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to HR
H News and
d Highlights, Pace Universsity's Human Resources electronic newssletter. The
goal of our quarterrly newsletter is to provide staff and facuulty news and information aabout Human Resources’ ppeople,
progrrams and eveents. Recent and
a archived issues are avaailable on the Human Resoources websitte at:
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w.pace.edu/hrrnews. This isssue, the focuus is on the:
Emplloyee
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Pace Employee
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e Recognition Awa
ards
The Marrch 2013 Em
mployee Reco
ognition Cerremonies wiill reward FYY12 Outstanding Servicee and Acccomplishmeents at Pacee University Pace grants an
nnual awards tto recognize exxcellence in diffferent categorries as well as iindividual and team accompllishments. D
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n individual or a team that haas gone above and beyond too provide exceellent customer service, demonstrated a dedicated com
mmitment to sstudents and delivered signifficant accompliishments in FYY2012? All a
award catego
ories and their criteria havve been recen
ntly updated! Click here to vie
ew all award categories.
Get involve
ed in recognizin
ng Pace’s STAR
RS! To show yoour appreciatio
on for a job well done, take the time to
o nominate tho
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STAR
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Presidential aw
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o a staff or facu
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of a strong finaancial foundation or effectivee managementt. Click here to
o view the criteeria for this award
d category! Click here to nom
minate! Diverrsity Leadershiip Award: Awaarded to a stafff or faculty member (or a teaam) that has deemonstrated o
outstanding best practices and ccommitment to
o diversity whicch has resulted
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nt of the learni ng or work envvironment durring FY12. The diversity definition reaches b
beyond race/e
ethnicity/nationality, to include the culturess of gender, geender identity, poverty, violeence, differing abilitiies and aging aand includes initiatives on incclusion, social jjustice, commuunity building, empowermen
nt, mentoring, and scholarly endeaavors. Click he
ere to view the criteria for thiis award! Click here to nominnate!
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Nominate…and YOU could win!! As a new addition for this year, all nominators will be eligible to win a prize through a random drawing for the following: First prize: One Kindle Second prize: Two pairs of movie tickets Third prize: One Pace University Sweatshirt Your Excellence Shows!
The goal of the YES Recognition Program is to provide
special acknowledgement to Pace staff and student workers
for simple achievements in their everyday roles. You can
even select more than one person for the same nomination!
It’s Time to Win a Prize!!
Want two free movie tickets?? Just
answer these 5 questions, click on
the link below, and be one of the 5
winners who will be selected at
random of those who provided the
correct responses! Please submit
your responses no later than
November 30, 2012.
All the answers can be found in this
issue!!
1.
What does the acronym
“YES” stand for?
2.
What is the location
(campus) and date of one
of the three upcoming
Employee Recognition
Ceremonies?
3.
4.
For more information and to recognize a Pace Staff
member/Student Worker or groups online click here.
Annual YES Events Our second annual YES events took place on September 20th in NYC and October 10th on the PLV campus. This event is a special informal celebration, attended by the President, for all employees who were recognized through the YES employee recognition program for the period of January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. It was a great opportunity for spending time with colleagues, enjoying refreshments, and playing games to win prizes. Everyone received a gift! Student‐designed bookmarks were available to purchase in support of the Student Textbook Scholarship Program. Read more details below! Student Textbook Scholarship Award HR created a new scholarship fund to provide an annual textbook scholarship to a YES award‐winning student worker. The fund is being established with proceeds raised from selling student‐designed bookmarks at faculty and staff events and/or contributions from parties with an interest TRUE or FALSE? As a new
in providing textbook assistance to student workers. Each year, an annual addition for this year, all
scholarship will be awarded to a YES award‐winning student worker at the nominators of staff and/or
Employee Recognition Award Ceremonies. faculty for employee
recognition awards will be
Quotes: eligible to win a prize
“While it is fresh in my mind, I want to congratulate and thank you for the through a random drawing. lovely ceremony yesterday. Please pass along my appreciation to everyone in HR involved in orchestrating this wonderful event.” Who is our new
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compensation analyst?
(Briarcliff Campus Employee) 5. Give the location (campus) “The NYC Recognition Ceremony was such a nice event. I was standing in and date of an upcoming
back and could see that everyone was really enjoying themselves and taking TIAA CREF counseling session.
pride in being a part of the Pace family. As was I!” (NYC Campus Employee) Submit your responses by clicking
here no later than Friday, November
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 30th.
Nicole Dulkis is the first student worker who (Sorry, HR folks – you’re not allowed
won the Textbook Scholarship! to enter. We’ll make it up to you!
Her nomination stated “Nicole has been working with F&P since September 2008. She is responsible, pro‐active, and willing to assist in any capacity. Recently, she entered a month's worth of work, without one error and well within the timeframe needed. She is well respected by all in F&P.” Employee Recognition
Events
New Collective Bargaining Agreement
for Adjunct Faculty
On June 27, 2012 the Administration of Pace University reached an agreement with the Union of Adjunct Faculty at Pace (UAFP) on a new collective bargaining Anniversary Luncheon:
agreement (CBA). The new CBA will be in effect from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015 The Anniversary Luncheon, which is by invitation only, took place on the New York and can be seen on the Pace website. Thank you to those from the University and the UAFP who worked on the new agreement. Campus this year on November 13. The event marked milestone anniversaries To access the new collective bargaining agreement: of 20, 30, 40, 45, and 50 years of service. A good time was had by all! 1) Use Internet Explorer as your default browser. (You must also be logged onto the Pace network.) Mark Your Calendars!
2) Navigate to the UAFP Collective Bargaining Agreement website. 3) When prompted, select “Continue to this website” 3
Spring Award
Ceremonies/Receptions:
Law School/Graduate Center
Thursday, March 7, 2013
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Preston Hall, Tudor Room, Law School
New York City
Thursday, March 14, 2013
3:00pm – 5:00pm
One Pace Plaza, Multipurpose Room
Pleasantville/Briarcliff
Thursday, March 21, 2013
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Kessel Campus Center, PLV Please invite us to your staff
retreat!
Employee Relations was invited to participate in the staff retreats for Financial Aid at the White Plains Graduate Center, as well as for the Birnbaum Library for the library staff. We were asked to speak on various topics on HR‐related issues, including time off policies and general recommendations with regard to summer hours. We would be pleased to participate in your next division or department staff retreat. Please feel free to contact Luciana Ziegler, [email protected] (Westchester), or Anna Vidiaev, [email protected] (NYC) about your department’s needs.
BBB @ Pace
The Brown Bag Break
Engage and motivate your staff!
Since the Fall of 2011, the Employee Relations team has been proactively reaching out to various departments and schools throughout the University to organize the BBB @ Pace program, an employee feedback forum. Sixteen sessions were held with over 100 employees throughout the PLV, WP, NYC and Law School campuses. We received a lot of positive feedback such as: “the program concept is great”; and “it was helpful to have some dialogue on HR types of issues”; as well as “the session was helpful and informative.” If you are interested in learning more about the BBB @ Pace Program, please contact Luciana Ziegler, [email protected] (Westchester), or Anna Vidiaev, [email protected] (NYC). Have Workplace-Related Questions?
The Employee Handbook
Employee Relations is here to help!
Read All About It!
The Employee Handbook and
Policies and Procedures can be
found on the HR Website.
We work with managers and
employees to create a workplace of
choice. Need help with communication,
As we near the end of the year, we want performance discussions, policy
to direct your attention to some links to interpretation, labor relations questions,
our Employee Handbook that may come in or anything that impacts your ability to do your best
handy: work? We’re the people to call.
As a reminder, be familiar with the Emergency Closing Policy. We also create and plan employee activities and annual
The holidays are coming!! Plan accordingly by referring to the recognition ceremonies.
2012 University Holiday Calendar and the 2013 University Holiday Calendar. Whom to call:
 Employee or manager on any Westchester
Campus with an employee relations question –
call Luciana Ziegler at x22786
Ethics Reporting Hotline and
University’s Whistleblowers
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Employee or manage
er on the NY
YC Campus
with an employee
e
rellations question – call Anna
Vidiaev at
a x11303
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Adjunct Faculty Co
ollective Barrgaining
Agreeme
ent question
ns and any other
o
employ
yee
relations questions – call Robert Solenday at
x11869
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Question
ns related to Employee Recognition
n–
call Rose
emary Mulry at x22645 Please note the chan
nges to the Ethics Reportin
ng Hotline.
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Still Uns
sure Whom To Call? Sttart with
Rosemarry Mulry at x22645
x
and she
s will direc
ct
your call.. Pollicy & Pro
ocedure
Maintain
ning ethical sstandards is th
he responsibility of every
membe
er of the Pace community. T
Those ethical standards
are emb
bodied in the University’s G
Guiding Princciples of
Conducct and other p
policies as well as federal, state and
local law
ws. Pace Univversity emplo
oyees are exp
pected to
adhere to high stand
dards of professional and e
ethical
conductt in carrying o
out their duties.
The info
ormation can be accessed from the Employee
Handbo
ook by clickin
ng here. You may also navvigate to
where t he newly ado
opted Universsity’s Whistleb
blowers Policy
y
& Proce
edure is availa
able by clickiing here.
TIAA CR
REF One on One S
Sessions
s aare taking plaace on campu
us! Counse lors are available from 9am – 5pm. The remai ning dates fo
or this year are as follows.
Numbers, Numb
bers,
Nu
umbers…
…It’s ALL GOOD!!
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November 15
5 Wednesdayy, December 5
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28 Monday, D
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ent n
nominations 
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Room Thursday, N
November 29
9 Friday, D
December 7 Monday, D
December 10 GRADUA
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Room 531, Co
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ncreased from
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December 18 Annual
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Eve
ents
Check It Out! Name of Event
Month
Performance Man
nagement Deve
elopment
Process (PMD
DP) Mid-Year Review
R
January
E
Employee Rec
cognition Cerem
monies
March
Takke Our Daughte
ers & Sons to Work
W
Day
April
Benefits Open
O
Enrollmen
nt
Early-Mid May
y
PMDP Self-evalua
ation and Revie
ews Begin
May
Remind
ders
OL&D Trraining: Managinng Successfullly at Pace University: As off January 2012, all newly hired and promoteed managers are required to comp lete “Managing Successfu
ully at Pace Universitty.” This course provides Pace University managers with the knowledge o
of key Universsity policies aand procedu res, as well ass an understaanding of his//her role as a managerr at Pace Univversity. Please click here to register fo
or the upcooming program which will be held on Tu
uesday, Decembeer 4. Please contact Susan Donahue at x22766 or 5
Leadership Forum (Save the
date! Scheduled for May 30, 2013)
May
Annual Goal Setting Begins
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
YES Events
September/October
Lee National Denim Day
October
CIGNA Flu Shot Clinics
October
Employee Anniversary Luncheon
November
[email protected] with questions or for more information. To view the Organizational Learning & Development training calendar and to register for a course, click here. Don’t see the program you need? Contact Susan Donahue at x22766 or [email protected] for dedicated training programs or consultation. Technology Training: Register for a variety of technology training courses offered by HR, ITS and Finance by clicking here. Not sure what training applies to you or looking for a customized or dedicated session? Contact Edyta Zych at x22635 or [email protected] to learn more! And… don’t forget to regularly visit our NEW Wellness Website! HR’s Comings and Goings….
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Welcome to Compensation, Ann Courtien! Ann was recently promoted to Compensation Analyst from Staffing Coordinator in the Staffing & Recruitment department. Leeann Longi joined Staffing & Recruitment as the Temporary Staffing Coordinator in Westchester, backfilling Ann Courtien. We wish Courtney Barnas, Admin. Assistant to the VP of HR, the best of luck as she pursues her career goals. Her last day was October 12, and she is greatly missed!!
Former Trivia Answers & Winners!
Answers to the last HR Newsletter’s trivia questions: 1. When was the First Annual University‐Wide Staff Development Day? June 7, 2012 2. What is the due date to submit performance reviews (PMDP) to Human Resources? September 28, 2012 3. If you require an online course, video reference guide, or eLearning package to be developed, whom should you contact? (Provide name or title) Edyta Zych, Technology Training Manager 4. Name 3 of the 7 departments within Human Resources. Any 3 of the following: Benefits; Compensation; Employee and Labor Relations; HRIS; Organizational Learning and Development; Staffing & Recruitment; and the Office of the VP, 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. False (Non‐federal work study positions go to Career Services.) Winners of the movie tickets were selected at random among those who answered all of the questions correctly. 6
Last issue’s winners were:  Margaret Hanson, Program Coordinator, Doctoral Program, Lubin School of Business  Ilana Levinson, Program Administrator, Seidenberg School of CSIS‐NY  Ann Marie McGlynn, Academic Advisor, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences  Mildred A. Savidge, Ph.D., Coordinator of Planning and Assessment, School of Education  Laura Wright, Finance Analyst, Finance and Planning Your Go-To Team: Contact your HR specialists based on their area of expertise.
Department
Office of the
VP,
Human
Resources
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
For Help and
Questions
Regarding
Staff Contact
Information
Benefits
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
Interim
Leeann Longi
Ann Courtien
Lengers x11869 (NY
x22766
Associate
X22658 x22769
(temp)
x22714
VP HR
Campus)
Anu George
X22673
x22738
Nydia
Anna Vidiaev
x22785
Heidi Mele
Delgado
x11303 (NY Jessica Yaro
x22709
x22770
Campus)
Karen
x22729 Micheline
Luciana
Buckwald Zaida Rivera Guillaume
x22723
Ziegler x11630 (NY
Director of
Andrea
x22786
HR
Campus)
Saraiva
Rosemary
Initiatives
x22480
Mulry x22755
Tammy Frary
x22645
x22742
Currently Vacant Admin Asst
to VP
of HR
x22375 7