Category: General

The new year is upon us, and with it begins the University Staff performance evaluation process for the evaluation period of January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017. Your supervisor should initiate this process with you within the next couple weeks.

Annual performance evaluations are a key component to employee performance and development and provide employees and their supervisors an opportunity to discuss job performance, set goals for professional development, establish objectives for contributing to the department’s mission, and discuss expectations and accomplishments.

Resources:

• Performance Evaluation (Non-Exempt University Staff)
• Performance Evaluation (Exempt University Staff)

In line with UW System compensation guidelines and the UW-Green Bay Compensation and Pay Plan Policy, all compensation adjustments must be based upon merit and employee performance.  Therefore, any future pay adjustments, including base rate adjustments and Board of Regents approved pay plan, will be contingent upon satisfactory performance.

In an effort to facilitate timely completion, evaluations are due by Friday, March 23, 2018.

Please note that annual performance evaluations are not required for individuals who have had a probationary review on or after July 1, 2017, or for new employees that have been hired since this date.

Please contact Human Resources if you have any questions about the University Staff performance evaluation process. Thank you.

Name: Brent Haack

Position at UWGB: Events Coordinator at the Kress Event Center

Summary of what you do: Besides coordinating events here at the Kress, I schedule the rooms throughout the building, supervise an event staff of 30 students, and help with other facility needs when asked.

How long have you been employed: 18 Months

Brief history of employment with UWGB: Outside of the four years I worked as student at the Kress Event Center, I started an LTE position as the Event Coordinator in September of 2016. After my LTE position, I applied to be the full time Events Coordinator and started my new position last July.

Three words that describe you: GB Alumni, Hardworking, Responsible

Personal interests: Sports, Outdoors, and Traveling

Random facts/interests: I owned a landscaping and snow removal business for 6 years named “Haack All Season Services LLC”.

Are you messy or organized? Organized

Do you have an office nickname? What is it?  Hawk

If you could interview one person (dead or alive) who would it be?  Michael Jordan

If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to see? The First Super Bowl

If you were an animal what would you be? Dog

If your house was burning down, what’s the one non-living thing you would save? My Cell Phone

Motto or personal mantra? Live every day to the fullest!!!

Tell us a little bit about your family. I have 3 brothers and a sister. One brother older than me, twin brothers that are younger than me, and my sister is the baby of the family.

What aspect of your role do you enjoy the most? Being able to work with College Students

What did you want to be when growing up? Business Owner

What do you like to do in your spare time? Adventure the countryside

What do you like to do on your days off? I like to spend time with family and friends.

What else do you do for fun? In the winter, I enjoy snowmobiling.

What is the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery? A new truck

What is your favorite meal? My favorite meal is Chicken and Rice

What is your favorite sport? My favorite sport is Football

What kinds of hobbies and interests do you have outside of work? Something that has really gained my interest the last few years is hunting.

What’s the one thing, you can’t live without? My family

What’s your favorite thing to do in Green Bay? Attend Packer Games

Where is your home town? My home town is Mishicot, WI

Where would you like to go on a dream vacation? My dream vacation is a hunting trip to Montana or Canada.

Starting February 19, 2018, Amy Ibuaka will transition from the Phoenix Bookstore, where she worked as the Textbook Department Manager, to the College of Science and Technology as the new Dean Assistant.

Congratulations, Amy!

In a meeting on February 14, 2018, the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) approved the Board of Regent proposed FY2018-2019 pay plan for UW System employees. Details about the pay plan are still forthcoming and will be communicated to the University community in the coming days.

The Office of Human Resources and Workforce Diversity recently held three open forums related to the Compensation and Pay Plan Policy and proposed pay plan. Please find the presentation for that open forum here.

For questions about the Compensation and Pay Plan Policy or FY2018-2019 Pay Plan, please contact Human Resources at hr@uwgb.edu or ext. 2390.

The University of Wisconsin System has embarked on a complete redesign of its current classification and compensation structure. The goal of the Title and Total Compensation Study is to modernize the existing title and compensation programs which will, in turn, attract and retain the best talent for the organization. The study is underway and is now nearing the end of Phase 2, which has been focused on modernizing the job title structure.

Are you interested in finding out more on the current status of the study? The next open forums will take place on:

• Tuesday, February 27, 2018 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the Christie Theatre
• Wednesday, February 28, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Christie Theatre

No need to RSVP, just mark your calendar to attend!  Please contact Human Resources at hr@uwgb.edu or ext. 2930 if you have any questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Rebecca (Becky) Hovarter

Position at UWGB: Nursing and Health Studies Lecturer

Summary of what you do: Assist registered nurses in their journey from being a nurse with an associate degree (skills based) to a nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree

How long have you been employed: I have been in the nursing field for 41 years

Brief history of employment with UWGB: I started at UWGB part time in 2009 and full time in 2013. It is the combination of two of my life long goals: to be a teacher and be a nurse.

Three words that describe you: Sincere, Passion, Dedicated

Personal interests: Flower gardens, grandchildren, reading

Random facts/interests: I earned a college degree every decade since the 1990’s.

 

Describe what you were like at age 10. Tallest kid in my class (!), wore glasses, book worm

If you could be anyone from any time period who would it be and why? Lillian Wald- early 1900’s. Lillian coined the term public health nurse and worked with immigrants, school kids, and all other aspects of community health and was a leader of the profession. I envy what she did.

Top 3 life highlights? Being married to David for 42 years, birth of my son, my three grandchildren

What aspect of your role do you enjoy the most? When students have an “aha” moment

What book did you read last? I am usually reading/listening to two or three at a time: Janet Evanovich Hard Core Twenty Four, The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, and Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Modern Mexican Art.

What did you want to be when growing up? A teacher and a nurse

What do you like most about your job? Sharing my passion for public health with students

What is the first concert you attended? Chicago in about 1973

What would people never guess you do in your role? Observing students doing dental and vision checks in an outdoor school on the side of a ravine in Mexico; Observing students teach Roma Health Mediators how to make rat traps out of water bottles in Slovakia.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Fried grasshoppers

Where is your favorite place to eat? Koreana’s

Where is your home town? Glidden and Ashland Wisconsin