Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Sarah Koczan – Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Behrend
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Sarah Koczan – Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Behrend
Last year, Libraries HR started sharing quarterly reports about climate- and civility-related issues that are reported.
Issues included in the report are those that involved conduct contrary to the Libraries’ Civility Statement, incidents of bullying, concerns about work climate, and similar issues. Concerns brought directly to Libraries HR or Libraries Administration are included, as well as concerns shared through other reporting mechanisms that are brought to our attention (such as the Employee Relations department, Affirmative Action, or the Ethics Hotline).
Outcomes are categorized as:
Additional categories may be added if needed in the future.
INCIDENTS REPORTED ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: | 1Q 2017 |
2016 TOtal |
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# Reported Incidents Characterized as culture-related (incivility or bullying) | 4 | 12 | ||
Status: | ||||
Open | 0 | 0 | ||
Resolved | 4 | 12 | ||
Outcome: | ||||
Corrective Action/Performance Discussion | 0 | 2 | ||
Coaching and/or counseling | 0 | 1 | ||
Provided advice/support for employee to take action | 1 | 2 | ||
No action desired/required | 3 | 7 |
– submitted by Rob Harris, Human Resources
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Andrea Puzycki – Annex
Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
Trish Notartomas – Access Services
Internal Moves:
Sarah Billman, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library to Life Sciences Library
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Michael Sechrist, IT Support Specialist, I-Tech
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Siddharth Yelwande – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Beth Thomsett-Scott, Head, Engineering Library
Part-time:
Sarah Rossino – Penn State Berks
Nadia Porter – Penn State Berks
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Meghan Hill, Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Fayette
Part-time:
Dwight Landis – Access Services (Annex)
Luis Lopez – Penn State Hazleton
Gregory Tapia – Penn State Worthington Scranton
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Bryan Gallagher – Penn State Worthington Scranton
Hannah Conroy – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Zackary Rider – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Nathan Tallman, Digital Preservation Librarian
Part-time:
Matt Agboola – Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Amanda Toll – Penn State Abington
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Julia Proctor, Collections Services and Strategies Librarian
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Joanna Charles – Interlibrary Loan
Harrison Fetter – Intern, Public Relations and Marketing
Kendra Hepler – Intern, Public Relations and Marketing
Bailey Hursh – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Arazi Lubis – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Aimee Pizarchik – Interlibrary Loan
Ruiqi Zhang – Commons Services
Full-time employees should add eight hours of personal holiday time (for 2017) when submitting the January attendance records at the end of this month. This is done on the accruals page that comes up when you click “Submit.”
New employees must wait until they have completed their first two full months of employment before they may add in the 2017 personal holiday time. Please keep in mind, if not used, the
personal holiday shall be carried over into the next calendar year but not thereafter.
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Hyeo Heo – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Hope Wilson – Interlibrary Loan Lending
Siddharth Yelwanda – Commons Services
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Full-time:
Susanna Cronin, Associate Director, Development
Part-time:
Alonso Alzua – Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Sujata Chhetri – Penn State Behrend
Sudesh Kesarkar – Commons Services
Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash – Commons Services
Cassandra McCowin – Penn State Shenango
Kevin Mechlenburg – Peer Educator Intern, Schreyer Business Library
Luke Nero – Penn State Behrend
Douglas Uhazie – Peer Educator Intern, Schreyer Business Library
In July 2016, Libraries HR started sharing quarterly reports about climate-and civility-related issues that are reported. Below is a summary of issues reported in 2016, by quarter.
Issues included in the report are those that involved conduct contrary to the Libraries’ Civility Statement, incidents of bullying, concerns about work climate, and similar issues. Concerns brought directly to Libraries HR or Libraries Administration are included, as well as concerns shared through other reporting mechanisms that are brought to our attention (such as the Employee Relations department, Affirmative Action, or the Ethics Hotline).
Outcomes are categorized as:
Incidents reported in 2016 are summarized as follows: | 4Q 2016 | 3Q 2016 | 2Q 2016 | 1Q 2016 | ||||
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# Reported Incidents Characterized as culture-related (incivility or bullying) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Status: | ; | |||||||
Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Resolved | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Outcome: | ||||||||
Corrective Action/Performance Discussion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Coaching and/or counseling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Provided advice/support for employee to take action | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
No action desired/required | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
– submitted by Rob Harris, Human Resources
Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:
Part-time:
Arrick Lanfranchi – Pattee/Paterno Welcome Desk
Addeson McAninch – Penn State Behrend
Laura Presby – Penn State Great Valley
The nomination deadline for the 2017 Faculty and Staff Achievement Awards is on Tuesday, Dec. 20. These awards are a great way to recognize faculty and staff who go beyond their basic duties to bring about positive and lasting change to the university and/or the community. Please consider making a nomination!
2017 Faculty and Staff Achievement Awards
This is your chance to recognize colleagues who go “above and beyond!” All Penn State faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate a fellow Penn Stater for an award.
The six awards that comprise the Faculty and Staff Achievement Awards are the following:
To make a nomination or to view descriptions, eligibility requirements, and the intended purpose of the awards, please go to awards page located on the Office of Human Resources website.
At the time of making a nomination, nominators will be asked to upload a letter of support and list the names of up to three additional individuals who will provide documentation that supports the nomination.
– submitted by Rob Harris, Human Resources