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Katie Saylor, Senior Benefits Specialist
New year, same virus—one that continues to upend our faculty and staff members’ daily lives. With that in mind, campus leadership has decided to extend the expanded Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) benefits, originally provided through the Families First Coronavirus . . .
According to a recent report by Qualtrics (Herbert, 2020), “Belonging has emerged as the top employee experience driver linked to engagement and well-being.”Is anyone really shocked that people are longing for belonging and community?
We are all essential contributors when it comes to building . . .
UCO’s job advertisements, job descriptions and even the application process have an impact on the number of candidates we attract to apply. It also impacts the quality of the applicants. ERE, a recruiting intelligence blog, recommends the following items are reviewed when posting job ads.
If you were to go to Google, LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. to search . . .
Mary Deter-Billings, Senior Employee Relations Specialist
The Positive Reinforcement Guidelines policy has been discontinued as of January 11, 2021. The purpose of this policy was to provide guidelines for positive reinforcement in the workplace and highlight Human Resources recognition programs. This information is subjective and ever-changing, . . .
As a reminder, here are upcoming start dates for hires. These dates apply to all hire types, from new hires to transfers and promotions. If you need an alternative hire date that isn’t listed below, you will need to provide VP approval for an ‘off cycle’ date.
Upcoming NEO dates: Feb. 15, March 1, March 15, March 29, April 12 . . .
Stephanie Edwards, Manager of Web Strategy and IT Communications
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“We’ve committed to creating an environment that supports in-person learning while simultaneously limiting the spread of COVID-19. As the state and nation’s vaccination programs ramp up, we anticipate a fall semester that will be closer to our traditional balance of in-person and online classes,” said UCO President Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar.
“Our faculty, staff and students exhibited creativity, dedication and resiliency as we adapted to changes brought on by the pandemic. We’re grateful to have the technology and expertise to deliver quality instruction in virtual and online formats; we are also looking forward to expanding our in-person offerings in and outside of the classroom.”
Central completed the fall 2020 semester with no disruption. The university adopted a robust set of COVID-19 protocols that included a mask requirement for all students and employees, physical distancing and a push for hand hygiene. UCO also invested in improved air filtration across campus and revamped course offerings to include online and extended classroom courses.
The university started the spring semester virtually as the state experienced a significant surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. UCO recently announced that courses planned for in-person instruction would return to the in-person format beginning Feb. 8.
Central will release the fall 2021 and summer 2021 class schedule in March, with enrollment opening shortly after.