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The entire Human Resources department has been transitioned to
our NEW Mitchell Hall location.
We are now located on the first floor of Mitchell Hall.
Our mailstop and phone extension numbers are staying the same.
We look forward to serving you from our new location!
Kristine Petersen Acad Advising-Declared Majors
Katharine Reed University Advancement
Jason Keen University Advancement
Anne Smethurst Academic Affairs - VP
Nathaniel Smith Contracts & Procurement
Tamara Burgess Conference & Retail Services
Marlene Hernandez University Centers
Elizabeth Vidaurri Ctr for Ldshp & Comm Engagemnt
Antonio Aguilar Service Desk
Sara Raynor Contracts & Procurement
Paul Williams Auxiliary Computing Services
Lori Molzan University Centers
Anna Riexinger Student Financial Services
Central Washington University Employees
Comings…..Welcome! Goings… Fond Farewell
Bradley Sandefer Acad Advising-Declared Majors
Janet Davies University Advancement
Emily King Human Resources
Meghan Caldwell Human Resources
This month is a great time to check out our wide selection of videos and seminars available at CLA Online. To learn more go to: http://www.cwu.edu/hr/central-learning-academy
Regarding I-9 verification for
student employees:
All new student employees who start in the fall will
be unable to complete their I-9 until 15 days before
their start date!
May 2017
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Supervisors! Don’t forget to
provide your cyclic employees
with their cyclic leave without
pay schedules by June 30th!
Templates for can be found
on the Managers resources link on the HR web
page under Letters!
Be Careful Out There! Warm weather finally seems to be here and while images of yardwork
and BBQ come to mind, it’s also a good time for a couple of simple re-
minders. The most important is drink plenty of water, but don’t forget
the sunscreen or clothes that cover your skin. Heat is no joke and after a
long winter it can catch you off guard!
While we’re thinking about it, pay attention to your coworkers too. Consider setting up regu-
lar time intervals to check on each other. Heavy sweating with cold, clammy skin, dizziness,
muscle cramps, and headache are all signs of possible heat exhaustion.
Pay attention to your surroundings when you’re walking to your next meeting. The sun is
shining, birds are singing, and the sidewalk has an uneven edge just
waiting to trip you up!
Finally, watch out for bees, wasps, and other critters. They’re also
active again and can be dangerous for people with allergies.
Upcoming Tradition Keepers eligible events:
PRIDE WEEK: Amateur Drag Show– June 2nd
Graduation-June 10th
Summer Benefits Pull Alert
Large Deduction Planned from June 26th Paycheck
Attention Faculty and Cyclic Employees!!
If you are participating in the 12-month salary spread, you may disregard this message.
Summer health insurance premiums for faculty and summer cyclic employees
will be deducted from June 26, 2017, paychecks.
The deduction will be seven times your normal amount, ranging from $87.50 to $1,449, depending on the
medical plan you have elected. If teaching summer school, no insurance deductions will be taken from
summer checks. Normal deductions will resume on the October 10, 2017, paycheck.
Please note: This year, the Health Care Authority (HCA) partnered with MetLife to provide increased life
insurance benefits. This has necessitated changes to the billing process for summer optional life insurance
premiums, which will NOT be included in the large deduction from your June 26, paycheck.
You will receive an invoice from MetLife in late August for July and August optional life insurance premiums.
Follow the instructions to pay this invoice through direct mail. Payments for September will be charged to
your fall quarter paychecks, doubling payment of premiums until the full amount is paid.
Life insurance coverage will not lapse during the summer months.
Questions about summer health insurance may be directed to Melany Peterson,
Benefits Representative at 509-963-2269 or [email protected].
Questions about life insurance may be directed to MetLife Customer Service at 1-866-548-7139.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: May
Exempt Employee Association
Heather Harrell
Post Awards Manager
Heather oversees over 330 grants totaling +$14 million. She also man-ages all state and federal funds for Financial Aid of more than $68 million as well as reconciling the drawdowns of the Financial Aid disbursements. She is helpful, remains calm and composed in difficult situations, demon-strates extraordinary discipline and unwavering dedication to our faculty, students, administration.
http://www.cwu.edu/exempt-association
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: March
Exempt Employee Association
Holly Williams
Academic Advisor
Holly’s commitment to always
be there for her students and
co-workers results in strong
bonds and great working relationships. She promotes diversity
and equality on campus even when it means working long
hours. Her compassion, creativity, innovation, adaptability, and
dedication assist in our CWU students attaining success!
Congratulations Holly!
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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: April
Exempt Employee Association
Jen Rentz-Hammon
Coordinator of Student Rights &
Responsibilities
Whether working with a faculty member
dealing with a difficult classroom situation
or working with a student who is in distress, Jen always provides
the same professional and understanding approach. Her com-
mitment to our CWU students is second to none.
Congratulations Jen!
~Stephen Sarchet
May the Fourth be with you. I didn’t even
know that was really a thing until I happened
across an article called 60 Facts About the Star
Wars Universe for Star Wars Day. I’m dating
myself a little here, but Star Wars is one of the
movies I went back to theaters to see more
than once. Okay, I saw it six times, but come
on, it was the coolest thing ever at the time!
There’s no way I can share all the interesting
tidbits about the movie in this small space
(see what I did there?), but I thought some of
them were just too cool not to.
Did you know Luke almost turned to the dark
side. George Lucas toyed with the idea of
Luke putting on the mask after Darth Vader
dies, but decided he wanted the story to have
a happy ending.
George Lucas didn’t want to cast Harrison Ford
as Han Solo. Having worked with Lucas on
American Graffiti, Harrison was feeding lines to
other actors as they auditioned for the part,
but George finally decided on Harrison.
The impressive crawl-
ing script at the begin-
ning of the movie was
created using two-foot
-wide yellow letters
placed over a black
paper background and
making a slow pass
over them with a cam-
era.
Robert Englund, a.k.a Freddy Krueger, con-
vinced Mark Hamill to audition for the movie
after having auditioned for the part of Han
Solo himself.
Footage of actual WWII dogfights was used to
create the space
battel between the
Millennium Falcon
and the TIE fighters.
In early drafts of the
screenplay, Yoda’s
first name is Buffy.
The name was
changed to Minch Yoda and eventually short-
ened to just Yoda.Qui-Gon Jinn’s communica-
tor was a ladies razor!
The completion of spring quarter is almost here and students
jobs will end soon.
Important information below...
Payroll needs all supervisors of students to verify all hours
worked are entered on the timesheets and all payable time is
approved by midnight on June 15, 2017. If your department
wishes to hire students for June 16th
thru September 15th 2017, please
contact Payroll at #2221 or email us
at [email protected] for a useful
handout on the process to hire stu-
dents.
As always, we appreciate your support.