Blia Vang

The more awareness we have around what is going on in our bodies, the more options we have for responding to stress and emotions in healthy ways.

Learning at Lawrence is launching their second Cross Campus Connections training session. This training will be led by Kate Bellingar, Staff Counselor, on the topic of Wellbeing. It will provide short and simple exercises to use in your daily life.

Come join us on Tuesday, March 26th from 11:10am – 11:50am at the Warch Campus Center – Hurvis Room.

The more awareness we have around what is going on in our bodies, the more options we have for responding to stress and emotions in healthy ways.

Learning at Lawrence is launching their second Cross Campus Connections training session. This training is led by Kate Bellingar, Staff Counselor, on the topic of Wellbeing. It will provide short and simple exercises to use in your daily life.

Come join us on Tuesday, March 26th from 11:10am – 11:50am at the Warch Campus Center – Hurvis Room.

It is with great excitement that we share the formation of a taskforce to evaluate the staff performance review process at Lawrence University.  This taskforce will be charged with exploring and assessing best practices and emerging trends in performance evaluation and providing recommendations of which will impact all University staff.  The taskforce will include individuals from across campus to provide a diverse perspective.

During the meeting on March 13, 2018 the taskforce will be looking to provide a recommendation in the following areas:

• Timing
  • During what time of the year should performance reviews be completed?  What amount of notice is needed for supervisors to feel these can adequately be completed?   
• Feedback Outside of an Annual Performance Review
  • What feedback would staff members like to receive from their supervisor throughout the year?  Are there questions staff members would like answered in regards to their performance outside of the annual performance review?  What would be the preferred method of how this feedback is shared with you (verbally, written, electronically, other)?   
  • As a supervisor, are there tools/resources or other types of assistance that could be provided to you to assist in providing your direct reports with feedback throughout the year?

Members of the taskforce include:

We encourage you to share your thoughts, ideas, and feedback with any member of the taskforce.  Taskforce members will be asked to bring these items to the meetings.  We look forward to sharing additional information as this initiative progresses.

The following colleagues have been hired within the last couple of weeks. If you see them on campus, please welcome them to Lawrence!

Anna Arnade – Volunteer for Psychology (Psychology)

Tracy Cromer – Assistant Softball Coach (Athletics)

David James – Campus Safety Officer (Office of Campus
Safety)

Natalie Mireles – Human Resources Coordinator (Human Resources)

Mike O’Connor – Dean of the Center for Career, Life, and
Community Engagement (Student Affairs)

Rose Theisen – Grant Evaluation Analyst and Coordinator (Research
Administration)

The more awareness we have around what is going on in our bodies, the more options we have for responding to stress and emotions in healthy ways.

Learning at Lawrence is launching their second Cross Campus Connections training session. This training is led by Kate Bellingar, Staff Counselor, on the topic of Wellbeing. It will provide short and simple exercises to use in your daily life.

Come join us on Tuesday, March 26th from 11:10am – 11:50am in the Warch Campus Center.

The Financial Services office thanks everyone for an extremely successful implementation year of our updated expense policies.  Here are a few helpful reminders and tips for the future, based on activity that we see frequently:

• Lawrence University is exempt from paying sales tax on lodging in Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, and Florida. The specific tax exempt forms for these states are conveniently available to you on the Financial Services website. Don’t forget to ask for the taxes to be removed when you pick up your receipt and checkout of the hotel.

https://www.lawrence.edu/info/offices/financial_services/accounts_payable/accounts_payable_forms

• When traveling one or more nights out of town for business, $60 is the recommended allowance to spend for meals each day. If meals are incurred during a work day for a business purpose without travel, the recommended meal allowances are: breakfast ($10), lunch ($15) and dinner ($30).
• Credit card bi-monthly statements, expense reimbursements, and cash advances should be reconciled with the Financial Services office within 60 days of incurring the expenses.
• When using a personal vehicle for business travel, it is acceptable to request reimbursement for 50 cents per mile up to 250 miles round trip. Seeking travel reimbursement with a gasoline receipt is appropriate when traveling with a Lawrence fleet vehicle or rental vehicle.
• When paying for future travel accommodations and fees with personal funds, please remember that reimbursement will be made only after the travel has occurred. University purchasing cards and travel advances can be used to avoid carrying these costs personally prior to travel.  The business office can assist those who may not have their own purchasing card.

Always feel welcome to reach out to colleagues in Financial Services with questions at any time.