Category: Employee News

OLLU’s United Way Campaign begins today

2013 UW pin COLOR REVISED April 4Every 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, the OLLU community contributed more than $11,000, which represented a 31 percent employee participation rate. Pledge forms will be distributed to all employees and the deadline to return them is Nov. 15.

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

Affordable Care Act OLLU employee notice

Under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA, Healthcare Reform, or even Obamacare), Our Lady of the Lake University is required by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide employees with the attached notice.

To answer general questions about healthcare reform or the operation of the Healthcare Insurance Marketplace, visit the following resources:

For more information, read the following resources:

OLLU employees encouraged to sign up for service day

OLLU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a service project as part of “OLLU Service Day,” Friday, Oct. 18 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Seton Home. Those who wish to participate should sign up by Oct. 9.

Seton Home is a nonprofit that gives assistance to teenage mothers and their children. Participants will assist in or more of the following tasks: turning mulch in gardens and playgrounds, power washing sidewalks, painting part of a mural, assisting with the Angel Tree project, clean up, and light custodial work among other tasks.

OLLU Service Day is a University-approved initiative so employees do not need to submit vacation time in order to participate.

Employees who wish to participate should email Jennifer Bendele, director of the Center for Service-Learning and Volunteerism at jbendele@ollusa.edu. Staff must obtain approval from their supervisor to participate.

For more information, email jbendele@ollusa.edu or call 210-434-6711, ext. 2393.

Annual Blackboard Users Conference to take place this month

The Texas Blackboard Users Group annual conference will be held Oct. 24-25 at the Holiday Inn San Antonio International Airport.

The conference will offer various presentations including support, program director roundtables, and breakout sessions directly for faculty and instructional designers.

Keynote speakers will include

  • Maurice Heilblum, Senior Vice President, Higher Education, Corporate and Government Markets
  • Dr. Tim Chester, Vice President for Information Technology at University of Georgia
  • Dr. Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

For more information, visit www.t-bug.org.

Faculty member presents during conference

HamidKhanHamid Khan, EDD, PE professor of management, presented the peer-reviewed article, “Examining Authentic Leadership Traits of the Successful CEO’s,” at the Academy of Business Research (ABR) Fall 2013 Conference held Sept. 18-20, in San Antonio. He also chaired two technical sessions of the conference on the themes of management and human resource management.