Human Resources Newsletter: August 2024
Employee Experience Highlight!
Thank you to everyone who attended the Summer Gathering and Bake-off on August 7th! We were delighted so many of you chose to attend. Congratulations to Mark Redmond for winning the bake-off with his wonderful caramel pecan cheesecake!
A special thanks to MOD (Meyer’s Old Dutch) for providing gift cards for attendees, and to our bake-off judges Linda Wessberg, Chris Mongeon, and Nicholas Sanders.
Please share highlights from your employment experience at Vassar by submitting photos here.
Human Resources Strategic Planning Process
The Human Resource Office will be engaging in a strategic planning process over this academic year. A vital part of this will be soliciting feedback from members of the Vassar employment community through surveys and structured focus groups. If you are interested in participating in the survey process or in joining a focus group, please click here to complete a brief form.
Recruitment Project Announcement
Vassar College will be moving the technical support for recruitment of all hires out of People Admin and into Workday in early 2025. This system change is being undertaken to support creating greater equity, transparency, and consistency in our search practices.
This project is being implemented by members of the Dean of the Faculty, Human Resources, and Computer Information Systems teams to ensure their respective areas of expertise can shape the development of a system that will work for Vassar.
More information and support about the impact of this change will be provided in the HR monthly newsletters throughout the fall.
Process and Project Reminders
Pay Schedule Change in 2025: Please be aware there will be payroll changes for faculty and administrators to move from monthly pay cycles to bi-weekly pay cycles to comply with new New York State regulations as we transition into 2025. Updates will be shared in September.
Smoke-Free Campus: Vassar College is a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus. Smoking is prohibited in the buildings and exterior grounds of the college. For the full policy and a map of smoke-free areas visit https://www.vassar.edu/smokefree/.
COVID Protocols: Click COVID-19 FAQs for a reminder on current Covid protocols.
Goal Setting Review in Workday for Administrators, Sergeants, and Supervisors: Remember to complete the goal setting process for the new fiscal year in Workday. Please follow this link for detailed instructions: https://offices.vassar.edu/human-resources/2024/05/20/2024-25-goal-setting-review-in-workday/
If you have questions or feedback, please get in touch with us at humanresources@vassar.edu.