Category: Employee News

Beginning today, OLLU will adjust office hours for the summer. Offices will be open Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-noon.

Exceptions are the week of May 25-29 and June 29-July 3.

• Since the University will be closed on May 25 for Memorial Day, the University will be open regular hours Tuesday, May 26-Friday, May 29
• Since the University will be closed on July 3 for observation of the Fourth of July holiday, the University will be open regular hours June 29-July 2.

Other exceptions will be the Lake Days scheduled for Friday, June 12 and Friday, June 26. Lake Days will continue as scheduled and offices associated with Lake Days will remain open after noon on those days. The rest of the University offices will still close.

Summer hours run through August 21.

The OLLU End-of-Year Appreciation Dinner will be held on Wednesday, at 5:30 pm in Mabee Gymnasium. The event will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:15 p.m.

Dress code is comfortable attire and this is an adults-only event. There is no cost to attend.

For those who have not yet sent their RSVP, use the link below or print the RSVP form and return to Ida Perez in Moye Hall, Room 109.

www.ollusa.edu/appreciationrsvp

Due to the restructuring of the Office of Institutional Research, Liza Nagel, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, has been named as the interim Title IX Coordinator.

As announced by President Slater on March 25, the University has a new “Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedure.” The University places special emphasis on its core values of community, integrity, trust, and service, and must ensure an educational experience free of sexual harassment, misconduct, violence or discrimination.

Given the serious nature of these issues, training sessions on University policies and procedures have been scheduled.

The final opportunity to attend training is tomorrow:

• Tuesday May 5 – 9 a.m. – University Wellness and Activities Center, Room 104

There is no need to register, but attendees are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to sign in. Attendance will be monitored by the Human Resources Office and the President’s Council.

All employees must complete the mandatory training by May 5, 2015. The “Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedure” can be found at http://www.ollusa.edu/sexualmisconductpolicy.

Hamid Khan, EDD, PE professor of management, presented a peer reviewed paper at the International Academy of Business and Personnel Administration (IABPA) titled, “A new model for transformational leadership in teaching: Modeling, inspiring, challenging, empowering and encouraging.” The paper was presented at Dallas, published in the conference proceedings, and is being considered for the Academy of Business Journal (ABJ) publication. Dr. Khan also led the “Education and Management Education” session for the conference. Dr. Khan also presented a paper at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies in San Antonio titled, “Are you such a non-conformist as to express cynicism in the sacred writings of leadership exegeses?”

The San Antonio Association for Marriage and Family Therapy met at OLLU on April 21. Laurie López Charles, assistant professor of Psychology, gave a presentation titled “Trauma-Informed Family Therapy: Respecting Resilience and Building on Strengths.”

At the meeting, more than 50 practitioners, faculty, students and alumni celebrated the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education’s accreditation of the OLLU Master of Science degree in Family, Couple and Individual Psychotherapy.

As announced by President Slater on March 25, the University has a new “Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedure.” The University places special emphasis on its core values of community, integrity, trust, and service, and must ensure an educational experience free of sexual harassment, misconduct, violence or discrimination.

Given the serious nature of these issues, training sessions on University policies and procedures have been scheduled.

All OLLU employees must complete the mandatory training by attending one of the following hour-long sessions:

• Tuesday April 28 – 3:30 p.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Tuesday April 28 – 6 p.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Thursday April 30 – 12:30 p.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Thursday April 30 – 3 p.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Friday May 1 – 9 a.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Friday May 1 – 2 p.m. – Providence Hall, West Social Room
• Tuesday May 5 – 9 a.m. – University Wellness and Activities Center, Room 104

There is no need to register, but attendees are asked to arrive five minutes early to sign in. Attendance will be monitored by the Human Resources Office and the President’s Council.

All employees must complete the mandatory training by May 5, 2015. The “Sexual Misconduct Policy and Grievance Procedure” can be found at http://www.ollusa.edu/sexualmisconductpolicy.

OLLU President Sister Jane Ann Slater, CDP, PhD, and the Board of Trustees invite all faculty and staff to attend the End of Year Appreciation Dinner on May 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Mabee Gymnasium.

Each faculty and staff member may bring one guest. Dress code is comfortable attire and this event is for adults only.

It is imperative that every faculty or staff member RSVP, whether coming alone or bringing a guest, in order to determine the amount of food and drinks that need to be ordered. There is no cost to attend.

Those with computer access should RSVP at www.ollusa.edu/appreciationrsvp.

For those who do not have computer access, the staff bulletin board will have forms available. Complete and return the forms to J. Oliveira in the President’s Office.

For more information, contact J. Oliveira at 210-434-6711, ext. 3900 or mloliveira@ollusa.edu.

Hamid Khan, EdD, PE, professor of Management, presented two peer-reviewed papers titled, “Self-awareness — a necessary precondition in progressing toward your transformational leadership,” and “Use of emotional intelligence in the application of authentic transformational, transactional, and servant leadership,” at the annual conference of the International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD). These two papers are being evaluated for IABD-Journal publications.

He also “virtually” presented the peer-reviewed paper “Measuring significant learning outcomes using intensely sensitive ethics cases by ‘reaction learning behavior and results’ format,” to the Academy of Business Research (ABR) annual conference at New Orleans. This paper is published in the ABR proceedings and is also being evaluated for the Academy of Business Review journal.

Due to the Easter holidays, the Payroll Office requests that all timecards for students and staff employees be checked, corrected and approved by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. This will allow Payroll to complete processing so biweekly paid employees will be paid on time.

Remember that timecards with missed punches or missing leave hours are incomplete and may cause an employee to receive a smaller paycheck. Employees are reminded to work with supervisors to ensure that timecards are correct.

The annual Health and Wellness Fair is Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in Chapel Auditorium.

During the fair, participants will be able to receive screenings for blood pressure, vision, glucose, body mass index (BMI), and strength testing. Attendees can also get information on fitness, wellness, nutrition, financial health and work/life balance.

For more information, contact Diana Ramos, employee benefits manager, at diana.ramos@ollusa.edu or 210-434-6711, ext. 3920.