The Broncho Beat – July 2022 Issue

Feature Story: Time to Saddle Up Get To Know a Broncho: Zahra Khalili, Administrative Asst III, Adult Education & Safety Science Nominations Open for Annual Exceptional Performance Award Tech Corner: 5 Tips to Keep Your Electronics Cool This Summer MidFirst…

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Feature Story: Time to Saddle Up

Jill Lynch-Silva, Talent Development Specialist Starting as a new supervisor can be an overwhelming experience. Through feedback and conversations with current supervisors, Human Resources has identified a desire for a robust training specifically over supervising at UCO. Over the last…

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Get-To-Know a Broncho

Zahra Khalili, Administrative Asst III, Adult Education & Safety Science What is your background?  I’m originally from Iran but have spent most of my life in America, specifically Oklahoma. My husband and I moved to Oklahoma a long time ago…

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Nominations Open for Annual Exceptional Performance Award

M’Lissa Freeman, Employee Experience Specialist Looking for a way to recognize an outstanding UCO staff member? Nominate them for the Annual Exceptional Performance Award.  Nominations now are being accepted, and the winners will be announced at Fall Convocation. Recipients of the…

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Tech Corner: 5 Tips to Keep Your Electronics Cool This Summer

Roberta Botello, Executive Assistant to the CIO Summer is finally here. As the days get warmer, make sure to keep your computer and other electronic gadgets nice and cool. Extreme heat can potentially damage your expensive toys. Keep these five…

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MidFirst Bank BBQ

M’Lissa Freeman, Employee Experience Specialist MidFirst Bank has invited faculty and staff to stop by Plunkett Park on Wednesday on July 20th from 11:30am-1:30pm for a come and go UCO appreciation event, including free lunch catered by Head Country BBQ. MidFirst will also be able to answer questions about their…

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Drink Up

Aetna Let’s talk hydration. Drinking water has many benefits: It helps keep you cool and regulates your body’s temperature. It removes waste products from your body. It protects your spinal cord. It cushions your joints. How much? You’ve probably heard…

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Deer Oaks EAP Monthly Newsletter

All UCO faculty and staff have access to the EAP through Deer Oaks. The EAP provides free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, prevention and education services for you, dependents living at home or elsewhere and anyone who lives in…

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Staff Senate Updates

Ellen Schmidt, Master Electrician In May, the Staff Senate unanimously passed Joint Resolution 2021-2022-001 – Affirmation of, and Support for, Sustainability Efforts in the UCO Community. Adrienne Nobles, Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs spoke about UCO’s advertising and…

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June New Employees

Not pictured:Josue AraujoTemp PT Technical

July Birthdays

1 Grant Aguirre-Y-Luker Anne Holt Daisy Nystul Saoirse Castoe Isaac Stropes 2 Kerry Morgan Vladislav Volkov 3 Sarah Woolwine Sara Rogers 4 Lindsay Martin Rogelio Almeida Camon Buller Thy Nguyen Hank Lankford Brian Ebke 5 Wei Chen 6 Kristy Meyer…

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July Years of Service

32 Habib Tabatabai 29 Damita Kennedy Deborah Speight Jordan 28 Cynthia Hendrix 22 Shelley Selanders 21 Sharon Lafave 19 Greg Mackey Sharla Weathers Sonya Watkins 18 Julio Mata 17 Mandana Roshan 16 Dwight Adams Karen Davis Dennis Dunham Mitchell Green…

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