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Look good, feel good! Help your heart look good and feel good this month – February is American Heart Health Month. Heart disease and strokes are both in the top five for leading causes of death in the United States.  According to the American Heart Association, there are seven steps to take action against heart disease and stroke:

1. Manage Blood Pressure
2. Control Cholesterol
3. Reduce Blood Sugar
4. Get Active
5. Eat Better
6. Lose Weight
7. Stop Smoking

The American Heart Association website is packed with tools and resources to improve your life. One of their tools is a recipe database to assist you in making heart healthy meals such as Tailgate Chili, Better Breakfast Tostada with Avocado and Eggs, and Baked Oat-Crusted Chicken Fingers with Sweet Mustard Sauce! The MSU Health4U website also has articles, recipes and resources to help you in the kitchen.

Another resource on the American Heart Association website is an activity tab packed with activity guides, fitness basics, motivation and a kids channel to get the entire family involved. The fitness basics hold recommendations for physical activity and seasonal fitness articles.  Looking to get active on campus? MSU Health4U also has the MSU Moves program to help you get active through group 5K training, classes and coaching!

Utilize these stellar resources on and off campus to get your body moving, blood pumping and heart happy this month!

Support Events for MSU Staff and Faculty

On Thursday, February 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Reflect and Connect will be offering a session for MSU faculty and staff to connect and find support as a community. The session will give people a chance to share their experiences, express their feelings, and talk about how recent events are affecting them personally and professionally. Resources and self-care strategies to help people take care of themselves and maintain work effectiveness over time will be shared. Find out more about Reflect & Connect – Building Community: A Moment of Pause.

Professional Development

February 15

Accounting in EBS

February 20

Crucial Accountability *

February 22

Communicating and Influencing Up

Fundamentals of Supervision

February 27

Advanced Travel Policies and Reimbursement

February 28

EBS Financial System Roles/Onboarding

*Additional days required to complete course

Community Events

February 13

Lansing Brew Run

February 17

Klimb for Kids

February 18

Yoga & Coffee, duh!

February 23

Mother + Son Date Night

February 24th

Brrs, Beards & Brews: A Lumberjack Festival 

Family Moonlight Sledding

 

 

 

 

In honor of Black History Month, you are invited to attend The 2018 Dr. William G. Anderson Lecture Series: Slavery to Freedom. This lecture series is an award-winning series that highlights living icons of the American Civil Rights Movement. This year’s speakers include:

Michael Eric Dyson on Thursday, February 1 at 5 p.m. at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

If you missed Dr. Dyson’s speech, mark your calendars for Jemele Hill and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II coming later in the month!

Jemele Hill will speak on Friday, February 9 at 12 p.m. at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II will speak on Thursday, February 22 and 5 p.m. at the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts.

To learn more about each speaker, click here.

This lecture series was named after William G. Anderson, D.O., the first African American to have been elected national president of the American Osteopathic Association. The series is named in his honor after his singular achievements as an activist, a physician and cornerstone of this program.

This week’s job of the week is a Project/Event Coordinator (#488679) with the MSU Extension Director’s Office.

This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, overseeing and executing assigned research, service projects and/or large scale special events. This includes assisting with budget development and maintaining the records of departmental projects, functions or events. They will train and supervise students, on-call, and temporary employees in order to ensure high-quality service. Additionally, they will oversee the preparation of project/event related publications and act as a liaison between vendors and users in order to obtain event materials.

The ideal candidate would possess a four year college degree in Public Relations, Communications, Business or in an area related to the work being performed; one to three years of related and progressively more expansive work experience in a field related to the position including planning and managing special events; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

For more details on the responsibilities of this position, and to view all our current postings, visit careers.msu.edu. Internal applicants should access postings through the Careers @ MSU tile in the EBS Portal.

In case you missed it, here are the January 2018 Source newsletters.

There is a Source Newsletter for Support Staff and a Source Newsletter for Faculty, Academic Staff and Executive Management.

You can find older editions of the newsletter on the HR website.

Here are the headlines at a glance for this month’s Source:

Support Staff: 

• 2018 IRS Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
• Join the MSU Support Staff Facebook Group
• A New Year of Resolutions: WorkLife Tips
• Ruth Jameyson “Above and Beyond” Award Nominations
• Student Employee of the Year Award Nominations
• Women’s Networking Association Seminars
• Identity Theft, Unemployment Fraud and Tax Fraud
• IRS Extends ACA Individual Statement Deadline
• TIAA Webinars to Boost Financial Know-How
• Solutions Center Phone Number Update
• Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Faculty and Academic Staff:

• 2018 IRS Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
• Academic Women’s Forum Event Dates
• A New Year of Resolutions: WorkLife Tips
• 2018 AT&T Instructional Technology Award
• Student Employee of the Year Award Nominations
• TIAA Webinars to Boost Financial Know-How
• Teaching & Learning Spring Conference and Student Success Summit: Proposals Due Feb. 5
• Identity Theft, Unemployment Fraud and Tax Fraud
• IRS Extends ACA Individual Statement Deadline
• Solutions Center Phone Number Update
• Events at a Glance

Have you heard about the MSU Tennis Center and all it has to offer? The center opened 31 years ago to build a community around the sport of tennis. It offers discounted court times for faculty, staff and students. The center is also open to the public and is based on a pay-to-play system, no memberships are required! They are also the home of the Michigan State Men’s and Women’s tennis teams.

The Tennis Center offers classes for all ages, from kids starting at age three to seniors and any skill level. Class schedules are posted on the Tennis Center website. If the posted times do not work for your schedule, instructors are flexible and can create new time slots that work for your schedule. On top of set lessons and classes, the center offers adult mixers every month. Players get rotated around courts to play against different people every round and snacks are provided afterward! Family Fun Nights are also scheduled periodically where parents can bring their children and have a chance to play with them on the court, rather than watching during lessons.

The Tennis Center certified staff are made up of MSU Alumni, former MSU Tennis players and coaches. They are available to provide guidance on equipment, craft and best practices. The Pro Shop located inside the center offers apparel, rackets, balls and more specialty items to help you play your best game.

On top of the discounts and resources at the Tennis Center, there is also free admission to MSU Men’s and Women’s Tennis matches! With a unique court set-up, spectators are as close to the game as possible, with visibility of all eight courts.

The goal of the Tennis Center is to help everyone in the area build a community, perfect their craft and assist in any way they can. “Love the game. I feel like if someone comes here and gets involved in something, they can come and learn to love the game of tennis.” -Heather Mactaggart, Manager.

This week’s job of the week is a Medical Technologist I with the MSU Health Team in the histocompatibility laboratory. In this lab, general responsibilities include molecular HLA typing, antibody testing on the Luminex, flow cytometry crossmatch testing, and general quality assurance.

Eligible candidates for this role will have completed a four-year college degree program in Medical Technology and one year internship at an approved institution laboratory; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in hematology, chemistry, microbiology, immunohematology, urinalysis and coagulation; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and certification as a Medical Technologist or eligible as MT(ASCP) or CLS (NCA). Another desired qualification includes one year of pertinent laboratory experience and CHT (ASHI) certification.

For more details on the responsibilities and requirements of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please visit careers.msu.edu. Internal applicants should access postings through the Careers @ MSU tile in the EBS Portal.

The online learning platform elevateU has a new MSU Highlighted Program available to all MSU faculty and staff called “Building a High Performing Work Culture”. This program is filled with courses, videos, books and more to help all levels of MSU faculty and staff increase their professional and personal development. The resources cover a range of topics, with anything from dealing with workplace conflict to creating formulas in Excel.

Along with the new MSU Highlighted Program, elevateU has a new look with an updated graphic identity and homepage. Click one of the tiles on the homepage to go directly into the “Building a High Performing Work Culture” program. Tiles are grouped into categories to allow for easier access to key resources. Check out the video below to learn more about what elevateU has to offer.

You can login to elevateU here with your MSU NetID and Password.

Who, or actually what, is ALEX? A virtual benefits counselor to help you make the best decisions this Open Enrollment period! During Open Enrollment, ALEX will be available to take you through your benefits options and provide a summary of suggestions and estimates tailored to you.

Here are three important things to know about the ALEX tool:

1. It’s personalized, so you can see which plan makes the most sense for YOU.
2. It’s fun to use; there’s no complicated legal terminology. This tool makes your benefits easy to understand.
3. It’s confidential, so you can get the guidance you need without revealing all of your personal information.

Visit the MSU HR website to meet ALEX and learn more about this tool.

This tool is for educational purposes; open enrollment is still done through the EBS Portal. For assistance using ALEX, or to understand your benefits’ options, please contact the HR Solutions Center at 517-353-4434 or SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu.