HR Newsletter - May 2019
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goal of our newsletter is to provide staff and faculty with news and information about
Human Resources’ programs, events, and people. Recent and archived issues are
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Release Time
In this issue:
May Is Global Civility Awareness Month
Staffing and Recruitment Name Change!
Preventive Care Incentive Program
FY2019 PMDP Update
Employee Recognition Ceremonies 2019
Staff Training and Development
Health and Wellness:
What’s Your Financial IQ Challenge 2.0 – Winners announced!
NY Wellness Walk
Yoga on the Farm
Be Well! And Tell!!
HR Office Hours in PLV
Update Your Emergency Contact Info
Recent Events
Reminders
HR's Comings and Goings
Trivia Time!
May is Global Civility Awareness Month!
It is a timely opportunity to remind the Pace community of our core values and behaviors.
Community Pledge
As a member of the Pace University Community, I pledge to conduct myself with dignity
and respect.
I am accountable for my words and actions.
I believe in integrity.
I believe in diversity.
I believe in equality.
I believe in civility.
To promote our mission celebrating Civility Awareness Month, Human Resources is
encouraging managers, chairs, faculty and student advisors to review the Pace Community
Pledge and the Civility and Respect Pace Community Standards with staff, faculty and students.
Human Resources is inviting the Pace community to use the YES I Make It Happen
recognition program from May 1, 2019 through June 15, 2019 to recognize staff and
student workers for being civility champions. Five civility champions will be randomly
selected to win a pair of movie tickets. All civility champions will receive a certificate of
appreciation.
The Staffing and Recruitment Department is now
called Talent Acquisition!
We are happy to announce that the Staffing and Recruitment department has changed its
name to Talent Acquisition. This exciting change reflects the strategic partnership that
continues to build with hiring managers and search committees.
Preventive Care Incentive Program for
Cigna Participants
This innovative incentive program is designed to encourage you, and your spouse or
registered domestic partner if applicable, to have annual preventive care examinations.
Each participating employee who is covered by Cigna is eligible to receive up to $240 if
he/she (plus his/her spouse or registered domestic partner, if covered by the Cigna
medical plan) has one, two or three preventive care examinations (based upon age) during
the calendar year (January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019). Access the program
details!
FY2019 PMDP Update
The Performance Management and Development Process (PMDP) system closed on
Friday, April 12, 2019. The PMDP system will be reopened in early June for the FY2019
performance review process and FY2020 goal setting process. Human Resources will
send a communication to all staff alerting when the PMDP system will be reopened.
For any questions or inquiries, please contact [email protected].
2019 Employee
Recognition
Ceremonies
Save the Date(s) for the
Upcoming Employee
Recognition Ceremonies!
Law School: Wednesday, November 6,
2019, from 3:00pm-5:00pm, in the Tudor
Room
New York City: Wednesday, November
13, 2019, from 3:00pm-5:00pm in the
Student Union/Bianco Room
Pleasantville: Wednesday, November 20,
2019, from 3:00pm-5:00pm, in the
Gottesman Room/Boudreaux Lounge
Nominate Your Colleague for an
Employee Recognition Award!
The database will open this summer.
Watch for an announcement via email!
Starting the Pace Professional and Career
Development Program
Starting the Pace is a program focused on professional and career development for non-
managerial staff.
The program provides participants with career awareness, personal and professional
development, and career decision-making skills. This intensive program spans a nine-
month period. Participation requires support from direct management.
Congratulations to the graduates of the 2018-2019 Starting the Pace Professional and
Career Development Program!
Pace Employee Development Day
Two Days Scheduled this Fall!
We are pleased to announce that Talent Development will be holding 2 Pace Employee
Development Days (formerly called Staff Development Day), one on the NYC campus
and one on the PLV campus. The NYC Employee Development Day will be held on
Friday, October 4th. The PLV Employee Development Day will be held on Friday,
November 15th.
All Pace University staff and faculty will be invited to participate in a large selection of
training programs that will be offered by various Pace departments and outside vendors,
such as TIAA and Cigna.
We want to hear from you! Please tell us what training sessions you would like to see,
whether they have been offered before, or are new ideas. If you have suggestions, ideas,
or would like to present this year, please write to [email protected].
Staff Training Opportunities
NEW! A – Z Training Resource Directory
Looking for training information? The A – Z Training Resource Directory is a “one stop
shop” to search, review and access training resources across the University. Check out the
A-Z Training Resource Directory today!
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Upcoming Technology Training Programs
Banner 9 – sessions in NYC and Pleasantville
View schedule and register for Banner training sessions!
NEW! Total Contract Manager (TCM) training sessions
View schedule and register for TCM training sessions!
What’s Your Financial IQ Challenge 2.0
Congratulations to the three winners of the TIAA "What’s Your Financial IQ Challenge 2.0!”
which took place March 1 - April 5. This fun challenge offered staff and faculty the
opportunity to learn more about their financial knowledge, with the bonus of up to 15
entries in a raffle to win one of three Apple® iPad® Mini 4 tablet computers, with Wi-Fi, just
for participating! The winners, chosen at random, are:
Ann Marie McCoy – School of Law
Professor James O’Sullivan – Dyson
Professor Matthew Reidenbach – Lubin
The NY Wellness Walk
is on the Move!
Spring has sprung, and the wellness walk
is back! Join your colleagues, or come
alone and make new friends as the group
walks to different places downtown. The
walk takes place on Thursdays. Meet in
front of 110 William Street, and walk from
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm.
Yoga on the Farm!
All levels are always welcome to participate in the wellness yoga sessions. While most
sessions took place in the Goldstein Athletics Center on the first Wednesday of the
month, this one was created to enjoy the beautiful grounds of the Pleasantville campus
on an equally beautiful day in April.
Be Well! And Tell!!
Employees: Share Your Success Stories! Inspire Others to Pace Themselves to
Wellness!!
The road to improved health can be a difficult one – but not impossible. We are asking you
to submit your success story so that you might inspire one of your colleagues. We will
select one submission for each newsletter, and highlight a success story to the Pace
community. “Be Well! And Tell!!” is all about you and how you can help inspire others
to become successful in their wellness quest.
Submitted by Dr. Laurie McMillan, Chair, Department of English & Modern Language
Studies
They say the body never lies. If that’s the case, then my body has recently been telling me
that I’m a bit of a broken mess. That’s the start of the story, at any rate, but it’s not the end.
In November, I lost my footing on the edge of a walkway while talking with a student, and I
landed on both knees with my face subsequently smashing into the ground. The trauma of
the impact left me disoriented, but Suzi Eisman of Career Services witnessed the fall. She
guided me to Health Services, where I was carefully tended to. After a day to recover, I
returned to work with an archipelago of abrasions spanning my face from chin to eye, a
band-aid across my nose, and my front dental bridge chipped and awkward when I smiled.
I gradually healed with minimal traces of the injury.
Then, at the start of March, I slipped while shoveling and broke my wrist. The pain was
terrible. I had a splint and sling for three weeks that prohibited all use of my left arm and
hand, and then I had limited mobility for another three weeks while outfitted with a cast.
During the six weeks of relying on one arm, I learned to dress myself, I relied on voice-to-
text technologies, and I began responding to student writing through screen recordings.
People helped me cut my food, take the cap off a dry erase marker, or carry things I
couldn’t manage. Every daily routine took at least twice as long to complete. Meanwhile, I
was incredibly tired as my body worked to heal.
My colleagues, friends, family members, and students supported me, offering reassurance
when I felt frustrated with my limited capabilities or with the inevitable worry as my falls led
to me falling behind.
While I don’t recommend falling to anyone, these challenging times were also moments of
learning and insight, as challenges often are.
When I am doing too much and carrying too much of a load, I get distracted. I lose my
footing. I end up hurting myself (and potentially hurting others). Slowing down, focusing,
and moving with intention can help prevent the kinds of injuries I sustained. Yes, accidents
can happen at any time, but they are less likely when stress levels are low or at least
manageable.
Furthermore, just as I needed the support of others when injured, I need the support of
others to stay well. Not one of us should feel responsible for everything; instead, we need
to be willing to share the load with one another and to be patient when tasks take time. At
the end of the day, any of us can temporarily feel like a broken mess. But we can also
choose to take time to heal or even take time to stay well. And we can choose to support
and reassure one another in the process.
Would you like to share YOUR success story? Please send it to [email protected]
by June 14th, and use the subject line “Be Well! And Tell!!”
HR On-Campus Office Hours in Pleasantville
Did you know Human Resources has a satellite office on the Pleasantville campus? It is
located in the kiosk in the lobby of the Goldstein Academic building.
We visit this space on an as-needed basis to assist new hires who are unable to travel to
our Valhalla office. To schedule an appointment, please contact Felicia Robcke, Talent
Acquisition Specialist in Westchester at 914-923-2673 or [email protected].
Update Your Emergency Contact Information
It is important to keep up-to-date emergency contact information on file with the University.
This information will be accessed by the Human Resources staff in the event of an
emergency. Please take the time to update your emergency contact/information on a
regular basis by following below steps:
Sign into Portal
Select Staff or Faculty tab
Go to Employee Self Service
Scroll down to Personal Information
Enter update(s)
Recent Events
Take Our Daughters & Sons to
Work Day Thursday, April 25, 2019
Educational and exciting events were held
on the NYC and PLV campuses. Children
of staff and faculty participated in
interesting activities including making
slime, learning about wildlife, creating an
art project, visiting state-of-the-art clinical
labs, exploring the world of virtual reality,
and enjoying ice cream sundaes!
Pace HR Gives Cancer the Pink
Slip at the 2019 Relay for Life
Members of HR formed a fundraising
team to raise money and awareness for
the fight against cancer through Pace
University’s Relay for Life campaign. The
team raised $1,063! Thank you to those
who contributed their time and money.
Recognition Networking Breakfast
The annual Recognition Networking Event was held on
the Pleasantville campus this year on May 10th.
Each year, Employee Relations recognizes and
celebrates full time and part time staff upon one year of
service completion. This recognition event, with
developmental attributes, supports the retention and
engagement goals of Human Resources. The individuals
invited were not only recognized for their commitment to
Pace but also had the opportunity to network with “Fast
Paced" and “Setting the Pace” leadership program
participants, listen to a Career Development
presentation, and hear from guest speaker, Matt Renna,
VP of Human Resources!
Many thanks to all the participants for supporting this
recognition and engagement effort!
Reminders
Vacation Time
Pace’s vacation accrual year is July 1 –
June 30. View Pace's vacation policy.
Personal Time
Up to 3 personal days a calendar year
are granted. The accrual schedule is based on an employment date before April 1st, July
1st, and October 1st. View more information about personal days.
University Holidays
Enjoy up to 15 paid holidays! Check out the 2019 University Holiday Calendar.
Please note: There is no carryover of any paid time-off (i.e., vacation or personal time).
HR’s Comings and Goings
Welcome Felicia Robcke, Talent Acquisition Specialist, who started on March
11th. Felicia previously worked in the ITS Division. She is located in our Valhalla
office.
Congratulations Karla Ramirez, Talent Acquisition Specialist, NYC. Karla earned
her Master’s in Human Resources Management in December 2018 and will be
walking in the Pace NYC graduation on May 23rd.
Susan Donahue, Director of Talent Development, graduated from the Women
Unlimited LEAD program on May 7th. Congratulations, Susan!
Congratulations to two of our student assistants in Talent Acquisition, Courtney
Sullivan (Westchester) and Donna Luu (NY), who will be graduating this month!
Courtney is earning her BA in Psychology. Donna is earning her BBA in
Management for Human Resources. Each has been with us since Spring 2018,
and will be greatly missed!
Trivia Time!
Want two free movie tickets?? Just answer these questions, click on the link
below, and be one of the two winners who will be selected at random from those
who provided the correct responses! Most answers can be found in this issue!!
Submit your responses by clicking here no later than May 24
1. What is the new name of the Staffing and Recruitment department?
2. Staff Development Day will now be known by what name? Also, please list one
of the two dates that this event will take place.
3. Have you attended a wellness event within the past year? If yes, please list one
you attended. If not,why not? (a - Didn’t like the selection; b- No time for
wellness activities; c- The time didn’t fit my schedule; d – What wellness
activities? We have wellness activities?; e – not interested in participating in
wellness activities through work.)