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Be
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Personalize
ed 2012
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sation & Be
enefits Sta
atement
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ark Yourr Calend
dars!
The annual benefits Open Enrollmen
nt period is ta
aking
place:
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hursday ~ May 9, 2013
2
thrrough
Monday ~ May 27, 2013
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change
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he new
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effective on July
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informa
ation will be forthcoming
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email.
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You should have rece
eived your personalized
2012 Co
ompensation & Benefits Sta
atement in
the mail in mid-April. You may also access
your stattement online
e through the Pace Portal.
This stattement provid
des informatio
on concerning
g
your tota
al compensatiion from Janu
uary 1, 2012
through December 31
1, 2012, includ
ding the
value of the benefit co
ontributions th
hat the
Universitty made on yo
our behalf.
Benefits are an imporrtant part of yo
our
compenssation, as the
ey provide fina
ancial
protectio
on from extrao
ordinary healtth expenses
and finan
ncial security throughout yyour career at
Pace.
This perssonalized sta
atement provid
des the
necessa
ary information
n to understand and
manage the comprehensive beneffits that the
Universitty provides to
o you and you
ur family.
Did You
Y
Know
w?
Some of
o the ben
nefits
offered at Pac
ce…
Online Help D
Desk Sy
ystem
Th
he Benefits Office is on
n the Online
e Help Desk
k
Syste
em.
•
Acad
demic Fede
eral Credit Union
U
(AFCU): Offers sa
avings
and loan accoun
nts at compe
etitive rates, as well as other
o
services, including direct deposit, credit and debit ca
ards,
insurrance discou
unts, auto lo
oans, and en
ntertainment
disco
ounts.
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more information contac
ct the AFCU directly at (9
914)
923--3608, or vis
sit their webs
site at: www..academicfcu.org.
CIGN
NA Healthy
y Rewards:
Disccounted prog
grams and products to promote a he
ealthy
lifesttyle. Click he
ere for more information. •
•
•
•
As a rem
minder, you can log into
o the Help
Desk syystem at http
ps://help.pacce.edu to
submit a Help Deskk request forr many of
your Be
enefits-relate
ed needs.
This serrvice-focuse
ed initiative p
provides
24/7 access to 100+
+ Frequentlyy Asked
Questio
ons (FAQs) rregarding the
e Benefit
program
ms at Pace U
University.
It gives you the abillity to track yyour
requestts and receivve periodic u
updates. In
addition
n, the departtment has be
een able to
monitorr response times and ma
ake service
improve
ements.
Your Be
enefits-relate
ed inquiries and
requestts are handle
ed during ou
ur regular
office ho
ours, Monda
ay through F
Friday, from
9am-5p
pm.
If you have question
ns about thiss initiative,
please ccall the Univversity Benefits office at
914-923
3-2828 or se
end an e-ma
ail to
[email protected]
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Pace Uniiversity Preventive
e Care In
ncentive Program for CIGN
NA Participants
•
This innovvative incentive program is designed to
o encourage yyou, and yourr spouse or do
omestic partn
ner if applicable
e, to have ann
nual preventaative care exaaminations. •
Each participating emp
ployee who iss covered by C
CIGNA is eligi ble to receivee up to $240 if he/she (plu
us his/her spouse orr domestic partner, if cove
ered by the CIGNA medicall plan) has on
ne, two or thrree preventattive care examinatiions (based u
upon age) durring the plan yyear (July 1, 22012 through
h June 30, 201
13). Please click here to access the
e program de
etails. Altho
ough the exam
ms must be completed by June 30, 2013, the compleeted Preventiive Care 2012
2‐2013 Form, along with the ccorrespondingg Explanation
n of Benefits (EOBs) must b
be submitted to the University Benefitss office via em
mail at [email protected] on or before August 31, 2013. A one‐ttime incentivee reward payment, to a maximum of $2
240, will be madee via paychecck by Septemb
ber 30, 2013. Wellness
W
Wednesdays
He
ealthy Babies Prog
gram
HR w
will partner wiith Chartwellss in promotin
ng HR’s wellne
ess initiaative. Wellness Wednesdaays will featurre healthy eatting for staff,, students, an
nd faculty in aa variety of ways on each ccampus everyy Wednesdayy throughout the academicc year. There
e will be prom
motional mate
erials, and disscounts will be offered to participants. Purcchase 10 designated “healthy meals” on
n Wellness Wednesdays, and get the 11th for free!! Th
his program w
will begin in Septeember 2013. If you
u want to learn more abou
ut your caloric intake pleasse click here! To keeep up on you
ur nutrition and learn som
me new tasty aand healthy recip
pes visit Pace’s “Balanced U
U” website byy clicking here
e! CIGNA’s Heealthy Babiess campaign reewards participantts with $150 w
when they en
nroll in their first trimesster and $75 w
when they en
nroll in their second trim
mester. It is aa great resourrce for expectant mothers! Ass a bonus, when you sign up, you’ll gget these congratulatory ggifts (t‐shirt and onesiee, each size 6M
M) from HR! We are expecting (pun intended!) to begin tthis program in Fall 20133. Time
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Benefitt At Pace
Summer F
Flex Days a
are Here A
Again!
V
Vacation Tim
me
In recognitio
on of your co
ontributions,, the Universsity will
again offer fflexible sum
mmer hours this year. This
summer eacch full-time sstaff membe
er will have tthe
opportunity to take everry other Frid
day off, for th
hree
Fridays, or tthe equivale
ent of three d
days (2.5 da
ays for
those working an 80% sschedule) be
etween July 1 and
August 9. F
Full-time staff employees must be actively at
work in orde
er to take ad
dvantage of summer flexx days.
Pa
ace’s vacation accrual year
y
is July 1 – June 30. Click here
e to view the vacation po
olicy.
Personal Time
Up to 3 perso
onal days a calendar
c
yea
ar are grante
ed. The acc rual schedule is: April 1sst; July 1st a
and
O
October 1st. Click here to
o view more
e information
n about perso
onal days.
University Holidays
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Enjoy up to 15
5 paid holida
ays! Click he
ere to view th
he 2013 Uniiversity Holid
day Calenda
ar.
Please note: There
T
is no carryover off any paid tim
me-off (vaca
ation, person
nal, floating h
holidays, sum
mmer flex
da
ays).
FY13
3 PMD
DP Reviiew Pro
ocess
Coming S
Soon! The F
FY13 PMDP Review Pro
ocess will be
e
open as of June 3rd.. There are sseveral majo
or changes
to this ye
ear’s processs, including a fifth perforrmance
rating ca
ategory.
Training will be available starting
g on June 4, in New
York and
d Westchester, so please do not hessitate to
register ffor the session of your cchoice. You m
may registerr
by clickin
ng here.
June 7, 2013
A
All managerrs are expe
ected to atttend
one o
of the man
ny available
e sessions
s and we
highly
y recomme
end all stafff attend th
his year.
The 2nd annual University-W
Wide Staff Development
d for:
Day will be held on Friday, June
J
7th, in the
t Graduate Training sessions arre scheduled
Centter in White Plains.
G
Graduate Ce
enter
This exciting eve
ent is open to
t all Pace University
U
D
Date
Time
stafff and faculty and is an opportunity
o
to
t participate
e
2:00pm 6/4
4/13
in a large selecttion of train
ning programs being
4:00pm
offerred by variou
us Pace dep
partments.
Pleasantviille
Clickk here to view
w the sched
dule for the day
d and to
D
Date
Time
regisster for programs. *Use the scroll bar
b on the
10:00am 6/4
4/13
12:00pm
m
right side of the
e screen to scroll down
n and view all
10:00am
prog
grams being
g offered. You
Y must register for
6/1 9/13
12:00pm
m
each
h program you
y wish to
o attend sep
parately.
1:00pm 6/1 9/13
3:00pm
10:00am QUESTIONS?
7/1 6/13
12:00pm
m
Conttact Susan
n Donahue
e at
1:00pm 7/1 6/13
sdonah
hue@pace
e.edu or x2
22766.
3:00pm
New York C
City
D
Date
6/1 2/13
6/1 2/13
7/1 1/13
7/1 1/13
Time
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1:00pm 3:00pm
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1:00pm 3:00pm
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Dedicate
ed departme
ent training iss also availa
able and can
be sched
duled by con
ntacting Bob Lazer at
rlazer@p
pace.edu, orr extension xx22746.
Emplo
oyee Recognition
C
Cerem
monies
Th
he Employe
ee Recognittion Cerem
monies were
e
fun for alll! Attendancce at these events
contiinues to gro
ow each ye
ear.
This year, there were
e approxima
ately 600
attende
ees!!
We received 97 nominations forr Special
Awarrds!
Congratulattions to all the a
award re
ecipients
s!
Ta
ake Our Daughte
ers & Sonss to Work
k
Da
ay
Organ
nizationall
Learrning &
Devellopment
at W
WASC
Th
hursday, May
M 2, 2013
3
OL&D m embers
Edyta Zyych and
Susan D
Donahue
Even
nts were sch
heduled on the NYC and
d PLV
e guest spea
akers at the W
Westchesterr
campuses. Child
dren of staff and faculty participated in were the
Administ
trative
Staff
C
Council
(WA
ASC)
meetin
ng on March
excitting activities
s including a robotics de
emonstration
n
1,
2013.
They
prese
ented
on
the
department
t’s training
with the Seidenb
berg School of Compute
er Science, to
o
and
deve
elopment
pro
ograms
offe
red
and
the
certificates
keep
ping fit and fe
eeling good with Pace Athletics!
A
It
of
achiev
vement
that
one
can
obt
tain.
was an educatio
onal and fun time for all! Click here for
f
more
e information
n.
Wom
men’s Professsional
Dev
velopment FForum
On Friday, April 19, the inaugural
Women at Pace – Wom
men’s
Professional Developme
ent Forum,
was
held
in
n
the
Graduat
te Center in
Pace
e University LG
GBTQA & So
ocial Justice Center
C
White
Plain
ns.
The
goal
of the
prese
ented
program
w
as
to
share
th
he
personal
The F
First Annual Lavender
L
Awa
ards ceremon
ny to recogniz
ze
insights
an
d
perspective
es
on
career
Pace
e University sttudents, staff,, faculty, and alumni who
challenges
faced
and
op
pportunities
have
e made lasting
g contributions to the Lesbian, Gay,
afforded to women profe
essionals,
Bisexxual, Transge
ender, Queer, and Ally Com
mmunity.
both withiin higher educcation and the
e broader wo
orkplace.
Human Resources
s was proud to
t contribute financially
f
and
Five wom
men in senior lleadership po
ositions at Pacce
have
e a presence at
a this event! Anna Vidiaev Employee
participate
ed
in
a
panel
,
each
sharing
g a story of her personal
Relattions Manage
er in HR, was honored to present
p
one off
career
pa
ath,
as
well
as
s
a
lesson
lea
arned.
The panelists
the a
awards.
included:
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Sue Maxam, U
University Dire
ector, Studen
nt Academic
E
Engagement
P
Phyllis Mooneyy, Executive Director, Care
eer Services
L isa Bardill Mo
oscaritolo, De
ean for Studen
nts,
W
Westchester
F
Freddi Wald, C
Chief Marketin
ng Officer & V
Vice
P
President, University Relations
G
Geraldine Colo
ombraro, Asssociate Dean of
A
Administration
n, College of H
Health Professsions
The progrram was a gre
eat success, with positive feedback
received ffrom attende
ees.
Video of tthe forum is p
posted on the Human Reso
ources web
site; click
k here to loca
ate and view
w the video.
Anna Vidiaaev, Employee Relations Man
nager, Human Resources;; Kelly Herbe
ert, Assistant D
Director of the LGBTQA & Soccial Justice Cen
nter; Zee Perezz, Sr EEO Coordinator, Affirmative
e Action Office
e An
nnual Ca
alendarr of Even
nts
Name of Ev
vent
Month
Performance Management
M
Development
D
Prrocess
(PM
MDP) Mid-Yea
ar Review
January
Employ
yee Recognition
n Ceremonies
February - Marrch
Take Our Daughters
D
& Sons to Work Day
April (May in
n
2013)
Be
enefits Open En
nrollment
(Sche
eduled for May 9-27, 2013) Leadership Forum
(Schedu
uled for May 30
0, 2013)
May
PMDP Selff-evaluation an
nd Reviews Beg
gin
June
Ann
nual Goal Settin
ng Begins
June
Pre
eventive Care Examinations
E
to
o be completed
d for Plan
Year (paperw
work due to Ben
nefits by Augus
st 31)
University
y-Wide Staff De
evelopment Da
ay
(Sch
heduled for Jun
ne 7, 2013)
Pleasa
antville/Briarclifff Staff Picnic
(Sche
eduled for June
e 12, 2013)
Law
w School / Graduate Center White
W
Plains Sttaff Picnic
(Sche
eduled for June
e 20, 2013)
New
N
York Stafff Picnic
(Sch
heduled for July
y 22, 2013)
June
May
June
June
June
Hum
man Resou
urces wou
uld like to
wish
h a warm w
welcome to a new
member of its tea
am.
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Please ge
et to know
w her!
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Staffing an
nd Recruitm
ment:
Leeann Long
gi
July
PMD
DP reviews and Goals Due
September
Le
ee National Denim Day
October
CIGNA
C
Flu Shott Clinics
October
Emplo
oyee Anniversa
ary Luncheon
November
(F
Formerly our ttemporary em
mployee)
Stafffing Coorrdinator (M
March 1)
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our Go-To
o Team: Contact
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your
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HR specialist
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ts based on their a
area of ex
xpertise.
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For Help and
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efit
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We want to hear from
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m
tions/topiccs that you
u would likee us to add
dress in th
he next HR
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on or use yyour topic,, you’re go
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of saying thanks. Pleaase send yyour questiions/topicss by clickin
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May 24. FFormer Triviia Answers &
& Winners! 1
1) Accordingg to our “2012 Fast Facts” how many fu
ull time staff nnew hires did
d we welcomee in 2012? 1
145 2
2) True or False? Managging Successfu
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promoted maanagers at Pace University. TTrue 3
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month is Bene
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May 4
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Winners of th
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wered all of th
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winners werre: 
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Michaael Brick, Offiice of Underggraduate Adm
missions NY Helen
n Hyojin Choi,, Law Library Donn
na De Angelo, School of Education Mary Ann Petock, Financial Aid Office PLV Jennifer Ross, Office of the Pressident C
Congratulatio
ons, and thank you to all paarticipants!!