Employee Anniversaries – October
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Open Enrollment begins on November 9
Please save the date for the open enrollment meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 at 10 a.m. More details will follow!
Kudos!
Kudos to all of our NMC students for following COVID-19 safety measures. We can see it all over campus with mask-wearing and social distancing keeping everyone healthy. Thank you!
All Steps must be entered by Sunday, Oct. 18!
Step Challenge (access the flyer here)
- Challenge 9/21/2020 – 10/18/2020
- Last day to enter your steps is October 18. If you are not someone who accesses the portal on the weekend, feel free to project what you anticipate stepping so you have your totals included!
Kudos!
Mary Jo Elliott in the Science and Math Academic Area and the Human Resources department are being honored with kudos this week. Read the reasons below!
Honoree’s Name: Mary Jo Elliott
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Science and Math Academic Area
Reason for Kudos: Mary Jo recorded a presentation for the Board of Trustees on how student engagement is encouraged through online chemistry! The presentation was thoughtful, inspiring, and a wonderful example of how innovative and talented our faculty are! Thank you, Mary Jo, for taking the time to educate and share your expertise around chemistry and online learning!
Honoree’s Name: Human Resources Dept.
Reason for Kudos: From March to May, Human Resources and the Business Office collaborated to utilize our agile new payroll software to responsibly track employee leave time related to the pandemic (Covid-19 time, Paid Sick Leaves, etc.) This required a thoughtful setup, designing ADP’s leave banks, earnings codes, and other parameters and guidelines for employees on how to track this time. That administrative work has reaped major benefits for NMC. Because HR clearly communicated and employees effectively tracked the Covid-19 time, NMC is eligible for grant funding and will recover the wages they paid employees during this time which otherwise may not have been fully recovered.
Honoree’s Name: Human Resources Dept.
Reason for Kudos: Human Resources assessed and streamlined an onboarding task requiring employees to sign up for direct deposit upon hire. Employees who do not enroll in direct deposit in time for their 1st pay are issued a pay card through ADP. In the first six months using ADP, Payroll issued 96 pay cards. In the last six months, Payroll has not issued any pay cards (zero), meaning 100% of newly hired employees signed up for direct deposit timely. Thank you for looking at a process and finding ways to ensure our employees are paid timely and effectively! This also reduces Payroll’s processing time each pay.
Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. During our “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!
Save the Date for Benefits Open Enrollment Meeting
Monday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. – Virtual Meeting (calendar invites to come).
Open Enrollment for the 2021 calendar year will last from November 9 through November 18.
Be sure to enter your Steps this week!
Step Challenge (access the flyer here)
- Challenge 9/21/2020 – 10/18/2020
- Goal this week is 3000 steps daily
Employee Anniversaries – September
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Kudos!
Multiple NMC departments are being honored with kudos this week, including the Help Desk, IT, Systems and LAN Management; Enrollment Services, Student Life, and Residence Life; Maintenance Team and Grounds Crew. Read the reasons below!
Honoree’s Name: Help Desk, IT, Systems and LAN Management
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Learning Resources & Technologies
Reason for Kudos: Kudos to the Help Desk, IT, and Systems and LAN Management for their ongoing work in helping prepare our facilities for students and also helping students with anxiety regarding online learning and more. Thank you.
Honoree’s Name: Enrollment Services, Student Life, and Residence Life
Reason for Kudos: Kudos to all of Todd Neibauer’s group for the work done to welcome students and help orient them coming into this unusual fall session. The tables at the entrance doors with your greetings, information and materials were very helpful and welcoming for our students. Thank you.
Honoree’s Name: Maintenance Team
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Facilities
Reason for Kudos: Kudos to the entire Maintenance Team for all of your hard work over the summer and into the fall semester in getting West Hall ‘wired’ up and ready to go for the students’ return this Fall. Thanks also for the work done in the Osterlin building to get Tutoring up and running and the food pantry set up. We appreciate all that you do! Thank you…
Honoree’s Name: Grounds Crew
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Facilities
Reason for Kudos: Kudos to the entire Grounds crew for all of their hard work over the summer and into the fall semester in getting people moved into West Hall and moving people around in Osterlin as well as getting the Osterlin building spruced up and ready for the students’ return. We notice and appreciate your hard work. Thank you!
Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. During our “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!
September Step Challenge Begins Sept. 14
Step Challenge (access the flyer here)
- Warm up and Sign up Week- 9/14/2020
- Priority Health members instructions HERE
- All others email Hollie DeWalt for access to the Google Sheet
- Challenge 9/21/2020 – 10/18/2020
Meet the challenge and you will be entered into a prize drawing for one of six $50 Visa Gift Cards.
Priority Health members will use the online portal and all other employees can sign up to report their time on a google sheet.
Let Hollie DeWalt know if you would like added to the Google Sheet!
Challenge details
- Week 1- Warm Up- 3000 steps daily
- Week 2- Challenge Begins- 3000 steps daily
- Week 3- 3570 steps daily
- Week 4- 4000 steps daily
- Week 5- 4570 steps daily
Last Date to enter steps is 10/18/2020
You also have to review information about one of the National Parks each week to meet the challenge!
Kudos!
Honoree’s Name: Susan Odgers
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Social Science
Reason for Kudos: Susan presented during the August BOT meeting. She was not only energetic, passionate and professional but so was her student that collaborated with her for a joint Zoom presentation. This was a powerful presentation on sexual health activism and one student’s courageous truth. Susan, thank you for the important work you do and for sharing your excellence with our community!
Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. During our “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!
September Step Challenge- Are You Ready?
Step Challenge (access the flyer here)
- Warm up and Sign up Week- 9/14/2020
- Challenge 9/21/2020 – 10/18/2020
Join a quick overview meeting on September 10, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to get all your questions answered!
Meet the challenge and you will be entered into a prize drawing for 1 of 6 $50 Visa Gift Cards.
Priority Health members will use the online portal and all other employees can sign up to report their time on a google sheet.
Please access the NMC Wellness page here.
Employee Anniversaries – August
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Kudos!
Honoree’s Name: The Student Success Team!
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Student Success
Reason for Kudos: The Student Success team did a great job designing and carrying out the drive-thru graduation celebration last Thursday and Friday! Thanks for supporting our new graduates and for giving us all the opportunity to help celebrate their achievements!
Experts suggest maintaining an “attitude of gratitude” increases positivity for yourself and for others. During our “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, please encourage your colleagues by submitting a KUDOS. Let them know you appreciate their hard work and are thinking of them!
Do you have a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account?
If you have had a substantial change in your out of pocket costs for daycare providers due to the pandemic shut down, you may be eligible to make a mid-year change to your deduction.
Please contact Hollie DeWalt at hdewalt@nmc.edu to discuss further.
Priority Health Services
Medication Therapy Management – If you have more than 4 prescriptions for a chronic illness they will provide a free prescription review with your pharmacist.
Virtual Visits – All virtual visits are covered at no out of pocket cost to you through December 31, 2020.
Don’t Miss the NMC Wellness Challenges
Please access the NMC Wellness page here.
- Step Challenge in September
- Hold it for the Holidays November to January
- Rewardable Programs last through May of 2021
Announcing This Year’s October Conference Reimagined! FedEx Day
For the past three years, the CIE and PDI sponsored NMC October Conference has been a wonderful day of collaboration and engagement for all faculty and staff. However, due to the pandemic we are not able to collaborate in the same way… Rather than virtualize the day through many Zoom sessions, we will refocus professional development on a different type of collaboration and growth. This new day empowers employees to co-create development to share ideas and engage collaboratively, igniting passion and energizing employees as we work toward accomplishing something to make an impact on the College, our learners and/or our community that cannot be achieved during the regular workday. Read More.
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