"The measure of a Life is its Service."
Today@Sam will post timely messages of concern to SHSU employees and students. Notices should be mailed to Today@Sam.edu. Submissions should include a contact name and phone number.
Labor Day – September 7, 2009
Thanksgiving – November 26-27, 2009
Christmas – December 23-31, 2009
New Year’s – January 1, 2010
MLK – January 18, 2010
Spring Recess – March 19, 2010
Memorial Day – May 31, 2010
The following days may be observed in lieu of any holiday on which the University is required to be open and staffed to conduct the public business.
Yom Kippur – September 28, 2009
Cesar Chavez Day – March 31, 2010
Good Friday – April 2, 2010
Applications for the “President’s Employee Scholarship Program” for Spring 2010 are due on or before October 30, 2009. Forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Department, Box 2356, College of Humanities & Social Sciences Building (CHSS), Suite 410.
The scholarship application form can be access at the following Web site:
http://www.shsu.edu/administrative/policies/forms/formlist/Presidentsemployeescholarshipform.pdf
This scholarship is for full-time (1.0 FTE) benefits eligible staff and faculty, through the rank of Assistant Professor, who desire to take one class or one class and a lab at SHSU (4 semester credit hours maximum). The following selection criteria have been established:
1. Applicants must have a minimum of one year full-time continuous employment at SHSU and have earned at least 3 semester hours at SHSU with a minimum 2.0 GPA.
2. Undergraduate students with a 2.5 GPA or greater will be given 1st priority.
3. Graduate students with a 3.5 GPA or greater will be given 2nd priority.
4. Employee’s GPA, length of employment, and student classification level are primary consideration factors.
Contact: Sandra Blair
Human Resources
hrd_sgb@shsu.edu
936.294.1068
The Human Resources Department is interested in ensuring that all new employees have a successful orientation process. The New Employee Benefits Orientation Schedule is available on the Human Resources Department Web site.
• Benefits eligibility is defined as all regular staff and faculty employees that are employed by the university at least .50 FTE (half-time) for a definite period of 4 1/2 months or a full semester of more than 4 months.
• Insurance eligible graduate student employees, as a condition of employment, must be enrolled in graduate level courses at the university, and employed by the university at least .50 FTE (half-time) for a definite period of 4 1/2 months or a full semester of more than 4 months.
Graduate student employees are not eligible for participation in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), supplemental retirement programs, or ERS TexaSaver. Additional information is also available concerning Graduate Student Insurance Eligibility and Enrollment on the HR Web site.
Please encourage all new benefit-eligible faculty, staff, and graduate student employees in your department to attend a group orientation session on or before their first active duty date. This would also apply to any employees who were not previously benefit-eligible, and are now returning to a benefit-eligible status. The paperwork completed at orientation includes the documents necessary to initiate an employee's payroll setup. In addition to the benefit documents, the employee’s approved Payroll Action Form (PAF) must be received by the Human Resources Department before the appropriate payroll deadline. A list of the Payroll deadlines is available on the Payroll Department Web site.
Please make sure that each benefit-eligible faculty and graduate student employee is aware of his/her eligibility status. If these employees have not received a benefits packet, they should obtain a packet from the Human Resources Department (College of Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Suite 410). In addition to the other documents necessary for payroll setup, insurance enrollment forms must be completed during the employee's initial period of eligibility.
Under current state legislation, there is a 90 day waiting period before part-time faculty, staff, and graduate student new hires are eligible to participate in the health insurance plans. Following the initial insurance enrollment period, the next opportunity to apply for insurance coverage (without a qualifying life event) would be during the next Summer Enrollment period.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 936.294.1070.
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