This week we are highlighting a Research/Instructional Equipment Technician (Posting #9968) in the College of Natural Science. This position assembles, maintains, and repairs research instruments and equipment to include: assembly of research instrumentation & equipment to specifications set; assembles and trouble shoots electronic and research equipment; assists with product and instrumentation development; fabricates standard electronic devices for research or instruction. This position is funded for one year from date of hire with possible extension contingent upon funding availability.
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.Â
Every year there is a staff member chosen as the winner of the Clerical-Technical Recognition Award. This winner exemplifies a respect and concern for all members of the MSU community, diligence in daily work, significant contributions to the community or public service and innovative thinking. The 2013 winner of this respected honor is Barbara Sweeney, an Office Assistant III for the Animal Science Department at MSU.
Barbara Sweeney is the winner of the annual Clerical-Technical Recognition Award. The award honors a clerical-technical support staff member for a strong work ethic and innovative thinking.
Barbara (also known as Barb) has worked at the University for 40 years. After graduating from MSU in 1974 with a degree in Elementary Education, she began her career as a secretary in the MSU Department of Animal Science, Horse Extension Office. Since then Barbara has advanced several times in her career at MSU. She currently processes payroll for over 100 students and on-call/temporary employees. She also serves as the department lead for student hiring.
Don’t miss your chance to attend a financial essentials workshop, especially for women at MSU. These free workshops will be held Nov. 12 and 13 at the MSU Union.
WKAR-TV broadcasts on channel 23 and is a Michigan Public Television station. The station produces various programs about state and local issues. It also airs programming from PBS and other sources.Continue Reading… Thank You WKAR!
Parking at a meter without any loose change can be a nightmare, but new parking meters across campus are changing the way MSU faculty, staff and students are parking.
New parking meters on campus mean more ways to pay for MSU faculty, staff and students.
During the summer MSU police conducted a three-month trial run of solar powered parking meters that accept credit and debit cards in addition to cash and coins. Since then the meters have been placed in various areas around campus, such as the Dairy Store, the Union and Owen Hall.
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.
This week we are highlighting a Communications Manager I position with Communications and Brand Strategy (Posting #8610). The Communications Manager will assist with the development and implementation of multiple ongoing PR campaigns to promote the work of key MSU researchers; will research and identify key media and write releases and content for the researcher’s websites; will help track and evaluate plan metrics in order to assess the effectiveness of the plans and develop future efforts; will also research and help identify different vehicles and creative ways to promote the researchers. 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.
Building a professional network, staying up-to-date on the latest industry news and creating an engaging social media profile can help propel your career forward. HRD Facilitator Chuck Folino offers tips for utilizing the social media network “LinkedIn” to your advantage. Check out the video here.
You need to complete Open Enrollment if you want to make any benefits changes to these plans for the 2014 plan year, or if you want to continue coverage for a spouse or Other Eligible Individual (OEI). (See the spousal/OEI affidavit instructions here if you only need to complete the affidavit and don’t want to make other changes.) There will not be any extensions to the time Open Enrollment is available.
This week we are highlighting an Executive Staff Assistant position with the Libraries (Posting #8579). This position assists the Director of Libraries with day-to-day operations and administrative tasks; works in tandem with the business officer to manage all Main Office operations; serves as backup fiscal officer for the Libraries to analyze budgets, make recommendations, and monitor and approve financial expenditures as necessary; works in tandem with the fiscal officer to ensure that the Libraries are meeting fiscal objectives; prepares year-end reports, processes gifts, prepares gift acknowledgement letters and year-end endowment letters to donors, including the endowment activity report; deposits gifts and processes gifts of materials through the MSU Foundation; maintains donor filing system; reconciles monthly development account and the Development Officers’ p-card statements; prepares year-end payroll deduction acknowledgements; manages and coordinates the Libraries’ statistics and information gathering efforts, including preparing the annual report for the Association for Research Libraries; assists with gathering information needed for grant proposals and other major projects; coordinates updates to university publications and library policies and procedures, the Librarian Personnel Handbook and Bylaws, goals and objectives, mission, organizational chart and web pages on library committees; provides information to the administration, faculty, staff and external constituents regarding the Libraries; manages and coordinates travel by maintaining and updating library travel allocation balances, auditing travel reimbursements, approving expenditures of travel funds including registration payments, serving as a resource for questions regarding travel reimbursements; provides some clerical assistance for assistant directors; assists with and manages event planning as needed.
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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.
