LHR News: March 31

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

  • Full-time:
    4/1/14 Katelyn Dion – AV Collections Assistant, Special Collections Library
    Jonathan Hindman – Information Resources & Services Support Specialist, Penn State Mont Alto Library
    Thomas Hunter – IRC Assistant, Inactive Records Center
  • Part-time:
    Khushboo Attarwala, Commons Services

Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
3/31/14 Diane Kurtz, Digitization and Preservation
Carolee Roman, Penn State Harrisburg Library
Ruth Runion-Slear, Penn State Harrisburg Library

HR Forum on Tuesday, April 8
On Tuesday, April 8, we will conduct an HR Forum. We plan to make these forums a regular quarterly event. The HR Forum will be held in Foster Auditorium from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. It will be available for participation via MediaSite for those who may not be able to join us in person.

The purpose of the HR Forum is to provide a regular opportunity for Libraries Human Resources to communicate new initiatives, changes, policy updates, etc. and provide an opportunity for questions and answers. Topics will vary. Some may be of interest to all Libraries employees, while others may be more directly applicable to certain groups. An agenda will be announced in advance. Participation is open to all, and is purely voluntary.

Important information will continue to be communicated in a variety of formats. It is not intended that anything will be communicated exclusively in an HR Forum. Rather, we hope this will provide a less formal opportunity to ask questions, get clarification, hear updates, and so on.

Our first HR Forum has three agenda items at this time:

  1. 2014 Reporting Child Abuse Training Requirements
  2. 2014 Clery Act Training Requirements
  3. Update on plans for a new SRDP for 2015

We hope you will join us. If you have any questions, please contact LHR.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Date: April 24, 2014; University Park Campus

View program brochure and details at: http://ohr.psu.edu/assets/take-your-daughters-and-sons-to-work/InformationBrochure.pdf

Open to all students grades 6-12, and their mentors.
Mentor may be a parent or other designated adult. Mentor must be a Penn State employee.

Registration Opens Tuesday, March 25. To register, go to https://app3.ohr.psu.edu/emPower/frm_login.cfm

The University Staff Advisory Council is now accepting applications for new members
USAC is a great way to get involved at Penn State; and serve your fellow staff members. The membership term is three years, beginning on July 1, 2014. The application is posted on our website http://ohr.psu.edu/university-staff-advisory-council/get-involved. All applications must be submitted no later than March 31, 2014, for consideration. If you have any questions regarding the application or membership, please contact the Membership Committee co-chairs, Susan Apfelbaum at sua2@psu.edu or Siobhan Brooks at snb106@psu.edu.