The Broncho Beat: December 2020 Issue

Check out the latest issue of the Broncho Beat! Published December 2020 Feature Story: Benefits Welcomes Back CVS Caremark in 2021 Get to Know a Broncho: Michael Martin Broncho Brags The Psychology of Retirement and the Role of Role of…

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Feature Story: Benefits Welcomes Back CVS Caremark in 2021

Written by Katie Saylor, Senior Benefits Specialist Cheers to a new year and new benefits! As the benefits team has already shouted from the rooftops, the university will join CVS Caremark for all things prescription drugs in 2021. That means…

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Get to Know a Broncho: Michael Martin

Michael Martin, Director of IT Client Experience and Technology Resource Center What is your background? I attended Mid-America Christian University and East Central University. I received a bachelor’s degree in management information systems and a master’s degree in human resource…

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Broncho Brags

Let’s hear it for the Undergraduate Advisement Team! This team spent countless hours this last summer helping incoming freshman through the Forge process and getting enrolled. They tackled August peak season with an amazing team spirit. They served over 3,100…

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The Psychology of Retirement and the Role of the Emeritus Faculty Association, Dec. 10

Katie Saylor, Senior Benefits Specialist   Interested in getting a leg up on retirement—even if it’s a few years away? Join the Emeritus Faculty Association (EFA), the Benefits team and Jerry Legere, EFA liaison to UCO’s Faculty and Staff Senates, as he…

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2020 Performance Appraisals

Syndey Wood, Employee Relations Specialist As we look forward to 2021, it’s time for us to reflect on the challenges we’ve faced and our achievements over this past year. Performance appraisals provide a structured format to do so that helps…

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Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

Paige Buchanan, Recruitment Specialist Over the past few months we’ve reviewed several forms of unconscious bias in recruiting: Affinity bias, Ageism, Attribution bias, Confirmation Bias, Conformity Bias, and The Halo Effect. These biases occur when we make snap judgements based…

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Payroll Operations: End of Year Housekeeping

Sarah Marcus, Director of Payroll Operations December paychecks will be issued December 23, 2020. All faculty and staff have access to their electronic W-2s and 1095s in Paycom automatically. Electronic versions of year-end tax forms can be accessed from the…

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Central Tech Store Winter Jam and Online Holiday Savings, Through Dec. 23

Stephanie Edwards, Stephanie Edwards, Manager of Web Strategy and IT Communications Looking for the perfect gift? Check out our packaged tech deals at techstore.uco.edu. The Central Tech Store is celebrating the holidays this year with savings when you bundle and…

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Faculty Senate Update

Kristi Archuleta, Associate Professor, Adult Education and Safety Sciences The UCO Faculty Senate holds meetings the second Thursday of each month, which has been Sept. 10, Oct. 8, and Nov. 12, this fall. The primary focus of this last meeting…

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Staff Senate Update

Zachary Hunter, Manager of Graduate Recruitment and Outreach Activities, Jackson College of Graduate Studies The UCO Staff Senate held meetings Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2020. The primary order of business was passing the Leadership UCO Capstone Topics resolution and…

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November New Faculty and Staff

Christopher DanielIT Systems Engineer IOffice of Information Technology Derrel ReavesPT Retention Spec. 1SSS Vet Hero Kenneth ClarkeDigital Mktg Brand StrategyCollege of Fine Arts and Design Sarah KrivyCoordinator CRM services Recruitment/Admissions Anais McClardBusiness ManagerOffice of Information Technology