Today we’re thanking the staff members that keep 11.2 million square feet clean throughout 100 buildings on campus! We’re thankful for having a clean place to work and a clean environment for our students to learn and live, our faculty to research and teach, and our public to visit.
Custodial services have a variety of job tasks, including:Continue Reading… Thank You Custodial Staff!
It’s easy to find health information on the Internet. But sorting through thousands of sites and trying to determine which ones are actually offering accurate and medically sound information is far from simple.
Luckily, MSU has a powerful weapon for cutting through all the cyber-clutter when it comes to searching for health information on the web. By visiting healthwise.msu.edu, you will have immediate access to accurate, reliable health information.Continue Reading… Try the Healthwise Knowledgebase for the Right Information, Right Away!
Are you feeling the email inbox overload? Today, HRD facilitator Randy Dean shares some quick but effective tips for how to manage your inbox. Watch this video and see if you can implement these steps into your workday.
Randy will be facilitating MS Outlook classes again in the spring. If you’re looking for some help before then, check out his Time Management: Find That Extra Hour in Your Day class on Tuesday, November 29. Outlook and smart phones will be briefly covered in the course, in addition to other time management strategies.
Thanks to everyone who played our “Where’s the Pig?” FSA Contest! We can now share the campus locations of our piggy bank mascot:
Yes! Since Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are IRS-regulated benefits, save all of your receipts. IRS rules require FSA Plan Administrators to substantiate the eligibility of ALL items and services billed to Flexible Spending Accounts, including those transactions using HCSA debit cards.
MSU’s FSA Plan Administrator, Meritain Health, may contact you to submit a receipt to verify an expense. To meet IRS requirements, if such receipts aren’t sent to MSU’s FSA Plan Administrator in the time frame indicated in their messages, your HCSA Debit Card may be suspended until the issue is resolved.Continue Reading… Do I need to keep all of my receipts for my Flexible Spending Account?
The drawing’s been held for this week’s “Fun Friday” contest, and the winners are:
The next time you find yourself bored on a weekend with nothing to do, how about some good old-fashioned fun with a bowling night out at the MSU Union? Right in the basement of the south wing of the MSU Union is Spartan Lanes, a 16-lane bowling alley with a classic, fun, family-friendly atmosphere. Also, right next to the bowling alley in the Union basement is UCue Billards, with open billiards and 8 championship pocket tables.
The convenient location and low cost entertainment of bowling and billiards at the Union make it the ideal place to take a break from your busy schedule and enjoy some fun rolling some balls with your co-workers or family!Continue Reading… Bowling and Billiards at the U!
This week we’re highlighting an Office Supervisor I position in the department of Physiology (Posting #5373). Some of the job duties for this position include supervising, scheduling, prioritizing and assigning the work of the support staff; training and evaluating employees; reporting to the Chairperson of the Physiology Department; supports the administrative, operational and educational activities of the Physiology office; provides general administrative support including managing the chairperson’s calendars, arranging travel and processing all related travel paperwork; editing and composing correspondence; supporting unit committees by scheduling meetings, creating agendas, preparing meeting materials and taking minutes. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.
It’s thankful Thursday and today we’d like to say thank you to Brent Bowditch, who has served as the Assistant Vice President for MSU Human Resources over the last three years. Though we are sad to see you leave, your HR family wants you to know that we are thankful for all the great leadership qualities you brought to HR. We appreciate your hard work, family friendly values, consistently positive attitude and constant focus on teamwork and quality. You left a positive mark on MSU and on many of us as individuals in your time with us at MSU Human Resources. We wish you continuing success in your ongoing professional endeavors.Continue Reading… Thank you, Brent!
What do you think of when you hear the word accountability? For some people, the word conjures up negative images. (Picture a red-faced person screaming in your face “I’m holding you personally accountable for this mess!”) But accountability is not about who to blame for mistakes and it’s not just something one person dumps on another. On the contrary, accountability to ourselves and others is a crucial ingredient of success for individuals, work teams and entire organizations.
“A desire for greater accountability is a major theme that MSU employees have expressed in the surveys, focus groups, interviews and advisory group discussions held as part of the Participatory Management Initiative at MSU,” said Dawn Hecker, who leads the Organizational Development team at MSU Human Resources and also serves as a Participatory Management Initiative consultant. “We heard loud and clear that most MSU employees are proud of the work they do and care intensely about the quality of their work. They want to be held accountable for their own results and they want coworkers to be held accountable for their work as well so the entire team can succeed together.”Continue Reading… Accountability is not a four-letter word!
