Category: Employee News

Every year, OLLU participates in the United Way Campaign. Money raised by the campaign will help provide support for children, families, and individuals across San Antonio and Bexar County. Last year, OLLU had the highest participation rate of all area higher education institutions with 61 percent. This year, St. Mary’s University has challenged OLLU to see which school will have the highest participation rate.
The deadline to submit pledge forms is Nov. 20.

Forms should be returned to Amelia Guzman, assistant to the vice president for Student Life, in Providence Hall, Room 104.

Hamid Khan, EdD, PE, professor of management, published the peer reviewed proceedings paper, “Implications of organizational behavior class learning outcomes toward authentic leadership development,” in the Proceedings of International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD). He presented this paper at the IABPAD annual conference held in Las Vegas in the session “Curriculum and Students.” He also reviewed papers and chaired the presentations of Education session and Educational Technology session.

The OLLU Staff Advisory Council will be hosting a Halloween Social at Lisa’s Mexican Restaurant on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. Lisa’s will be providing chips and salsa, and offering 50 percent off appetizers. There will also be other happy hour specials.

Costumes are encouraged.

During the Fall Break, 23 OLLU staff members participated in a volunteer project as part of OLLU Employee Service Day. Employees served at JDRF, a local nonprofit that focuses on fundraising to provide research and supplies to those with Type 1 diabetes. Volunteers helped create banners, runner bags, and thank you letters as well as bringing supplies to the 5K route for the annual fundraiser.

For more information on a future employee service day, contact Jennifer Bendele at jbendele@ollusa.edu.

The transition of the OLLU retirement plan to Transamerica is complete. Visit OLLU.trsretire.com to sign in, review account balance and manage other account information.

Psychology faculty members Marcela Polanco and Monte Bobele, along with doctoral students Gaby Lopez and Jeanette Spring, participated in the Trek Breast Cancer Awareness Ride on Oct. 12. Also riding with them was Saki Oyama, a faculty member from UTSA.

Psychology faculty members Monte Bobele, Joan Biever, Bernadette Solórzano and doctoral student Laurel Bluntzer-Hawks recently published, “Postmodern approaches to supervision,” in The complete systemic supervisor: Philosophy, context, and pragmatics (2nd Ed), Tom Todd and Cheryl Storm, Eds.

Hamid Khan, EDD, PE, professor of management, published the peer reviewed article, “Teaching effectiveness using emotional intelligence of cognitive, affective and psychomotor behaviors,” in The Competition Forum, (12) 2, 88-102. He presented the paper at the American Society for Competitiveness 2014 Conference, in Washington, D.C. He was also a reviewer of papers and discussant of the Leadership and Performance session.

As the OLLU retirement plan moves over to Transamerica, employees are currently unable to access their accounts. Transamerica will be receiving data from the previous vendors in the coming days and will work diligently to audit and reconcile the data so employees can resume managing their accounts. Access to accounts will be available this week.

Visit OLLU.trsretire.com for more information.

The Advancement staff is hosting a Lake Fund Open House Wednesday and Thursday from noon-4 p.m. in Casa Caritas.

The Lake Fund supports the greatest needs of OLLU, especially the 95 percent of students who receive university scholarships. This open house is an opportunity to get to know the advancement staff and make a donation to the Lake Fund.

For each level donated, participants will receive one key to unlock a treasure chest and potentially win a prize. The following is the breakdown of donation levels and number of keys that participants will receive:

• $1-25 – 1 key
• $26-$50 – 2 keys
• $51-$75 – 3 keys
• $76 – $99 -4 keys
• $100 and up 5 keys

Any donation made in this fiscal year is taken into account and keys will be distributed accordingly upon arrival. Gifts of cash, checks or payroll deduction are accepted. Forms will be available during the open house.

For more information, contact Anissa Lopez at 210-434-6711, ext. 5543 or aklopez@ollusa.edu, or John Sanchez at 210-434-6711, ext. 5591 or jdsanchez@ollusa.edu.

 

Light refreshments will be provided.

OLLU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a service project as part of “OLLU Employee Service Day,” Oct. 17, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Each day, 40 children are diagnosed with Type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes. The mission of the foundation is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Faculty and staff are encouraged to consider this service opportunity as a collective response to giving back to the community.

Participants will assist the foundation with organizing its annual fundraising run/walk and will help with one or more of the following tasks: assembling bags for the runners, creating posters, setting up the course, organizing and moving boxes, labeling awards, and other administrative tasks. A few lighter tasks will be available for those who require lighter physical activity. Most work will be indoors, but some work will be outdoors.

OLLU Service Day is a University-approved initiative so employees do not need to submit vacation time in order to participate. Staff must obtain approval from their supervisor before signing up. Employees who wish to participate should sign up at www.ollusa.edu/ServiceDaySignup.

Participation is open to the first 40 employees who sign up. Those who wish to participate should sign up by Oct. 8.

Visit the sign up webpage for more information or contact Jennifer Bendele, director of the Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism, at 210-434-6711, ext. 2393 or jbendele@ollusa.edu.

The Registrar’s Office will hold an Adviser’s Workshop for spring 2015 early registration on Oct. 14 from 12:20-1:30 p.m. in Providence Hall, West Social Room. Topics to be covered include, the academic calendar, degree audits, course schedules, deadlines to submit grades, and more. Representatives from the Financial Aid Office and the Student Business Office will also be available to answer questions.

For more information, contact Betty Galvan at 210-431-3959.