Welcome to HR News and Highlights, Pace University's Human Resources electronic newsletter. The
goal of our quarterly newsletter is to provide staff and faculty with news and information about Human Resources’ people,
programs and events. Recent and archived issues are available on the Human Resources website at:
http://www.pace.edu/human-resources/hr-news/hr-news-letter. This issue, the focus is on: Organizational Learning & Development
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1. When was the First Annual University-Wide Staff Development Day?
2. What is the due date to submit performance reviews (PMDP) to
Human Resources?
3. If you require an online course, video reference guide, or eLearning
package to be developed, whom should you contact? (Provide name or title)
4. Name 3 of the 7 departments within Human Resources.
5. True or False? When recruiting for students, the On-Campus Student Employment Requisition
Form is sent to Staffing and Recruitment for federal work study and non-federal work study
positions.
Submit your responses by clicking here no later than Friday, August 31st.
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Mark
Your Calendars!
Check
Out Our Training
Calendar
Hear Ye!
Hear Ye!
Read all
about it! The new academic year is a perfect time to refresh or enhance
First Annual your professional or supervisory skills. Brush up on your
University‐
delegation skills; learn how to address your emotions in the
workplace or resolve conflicts with peers. The Organizational
Wide Staff Learning and Development Department offers training programs in Development these core competencies, as well as many other key areas for
Day – A Big Success! helping you build the necessary skills to be more effective.
Click here to view and register for training and development
programs being offered. Check back often as new courses and
dates will be added throughout the summer and fall.
Earn A Certificate!
“Wow” your colleagues and get recognition at the Employee
Recognition Ceremony! Earn a Certificate of Achievement for
completing a set number of programs within a three year
period. Requirements for the Management Skills Certificate of
Achievement and the Professional Skills Certificate of
Achievement can be viewed by clicking here.
The Organizational Learning and Development staff is also
available to provide dedicated programs, including training and
teambuilding, for your department.
If you are interested in a dedicated workshop or have questions
about any of OL&D’s programs, please contact Susan Donahue at
[email protected].
More than one hundred Pace staff members attended the first annual Pace University Staff Development Day on June 7th at the Graduate Center in White Plains. This event, open to all Pace University staff, offered a selection of seventeen training programs offered by ten Pace departments. Programs offered included: 
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Kronos 101 MS Lync Demo One Minute Relaxation Addressing Emotions at Work Supporting LGBTQA Students on Campus  Technology Training Demo  …and many more! We look forward to continuing the event next year with more exciting programs.
Training
Technology
Services
It’s Performance Review
Time!
The FY2012 Performance Management
Development Process (PMDP) Review
Process and the FY2013 Goal Setting are
currently in progress.
FY 2012 was an
exciting year with regard to new
technology
initiatives at Pace University as
well as technology training opportunities being offered. Partnering The FY2012 PMDP review should be
with ITS, OSA, Finance and various other divisions and schools,
completed, approved, and submitted to
training was provided on:
Human Resources by September 28,
2012.
 Banner Based on your feedback, we have made a
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 iStrategy  Ariba Contracts Management  and more… number of changes. Some highlighted
enhancements to the PMDP review
process this year:
 Deleted Job Specific
Competency Section and
Corresponding tab: The Job
Check out our training calendar and registration system for
Specific Competency Section is
various technology training opportunities! now included in core and
management competency
Do you need an online course?
sections. It no longer requires the
employee to complete.
To answer the demand for online training solutions for University
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Comment
box: An option has
software, systems and processes, Technology Training Services is
been made available for the
developing interactive online courses and video reference guides
supervisor to add comments if
to complement and enhance the instructor led training.
competency does not meet
Technology Training Services can provide tailored eLearning
expectations or met some
solutions or train your team in the necessary tools and skills to
expectations.
create your own solutions. If you require an online course, video
 Reviews can print after end date:
reference guide, or eLearning package to be developed, contact
Performance reviews can be
Edyta Zych, Technology Training Manager at x22635 or
printed from the system once the
[email protected], to begin the process.
approver and employee have
signed off and the PMDP end date
And Stay Tuned…
has passed.
Our University Organizational Software, OrgPlus will be upgraded
 System Review: When employee
this coming winter 2012-2013. Some changes will include:
or supervisor hits the save or
improved user interface, optimized navigation, smart lists and
submit button a log with a
enhanced chart printing and publishing.
timestamp is created. The log can
be reviewed by clicking the link
Look for instructor-led as well as online training opportunities
system review.
covering these exciting changes!
 Color Coded “Save” and
“Submit” buttons: The save and
Edyta Zych is a certified Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Master with
submit buttons have been color
Microsoft Expert certifications in Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint,
coded to clarify the appropriate
Project and Word.
action.
 A Link to Goal Setting: A link from
the PMDP system to goal setting
system and vice versa has been
added.
The FY2013 Goal Setting form is available
for you to input your performance goals
and expectations for the July 2012-June
2013 period. Submit your goals and
Individual Development Plan (IDP) to
your supervisor by September 1,
2012.
For questions about completing the PMDP
or Goal Setting process, the Performance
Management and Development Process
(PMDP) and Goal Setting Guide and an
on-line Goal Setting Tutorial are available
as resources. For specific questions or
dedicated training, contact Susan
Donahue at [email protected].
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Leadership Forum 2012 Pace University’s annual Leadership Forum
was held on June 1, 2012. James O. Pawelski, Ph.D. presented
this year’s topic, “Maximizing Employee Engagement Through
Positive Psychology: Creating a Strengths-Based Work Place.”
This year’s Forum saw, for the first time, participation in the
program by faculty as Professors Ross Robak, Anthony Mancini,
and Paul Griffin facilitated the small group activity and conducted
an interactive audience dialogue.
Managing Successfully at
Pace University
A New Mandatory Program!
The Organizational Learning &
Development Department has a new
program titled “Managing Successfully
at Pace University.”
This course, introduced in Fall 2011, is
mandatory for all newly hired and
promoted managers, and
The participant feedback was excellent this year with 85% of
recommended for incumbent
respondents to the evaluation survey reporting that, overall, they managers. It provides the necessary
were very satisfied or satisfied with the session.
references for and knowledge of
University policies and procedures, as
Video from the Leadership Forum 2012 is now available on the
well as an understanding of the
Organizational Learning & Development website: click here to
view. We encourage you to watch the videos if you were unable to manager’s role at Pace.
attend the day’s events.
Visit our training calendar to register for
this program. To learn more, contact
Susan Donahue at
[email protected].
And now a word or two from Staffing and Recruitment…
The Manager’s
Toolbox
Attention Hiring
Managers!
A manager’s most
valuable resource
See you in September…
(Actually, why wait? Start the
student employment
requisition process NOW!)
As the new academic year
steadily approaches, the Staffing and Recruitment Department
would like to highlight a valuable resource designed specifically to
As we near the start of the Fall 2012
provide managers with all the information they need to be
Semester, returning and new incoming
successful in their supervisory role: the Manager’s Toolbox.
students will be looking to embark on their
Packed with resources that can assist you with your department’s quest for on-campus jobs. The Staffing and
Recruitment team would like to remind all
hiring needs, this site includes links to:
hiring managers to submit paperwork for
your student employment needs.
 Procedures for Staff/Student/Graduate Assistant/Temp
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hiring
Interview Information with Sample Questions and
Evaluation Forms (PS - The Organizational Learning and
Development Department offers a course called
“Behavioral Interviewing: Selecting the Best
Candidate” which you should attend!!)
Affirmative Action Search Policy & Search Committee
Guidelines
Relocation Resources
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To post your On-Campus student position,
forward the fully completed On-Campus
Student Employment Requisition form
to:
For Federal Work Study positions:
NYC campus, Attn: Ms. Micheline
Guillaume, Staffing Coordinator at
[email protected] or fax to 11036.
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Answers to the most common employee inquiries regarding
Benefits and HRIS
Other Resources that provide documentation about
navigating the Kronos time-keeping system, and contact
information for key staff members in Payroll and Financial
Information Systems. Westchester campus, Attn: Ms. Ann
Courtien, Staffing Coordinator at
[email protected] or fax to 22773.
For NON Federal Work Study positions:
All Campuses, Career Services, Attn: Mr.
Fran Tripoli at [email protected] or fax to
33377.
If you have any questions, you may
contact Staffing and Recruitment in NYC at
ext. 11630 and in Westchester at 22730.
Annual Calendar of Events
Name of Event
Month
Performance Management Development Process
(PMDP) Mid-Year Review
January
Employee Recognition Ceremonies
February - March
Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day
April
Benefits Open Enrollment
Early-Mid May
PMDP Self-evaluation and Reviews Begin
May
Annual Goal Setting Begins
June
Leadership Forum (Save the date! Scheduled for June
7, 2013)
June
Preventative Care Examinations to be completed for
Plan Year (paperwork due to Benefits by August 31)
June
University-Wide Staff Development Day
June
Pleasantville/Briarcliff Staff Picnic
June
Law School / Graduate Center White Plains Staff
Picnic
June
New York Staff Picnic
July
PMDP reviews and Goals Due
September
Lee National Denim Day
October
CIGNA Flu Shot Clinics
October
Employee Anniversary Luncheon
November
Remi
nder
s
Upcomi
ng Orientation Dates:
o New Full-time Staff: August
15 & September 19
o New Full-time Faculty:
August 29
All Orientation programs are scheduled to
be held at the Graduate Center located in
White Plains. For more information about
the STAFF session, contact Human
Resources ext. 22730; For more
information about the FACULTY session,
contact the Center for Teaching, Learning
& Technology (CTLT) at ext. 11722.
Got prospective hires?
Here’s a great link to direct the
prospective candidates to so they can see
what working at Pace is all about.
Your Go-To Team: Contact your HR specialists based on their area of expertise.
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Department
For Help and
Questions
Regarding
Staff Contact
Information
Office of the
VP,
Human
Resources
Benefits
Compensation
Employee and
Labor
Relations
Work-related
issues and
Employment
concerns,
All benefit
Job descriptions,
verifications,
Employee
plans,
job evaluations
unemployment,
Recognition
disability and
and
changes to
Programs,
FMLA
compensation
employee records
labor relations
that affect payroll
and union
issues
Org Learning & Staffing &
Development Recruitment
Professional
staff training,
management
Staffing and
recruitment,
hiring, new hire
orientation,
student
employment
Betsy Garti Matt Renna Matt Renna
Betsy Garti Pedro Figueroa Robert Lazer
Connie
Giamei Interim
Interim
Interim
Interim
Director
Director
x22768
x22746
Associate Associate
Associate
Associate
Director
VP HR x22738
x22708
VP HR
VP HR
VP HR
x22781
x22738
x22781
Edyta Zych Jennifer
x22635
Sia Bundor
Jim Marshall
Samuels Matt Renna
Carolyn
Robert
Susan
x22771
x22765
x22644 Ventura
Solenday Jonne Ronquillo Donahue
Ann Courtien
Interim
Lengers x11869 (NY
x22766
X22658
Associate
x22769
x22714
Heidi
Mele
VP HR
Campus)
Anu George
x22738
Nydia
Anna Vidiaev
x22709
x22785
Delgado
x11303 (NY Jessica Yaro
Micheline
x22770
Guillaume
Campus)
Karen
x22729 Luciana
x11630 (NY
Buckwald Zaida Rivera x22723
Ziegler Campus)
Director of
Andrea
x22786
HR
Saraiva
Rosemary
Initiatives
x22480
Mulry x22755
Tammy Frary
x22645
x22742
Courtney
Barnas
Admin Asst
to VP
of HR
x22375 6
Meet Our Team
Left to Right
Back Row: Bob Lazer, Heidi Mele, Matt Renna, Robb Solenday, Betsy Garti, Pedro Figueroa, Anna
Vidiaev, Jessica Yaro, Jonne Ronquillo
Middle Row: Andrea Saraiva, Luci Ziegler, Susan Donahue, Sia Bundor, Ann Courtien, Connie
Giamei, Micheline Guillaume, Rosemary Mulry, Jim Marshall, Courtney Barnas
Front Row: Nydia Delgado, Zaida Rivera, Edyta Zych, Karen Buckwald
Camera Shy: Tammy Frary, Anu George, Jennifer Samuels, Carolyn Ventura Lengers
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