Healthy for Life Update

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•    The University of Missouri is facing many challenges in the current budget climate…learn skills for partnering with the impact of change so that it becomes an opportunity, not just a problem. Join us for a Managing Change Effectively Workshop on Jan. 27 from 12 p.m.– 1p.m. at the Ketchum Auditorium in Lafferre Hall.  This workshop is FREE and no registration is needed. Presented by Dr. Lynn Rossy, Health Psychologist for Healthy for Life, the T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program.

•    The University of Missouri Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will provide a series of occupational stress workshops designed to help employees manage a wide variety of stressors connected to the work context.  Pre-registration for each seminar is required and space is limited to 50 participants per session.

•    Organizational Politics –  Feb
•    Consequences of Work Stress – Mar
•    Interventions for Work Stress – Apr

These workshops are located in Memorial Union, Room S203 on the first Tuesday of Each Month from 11:00 – 12:00. To pre-register please contact Tammie Tilmon, Administrative Assistant at 882-6701 or tilmont@missouri.edu

•    Weight Watchers Online now offers the opportunity to join at any time. Go to www.weightwatchers.com for more information on the Online Program. Healthy for Life recognizes that many off-campus employees won’t be able to join at At-Work meeting, so the wellness program is extending its 25 percent rebate to benefit-eligible employees who enroll in a three-month Weight Watchers Online course for $65 and miss no more than one class. Experience peer support from the comfort of your home or office. If you enroll online, please contact Melissa Willett to qualify for rebate. Turn in your completed log to Melissa, 205 Heinkel Building, Columbia, MO, 65211. Questions? E-mail Melissa at WillettMD@umsystem.edu or call her at (573) 884-1397.

•    Indoor and outdoor walking trails are now available! For indoor trails please visit our Healthy for Life website at www.wellness.umsystem.edu  and click on ‘Links’, then ‘Trails.’ For outdoor trails, please visit Mizzou Botanical Garden website at http://gardens.missouri.edu/map.php . The weather may keep you indoors now, but warmer weather is just around the corner. Get to know your campus inside and out!

•    Time Change! You spoke, we listened. Country Line Dance now starts at 5:15. This should provide more time for participants to arrive at Memorial Union and park. The time change is on the attached flyer. Please do not forget about the Salsa and Tango classes that are still in session as well. If you would like a schedule or more information on these classes, please contact Jaclyn Heider at heiderj@umsystem.edu.

Invitation from the MU Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee: Town Hall Discussions

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The Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee (DAC) invites you to attend two town hall discussion sessions as it kicks off its 2009 program year. The DAC works to support and promote the Libraries’ diversity mission and to support the University’s diversity initiatives.

February 12, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., S304 Memorial Union
The first town hall session features Noor Azizan-Gardner, Director of Diversity Programming/Professional Development at MU, housed within the office of Assistant Deputy Chancellor for Diversity. Noor will provide information on the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative program. By visiting with Noor, library employees can learn about the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative and how it impacts the campus, as well as departments, staff and students. In addition, Noor will provide a brief overview of how diversity training has evolved away from “Diversity 101” and towards developing “cultural competency.”

Release time is available with supervisor approval. RSVP’s are not required. Look for an Outlook e-mail to serve as a reminder.

February 18, 2009 1:30pm – 3:00pm, Jesse Wrench Auditorium (South Memorial Union, first floor)
A panel discussion with leaders of campus-level activities that promote diversity at MU. Along with providing facts and figures of their programs, the panelists will talk with us about how the MU Libraries could support their programs as well as the students/faculty affected by their activities. In addition, they will share the perspectives on how the MU Libraries could be even more of a central point for diversity-related activities.

Presenters: Noel English (Director, MU Equity Office), Dr. Mary Jo Herde, (Coordinator for Special Programs, Asian Affairs Center), Dr. James Scott (Associate Vice Provost for International Initiatives; Director of the International Center), and Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Assistant to the Vice Provost – Enrollment Management)

Release time is available with supervisor approval. RSVP’s are not required. Look for an Outlook e-mail to serve as a reminder.

Both sessions feature plenty of time for Q&A.

Competency Level Increase Recognition

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Congratulations to Alan Jones and Karla Geerlings, Technical Services, for successfully qualifying for competency level increases. Both move to LIS II, Level 4.

To qualify, Karla and Alan demonstrated a level of consistency and quality in their work that met the criteria for advancement. Thirty-eight library employees have now realized a competency level increase since implementation of the program. To learn more about the MU Libraries’ LIA/LIS Classification/Compensation/ Competency plans, go to http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/admin/classification/reclassification.htm.

Changes in Ellis Library Due to Closing of Brady Commons

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The following changes will be made before or during the Spring Semester to handle increased student need in Ellis Library due to the closing of Brady Commons:

  • Two additional group study rooms (Room 2E21 and Room 3E21) are available for reservation.
  • “The Cave” now holds the necessary furniture to temporarily enable its use as a study space. When construction begins for the teleconferencing room, this area will no longer be used as study space.
  • Thirty new computers are available in the Information Commons.
  • Two additional scan stations will be installed and available near the Information Commons by the beginning of this semester. One will be a Mac, and the other a PC. They will have internet access limited to the MU Web site (including Webmail) and printing through the print mart system. The scan stations will have access to the MU network and will allow students to use their MU email accounts, print and use their bengal space while using the scan station. Students will be able to scan articles and send to any university issued e-mail account including their own.
  • Plans are in the works to have a dedicated computer for printing. The Journalism Library has already implemented an “express” printing station, and it has been successful.
  • Administration is working with Campus Facilities to create more space and to provide additional tables and chairs in the immediate area of the Bookmark Café. It is expected that this will approximately double the Café’s current capacity. This expansion should occur in February.