CSA Wellness Lunch ‘n Learn

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Would you like to enjoy fresh-picked locally grown veggies and herbs each week? Please come to this Lunch ‘n Learn to find out more about CSAs!  Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a partnership between a farm and a local community of supporters that provides a direct link between the production and consumption of food. CSA members cover the farm’s operating cost by purchasing a share of the harvest. This provides members with a healthy supply of locally grown, seasonally fresh produce throughout the growing season.

Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA is a small, farmer owned farm in Kewaunee County. They specialize in growing a variety of veggies using sustainable farming practices, and no chemicals, herbicides or pesticides touch your food. (For more information about Sleepy Hollow Farm & CSA, you can visit their website at: http://www.sleepyhollowfarmcsa.com/)

Presenter Suzi Sevcik has a lifetime of farm experience. From growing up on her parent’s dairy farm to now working the fields with her own farm. Using techniques that are kind to the earth to grow veggies, she takes the approach of never ending improvement. Trialing different varieties to see what grows well in their micro-climate, to constantly find better ways to grow veggies and manage weeds and pests. The mission always remains the same – To produce nourishing food that respects that land, and feeds our community and to exemplify a sustainable model for small-farm viability.

When: Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Time: 12:00 to 12:45 p.m.

Where: University Union, Room 103

Please RSVP at http://uwgreenbay.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_blakMU7YlehnH7L

Welcome Jodi Pierre!

PierreThe Cofrin Library is pleased to welcome Jodi Pierre as a Research and Instruction Librarian!  Jodi began on January 11, 2016, after working at the Cardinal Stritch University Library for the past five years.  Prior to her recent move to Allouez, Jodi and her husband volunteered at the Center for Avian Rehabilitation & Education, an exotic bird rescue shelter located in Waukesha, WI.  Jodi holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from UW-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit College.  Jodi is originally from Johnsburg, IL, and enjoys reading detective novels, watching the Chicago Cubs, and spending time outdoors.  Welcome, Jodi!

Chief of Staff – Athletics

The UW-Green Bay Phoenix Intercollegiate Athletics Department seeks an energetic and dynamic Chief of Staff to support the Director of Athletics.  This position serves as a key relationship-builder for a vibrant Division I Athletics program.  Applicants with successful experience in event planning, customer service, and office management are highly encouraged to apply.

Reporting directly to the Director of Athletics, the Chief of Staff position provides full oversight of athletics office operations as well as administrative and organizational support to the Director of Athletics.  This position acts as a liaison between the Director of Athletics and others within the department, and serves as a source of information and coordination to offices across campus and externally.  The Chief of Staff plans and executes events in conjunction with development or as the sole coordinator, and serves as host for several events.  This position interacts with high-level University officials, community stakeholders, and donors regarding their relationship with the University and the Director of Athletics, and assists the Director of Athletics in maintaining and managing existing stakeholder relationships as well as creating and fostering the growth of new relationships.

For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Thursday, January 28, 2016.

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Director

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Director reports to the Dean of Continuing Education, and is responsible for the daily and long-term operations of the Wisconsin SBDC at UW-Green Bay by providing an integrated and cohesive array of business programs and business counseling (consulting, advising) services to emerging and existing entrepreneurs in an 11+ county service area.  This position provides overall planning, administration, coordination, and evaluation of the Center’s services to prospective entrepreneurs and small-business owners and managers in the Center’s service area. The SBDC Director, working collaboratively with the statewide Wisconsin SBDC Network, is also responsible for the local administration of certain federal and state economic development programs sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship (DBE) at UW-Extension. The Wisconsin SBDC at UW-Green Bay director is responsible for meeting performance metrics as specified by the organization’s funding sources, including the U.S. Small Business Administration and the DBE unit of UW-Extension.

For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Sunday, February 14, 2016.

IMPORTANT HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT (HSA) NEWS & NOTES

We have learned that the 2016 HSA employee and employer contributions have NOT been loaded to the employee TASC accounts as of Wednesday, January 13, 2016. 2016 funds are not available for use at this time.  The UW Service Center is working with TASC to fix the issue and HSA funds should be loaded by Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

 

TASC is transitioning to a new system platform effective January 1, 2016. Therefore the websites for plan years 2015 and 2016 are separate and distinct.

Use the following website for the 2016 plan year: https://partners.tasconline.com/ETFEmployee

Please Note: If this is your first time logging into the 2016 TASC system, use the below logic to log in.  You will be prompted to change your password upon first login.

Username: First initial of first name + full last name + date of birth (mmddyy) + last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. Example: jsmith0315815643

Password: Same as username

HSA Transfer Form: Employees who were enrolled in the 2015 HSA and are re-enrolled in the 2016 HSA will have two separate accounts to manage, unless they take action to complete a form to have the two accounts merged.  TASC will be sending a communication to all employees enrolled in a HSA outlining the options available to them.  Participants who would like to have their two accounts merged should fill out this form and send it to TASC:  https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/admin/download/HSA-Transfer-Merge-Form.pdf

Please contact Human Resources at (920) 465-2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions.

IMPORTANT FLEX SPENDING NEWS & NOTES

TASC is transitioning to a new system platform effective January 1, 2016. Therefore the websites for plan years 2015 and 2016 are separate and distinct.

Use the following website for the 2016 plan year: https://partners.tasconline.com/ETFEmployee

Please Note: If this is your first time logging into the 2016 TASC system, use the below logic to log in.  You will be prompted to change your password upon first login.

Username: First initial of first name + full last name + date of birth (mmddyy) + last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. Example: jsmith0315815643

Password: Same as username

 

Health Care Flex Spending:

For health care expense claims incurred within the 2015 Plan year (1/1/2015-12/31/2015), you can file claims through the end of the run-out period, which is March 30, 2016.  After the run out period, you can carry over up to $500 of unused health care flex spending funds into the 2016 plan year. Any unused funds over the $500 carryover limit are forfeited. Carryover funds will be transferred and available in your 2016 health care flex spending account in mid-April 2016.

Dependent Day Care Flex Spending:

With the 2015 change to implement the $500 carryover provision to the health care flex spending, the grace period option was changed to a runout period for all Employee Reimbursement (ERA) Programs. The IRS prohibits an ERA plan to have both a carryover provision and a grace period option. Dependent day care expenses incurred after December 31, 2015 are not eligible for reimbursement with 2015 funds.

For dependent day care expense claims incurred within the 2015 plan year (1/1/2015-12/31/2015), you can file claims to your 2015 dependent care flex spending account through the end of the run-out period, which is March 30, 2016.  Any unclaimed dependent day care funds are forfeited.

Please contact Human Resources at (920) 465-2390 or payrollandbenefits@uwgb.edu with any questions.

Director of Education Outreach – Open to UW System Employees Only

The Director of Education Outreach reports to the Dean of Continuing Education, and is responsible for the development, delivery, and evaluation of professional development learning experiences (e.g., credit courses, noncredit programs, workshops and conferences) for PK-12 educators in Wisconsin including teachers, administrators, and educational support personnel. This position also has oversight responsibility for the College Credit in High School program area.

For more information and full position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO UW SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ONLY. To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Sunday, January 24, 2016.

Farewell to Sousie Lee

LeeSousieSousie Lee has announced her departure effective Friday, January 22, 2016.  Sousie began with the HR office in 2012 with most recent duties in personnel transaction processing, immigration, visa and I-9 processing and compliance, and oversight of student employment.  Sousie will be taking on a new position as an Education Coordinator with the Medical College of Wisconsin, housed at St. Norbert College. We wish Sousie all the best in her new endeavor!

Please contact hr@uwgb.edu or ext. 2846 for questions on the areas Sousie previously handled and one of our staff will get back to you.

Lecturer – Social Work – Open to UW System Employees Only

The Social Work department at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay seeks applicants for a program Lecturer position in Social Work.  Applicants with commitment to strengths-based generalist social work practice and the profession’s knowledge, values, and skills are highly encouraged to apply.

The Social Work program has a strong team emphasis which includes team teaching, offers a competency-based education with a strengths perspective, and takes a proactive stance valuing diverse and inclusive perspectives.

For more information and full position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO UW SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ONLY. To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Saturday, January 23, 2016.

Area Coordinator

The University of Wisconsin – Green Bay is currently accepting applications to fill Area Coordinator vacancies that may occur before the beginning of the 2016-2017 Academic Year.

The Area Coordinator position assists in carrying out the mission and philosophy of the Office of Residence Life. The Office of Residence Life provides housing for 2,100 students during the academic year and 2,500 guests during the summer. The Area Coordinator (AC) is responsible for overseeing a community of approximately 400 residents; and with the help of Resident Assistants (RAs), strives to develop and maintain a safe, enjoyable, supportive and inclusive living environment for residents where they can achieve academic success and personal growth and development. The AC is a member of the Residence Life team and holds administrative responsibilities, participates in committees and meetings, and serves students in a multitude of ways. The AC reports to the Assistant Director; and assumes additional responsibilities assigned by and makes recommendations to the Director.

For more information and position responsibilities, please see the full position announcement.

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Monday, February 22, 2016.