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What's
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April 1, 2007
Classification Redesign Project
The
Classification Redesign Project roll out has begun with the changes
taking effect on April 20th. A new area of the HR website
devoted entirely to
Classification Redesign launched March 23rd and has
received over 26,000 hits in less than 2 weeks. The new Classification
site provides detailed information about the classification redesign and
new job classification descriptions.
In the next
few weeks HR will offer several “town hall” meetings for employees to
meet with representatives from HR to learn more about the overall
project (not specific individual results) from the origins of the
project to the final implementation (dates and times to be announced).
For more
information, visit the
Classification Redesign website. If you have questions or concerns
about your own classification, please talk with your immediate
supervisor. For other questions, contact JD Needham, Assistant Director
of HR Services at 974-5719.
Sick Pool Open Enrollment in April
“There When You Need
It”
The USF Sick Leave Pool Open
Enrollment is being held from April 1 through April 30, 2007, with an
effective date of membership of June 1, 2007. The purpose of the USF
Sick Leave Pool is to enable an employee to remain in a paid status when
they experience a serious short term medical condition rendering them
unable to perform assigned duties and causing them to deplete all of
their accrued sick and annual leave. If you are interested and would
like to become a member, please click
here
for information on how to enroll. You can also contact your
Departmental Attendance & Leave Coordinator or Beverly Jerry, USF
Attendance & Leave coordinator at 974-5717 or
bjerry@admin.usf.edu.
2007 –
2008 Summer / Fall Appointments Guarantee Dates
Are you responsible for submitting
appointment information about your department’s employees to the HR
Employment Center? The appointment "Guarantee Date" for Summer
Session A & C is 04/24/07. The appointment “Guarantee Date”
for Summer Session B is 06/05/07. All
Appointment Status Forms
(ASF) received by HR
by these dates are
guaranteed to be processed in time, provided any errors or additional
information needed to process the appointment can be resolved in a
timely fashion.
Here is the academic
calendar information for 2007/2008
|
Semester |
Guarantee Dates |
Appointment
Dates |
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Summer A 2007 |
4/24/2007 |
5/07/07 - 6/19/07 |
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Summer B 2007 |
6/5/2007 |
6/20/07 - 8/03/07 |
|
Summer C 2007 |
4/24/2007 |
5/07/07 - 8/03/07 |
|
Academic Year 2007/08 (9 mos) |
7/17/2007 |
8/7/2007 - 5/5/2008 |
|
Calendar Year 2007/08 (12 mos) |
7/17/2007 |
8/7/2007 - 8/6/2008 |
|
Semester I (Fall) 2007/08 |
7/17/2007 |
8/7/07 - 12/19/07 |
|
Semester II (Spring) 2007/08 |
12/4/2007 |
12/20/07 - 5/5/08 |
For assistance or questions, contact your
Human Resources Representative.
Pay Distribution Requests
If you
are responsible for assigning pay distribution for your department’s
employees, here’s a reminder of the procedures. When hiring a new
employee or submitting a new concurrent appointment of an existing
employee, include your pay distribution account code and chart fields on
either the offer letter and/or the ASF and submit to the Employment
Center. All other changes in pay distribution for existing employees
should go to University Payroll. If you have questions, please contact
Carol Sands at 974-6035 or
csands@admin.usf.edu. If you are in one
of the pilot areas (inputting your own pay distributions) and have
questions, please contact your pay distribution representative.
Leadership Development Series
Organization Development &
Training is pleased to announce the start of two new Leadership
Development Series. Leadership Development Series 1 contains 7
workshops starting on May 1st with Leadership: From Theory to Action.
Leadership Development Series 2 is comprised of 7 different workshops
kicking off with Building and Developing Teams on May 24th. Please
click
here
for more details on
both series. Customer Service@USF starts a new series April 11th.
Visit the
ODT website for
more information on these training opportunities and more.
Take Back The Night Comes to
USF
T he
first ever Take Back the Night event at the University of
South Florida will be Tuesday April 10th from 6 – 9 PM on MLK
Plaza outside the Marshall Center. Take Back the Night is a protest
against rape and violence against women. TBTN activities will include a
speak-out, candlelight vigil, memory wall, informational speakers, as
well as food, handouts, and live music.
April is recognized
nationwide as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and is a time for
communities to gather together and show support for those impacted by
sexual violence. Other activities in April include the 5th
Annual Take Back the Night Candle Light Vigil and March on Thursday,
April 12, 2007. This moving event will begin at 7pm at Temple Terrace
United Methodist Church, located at 5030 E. Busch Blvd. in Tampa. The
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, in partnership with the Florida Department
of Health, will host the Candle Light Vigil and March, joining 25
Florida communities in honoring sexual assault survivors and their loved
ones in Tampa.
Keynote speaker Tony
Porter is an educator and activist working in the social justice arena
for over twenty years. He is internationally recognized for his effort
to end men's violence against women. Porter is the co-founder of A
Call To Men, a leading national men's organization addressing men's
violence against women, and the eradication of sexism, while maintaining
strong coalitions with women's organizations already doing this
important work. Porter is currently working with numerous domestic
violence and sexual assault coalitions, colleges and universities around
the country. He has worked with the United States Military Academy at
West Point and the United States Navel Academy at Annapolis.
According to national statistics, a sexual assault
occurs every 90 seconds in this country. In Florida, one out of every
nine women has been the victim of sexual assault. Based on this
analysis by researchers for the National Violence Against Women
Prevention Research Center, there are estimated to be about 43,000 rapes
victims in Hillsborough County. The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay’s Nurse
Examiner Program and APPLE Trauma Response Center have provided medical
services and counseling to many of those victims. If you or someone you
know has been the victim of sexual assault, help is available in
Hillsborough County by calling 2-1-1 from any landline and most wireless
phones.
The events held throughout Florida in
April have been made possible through the support of the Florida Council
Against Sexual Violence, Inc. (FCASV), a statewide advocacy agency
dedicated to making changes that better serve rape victims and combat
the devastating impact of sexual assault. Funding was provided by the
Florida Department of Health's Sexual Violence Prevention Program
through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control. Survivors of
sexual assault can be put in touch with rape crisis centers in their
community by calling the FCASV hotline, (888) 956-7273 or visiting their
website at
www.fcasv.org.
For
more information about the USF event and Take Back the Night, contact
Cheryl Fitzpatrick at the USF Advocacy Program at 974-5758.
New Faces in HR
 Janice
Sullivan
has been with
the HR Division
in University Payroll since
2006 and has recently transferred to the HR Employment Center team
as the new RightStart “Ambassador” (officially known as HR
Representative). Janice is bilingual and is an Architect with a
Masters in HR Management, PHR certification and is currently
pursuing her PhD in Adult Education at USF. Janice can be reached
at
jsullivan@admin.usf.edu
or
974-1491.
Jesse
Ray Rodriguez
has joined the
HR Operations team as an HRIS Reports Developer .
Jesse has approximately ten (10) years of IT experience. Jesse has
a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and before coming to USF he
worked as a programmer as well as provided technical support to end
users. Jesse can be reached at
jesser@admin.usf.edu or
974-5386.
Patti Krause
has joined HR
reporting to Sandy Lovins,
Associate Vice President. Patti’s primary duties are providing
support to the collective bargaining function at USF. Patti
recently relocated from Michigan to Tampa and has spent almost 25
years working in an administrative support capacity in both the
higher education environment as well as in the public sector. Patti
can be reached at 974-5489 or
pkrause@admin.usf.edu.
Angelyna Patane
is a new HR Representative in the HR Employment Center. Angelyna
has a Bachelor’s in Management from USF and more than 8 years of HR
Generalist experience which she honed while working abroad in
Malaysia as well as in the United States. Angelyna can be reached
at 974-0586 or
apatane@admin.usf.edu.
Pat Geisler has
been promoted to HR Trainer. Formerly the Office Manager for
Organization Development & Training, in her new position Pat is
responsible for developing and implementing training for the
University on HR topics including systems training. Pat has been at
USF for seven years. Before coming to USF Pat owned theatrical
scenery and supply company and built the original Buccaneer
cheerleader costumes. Pat can be reached at 974-5532 or
pgeisler@admin.usf.edu.
Adoption Benefits
Program
The
2007 open enrollment period for the State’s Adoption Benefits
Program is now through May 31, 2007. If you adopted a child on or
after October 1, 2000, and you are a full-time or part-time USF
employee, you are eligible to apply for adoption benefits during the
open enrollment period. OPS employees are not eligible for this
benefit. Employees who applied in previous years and were not
awarded a benefit must reapply in order to be considered for the
adoption benefit
An
eligible adoption is the adoption of a child whose permanent custody
has been awarded to the Florida Department of Children and Family
Services or to a Florida-licensed child-placing agency, provided
that a final order of adoption is awarded on or after October 1,
2000.
Adoption of a Special Needs Child:
A monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per child may be
available. Adoption of a Non-Special Needs Child: A
monetary benefit in the amount of $5,000 per child may be
available. The benefit for part-time employees will be pro-rated.
The amount of benefits available to fund this program is contingent
upon Legislative Appropriation.
For
more information and to access the adoption benefit application,
visit the State of Florida’s
Department of Management Services, Division of Human Resource
Management’s website.
If you have any questions regarding the Adoption Benefit
Program, please contact Krystal Barnes at (850) 487-9471 (SUNCOM
277-9471) or
krystal.barnes@dms.myflorida.com or call the USF HR Benefits
Office at 974-2970.
USF101: Stuff You Need to Know (but didn’t know to ask)
If you
use a computer in your job at USF, this course is for you. This
two-hour workshop will help acclimate you as a new employee and
introduce you to some online resources to make your job easier.
You’ll learn how to navigate the USF web to find answers,
learn USF-speak and acronyms, how to
use Outlook at USF more effectively, utilize Public Folders,
LISTSERVs, email, calendars and meeting requests, and learn about the
systems we use at USF and how to access them via the Portal.
The workshop is Wednesday, May 16th from 1:00 to 3:00
p.m.
Registration is through GEMS Self Service (Course Code: USF101).
For more information, click
here or contact Theresa Scott at 974-9116 or
odt@admin.usf.edu.
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