Currently@Carleton
Currently@Carleton Production Schedule for the Summer
We are now beginning our bi-weekly summer production schedule for Currently@Carleton, with publication dates as follows:
- June 30
- July 14
- July 28
- August 11
- August 25
- September 8
Article submission deadlines are 5 p.m. the Wednesday prior to the issue date. Weekly publication of Currently@Carleton will resume with the September 8 issue. If you have any questions, please contact one of the editors or e-mail us at currently@lists.edu.
Proposed Building Electrical Shutdowns
Please see the attached list of electrical outages scheduled this summer to complete phase two of the electrical upgrade. Call Kirk Campbell at x4460 if you have any questions about this information.
Year-End Reminders From the Business Office
Congratulations to our students, faculty, and staff on another academic year filled with accomplishments! June marks not only the end of our academic year, but it also marks the end of our fiscal year on June 30. We would like to remind you of a few housekeeping items before you leave campus.
- We encourage all campus employees to make sure all College purchase orders, invoices, employee expense reimbursement requests, travel expense reports, travel advance receipts, and all deposits are submitted to the Business Office before you leave campus for the summer.
- Petty Cash Custodians are reminded to reconcile their account with the Business Office. If you will not be accessing your fund during the summer, please turn it in to Candace Koen for safe keeping. Please be aware the Business Office will be conducting random audits of the departmental petty cash funds during the month of June.
- The Business Office Cashier Window will close at 3:30 p.m. on June 30 to audit year-end cash balances. They will reopen at 9:30 a.m. on July 1 for the New Year 2008-2009!
- All vendor invoices and employee expense reimbursements for the month of June (or earlier months) must be submitted to Accounts Payable by 12 noon on July 11 (or sooner!) to ensure they are posted to the appropriate fiscal year.
- Visa purchases posted to your card on or before June 30 will be charged to fiscal year 2007-2008. Orders should be placed at least a week in advance to ensure they post to your card prior to month end. June Visa transactions must be reviewed and approved by Friday, July 11.
If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Business Office at x7095. Thank you for your support as we work to close our fiscal year in a timely and accurate manner.
Take Back Your Space Day!
The Annual Clean-Up Day is coming Thursday, July 24. Stay tuned for more details! Contact Karen Lawson at x5959 if you have any questions.
New Human Resources Web Pages and Revised Hiring Approval Form
Human Resources has some new employment Web pages and a newly revised Hiring Approval Form for staff. The revised form is "user friendly," allowing you to type directly on the form, save it, and print out for proper authorization. If you have old forms saved in your computer, please be sure that you delete them and utilize this new form.
Our new employment Web page provides great information for supervisors in their staff recruitment needs, along with multiple forms and tips for conducting searches. Please click on the link to view.Additionally, we have a new Web page to assist newly hired employees, providing them with documentation requirements, tips to get started as new employees, and valuable information. Please click on the following link to view this information.
Mellon Reading and Discussion Groups for Fall 2008
We hope that your summer is off to a good start, though here at the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching (LTC) we are already thinking about fall term. We want to remind you all that there are two faculty/staff reading groups forming for fall term of 2008. One group will read Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf, with discussion to be facilitated by Fernan Jaramillo and Mike Flynn. Another group will read the Iliad by Homer, with discussion facilitated by Chico Zimmerman. (If all goes well, we will read the Odyssey in the winter term and the Aeneid in the spring). Both reading groups are suitable for beginners and experts of all disciplines (and the undisciplined as well).
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Fall 2008 Mellon Reading and Discussion Groups
1) Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf, facilitated by Fernan Jaramillo and Mike Flynn, meets October 2 and 23.
2) Iliad by Homer, facilitated by Chico Zimmerman, meets October 9 and 30, and November 13.
Both meet at Headley House from 4:30 to 6 p.m., with refreshments provided, and are open to all faculty and staff. Absolutely no prior experience or expertise is required. Each reading is sure to produce stimulating and enjoyable conversations.
Please register your interest in either or both groups by contacting Jennifer Cox Johnson at the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching (jcoxjohn@carleton.edu or x4192). You will be notified when the books are available a little later this summer. Books are provided to discussion group participants through the Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant. Let us know if you'd like to be part of these groups.
July HR Educational and Development Opportunities
CIGNA Employee Assistance Program presents "How to Achieve Good Emotional Health," a telephone wellness seminar on Wednesday, July 9, at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT. Please read the complete artice for further information on this seminar.
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CIGNA Employee Assistance Program presents "How to Achieve Good Emotional Health," a telephone wellness seminar on Wednesday, July 9, at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT.
When you participate in this seminar you’ll:
- learn what constitutes good emotional health;
- increase self-awareness;
- identify strategies to manage your emotions;
- understand ways to enhance your motivation;
- develop and strengthen empathy skills; and
- understand how to enhance your support system.
Please pre-register online at least 48 hours in advance, using the following confirmation code: 9694448.
The registration site lists the phone number and passcode (please make a note of these) needed for dialing in, and also has links for downloading the necessary handouts. A recording will also be available for ten days, starting one hour after the seminar.