The Broncho Beat: December 2019 Issue

Check out the latest issue of the Broncho Beat! Published December 2019 Featured Story: Stress less this season November New Employees Staff Senate Update Get-to-Know a Broncho: Susan Hemphill Broncho Brags: Tina Sorick and Annabelle Saunders Exceptional Performance Award: Now…

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Feature Story: Stress less this season

Mary Deter is the senior employee relations specialist and has been in HR at UCO for 4 years. She has both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UCO. Currently, she is working on her juris doctorate at OCU. When not…

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Staff Senate Update

Authored by Dawn Kaiser, Manager of Inventory and Receiving The UCO Staff Senate met Tuesday, Nov. 5. Dr. Mark Kinders, vice president for public affairs, and Justine Kendall, director of benefits, were guest speakers. Vice President Kinders spoke about the…

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Get-to-Know a Broncho: Susan Hemphill

Susan Hemphill, Grants Writer What is your background? I come to UCO from a primarily nonprofit background. I have worked in research, advocacy, community investment and fundraising. I guess you can say I am an information/data nerd. I also have…

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Exceptional Performance Award: Now taking 2nd quarter nominations

Authored by Jill Robertson, Employee Relations Specialist Exceptional Performance Award nomination forms for the FY2020 2nd quarter award are now being accepted! Nominations must be turned in by 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, to Human Resources, Box 175, or…

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Broncho Brags

Bravo, Tina Sorick! Tina Sorick was named as one of the Top 20 Under 40 by the Edmond Sun’s Edmond Business Times Magazine. For a full look at Tina’s accomplishments and other local honorees, view the publication online now. Tina…

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Tech Corner: Reboot. Reset. Resume.

Authored by Stephanie Edwards, Manager of Web Strategy and IT Communications You perform better when you unplug for a while; so does your computer. While physically unplugging is not necessary, restarting at least once a week is recommended. Here are…

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Payroll Services: New W-4s for 2020

Authored by Tamra Kitsmiller, Director of Payroll Services The 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, is very different from previous versions. This is due to the federal tax law changes that took place in 2018. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…

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Benefits: Voya makes it easy

Article by Justine Kendall, Director of Benefits Look, nobody likes saving money. Why would I want to save my money when I could eat tacos every night and buy all of the things that Target tells me I need to…

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December 2019 Years of Service

29 Years Jalal Daneshfar 26 Years Frankie WeatheringtonKeith Webb 25 Years Vickie Garlitz 23 Years Guy Ellis 21 Years Wesley Moreland 19 Years Michael Guard 17 Years Michael Wallo 16 Years William McCormick 15 Years Katrina ShakleeAnne Holzbeierlein 11 Years…

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December 2019 Birthdays

1 Douglas MillerPatrick Tadlock 6 Kanika BhargavaAbbie Lambert Ryan Sharp 11 Robert BatesRyan BrownDavid Thompson 16 Melissa PowersLinda Winn 21 William AycockDoroteia BozhanovaKasady HoffmanMonica Lam Deanna MowreyBrandtErin Ta 26 Tamara AprilStephanie Canada-PhillipsHongguo Wei 31 John HitzSacia Minter 2 Linda RiderStephen…

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