Starting today, MSU is offering a new line of voluntary, employee-paid benefits to benefits-eligible employees called MSU Benefits Plus. MSU Benefits Plus is administered by a company called Empower Benefits. The benefits are offered through payroll deduction and will be deducted on a monthly basis.
The line-up of benefits and their vendors include:Continue Reading… MSU Benefits Plus Opens Today!
Here are some events happening this week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
Monday, October 1
MSU Benefits Plus is available
Detroit is No Dry Bones by Camilo Jose Vergara, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Kellogg Center Lincoln Room
Tuesday, October 2
Certified Human Resources Specialist, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 10 Nisbet
Office 2010 New Features, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., B110-F Wells Hall
Advantages of Being a Good Customer, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 10 Nisbet
Wednesday, October 3
Thursday, October 4
Event Planning 101: Blueprint for Success, 8:30 a.m. to noon, 10 Nisbet
Word 2010 Basics, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., B110-F Wells Hall
Active Stretching, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., IM Circle Dance Studio
Friday, October 5
Illustrator CS5 – Level 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., New Horizons in East Lansing
Sexual Harassment: For Supervisors, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 10 Nisbet
Saturday, October 6
Teddy Bear Hospital and Picnic, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4-H Children’s Garden
Sunday, October 7
MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., MSU Museum
This week we’re highlighting a Human Resources Analyst position in Central Human Resources Staffing Services (Posting #6798). Some of the job duties for this position include developing and implementing HR programs and initiatives; coordinating special HR projects; providing generalist and specialist support in the administration of compensation and employment; maintaining the University classification system by conducting position audits, researching documentation and making formal classification recommendations; developing new and revising existing classifications; conducting classification reviews of major job groups, employee groups and/or University units; and supporting the compensation function of the University by designing and conducting salary surveys, analyzing survey results, preparing statistical and narrative reports, and recommending individual pay levels and overall pay structures. 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.
Rolling out onto MSU’s campus, brought to you by MSU Culinary Services, is the Eat at State On-The-Go Food Truck. This innovative food vendor is changing the meaning of eating on campus and offering convenient meals around campus.
Packed inside the electrically-powered food truck is a flat-top grill, a hot box, a refrigerator, a bakery cabinet, a generator and a three-compartment sink. The paint job of the food truck features tweets and quotes from Eat at State’s social media followers who submitted the best ideas. “Green Machine,” “ST82PL8” and “Go Green Cuisine” were the top submissions and they can be seen wrapped around throughout the truck’s design.Continue Reading… A New Way to Eat on Campus: the MSU Food Truck is Here!
Niki Rudolph is the new Director of Student Affairs at the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. In this guest post, she offers some tips on how to avoid unnecessary office quarrels over common email mistakes.
Most likely, an email brought you to this post. You were plugging along, answering emails, filing others, and clicked on this link. As you read this, other emails are pouring in. I feel your pain. I would like to offer a few tips to make the entire process more efficient. In the interest of getting to the point, here are some quick tips to make email a more pleasant experience. That’s right; I said pleasant.Continue Reading… “How do I respond to THAT?” Writing effective and efficient emails
Here are some events happening this week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
Tuesday, September 25
Communicate Your Professionalism, 8:30 a.m. to noon, 10 Nisbet
MSU Accounting in EBS, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., B119 Henry Center
PC Maintenance and Security, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., 210 Computer Center
Bhangra Dance Demonstration, 7 p.m., Snyder Phillips Auditorium
Wednesday, September 26
Positive Parenting for Prevention, noon to 1 p.m., 250 Nisbet Building
Introduction to ACT, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., 310 Bessey Hall
Thursday, September 27
MSU Investment and Retirement Fair, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., MSU Union second floor
“Learning to Look: New Literacies for the Digital Age,” 3 p.m., Wells Hall Addition
Community Cinema: Half the Sky, 7 p.m., Communication Arts and Sciences Auditorium
Friday, September 28
Navigating Manager Self Service, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 10 Nisbet
Sunday, September 30
Sky Tellers: Seasons and Moon, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Abrams Planetarium
This week we’re highlighting an Informational and Statistical Analyst position in the College of Human Medicine (Posting #6768). Some of the job duties for this position include assisting with the management and maintenance of informational databases and computer-based testing; and collecting, preparing, editing and evaluating data in order to develop reports based on that data for various departments and/or units.
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.
Need to get out of the office? Take a break between classes? Haven’t left your computer screen since the semester started? Come join the MSU community for MSU Moves Me’s FIRST fall activity: MSU Moves Me: Rock, Walk-n-Roll!
On Friday, September 21 at 12:15 p.m., MSU Moves Me will gather at ‘the Rock,’ on Farm Lane, to walk a mile for fitness. Everyone is welcome to join for refreshments, prizes and fun along the river!
MSU Moves Me centers their goals on encouraging participants to maintain or measurably increase their physical activity throughout their everyday lives.Continue Reading… Get your move on at MSU Moves Me: Rock, Walk-n-Roll
It is important to maintain reporting relationships in the HR/Payroll system for regular support staff, as well as temporary and on-call employees and students. Links below are to Quick Guides to help you make these updates.
Here are some events happening this week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
Tuesday, September 18
The Healing Power of Guided Imagery, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., Abrams Planetarium
Kitchen Skill Drill: Knife Skills, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., Test Kitchen in McDonel Hall
Tour of the Sanford Natural Area, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sanford Natural Area
Wednesday, September 19
Windows 7 Basics, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 210 Computer Center
Culinary Cooking and Concepts: Asian Fusion, Noon to 1 p.m., MSU University Club
“Indian Culture 101” presented by Shashi Karve, 7 p.m., East Lansing Public Library
Thursday, September 20
Excel 2010 – Level 1, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., B110-F Wells Hall
Access Database Fundamentals, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 210 Computer Center
Relaxing Under the Stars, 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., Abrams Planetarium
Friday, September 21
Navigating Employee Self Service, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 10 Nisbet
Concur Travel Online Reservations, 10 a.m. to noon, 10 Nisbet
MSU Moves Me Mile, 12:15 p.m., “The Rock” on Farm Lane
Brown Bag Series – Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives, 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., MSU Museum Auditorium
Collage VI, 8 p.m., Wharton Center
Saturday, September 22
Old Town BluesFest 2012, 2 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Old Town Lansing
