It’s that time of the year, when you may think about clearing out your home or office. Sometimes “spring cleaning” can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Watch this video by HRD facilitator Randy Dean on how you can remove clutter and simplify the task of organizing and cleaning your office.
MSU IT Services Technology Training has launched a new website featuring training opportunities in technology for the MSU community. The website features include: search functionality, an updated design, broader training information such as certification opportunities and much more.
Here are some events happening in the next week 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 an Office Supervisor III position with MSU Residential & Hospitality Services (Posting 7620). This position serves as Payroll office supervisor and manages the specialized area of Centralized Payroll for the Division of Residential and Housing Services within the department of Auxiliary Resources; will be responsible for the daily oversight and supervision of 11 FTEs and students to ensure the payroll and related human resource functions, duties and responsibilities meet specific deadlines in processing for 900 full time and 6000 hourly and student employees in 9 departments; will be responsible for maintaining security access to the Ultra Time System and update the account, sub-account and job codes within the system to align with SAP/Kuali for the Division; and will be required to submit, verify and monitor interface reports uploaded from the Division’s Ultra Time System and evaluate the payroll assistant’s findings on the error report prior to final submission. This office is responsible for reviewing and approving student and on-call processing through SAP, and assisting Payroll Assistants with verification of interface reports containing personnel and payroll data to ensure an accurate payroll. In addition, this position will be expected to assist in and/or perform the full range of payroll, human resources and clerical duties for the employees they supervise, if the need arises.
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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.
Take Your Child to Work Day is approaching quickly and MSU has a ton of exciting and educational events and activities planned for children ages 8 to 14, with a supervising adult. Join MSU on April 25, 2013, 
8:30 a.m.–3:00p.m. to welcome future Spartans on this exciting day.
The theme this year is Spartans in Training:Â Work in Progress, which aims to remind our youth to be brave as they reach for their dreams, explore new challenges, and attain the success in education, work, and beyond.Continue Reading… Take Your Child to Work Day Comes to MSU
Maintaining lower levels of cholesterol can improve your health and overall well-being.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance, also called a lipid, that’s produced by the liver. It’s found in foods high in saturated fat, like fatty meats, egg yolks, shellfish, and whole-milk dairy products. Moderate cholesterol levels in your blood are a vital part of the structure and functioning of our cells, but high levels of LDL cholesterol — low-density lipoproteins — can lead to a slow plaque buildup in the arteries over time, and serious progressive health problems.
There are three main components your doctor evaluates when you have a blood test to check your cholesterol levels. They are LDL (bad) cholesterol, HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides.Continue Reading… Monitoring and Managing Cholesterol
Here are some events happening in the next week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
This week we’re highlighting a Secretary III position with MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine (Posting 7603). Some of the duties of the position include providing secretarial support in the administrative and functional aspects of a departmental office by maintaining faculty calendars and making travel arrangements; acting as a resource for faculty and staff regarding policy and process-related questions; coordinating department sponsored courses, clerkships and conferences; assisting with preparing financial documents and payroll submission in the EBS system; assisting with maintaining departmental accounting ledgers; transcribing patient and academic dictation and processing physician reports within the electronic medical records system; providing secretarial support to faculty by maintaining calendars, and receiving and directing correspondence; scheduling and arranging on- and off-campus meetings, educational programs and conferences; coordinating faculty travel plans for both domestic and international travel; updating departmental website; coordinating medical student courses, clerkships, rotations and shadowing experiences within the department. 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.
2013 Small Animals Day participants get a chance to get up close and personal with a dairy cow and other animals.
Are you or any of your family and friends animal lovers? If you are, then you will want to attend Small Animals Day at the MSU Pavilion on Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Here are some events happening in the next week that may be of interest to MSU faculty and staff. Please visit the links for more information. Many events require registration.
