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.
Additional FedEx Day Resources:
Kudos!
Honoree’s Name: Melissa Sprenkle
Honoree’s Dept./Division: English
Reason for Kudos: Melissa showcased her passion for teaching excellence at the BOT meeting this week! Her students are not only engaged and learning about English but also important social issues in our community and world. Your presentation was inspiring and NMC is lucky to have such a passionate, creative, and thoughtful faculty member! Thank you for taking the time to share!
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!
Employee Anniversaries – July
The following employees are celebrating an anniversary soon. Please join us in congratulating them! (more…)
Kudos!
Honoree’s Name: Mac Beeker
Honoree’s Dept./Division: Nursing
Reason for Kudos: Mac gave an inspiring presentation to the Board of Trustees at Monday night’s Board of Trustees meeting. It was an awesome story of the long-time relationship between Munson and NMC. In Mac’s own words, “I’d be hard-pressed to offer a better example of a symbiotic relationship between a healthcare system and a community college.” Lots to be proud of…
I have the task of lining up the presentations for the meeting and delivering the intro. materials. We had a change in a scheduled presenter, and I went to Mac and asked him to change to this month’s meeting — with no hesitation he said of course! He was professional, prompt, showed deep commitment, and excellence!
Thank you, Mac, for sharing about our nursing program, your department’s awesome work and for reminding us about all the heroes you/ NMC has trained that are working hard every day to provide quality care to our community and beyond!
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!
HSA Deposits made on July 3
If you are enrolled in Priority Health’s High Deductible Plan, you should have received your second installment of the HSA deposit on July 3, 2020.
- Family coverage- $780
- Single coverage- $390
Don’t Miss the NMC Wellness Challenges
Please access the NMC Wellness page here.
- Step Challenge in September
- Hold it for the Holidays in November to January
- Rewardable Programs lasts through May of 2021