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In the News
“Mizzou warns workers after ‘disruptive’ protest over replacing custodial services”
ABC17news.com, June 24, 2020
Goodbye to Lindsay Yungbluth
Here’s a big, fond farewell for Lindsay Yungbluth. Lindsay tells us that she “is relocating to North Carolina, where she looks forward to being closer to her brother and to the seaside and ocean (that “big, blue, wet thing“). She will be missed more than we can say! Good luck on all your future adventures, Lindsay!
New Muse Posts
Marketing Highlight
This tweet got a lot of attention. It’s a newshub post that highlights two libguides: LGBTQ resources and LGTBQ health resources.
July 4th Holiday Policy
Because the 4th of July is on a Saturday this year, Friday July 3rd is the paid holiday. Staff should not work that day.
https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/rules/hrm/hr400/hr401
HR-401 Holidays
Summary
The following days have been designated as official University holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following, Christmas Day, and other days as may be designated by the President. Holidays are considered to extend over a 24-hour period. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed. Official holidays occurring during a vacation period are not counted against vacation time.
Town Hall Notes and Recording 6/10/20
External Email Tagging
On June 14, 2020 the Division of IT began adding a tag to emails that are received from external email addresses. The tag looks like this: WARNING: This message has originated from an External Source. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email.
We are adding a tag to battle email spoofing. Spoofing is a technique cyber criminals use to make an email look like it’s coming from someone you know or work with in order to get you to respond with confidential or sensitive information. We have seen an uptick in spoofing incidents lately and are adding the tag to help you stay alert and avoid falling victim to these nefarious tactics.
As you know, securing our IT systems is a huge and ever evolving challenge. Spoofing and phishing pose significant threats and continue to consume a substantial amount of time from our security and email teams at all four Universities.
If you get an email labeled “external” and it appears to be from someone you work with (colleague, supervisor, etc.), please contact that individual through a different channel to find out if their email is legitimate. Please remember, all work-related emails must be conducted using your University email account. Using Gmail or other consumer type email systems to conduct University business is prohibited by policy.
Antiracist Reading List: Ebooks Available at Mizzou Libraries
Not sure where to start? Here are a few books that can help you be more than “not racist.”
Mizzou students, staff, and faculty can access these ebooks using the links. If you have a Daniel Boone Regional Library library card, you can check out the titles featured in the Daniel Boone Regional Libraries’ list of antiracist recommendations.
We have many more books available in print, and starting in July, you can place a copy on hold to pick up using our curbside service.
Racism
- The New Jim Crow
- White fragility: why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
- How to be an anti-racist
- Just Mercy
- White self-criticality beyond anti-racism: How does it feel to be a white problem
- Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America
- Good white people: The problem with middle-class white anti-racism
- Racist America: roots, current realities, and future reparations
- Reinventing race, reinventing racism
- Black and blue: The origins and consequences of medical racism
Education and Racism
- Confronting racism in teacher education: Counternarratives of critical practice
- Teaching race: How to help students unmask and challenge racism
- Social justice issues and racism in the college classroom: Perspectives from different voices
- Confronting racism in higher education: Problems and possibilities for fighting ignorance, bigotry and isolation
- Racism, public schooling, and the entrenchment of white supremacy: A critical race ethnography
- It’s not because you’re black: Addressing issues of racism and underrepresentation of African Americans in academia
Image courtesy of Jane Mount.
Cogratulations to Renita Richmond
Please help me wish Renita Richmond, our long time LIA in Health Sciences, a fond farewell as she heads off into retirement. Renita’s retirement starts today, so we won’t get to have a formal send off. Renita has been an absolute gem to work with and has been the rock holding tech services at HSL together for many years. We are very happy for her but very very sad for us.
Renita, we will miss you so much!
–Amanda Sprochi