health4U Programs and Services Guide Trivia Contest!

Job of the Week 8/23/12

This week we’re highlighting a Financial Analyst I position in Campus Living Services (Posting #6640). Some of the job duties for this position include collecting, preparing, and analyzing a variety of financial reports; assisting departments with accounting procedures and concerns and maintaining the financial reporting system; preparing year-end accrual adjustments and year-end closing entries for the preparation of audited financial statements; reviewing and auditing departmental financial reports for accuracy and validity; preparing and analyzing data for completing surveys with other schools and institutions; and compiling, verifying and analyzing data in order to assist in the preparation, publication and review of audited financial statements and reports.

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For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.