A Spartan Valentine’s Gift

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Valentine’s Day is this Friday. If you’re scrambling for gift ideas for someone special in your life, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.  We’ve come up with a list of great gift ideas that are available on MSU’s campus.

The 2006 MSU Women’s Gymnastics team forms a heart. Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.
The 2006 MSU Women’s Gymnastics team forms a heart. Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.

 

Purchase tickets to a play at the Wharton Center

The Wharton Center features Broadway plays year-round. Some of their shows this year include: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Bob and Tom Comedy Show and the Rock of Ages.

Grab Spartan gear available from bookstores on or around campus

There are several bookstores that sell MSU-related clothing and paraphernalia, including the Spartan Bookstore, the Student Bookstore and Ned’s Bookstore.Continue Reading… A Spartan Valentine’s Gift

Job of the Week 2/7/14

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This week we are highlighting a Project/Event Coordinator with Student Life (Posting #9034). This position will have significant responsibility for the continued development and implementation of the Intersection Project, which seeks to enhance the educational experience of LGBTQ Students of Color through initiatives that support individual academic success and wellness, community development and intercultural competence; the LBGT Resource Center at Michigan State University leads and collaborates on university-wide initiatives that enhance campus climate and academic and support services for MSU students who identify as lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and their communities; the center serves the entire campus community by helping all students, faculty and staff to thrive in a diverse world by developing allies across difference.

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.

Getting ahead with the Family Resource Center and MSU Resources

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We know your work life is full. Take some off the stress of yourself by working with our partners here at MSU. The MSU Family Resource Center (FRC) has a ton of resources for the MSU community to benefit from, including but not limited to, housing benefits, tutoring for students K-12, transportation resources, health services, employment information and child care centers.

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Your family can benefit from MSU’s Family Resource Center! Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.

This is a great time to explore what the FRC has to offer. Resources are offered at a low cost for MSU faculty and staff, and a significant amount of them are free! I’m confident that there is at least one program your family can benefit from. Check out the FRC’s website for useful links to MSU resources. Lastly, here are a few tips for a great spring semester!Continue Reading… Getting ahead with the Family Resource Center and MSU Resources

February is American Heart Month

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February is a month to celebrate your heart. Not only do we celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 14th, but we must also be aware of heart disease. Heart diseases are the number one killer of American’s today, while strokes are the number four killer. The research done by the American Heart Association can be very helpful for those who want to learn more about the risks and causes. The Go Red for Women campaign strongly encourages everyone to participate in National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 7 to raise awareness about heart disease in women.Holding a Heart

The American Heart Association claims that a healthy lifestyle will decrease the risk of heart disease. Here are some tips from them to maintain a healthy lifestyle:

  1. Don’t smoke
  2. Maintain a healthy weight
  3. Engage in regular physical activity
  4. Eat a healthy diet
  5. Manage blood pressure
  6. Take charge of cholesterol
  7. Keep blood sugar, or glucose, at healthy levels

Fill your heart with love this month, but don’t forget to always keep it healthy.

Events Round-Up February 2014

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

Community Events

Tuesday, February 4

Friday, February 7

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

Mid-Michigan Women’s Expo begins, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Lansing

Monday, February 10

Valentine’s Murder Ballad, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., RCAH Theater

Friday, February 14

The 45th Annual Spartan Stampede Rodeo begins, 8 p.m., MSU Pavilion

Saturday, February 15

Owl Prowl, 5 p.m -9 p.m., Lansing

Sunday, February 23

MSU Museum Chocolate Benefit Party, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center

Development, Training & Wellness

Wednesday, February 5

Travel Arrangers Education Day, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Henry Center

Monday, February 10

MSU Web Mail, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., 210 Computer Center

Wednesday, February 19

Optimizing your Outlook, 8:30 a.m. – noon, 10 Nisbet

New Supervisor Essentials, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., 10 Nisbet

Wednesday, February 26

Parent Talk: “Bullying”, 12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m., Berkey Hall, Room 214

Job of the Week 1/31/14

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This week we are highlighting a Quality Management Coordinator position with MSU Health Team (Posting #8991). This position coordinates quality management and improvement programs within HealthTeam clinics; operationalizes all third party payers incentive programs requirements at HealthTeam; collects, aggregates, analyzes, interprets, distributes and reports on quality management data within HealthTeam and to third party payers as needed; coordinates quality improvement projects including analyzing project needs, developing work plan and time lines, and writing progress and evaluation reports; leads informal work group sessions in areas of clinical guidelines, quality measures for health plans, disease management and specific quality improvement initiatives; establishes and promotes participation in quality initiatives through site visits, in services and consultation; makes formal presentations of information at various HealthTeam committees and departments; extracts, compiles and manipulates data from data base systems to produce reports; verifies and analyzes data to ensure accuracy and resolves inconsistencies and discrepancies in data.

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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.

January is National Mentoring Month! Make a Difference in a Child or Teen’s Life through the Michigan 4-H Youth Development Program.

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January is National Mentoring Month.  According to mentorscout.com, “a mentor is a coach, guide, tutor, facilitator, counselor and trusted advisor. A mentor is someone willing to spend his or her time and expertise to guide the development of another person.”

Mentoring can make a positive impact on a child’s life that lasts a lifetime.
Mentoring can make a positive impact on a child’s life that lasts a lifetime.

Youth can benefit from positive and caring mentors. Mentors can help youth discover their interests, pick careers, make better choices in life and so much more. Michigan 4-H Youth Development, is a mentoring program overseen by MSU Extension and serves as a resource to help build long-term positive mentoring relationships between youth and adults.

Michigan 4-H has more than 200,000 youth between the ages of 5-19 that participate. All 4-H’s policies and procedures are based on child development research.Continue Reading… January is National Mentoring Month! Make a Difference in a Child or Teen’s Life through the Michigan 4-H Youth Development Program.

Spotlight on HR Toolkits for All Employees

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This month we are spotlighting the toolkits for form and time deadlines related to monthly and bi-weekly payroll.

Payroll runs on a bi-weekly or monthly basis for all employees.  To ensure employees are paid accurately, HR and Payroll have established deadlines for submission of changes that might impact payroll.  Personnel forms (e.g., hire, rehire, change of status) must be submitted by the HR Cutoff Date deadline for the applicable payroll.   Time must be submitted by the Time Due Date deadline for the applicable payroll. The deadlines for each payroll cycle can be found on the Payroll website.

The toolkits explain where you can find this information and what the date columns really mean in the display.  The toolkit links are here and on the Human Resources website home page.

New Toolkits for Administrators, Supervisors & Staff 
– Monthly Payroll Form & Time Deadlines
– Bi-Weekly Payroll Form & Time Deadlines

Tips for Dealing with the Cold and Flu

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It’s that time of the year when getting sick is a huge possibility. The cold and flu are two of the most common illnesses during the winter months. The flu is usually caused by the influenza viruses A and B. Colds can be caused by a variety of viruses. Some symptoms of both the flu and cold include: a runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, cough and body aches.

Regardless of which illness you may have, getting sick can be time-consuming, stressful and agonizing. Here are six tips from the MSU Health e-Guide to help you deal with the cold or the flu this winter season.

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Taking good care of yourself will help you beat the cold or flu.

1. Get plenty of rest
Reduce the amount of activity involved in your normal day-to-day routines. Bed rest can help you feel better and avoid spreading the cold or flu to others.Continue Reading… Tips for Dealing with the Cold and Flu

Job of the Week 1/24/14

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This week we are highlighting a Senior Assistant Manager/Analyst in the Controller’s Financial & Cost Analysis Office (Posting #8921). This Position works for the Office of Financial and Cost Analysis in the Controller’s Office as a Senior Financial/Cost Analyst. In coordination with the Office of Contracts and Grant Administration, this position will perform financial accounting analysis in order to provide financial statements and managerial reports; assist in the coordination of the university’s annual external audit, including the audit of federal awards under Federal OMB Circular A-133; perform cost analysis to determine institutional overhead rates for assessing departments and federal grants in compliance with Federal OMB Circular A-21; provide departmental assistance and oversight for developing service center billing rates for internal and external customers; develop and propose university accounting policies/procedures for consideration of executive management; assist in reviewing and processing financial system transactions to ensure compliance with internal policies/procedures and generally accepted accounting procedures.

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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.