Month: October 2011

FSA Open Enrollment Guide Now Available

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Your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Open Enrollment Guide is now available for viewing. FSA Open Enrollment for the 2012 plan year will be held Monday, October 31 through Monday, November 14, 2011.

Have you thought about enrolling in the FSA benefit at MSU but aren’t sure if an FSA would be right for you? You are invited to attend one of the following FSA pre-enrollment information sessions conducted by the FSA Plan Administrator, Meritain Health:

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$pend Less. $ave More. Flexible Spending Account Open Enrollment.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011
MSU Union, Green Room
11 a.m. to Noon or
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.Continue Reading… FSA Open Enrollment Guide Now Available

Get Moving with MSU Moves!

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Have you wanted to increase your amount of daily movement? Do you have health and fitness goals you’re striving to reach? The MSU Moves program can help! MSU Moves is a customized, online movement/fitness tracking system with the goal of encouraging participants to maintain or increase the amount of physical activity they engage in on a daily/weekly basis. MSU Moves is open to MSU faculty, staff, graduate student employees, retirees and their spouses/OEIs.

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The MSU Moves Website

The MSU Moves program isn’t just for the already athletic. Anyone who wants to be involved in movement or fitness can join and benefit from the program. The program activities reflect the understanding that all movement counts. Activities range from jogging to grocery shopping, from weightlifting to folding laundry. You can expand your types of movement at your comfort level. No one is grading you and your information is confidential. The system gives you a clear understanding of how much or how little you are moving.Continue Reading… Get Moving with MSU Moves!

Planning Your Work Day Wisely

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Here’s a scary idea: don’t check your email when you first get to work! According to Randy Dean, Human Resource Development facilitator, there’s a better way to start and manage your work day. Watch this video and get a few tips on how you can start your day more efficiently using several of your Outlook tools.Continue Reading… Planning Your Work Day Wisely

Our First “Fun Friday” Contest Winners!

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The drawing’s been held for our first “Fun Friday” contest, and the winners are:

Red Cedar River Memories

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Have you taken a long walk along it with a loved one? Or fed the ducks by the Administration Building? Maybe you’ve viewed the graffiti under the bridge by The Rock? Or did you canoe through it? No matter which of these you’ve done (or maybe you haven’t done any at all!), we all seem to have great memories of the Red Cedar River on MSU’s campus. It flows through the historic and central parts of campus, and it’s difficult to pass by without noticing it. From hurried faculty and staff on their way to a class or meeting, to couples enjoying a romantic picnic, the Red Cedar has thousands of people visit each year.Continue Reading… Red Cedar River Memories

Job Posting of the Week! 10/6/11

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This week we’re highlighting an Executive Secretary II position in the Associate Provost’s Office (Posting #5279). Some of the job duties for this position include serving as the first line of contact for the Associate Provost office; researching and interpreting University policies and procedures to provide knowledgeable responses to inquiries; and assisting in maintaining the Associate Provost’s calendar with discretion over effective use of time in accomplishing goals and maintaining important relationships. For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to jobs.msu.edu and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.

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Thank You MSU Gardeners!

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Think it’s tough keeping your own yard in tip-top shape?  How would you like to be responsible for the care, upkeep and beauty of nearly 7 million square feet of turf?  That’s the primary responsibility of Michigan State University’s gardeners, and they do that job beautifully!  The gardeners are part of Physical Plant Division’s Landscape Services department.  And as you walk around MSU admiring our great campus, we have the gardening crew to thank for a lot of the beauty we see.

MSU Gardeners at workHere’s a few fun facts about MSU Gardeners from the MSU Physical Plant website.Continue Reading… Thank You MSU Gardeners!

Thinking about drinking?

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Did you know that two thirds of all Americans drink?  So many of us use alcohol as a part of our regular lives without spending much time thinking about it.  We just do it. But, drinking is something that we might want to spend a little time thinking more about, regardless of whether we drink a little or a lot or somewhere in between.

Do you really know what's in the drink you are holding?The University Physician’s office recently developed a website that offers MSU Faculty and Staff a great deal of good information about drinking:

ThinkingAboutDrinking.msu.edu Continue Reading… Thinking about drinking?

Learn Popular Software Programs Without Leaving Your Desk!

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Great training is just a few clicks away!

MSU no longer sponsors Lynda.com memberships, but individual or department memberships are available at Lynda.com.

Do you want to access great training in all of today’s most popular software programs – absolutely free – and from the comfort of your very own workstation? Then meet your new best friend Lynda (Lynda.com that is!)

Lynda.com is a library containing more than 53,000 video tutorials.  Topics include Adobe applications, Microsoft Office programs, open source software, Macintosh applications, multimedia, Web design, programming and much more!Continue Reading… Learn Popular Software Programs Without Leaving Your Desk!