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Applications for the “President’s Employee Scholarship Program” for Summer I and Summer II are due May 1, 2008. Forms should be submitted to the Human Resources Department, Box 2356, Estill Bldg., Room 334.
The application form has been revised replacing the SS# with the Sam ID#. You can access the form at the following website:
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 has 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
936.294.1068
The New Employee Benefits Orientation Schedule for Fall 2007
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.
Please encourage all new benefits-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 benefit eligible in the Spring, and are now returning to a benefit eligible status in the Fall. Time does not normally allow for individual sessions. The paperwork completed at orientation includes the documents necessary to initiate an employee's payroll setup.
Please note: An employee can not be paid unless the approved Payroll Action Form (PAF) and required benefit and employment documents are completed and received by the Human Resources Department before the appropriate payroll deadline. A list of the Payroll deadlines are available online.
Please make sure that each benefits-eligible faculty and graduate student employee is aware of his/her eligibility status. Each benefits-eligible faculty and graduate student employee, who has not received a benefits packet should obtain a packet from the Human Resources Department (Estill Building, Rm. 334). 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. Additional information is also available concerning
Graduate Student Insurance Eligibility and Enrollment at http://www.shsu.edu/~hrd_www/benefits/documents/GRADINFO.doc.
If you have any questions, please contact your area Human
Resources Department representative as follows:
Cynthia Bennett — extension 4-1064
hrd_cab@shsu.edu
Division of Academic Affairs
Cyndi Wilson — extension 4-1071
hrd_ckw@shsu.edu
Athletics
Division of Enrollment Management
Internal Audit
Division of Student Services
Division of University Advancement
Jenny Zimont — extension 4-4415
hrd_jlz@shsu.edu
Division of Finance & Operations
David White — extension 4-1065
hrd_dlw@shsu.edu
Office of the President
Labor Day - September 3, 2007
Thanksgiving - November 22-23, 2007
Christmas - December 24-31, 2007
New Year's Day - January 1, 2008
MLK - January 21, 2008
Spring Recess (Students and Faculty) - March 10-14, 2008
Spring Recess - March 14, 2008
Memorial Day - May 26, 2008
Independence Day - July 4, 2008
The following days may be observed in lieu of any holiday
on which the
University is required to be open and conduct the public business.
Rosh Hashanah - September 13-14, 2007
Good Friday - March 21, 2008
Cesar Chavez Day - March 31, 2008
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Monday, May 12
"The measure of a Life is its Service."