- Get 1-9 tickets and pay $1.00 each
- Get 15 tickets and pay $10
- Get 35 tickets and pay $20
- Megan Wollner in Fraser Hall 253
- Julie Selander in Bruininks Hall 225
- Eleanor Pijut in Williamson Hall 160M
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Thursday, July 25! ASR picnic and raffle
The ASR picnic and raffle is on Thursday, July 25, 11:30-1:30 p.m. on the Bruininks Plaza. Remember to bring cash for raffle tickets if you’d like to bid for items (or donate to the Student Success Fund). One ticket equals one bid and you can bid on as many items as you like, or all your tickets on one item. Up to you. Tickets are priced as follows:
Students received 2019-20 aid awards
Staff in the Office of Student Finances have completed the first round of 2019-20 financial aid packages. A total of 17,066 undergraduates and 4,125 graduate and professional students received aid award packages. We sent emails to them in groups of 5,000 on July 15 to let them know they can view their aid in MyU. We will continue to package aid awards as students continue to submit financial aid applications for 2019-20.
Kudos!
Our financial wellness program for students was ranked #15 in the nation by lendedu.com in their list for the top 50 college financial literacy programs. ASR’s Financial Wellness Committee is made up of members from One Stop Student Services and the Office of Student Finance, with financial wellness being an overarching initiative of ASR. The focus of the programming is to provide education and resources to students around academic and personal finances. Way to go!
Thank you cards
Giving someone at work a thank you card is a nice way to take a moment to share your appreciation. We have three varieties of ASR-branded thank you cards that you can use any time. Stamps are also available if you need them. The cards are available in supply areas in our different buildings:
- Fraser: near the Ricoh copier cube in 200, adjacent to the walk stations
- Williamson: in the filing cabinet under the outgoing mail bins
- Bruininks: in Student Account Assistance and One Stop supply areas
Registration is open for fall 2019 OED workshops
The Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) offers free workshops for staff including the opportunity to earn the Equity and Diversity Certificate. The certificate helps participants develop tools for advancing equity and diversity in their personal and professional lives. You can also take individual workshops; they do not need to be completed in any order.
New employee affinity group
A new affinity group on campus called Disabled Employees at the U (DEU) was recently established by the University’s Disability Resource Center. The purpose is to build an inclusive and accessible community led by and for disabled employees. They promote personal, professional, and educational development. Disability includes, but is not limited to, vision impairment, deaf/hard of hearing, mental health conditions, intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injury, autism spectrum, and physical disabilities.
The DEU’s first event will be a meet-and-greet on Wednesday, July 31 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the U’s Farmer’s Market outside McNamara Alumni Center (look for the big balloons). If you can’t make the event but would like to stay informed, email deu@umn.edu so they can add you to their email list. Read the DEU’s mission and values.
The DEU’s first event will be a meet-and-greet on Wednesday, July 31 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the U’s Farmer’s Market outside McNamara Alumni Center (look for the big balloons). If you can’t make the event but would like to stay informed, email deu@umn.edu so they can add you to their email list. Read the DEU’s mission and values.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Merit compensation
Last week the Board of Regents finalized the budget and approved a 2.25% compensation pool for civil service and P&A staff. If you are civil service or P&A, were hired before January 1, did not have a reclass after January 1, and received a 2 or 3 on your performance appraisal, you received a 2.25% increase. (Bargaining unit increases are determined by contracts.) Merit increases were effective as of June 10, appearing on the July 3 pay date according to the pay period schedule. You can review your compensation history in MyU, navigate to My Pay, and click on “Compensation History” near the bottom.
ChromeRiver and expense reimbursements: an update or two
University administrative policy has changed so that the travel card reconciliation period and expense reimbursement period are aligned; these transactions must be processed within 60 days from the return date of travel. This additional time to reconcile will balance the delays for transactions to appear in ChromeRiver.
The best practice for processing Travel Card transactions is to send receipts into Chrome River as soon as possible. Sending receipts to Chrome River first allows the system to read the receipt (with optical character recognition (OCR)) and merge the receipt with the transactions when they load from the bank, which can take several days. Once the transaction has loaded, it will appear in the ‘credit card’ tab of your eWallet; be sure to wait until this happens before creating your report (to check: click on the 3 bars on the top left of the ChromeRiver home page > eWallet > Credit Card).
The best practice for processing Travel Card transactions is to send receipts into Chrome River as soon as possible. Sending receipts to Chrome River first allows the system to read the receipt (with optical character recognition (OCR)) and merge the receipt with the transactions when they load from the bank, which can take several days. Once the transaction has loaded, it will appear in the ‘credit card’ tab of your eWallet; be sure to wait until this happens before creating your report (to check: click on the 3 bars on the top left of the ChromeRiver home page > eWallet > Credit Card).
ASR Suggestion Box - Professional development over lunch
Opportunities for development such as the Book Club or Tech Tuesday are scheduled from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. not to take over lunch, but because that time is typically widely open on calendars. These events encourage a “lunch and learn” type of atmosphere. However, if you find yourself wanting to participate while still needing a traditional lunch break, work with your supervisor to identify an alternative break time to accommodate both activities.
Kudos!
Custom Solutions team
Early this week, the Custom Solutions team released a new version of the NCAA Certification Tool for Student Athletes and successfully updated Student Degree Progress. This work has been in progress for well over a year. Both were released as soon the TADA project launched the new APAS and both are working great. Congrats to all involved on all your hard work! Special thanks to Mike Brown and Remy Abdullahi for working to make sure the releases went smoothly.
Early this week, the Custom Solutions team released a new version of the NCAA Certification Tool for Student Athletes and successfully updated Student Degree Progress. This work has been in progress for well over a year. Both were released as soon the TADA project launched the new APAS and both are working great. Congrats to all involved on all your hard work! Special thanks to Mike Brown and Remy Abdullahi for working to make sure the releases went smoothly.
TADA project team
On Monday the TADA project team released the new uAchieve APAS report to students and advisors. This software supports both Transfer Articulation and Degree Audits for all campuses and had not been updated for over a decade! Many thanks to all the TADA team members for their hard work and dedication to our students. The team tracked tons of details, presided over many user experience improvements, and worked with College Source (our vendor) to really modernize our infrastructure around these two important functions. The team managed to do all that good work and have a lot of fun too! Thank you to all in ASR who partnered with us. Phase 1 is complete. Onward to the second year of the project.
On Monday the TADA project team released the new uAchieve APAS report to students and advisors. This software supports both Transfer Articulation and Degree Audits for all campuses and had not been updated for over a decade! Many thanks to all the TADA team members for their hard work and dedication to our students. The team tracked tons of details, presided over many user experience improvements, and worked with College Source (our vendor) to really modernize our infrastructure around these two important functions. The team managed to do all that good work and have a lot of fun too! Thank you to all in ASR who partnered with us. Phase 1 is complete. Onward to the second year of the project.
Scheduling team
Over the past weekend, Astra Schedule, the University’s academic and event scheduling system, was converted into four unique, campus-specific databases (Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities/Rochester). It is the first, and largest, step in stabilizing the databases and improving both system performance and user experience. The expedited project was made possible due to a strong partnership with the vendor and the strength of the Ad Astra technical team here on the Twin Cities campus - Bob Quinney and Liz Johnson. Bob, Liz, and all of the Scheduling team have moved mountains to make this happen. Many thanks to the Scheduling team!
Over the past weekend, Astra Schedule, the University’s academic and event scheduling system, was converted into four unique, campus-specific databases (Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities/Rochester). It is the first, and largest, step in stabilizing the databases and improving both system performance and user experience. The expedited project was made possible due to a strong partnership with the vendor and the strength of the Ad Astra technical team here on the Twin Cities campus - Bob Quinney and Liz Johnson. Bob, Liz, and all of the Scheduling team have moved mountains to make this happen. Many thanks to the Scheduling team!
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