Month: July 2019

The first of two employee benefits fairs will be held on Wednesday from 9 a.m.–noon and 1-3 p.m., in Providence Hall, West Social Room. The second will be held on Wednesday Aug. 28 in Main Building, Room 311.

Annual benefits enrollment provides benefit-eligible employees the opportunity to start, change or end benefits, which become effective Oct. 1, 2019. The exception is medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, which begin Sept. 1, 2019.  

All eligible employees making changes must enroll online in order to change benefits. Current benefits will carry over. The exception is the Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), which require enrollment each year.

All full-time employees will be able to complete enrollment through Web Advisor under Benefits Enrollment. Employees wishing to make change will need to adhere to the following deadlines.

• Staff employee enrollment period (includes deans and administration) begins Wednesday. Deadline to enroll is Aug. 14 by 11:59 p.m.
• Faculty enrollment period begins Aug. 28. Deadline to enroll is Sept. 12 by 11:59.  

To access the Benefits Enrollment online:

1. Log into My OLLU portal
2. Click on Web Advisor for Staff (or Faculty if it applies)
3. Click on Employee Profile
4. Click on Review Current Benefits
5. Click on Benefit Enrollment
6. If you aren’t sure of your additional current benefits, check the Pay Advice for your last pay period.

Octavio Quintanilla, PhD, associate professor of English and San Antonio Poet Laureate, read his poetry during an artist’s reception for a “Time” exhibit at the Walkers’ Gallery, which took place last Friday in San Marcos.

In response to a call for art inspired by the theme of “Time,” the Walkers’ Gallery selected four poets to read from their works.

Dr. Quintanilla’s presentation spoke to “The Creative Imagination: Time and Process.”

Sister Margit Nagy, PhD, CDP, professor of history, presented an interactive visual talk on San Antonio’s Japan Connections to the Optimist Club of San Antonio last Tuesday.

After becoming interested in modern Japanese history when she was an OLLU student, Sister Nagy received a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Grant in 1976 to do dissertation research in Japan and was affiliated with Waseda University.

She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tokyo School of Law as a Fulbright Visiting Professor from 1984-1985. In 2015, the government of Japan presented her with the “Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” in recognition of her service in the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the U.S.

Waheeda Kara, BSW program administrative assistant, has been featured in the July issue of SA Monthly Magazine. The story is about her humanitarian work throughout the city and the personal struggles she has endured.

The story can be found at https://issuu.com/samonthlymag/docs/july_2019_issue. It begins on page 275.