Starting July 8, 2017, Paula Ganyard will transition from Cofrin Library Director to Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT & Cofrin Library.
Congratulations, Paula!
IS Technical Services/Shipping and Receiving Supervisor – Bookstore (1-year project appt)
This approximately 1-year project appointment (ending July 2018) reports to the Director of the Phoenix Bookstore and is accountable for bookstore system support and maintenance. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining the bookstore’s website, coordinating and evaluating e-commerce, and assisting in research, testing, troubleshooting, and implementation of bookstore systems software and hardware. This position will also supervise the bookstore’s shipping and receiving department, manage the bookstore’s loyalty program, and assist with textbook buyback and customer service.
For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.
To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
Employee Spotlight: Brenda Beck
Name: Brenda Beck
Position at UW-Green Bay: Dean Assistant, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Summary of what you do: Administrative support for the Dean and for the College in the areas of budget, financial management, business policies and procedures, human resources and more.
How long have you been employed: I started at UW-Green Bay in May 2008
Brief history of employment with UW-Green Bay: Before starting in my current position three years ago, I had a variety of part- and full-time positions with Phuture Phoenix, University Advancement, University Archives/Records Management, Human Development & Information and Computing Sciences. I even worked a few days in the Chancellor’s office when they let Paula Marcec take a vacation!
Three words that describe you: Organized, efficient and flexible
Personal interests: Spending time with family, yoga, exercise, reading, Sudoku, FreeCell, Scrabble
Random fact: I received my MBA from UW-Oshkosh, but never had a class on their campus; all of my courses were held in the evenings at UW-Green Bay.
Any favorite line from a movie? You can’t handle the truth!
Are you messy or organized? Definitely organized
Best vacation you’ve been to? Any vacation is the best vacation.
Do you have a favorite newspaper, blog? The Atlantic
Do you have a favorite quote? If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.
Favorite travel spot? Our cottage in Nasewaupee, Door County
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would you like to see cast as you? Meg Ryan? Drew Barrymore? I do need to add that it wouldn’t be an Oscar winning movie!
If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to see? It would be interesting to witness my great-grandparents immigrating to the United States from Germany.
If your house was burning down, what’s the one non-living thing you would save? Photographs
Least favorite food? Pasta, melon, mushrooms. I’ll stop at listing just three!
Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Schofield, WI, the oldest of 4. My youngest brother was born on my birthday when I was 14. I graduated from St. Norbert College and have lived in the area since then.
Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to my best friend, Paul, for 26 years this month and we have 3 wonderful children. After graduating from St. Norbert, our oldest daughter, Kaylee, spent 27 months in the Peace Corps/Malawi and just finished her first year of graduate school at Marquette University. Our daughter, Micah, spent a year in Argentina during her high school junior year and will graduate from UW-Green Bay this December (after just 5 semesters!) with a major in Spanish & Latin American Studies and a minor in Democracy & Justice Studies. Our son, Gage, just finished his sophomore year in high school and will leave next month to spend his junior year in Cavalaire sur Mer, France.
Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us? I’ve never had a cell phone.
What advice would you give to recent new hires? Get involved with the variety of activities that are hosted by Human Resources and the professional development committees. Take advantage of using the Kress Activities Center.
What do you like most about your job? The interaction I have with so many departments on campus.
What else do you do for fun? I’ve volunteered as a cashier at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore for the past 6+ years. It’s a great way to give back to the community and meet a lot of people.
What is an ability you wish you had? To get by on less sleep.
What is your biggest pet peeve? The first that comes to mind is people who don’t use their directional when driving, or feel the need to stop at stop signs, or litter, or don’t know how to recycle…oh, I have so many pet peeves (is that a bad thing?!)
What one food do you wish had zero calories? I wish bakery had zero carbs!
What phobias do you have? Heights. I have to look at the walls when I’m on the eighth floor of the library.
What places have you lived in? Aside from a semester in London, I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life.
What would people never guess you do in your role? That I spend way too much time with spreadsheets!
What would you like to be famous for? I don’t need to be famous, but I’d like to be remembered as being a good person.
What’s your favorite thing to do in Green Bay? Enjoying a Titletown Brewing Company beer on the patio or Roof Tap!
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 5 years closer to retirement!
Where is your favorite place to eat? At home – Paul does the cooking!
Life Insurance Considerations Throughout Your Employment
The UW offers a variety of term life insurance plans for employees to consider. Participation and coverage amounts will vary by individual depending on specific life circumstances and age. See UW Life Insurance Plans for eligibility, coverage levels and premiums.
How Much Life Insurance do you Need?
For information to help decide life insurance needs, see the article How Much Life Insurance is Enough? Use the insurance needs calculator referenced in the article. These resources may help decide how much life insurance is needed at different times during your career.
Enrollment Opportunities
- New Employee/Newly Eligible – New employees and newly eligible employees are offered the opportunity to enroll in the life insurance plans offered by the UW. There may be opportunities during your career to make changes to coverage.
- Continuing Employee – If employees did not enroll in life insurance as a new employee or newly eligible employee, or did not enroll in all the available plans, they may be able to enroll during their career if they have a qualifying life event such as the birth or adoption of a child, marriage, divorce. See Family Status Change for details. An Employment Change may also provide an enrollment opportunity.Employees may also be eligible to enroll through Evidence of Insurability (EOI), which requires medical underwriting. Cancellation or reduction of coverage is also available and appropriate for some individuals.It is important for employees to revisit their life insurance plan participation, coverage and premium levels throughout their active employment as insurance needs change.
- Terminating or Retiring Employee – While the UW life insurance plans provide coverage during an employee’s working life, continued coverage upon termination or retirement from the UW is not guaranteed. Employees may have either a conversion or continuation option for the UW life insurance plans. Not all plans offer these options.
Conversion vs Continuation
When continuing a life insurance plan typically former employees will continue as a group member. Depending on the employee’s circumstances, this may be a more economical choice than converting the insurance plan.
When converting a current life insurance plan typically employees will convert to an individual policy. This choice is typically more costly than continuation.
UW Life Insurance Plans and Conversion or Continuation Options Offered
(All plans are term life insurance. Benefits are payable only for covered events while coverage is in effect)
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State Group Life |
Individual & Family Life |
UW Employees, Inc. Life |
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) |
University Insurance Association (UIA) Life | |
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Options Upon Termination from Employment (not retirement) |
Conversion; Continuation of employee coverage if employee has 20 plus years of WRS service. |
Conversion to individual policy. | Conversion to individual policy. | Conversion to individual policy. |
Conversion; Continuation if the termination is due to disability as outlined in the plan certificate. |
| Options Upon Retirement | Continuation of employee coverage; conversion of Spouse/DP & Dependent coverage. | Conversion to individual policy. | Conversion to individual policy. | Continuation of group policy. |
Continuation of group policy or conversion to individual policy (employee choice). |
For information on life insurance enrollment, conversion or continuation and the associated enrollment deadlines, visit the UW System Employee Benefits website.
Contact Human Resources at (920) 465-2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions.
Source: UW Service Center
Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) Webinars Offered in July
ETF is offering a series of 30-minute, live, interactive webinars designed to increase your understanding of Wisconsin Retirement System benefits. Individuals can also ask questions at the end of sessions.
5 Basic Steps to Your Retirement- Consider this webinar your quick reference guide to starting the retirement process within the next 12 months. ETF will review: choosing a termination date, how to request a retirement estimate – and how to read and understand it. ETF will also cover how to schedule a retirement appointment and – drum roll here — how to submit the retirement application.
- Fri, July 7, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Wed, July 12, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Thurs, July 20, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Mon, July 31, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Beneficiary Designations- What Happens to My Account When I Die- Do you have a beneficiary designation on file with ETF and does it reflect how you would want your WRS death benefits paid? This webinar reviews the importance of having a beneficiary designation on file and keeping it updated as life events occur. ETF will also review how to correctly complete a designation form, what it means if you do not have one on file with ETF, and how to request a copy of your current form.
- Thurs, July 13, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Tues, July 18, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Wed, July 26, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Mon, July 31, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Overview of the Wisconsin Retirement System- This webinar will cover participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System, how the WRS is funded and what benefits are available under the WRS. A brief overview of the Core and Variable Trust Funds and how the WRS is structured are included.
- Tues, July 11, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Fri, July 21, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Wed, July 26, 2017 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Mon, July 31, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Please contact Human Resources at (920) 465-2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions.
University Services Program Associate – Residence Life (Business Operations)
This position reports to the Associate Director of Residence Life and is responsible for department budget and financial management; technological management; student employment and payroll; business operations; and departmental purchasing and travel.
For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.
To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
Welcome Tony Werner!
Tony P. Werner joined the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and President of the UW-Green Bay Foundation, Inc., on March 8, 2017. Tony is the former President and CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation, Detroit. He returns to the region, where he served as Director of Development for the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, from 1997-99. He has 27 years of advancement experience in healthcare, higher education, and the non-profit theater industry.
Tony is active in the community, primarily with the Center for Childhood Safety, an injury prevention group. He is a native of Chicago and enjoys cycling on the rural roads in northeast Wisconsin and golfing.
Tony’s oldest son, Sam, works in the auto industry in finance in Detroit. His other son, Jacob, is a microbiologist for a chemical company in Ohio.
Welcome, Tony!
Welcome Eric Arneson!
Eric Arneson was hired as the new Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Climate on July 1, 2017. He has 25 years of combined professional experience working for several universities: Florida International, University of Miami, University of Illinois, and Western Illinois University.
Eric earned his Doctor of Education from Florida International University, his MA from Bowling Green State University, and is BS from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
Eric has been active in community events, having coached YMCA sports, tutored children, chaired United Way fundraising events, and participated in autism walks. He also enjoys reading, sports, movies, and spending time with friends and family.
Eric’s hometown is Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, and after many years away, is very excited to be coming home to Wisconsin with his wife Tenaye, son Kenny, and their dog Blue.
Welcome, Eric!
Executive Director – Weidner Center for the Performing Arts
This position reports to the Provost and oversees all of the operations of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The Executive Director is responsible for planning, programming, marketing (with assistance from Marketing and University Communications), staff management, fundraising and development (with assistance from University Advancement), budget planning and management (with assistance from Business & Finance), event scheduling and outreach to the University and the region. The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is customer-focused in all aspects of its operations, including relationships with ticket buyers, tenants, educators, students, and members of the local community. It is a rare combination of University and community working together to provide a wide variety of cultural entertainment, and educational programming to Northeastern Wisconsin.
For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.
To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Sunday, August 13, 2017.
July Wellness Webinar: Debunking Fitness Myths
You know you should move for 30 minutes each day. Or is that 60? And shouldn’t you be lifting weights and stretching, too? But when? This webinar will separate the myths from the facts so you can move toward better health.
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Cofrin Library, 7th floor, room 735
No need to RSVP – just mark your calendar to join us, and bring your lunch!
You could also participate in this webinar at your workstation if you prefer – please visit wellwisconsin.staywell.com and go to Webinars to register.
Wellness webinars highlighting various health and well-being topics will take place the 3rd Wednesday of each month. All webinars will be recorded and available to Well Wisconsin Program participants on the wellness portal after the event date.
To access the wellness portal, you must be an employee, retiree, or enrolled spouse/domestic partner enrolled in the State of Wisconsin or Wisconsin Public Employers Group Health Insurance Program.